coffee-tea tea homebrew

[N_FF]

ok so i used 11.5L of pu-erh oolong and genmaicha brewed strong 2KG of sugar and lalvin EC-1118 yeast

the must

the easy way of cooling let mother nature do it

and my "carboy" (saves me spending $30 on one)

ill keep you guys posted on it

cant wait to hear "bloop bloop" of the air lock.

 

[DaQatz]

Hmm a pu-erh Cha Hao, Should be interesting.

 

[wheebz]

yea I definitely would not have just tossed that uncovered outside, that just screams come contaminate the shit out of me

 

[N_FF]

yea I definitely would not have just tossed that uncovered outside, that just screams come contaminate the shit out of me

its -20c outside and i did have it covered

 

[wheebz]

wow ok yea thats freakin cold, i would hate living where you are at, I can barely stand the temps right now here

 

[N_FF]

wow ok yea thats freakin cold, i would hate living where you are at, I can barely stand the temps right now here

thats average temp in winter here. coldest with wind-chill i'v been in is -56c

anyways just waiting for the sounds of fermentaiton! cant wait to hear bloop bloop of the air lock!

 

[N_FF]

the airlock is finaly moving! no bloop though since its a 2 piece

 

[N_FF]

15-17 seconds between puffs.

 

[hittmann]

I've never seen brewed tea before. What is it like?

 

[N_FF]

I've never seen brewed tea before. What is it like?

duno fist brew will tell you when i try it.

 

[DaQatz]

This batch will likely have sake to beer like flavor. Mind you it's hard to tell, since when I've done I never used that yeast strain, and I never mixed in puer-eh tea. I've also never used genmaicha, the toasted rice in it should have quiet an interesting effect. My best guess is it will smell a lot like beer, and have the sake tones. Please note that when I say that the Cha Hao(Fermented Tea) has a taste all it's own, and saying "like beer" or "like sake" is just tones of the flavor. Much in the way it is with peppers.

 

[queequeg152]

thats average temp in winter here. coldest with wind-chill i'v been in is -56c

what the f! thats crazy man... we finally have lows below freezing here in houston, but were supposed to get highs back into the 70's later this week.

i just go to the grocery store and buy a bag of ice when i brew beer.
what temp do you ferment this at? im not familiar with champagne yeast.

 

[wheebz]

same temperatures as ale yeast

champagne yeast tends to dry stuff out, so you really have to be careful with it if you are brewing beer

 

[N_FF]

what the f! thats crazy man... we finally have lows below freezing here in houston, but were supposed to get highs back into the 70's later this week.

i just go to the grocery store and buy a bag of ice when i brew beer.
what temp do you ferment this at? im not familiar with champagne yeast.

10-30c is the use of this yeast

but make sure to check the yeast you are using.

 

[N_FF]

its almost been a week and its still bubbleing away nicely

 

[N_FF]

bottles with no labels are going to be more carbonated than the rest. i added about a teaspoon of dextrose to those bottles the glass one is carbed also.

 

[DaQatz]

Keep a close eye on the glass bottle during carbing.

EDIT: also you may want to have less air sapce in the heads of the plastic bottles too. The less "extra" space in the bottle the better.