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Oon itse huomannut, että Yleltä tulee usein RSS:ään raflaavampi otsikko kuin mitä nettisivuilla näkyy. Muutaman kerran jakanut uutisen hilpeän otsikon myötä, ja jaetussa url previewissä onkin tylsä asiaotsikko. Ne tietää mitä tekee…

Ikävästi on vaan klapinkin hinta noussut, tän talven koivuklapit maksoivat jo 90 € heittomotilta. ‘Kuitupuun hinta noussut’, sanoo mettähefet. En mä sellaista ole ostamassa vaan polttopuuta :P Onneksi talvi ollut leuto ja sähköä on saanut tarpeeksi usein alle 0,5 snt / kWh.

Come on, my fellow Finns, this one deserves more upvotes!

I’d argue that with all that exploitation of single cell life forms, no beer could ever be vegan.

I’m going to do a second attempt at a lemon infused beer next. Last one had a single lemon in 22 L of beer and the taste didn’t come through at all. How many limes per how much beverage did you go with?

Sen verran pitäisi ainakin kansalaisvaikuttaa, että tän systeemin käytöstä pitäisi asiakasta informoida, jos näin ei nykyään tehdä.

Enjoying the sahti-stout here alongside the usual Christmas nutritional overload. Pretty soon I’ll run the rest into bottles and free the Kegmenter for next run. For that one I’m looking to adopt some yeast pups from @alzymologist 's selection :)

Kiitos kysymästä! Tänään tuli vielä näppäilyhommia tehtyä, mutta joulun tuoksuissa kotosalla niitä teki hyvillä mielin. Välipäivät onkin määrätty vapaaksi, ei harmita. Pääkinkku odottelee uunin vapautumista, täytyy kohta vielä pörssin EUR / kWh -noteeraus tsekata ennen paistopäätöstä.

Viikonloppuna ehdittiin sukuloida rouvan puoli. Jännitystä elämään tuli, kun paluumatkalla oltiin just Mäntsälän St1:llä burgeritankkauksella, kun alkoi vieressä rytistä. Terapeuttiemännälle propsit, otti oitis yhden autonsa räjäyttäneen teiniautokunnan kriisiterapian kohteeksi. Eikä muuten varmaan ollut kynttilänsavu mikä yllätti, vaan sankka sumu. Sitä piisasi vanhalla tielläkin yltä kyllin. Keliolosuhteet oli kummat, Mäntsälässä matkaa jatkettaessa oli mittarissa -4 astetta ja kotona tuntia myöhemmin jo -14. Ja aamulla jo plussaa.

Lapset ovat jo asteikon teinivaiheessa, mutta on kyllä riemu itselle, että edelleen intoilevat joulua ja vaativat perinteitä vaalittavan. Hieno juhla, pakostikin pakanaperuja :D

Juuri näin. Meilläpäin ei paljon kainaloita tuuletella.

… vai

Mitä ne etelän miehet siellä huitoo?

Cheers, that’s a nice primer. I do have an engineering degree that covered plenty of analytic chemistry :)

I’m only concerned with taking OG and FG with as tiny a sample as possible = creative pycnometry or getting a refractometer. Although just today I realised a pendulum might also offer a creative gravimetric insight…

Craft brewing, baybee XD

Wow, your sandbox sure does sound like an exciting place! I hope life plays out so that you have the temporal resources to devote to such endeavours.

Is it just the permeability of light (struggling with English here :) that needs to match – I mean if one was to make a series of standards with a base of some dark food colour, maybe something to slightly nudge up the density of the base, and of course known amounts of ethanol in a sane range, maybe that would make a refractometer useful here?

I’d imagine something like that has already been thought out for red wine. Must. Research.

Thank you for the inspiring thread :)

Thank you :3

Sounds like there are more compact floaters to be found… …I’ve picked up a vase that just fits my float and that would take 200 ml if not more.

Personally I haven’t been that bothered with measuring my efficiency, but my old dad keeps pestering me to get some measurements done so he can finally decide if my stuff is ‘better’ (= stronger) than store bought :D

I’ll have to take a look at the U-tube concept, I might beat you to market :D

I already have found a glass vase that’s ideal size for the floater that I have, but I’m concerned the tight tolerance of the float against the wall would also produce an error. And it still would take a good 0,2 liters to use. Sure enough, the finished product can just be enjoyed (actually only quite recently I realised that the FG sample can be quaffed :D ) but the OG sample will certainly not go back into the wort, and being T1D I shun sugary treats :P

Good to know refractometers are not useful in the Dark Arts :D Brew shops do sell them though.

Well, I don’t measure it :) I’m only able to make ~21 L so I’d rather not lose the amount that would float the meter. Seriously considering investing in a refractometer that only takes a drop or two.

There’s 4,6 kg of active malt and 1 dl of dark syrup in the yeast starter and I ferment to the bitter end, so I’ll wager it’s in the 7 % ballpark. Sahti ought to have a lot of sweetness because the fermentation is incomplete, so the caramel malt is there to compensate.

This is likely the case for a lot of items that the common guy wouldn’t give a second thought about.

Me? Bought the one before, wife gave me the present one. The third one down the line might have been a gift from my boss. Clearly some truth there.

Impressive research there!

I also did some googling. The production of this particular yeast was sold off to Canadian company Lallemand in 2007. It is still made at the Polttimo facility in Lahti, Finland, where Viking Malt products are also made. And this is the actual product. I use half a pack (25 g) for 21 L of beverage.

There are Sahti brewing competitions locally and an annual Finnish championship too. To participate, one does not need to employ the traditional mashing procedure. I understand the yeast has got to be that particular stuff though. It gives the brew a banana-like sweetness.

Same same! Yesterday was brew day for a Guinness-dark sahti x stout. It was my first beer recipe and this run is the fifth time making it.

Traditional sahti is very well available in my area (not the case for all of Finland) so my stuff can be a bit less trad: 1300 EBC black malt and some Simpsons caramalt backed with a hint of rye malt and standard issue Viking sahti-malt. A particular fresh yeast is the only required ingredient according to EU authentic produce guidelines, that’s what’s bubbling mine. Cheers & merry Xmas!

Kiva huomata että joku muukin on hymähtänyt tolle ‘vastuullinen miinoittaja’ -sanaparille.

Back in the day: Rescue On Fractalus, Cholo and Mercenary were all pioneering 3D games that really took me away. Also Ultima V was a masterpiece of immersion.

Now: Beat Saber. One can measure the immersion with a heart rate monitor :D