'Quantity' ... brewed with a cheap set up.
 

Well Howdy Ya'll,


This mornings discourse will be on the subject of 'quantity.'
Quantity of ale or beer brewed with:
Basically a cheap set up.

My 'set up' consists of six glass carboys,
7.5 gallon primarys and 5 gallon secondarys.
Three primarys and three secondarys.
I can brew 15 gallons per week.
A week in the primary and a week in the secondary.
Then to bottles where 2-3 weeks renders them palatable,
but 2-3 months renders them classics.
This = from three primarys and three secondays.
15 gallons in 7 days.
Or 60 gallons a month.
{Total capacity}

Don't have an old fridge yet so ale is what I am brewing.
Fermintis Safale 56 is what yeast I use and am so excited with it,
I am really getting into homebrewing again after 13-14 years brewing.

Today, having brewed the 15 gallons within a day of each other,
I am reracking all three primarys,
{ 15 gallons, }
[using the same idophor,]
into three secondarys.
I am realizing that to satisfy demand:
{Mine}
would take a gallon a day.
Hmmmm??? ......
{...Carry the '2'...}
......................


uh....Six batches!

It is true then,
that if I drink a gallon a day,
it follows that if I keep three primarys full...
even half the time...



1. Then 99% of lifes problems could be solved.
2. I could rule the world.
3. The initial problem of having ale, good ale, always,
with a minimal amount of expenditure will be a thing of the past.
4. Of having control over ones life and not being a slave to store bought
beer which is 90% profit and tax.
5. Of being a free man and having ones own ale.
6. Good ale and cheap ale!!!
7. It feels like stepping off a boat onto a new continent.
8. I could actually have a surplus of ale,
if I had enough money to buy all the stuff.
9. God Bless Jimmy Carter.
10. Boys, Keep your carboys full.



Over and out


J. Knife

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I'm starting to get the picture! :p

Jack!!

Been wond'rin where you've been! Haven't seen you 'round lately. Glad to see you are still the same ole Jack.

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Wow, do you really drink a gallon per day?

i am still trying to follow the fist post...... :drunk: Damn Stone IPA

A gallon a day? Huff!

When I was a boy we had to drink three gallons before breakfast, or we didn't get our gruel...

That's only 6.7 imperial pints per day. I don't think that's excessive at all.

As a matter of fact, before I had to grow up and become responsible and all, that was just about my daily consumption. It's the RAF boys that were packing down 10 imperial pints per day that I had some trouble keeping up with.

I dunno man, not to come off as a square or anything, & I'm gonna be the last person to tell anybody how much they should drink but...

6.7 imperial pints a day - let alone 10 lol - would have me buzzed 24/7, I don't think ANY of my schoolwork would get done. Then again, I only weigh like 150 lbs..

..but I have no problem handling a gallon + on a few nights outta the week :cool:


and props to the setup Jack, looks like you've got it all figured out!

Howdy, Jack. Good to see you're still around.

Good job keeping up with you customer's level of demand, it's all we can do sometimes ;)

A gallon a day... Do you eat anything all day? If I drank that quantity every day, I'd weigh 450lbs. Think of it, 6.7 X lets say 215 calories per pint = 1440 calories per day, on top of what you'd get from solid food.

My hat's off to you. I never have a problem with getting drunk on my beer, but I do have a problem with getting stuffed. Damn this slow metabolism! I probably drink about 8 pints per week. With friends and my wife's intake factored in, I probably lose 12-18 bottles per week. But I maintain a pretty good stockpile, (8+ cases) and always have a carboy going.

Cheers!!!