Chip and Don Brew a Mosaic IPA and Ferment with Different Yeasts.

[@HeartPumper]

You know guys, not dissing yours or Brülosophy's approaches to such experiments. But do you know, what's THE REAL, mostly not obvious for wide audience - reason behind conducting such experiments? Brewing & sharing the beer 😂😂😂. Blam, there you have it!! 😅 Details doesn't matter so much, when you're sharing your creations amongst the friends. Happy & privileged to witness all those iterations since late 2000. BTV, C&B and DonO's stuff, never missed even one video. Thank you & keep it up !!

[@donosborn]

You have to be one of the most loyal fans. :) And you are right that getting together is absolutely a reason to keep brewing. Cheers Pumper.

[@CraftBeerTastic]

Love the old school BewingTV hat there, Chip! Miss those days... Cheers!

[@donosborn]

Cheers CBT. :)

[@CornishPenguin]

Great to see you guys still kickin it. Amazing how Chips beer came out so red.

[@donosborn]

It shows you how much the presence of yeast can change the color and appearance. Cheers Penguin.

[@jeffroach3722]

So great to see this post. Miss you guys. Cheers!

[@donosborn]

Thanks Jeff. Cheers.

[@geithungful]

Nice to see brewvideo again . And the tastenotes is so interresting . Looking forward to have an ale with you again , not to long in to the future .

[@donosborn]

Thanks Ivar. The tasting note section kind of rambles on. I cut some of it out but glad what I left in was interesting to you. It would be great to one day see you again. Cheers.

[@Samtallica]

Hey Don O! I remember you having some regrets about your tats no long after you got them. Just wanted to say they look great now! Hope you're feeling better about them these days!

[@donosborn]

That's nice of you to say. Over the 6 years or so of having them now I have learned that it just takes time to get used to a new one. Sometimes it's faster, sometimes slower. The arms are the oldest and I'm pretty used to and like them, ha. Glad they look all right. I have some new stuff on the legs that i'm still acclimating to. Cheers.

[@austin2842]

Don, on the topic of heat tolerant yeast, have you tried BE-134? It makes an awesome saison when fermented warm, and finishes fast.

[@donosborn]

Huh, a dry saison yeast. No I have never tried that one. Maybe some day. Cheers.

[@casey4412]

I just add my hops to a muslin bag when dry hopping, is there a benefit to it being on the bottom?

[@donosborn]

are you referring to the marbles? Not sure. I hardly ever dry hop. I just figured it might float on top and have some of the hops not get "in" the beer. Plus I have heard of other people doing that. I'm not really a fan of the process in general and leave it to others to do the dry hopping, ha.

[@casey4412]

@donosborn yeah, the marbles. Gotcha! Just curious, I don't do it a ton either honestly but have always just let it float. Love the video!

[@donosborn]

@@casey4412 Got ya. As always, what we think of the beers we make is what's important, however we want to make them. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@indiekiduk]

If chip didn’t acidify his sparge water then that might have contributed the husky graininess (tannins) vs don’s batch sparge that might have have avoided that for some yet unknown reason 😉

[@donosborn]

Our St. Paul water is very nice right out of the tap. Pretty sure neither of us treated it in any way for this batch (and honestly I never do).

[@indiekiduk]

@@donosborn I looked up St Paul water and in 2009 it was pH 8.5 - 9 so that would need acidified to below 6 at least for fly sparge to prevent the husky woody grain tannin taste. However as I said it is possible your batch sparge technique you always do some how avoids that problem, which would be pretty amazing discovery if turns out to be true.

[@donosborn]

@@indiekiduk I think the brew in a bag is basically the same as batch sparging. I don't know the exact reason but I remember when first getting into batch sparging so many years ago I read that the pH of the mash was not really a factor like it can be with fly sparging. That, and the simplicity and affordability of obtaining/building the equipment was why I decided to give AG a try.