DeviantLogic Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 @ozdevil thanks for the suggestion. I managed to get some very cheap disposable hop socks this morning, and added 25g of EKG in a sock to the fermenter this afternoon. I will keep muslin bags in mind for the future. SG today is sitting around 1.007, which I expect is at or very close to terminal gravity. I'm hoping it doesn't go any lower so I can start a quick cold crash on Friday and get it bottled Saturday. If it has dropped any lower tomorrow then I will likely postpone my bottling plans by a day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 we should all crack one open on the first of june and share our thoughts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviantLogic Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 @Stickers the notion that I will have any left come June may be a tad optimistic. I'll try and keep at least one bottle to the side, but I can be rather absent minded when I start ripping into them. @lickedthestamp did you cold crash your SMOTY ale? If so, for how long? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickedthestamp Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 @DeviantLogic I was intending to cold crash for a couple of days but I forgot that I needed to clean my bottles so it is going to be 4 days instead. Will be bottling tomorrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickedthestamp Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Bottled 29 bottles tonight, 8 bottles primed with 1 carb drop + 1 sugar cube, and then 7 bottles each primed with 2 carb drops, 1 sugar cube and 1 carb drop respectively. Marked the bottles so that I know which is what - we'll see how this little carbonation experiment turns out in due course 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviantLogic Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Forgot to start the cold crash before I went out last night and didn't get around to it until this afternoon. I might bottle tomorrow if a lot of material drops to the bottom of the FV overnight, but more likely I will postpone until Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 i'm going to try one on the last day of february tomorrow then pretty much save the rest until june. @lickedthestamp make sure you keep the thread updated with the results of your various carb combinations 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickedthestamp Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 @Stickers Yep will do TBH I am most interested in how the single sugar cube/carb drop turn out. I have done one brew primed with a single carb drop - St Peter's Ruby Red Ale kit - and it carbed up ok but took at least a couple of months to get there. However that was before I started cold crashing, so will be interesting to see if they do carb up ok and how long - if they even do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 looking forward to the rest of these in june, that's for sure 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Stickers said: looking forward to the rest of these in june, that's for sure Good luck lasting that long. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviantLogic Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 So I did end up bottling this yesterday. Got 30 740mL PET bottles, primed all of them using the Muzzy method. Had a little taste and it was drinking quite well! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickedthestamp Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 All I can say is this is pretty goddamn yummy! If I hadn't played around with the carbonation on these I don't think they would have lasted that long 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviantLogic Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 I'm a big fan. Only my third brew but it's definitely my favourite of the three. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poddy Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Nice beer this one! I’ll be making it again for sure! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 1st of April, good time to check on how the SMOTY is going and the going is very good. Looking forward to getting stuck into the rest of them in June. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Stickers said: 1st of April, good time to check on how the SMOTY is going and the going is very good. Looking forward to getting stuck into the rest of them in June. That's holding up pretty well, question is can you hold out till then ? Seriously it looks nice. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickers Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 happy june! time to break out the SMOTYs 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 42 minutes ago, Stickers said: happy june! time to break out the SMOTYs Lovely looking Stout mate, I can smell it from here, pity I can't taste it. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviantLogic Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 6/1/2021 at 5:56 PM, Stickers said: happy june! time to break out the SMOTYs That looks great! I missed the first due to exam revision, but (surprisingly) I do have a few of these left. Will crack one this coming weekend for sure! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviantLogic Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 I'm drinking a SMOTY just now, my first one in a couple of months. It's still very nice, but it has changed. It's still got that bitter finish, but most of the hop flavour on the front has given way to a more typical roasty dark beer character. Difficult to say which version I prefer; the early version was more distinctive, but the mature version is more familiar for a dark beer (and I love dark beers). Either way, it's a winner for me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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