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As the title suggests I made the offer to a couple of friends interested in brewing to brew any beer they want on my system to check it out and they chose an Eisbock. The more I look into this beer the more I question how on earth they had to pick THIS beer as their first beer.
Any advice or tips? Particularly around the freezing/concentrating procedure?
I have no where I can freeze the full 5 gallon batch. So in my mind I am picturing using 5 individual 1 gallon milk jogs. If I cut the tops open to a reasonable diameter and then fill to within an inch of the cut I can store and freeze them all separately so I can shave the ice off when they turn to slush. Then mix the concentrated portions back together, prime, and bottle.
Have any of you tried this before? How did you manage the air exposure? Was it an issue if you went quickly into the freezer? More importantly how did it taste? I have never had to burn 22lbs of grain on a single 5 gallon batch before. The gravity on this thing was insane.
Any advice or tips? Particularly around the freezing/concentrating procedure?
I have no where I can freeze the full 5 gallon batch. So in my mind I am picturing using 5 individual 1 gallon milk jogs. If I cut the tops open to a reasonable diameter and then fill to within an inch of the cut I can store and freeze them all separately so I can shave the ice off when they turn to slush. Then mix the concentrated portions back together, prime, and bottle.
Have any of you tried this before? How did you manage the air exposure? Was it an issue if you went quickly into the freezer? More importantly how did it taste? I have never had to burn 22lbs of grain on a single 5 gallon batch before. The gravity on this thing was insane.