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Little Creatures
Title of an album by the excellent Talking Heads.
Also, the extra ingredient in last night's brew.
I was making a variation on my Munich Dunkel recipe, mostly to use up some Munich Malt I've had lying around for almost a year.
Anyway, was measuring out the grains (3kg Pale, 1kg Munich, 200g Crystal, 200g Chocolate) for a 19L brew and then I saw it - a little maggot crawling over the lid of my boiler. I can only guess he fell out of the grains when I was transferring them to the mash tun. I chucked the little beggar away and can only guess his mates (if he had any) were killed off in the 67 degree mash.
I have seen the odd larva carcass in the past in spent grains, so I was wondering if anyone else has experienced these little intruders?
I try and keep my grains as airtight as possible but I wonder if the aging Muncih Malt is the culprit.
Is this where the term 'pub grub' comes from (baa-dum)?
-Barry
Fermenting: Marston's Pedigree
Conditioning (Bottles): Warsteiner Lager Clone
Drinking (King Keg): Fullers London Pride
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Posted 1 year ago by Member
Ooooooo that's painful!
Never seen any grain-grubs I'm afraid Barry but I can't seeing it doing any harm... might give it extra body.
You'll need to Fly Sparge though.
Oooooo that's almost as painful!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Well, it's good we can have a larv-a-bout it.
Yeah, Tony, I can't see it doing much harm. Just a little unnerving. I'll be drinking most of the finished product myself, but was just curious.
-Barry
Fermenting: Marston's Pedigree
Conditioning (Bottles): Warsteiner Lager Clone
Drinking (King Keg): Fullers London Pride
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
A little extra protein never hurt anyone.
Fermenting: Summer pale ale
Maturing/Conditioning: Marynka pseudo-lager
Drinking: Wheat beer, ESB, Vienna lager & shop bought stuff
Posted 1 year ago by Member
And there was me thinking this was a Little Creatures Pale Ale appreciation thread! I shall include a recipe for anybody else who was fooled.
Safale US-05
2500 g Maris Otter
150 g Munich
150 g Wheat malt
100 g Caramunich/Carapils
15 g East Kent Goldings 60 mins
20 g Cascade 15 mins
8 g Galaxy 15 mins
20 g Cascade 0 mins
8 g Galaxy 0 mins
Fermenting: Damson pale
Conditioning: Morello Cherry Lambic 2
Drinking: Schneider Weisse Tap 7 clone, Morello Cherry Lambic 1, Rauchbier
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Bazza, that bit in your signature worries me.
So long as they're cooked thoroughly they should be OK. It's not as if you're boiling up Witchetty Grubs or strange bits of Kangaroo .......... are you?
Planning: - To get some more brews on now the weather's a bit cooler
Fermenting: - Ginger Beer experiment
Conditioning: - A normal bitter with Styrians
Drinking: - All of it!!
E-mail: arnyfris@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Wasn't a grain weevil was it?
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
nathbrew@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Nath. Are grain weevils about 6mm long, 1mm thick with a sort of black dot to tell the front from the back? If so then yes it was.
So, compared to a fly larvae or the like is this the lesser of two weevils?
Sorry; it's been a long day.
Saracen; that sig bit is more wishful thinking than anything else. I don't have the time, money or stomach to be a fully fledged alcho.
-Barry
Fermenting: Marston's Pedigree
Conditioning (Bottles): Warsteiner Lager Clone
Drinking (King Keg): Fullers London Pride
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