Who is brewing, right now?

[NateBrews]

Rye Pilsner w/ Aurora hops, 3.6%. It should turn around pretty quick in time for the hot weather of July and August.

[brewinhard]

Yeah! Sounds good. Bet you could easily have that one kegged and gassed in under 2 wks.

[NateBrews]

That's the plan. I'm pretty excited to try this one. I've never even heard of a Rye pilsner before, and this is my first attempt at using large amounts (45%) rye in something. As a note, I didn't have any lautering problems. I added 1/4lb rice hulls to it and everything went smooth as ever.

I did apparently decide to skim off all the protein crap in the foam at the beginning of the boil because I was distracted out in the yard ( boil over ). I haven't had that problem in a long time, now I get the joy of cleaning it up. It is like I jumped in the way back machine to my first couple batches.

[NateBrews]

Just kegged that RoggenLager bitch up. The warm/flat sample seems like it has definite promise. I'll give it a week in the cold before I hit it with some gelatin, although it is pretty clear right now. The mouthfeel is fairly substantial for a 3.5% beer, which I assume is due to the rye malt.

[brewinhard]

Yeah, rye malt really kicks up the mouthfeel and body of drier/thinner beers. Wait till you carb it up and watch the head form on that sucka! It will be like its on nitro.

[NateBrews]

Stiff long lasting head indeed. The first pour was largely foam to pull the junk out that settled to the bottom and so I waited for the 4" of foam to settle before trying it. Waiting, and waiting, and waiting...

It feels a lot bigger in my mouth than I thought it would.

[brewinhard]

Stiff long lasting head indeed.

It feels a lot bigger in my mouth than I thought it would.

Uhhhhhh.....I don't think you are drinking beer anymore.

[NateBrews]

Big Johnson Brewing Cream Ale?

Happy 4th! May your explosions be gratifying.