Who's brewing 08-08-08 RIS? Post your notes here! - Page 2

**Warped04** · 12-31-2007, 02:35 AM

I want to do it tomorrow, but I think I'll be on the hook for Tuesday (if my LME shows up)

**Chriso** · 12-31-2007, 02:57 AM

Sorry for the delay, Ed, when you said that it reminded me that I still hadn't cleaned my MLT out from yesterday's Pecan Scottish!

Igloo 48 qt classic.

**EdWort** · 12-31-2007, 03:29 AM

48 qt. eh? Cool. I'm breaking in my 70 qt. MLT Coleman Extreme with the RIS. It should be interesting. Thanks.

MikeFlynn74 · 12-31-2007, 03:44 AM

Mine in the fermenter- had issues.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f13/how-not-brew-49255/

jds · 12-31-2007, 07:26 AM

Brewing the PM version on the 1st, so all I have to report is that my yeast starter is taking off nicely. If only I had got my stirplate finished... More notes after the first!

brewt00l · 12-31-2007, 04:03 PM

Last weekend...nightmare brew:

Mashed in and all seemed on schedule then hit with a massive stuck sparge from to fine a crush. I gave that big payload a stir and wacked open the ball valve...about 1/2 a cup came out and that was it! Another stir...nothing. Backflushed the braid...1/4 cup. Jammed a coat hanger into the valve and braid...nothing. I had to strain the whole thing by hand.

Needless to say it was a looooooonnnnnng brew session trying to strain out all the grain and have the SS strainer constantly gum up. I tossed a bit of cinnamon ala Charlie P to hopefully combat the excessive aeration that had to take place. Lost a good deal of volume in the process.

Transfered to the secondary this past weekend and it was pretty tasty no the less.

**Yuri_Rage** · 12-31-2007, 05:32 PM

Getting geared up for a brew here. I'm only doing 5 gallons - my brew closet has to come down today

Pics/video/whatever I feel like uploading to follow!

Dycokac · 12-31-2007, 05:37 PM

Made mine Sunday as i had a thought that i'm going to be drinking monday night and wanted to watch for the yeast to start easier.

I watered it down more and ended up with a 1.060 OG

but we'll see how it finishes out. Ferment started in must have been 2 hours, and it's areadly down to 1.054ish, with about 2 inches of krausen.

I probably should have just used one of my 5 gallon carboys but i stuck it in my 6.5 and when i went to test the OG, my turkey baster couldn't reach the top of it, so i poured more water in.

This is still going to be the biggest beer I have ever made so far, dang that was a lot of LME, and a big sock of specialty grains

I bought the AHBS kit. I'm also using the WPL California yeast. It smells yummy and tasted good in the OG sample, and better in the recent sample.

So everyone is waiting about 2 weeks+ to rack to secondary? I'm thinking I'm going to keg this, Should I wait till say march/April to put it into a keg?

**BierMuncher** · 12-31-2007, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brewt00l

...hit with a massive stuck sparge from to fine a crush...

I'm sure you already tried these but:

~ Don't open the valve all the way. The rapid rush of wort causes suction that compacts the bed and leads to stuck sparge.

~ Next time, try using a garden hose with a spray spout to back flush the hose. Blowing air is pretty ineffective.

~ Dump in your base grains first. THey don'd pulverize as much as your roasted grains and are more likely to provide a good grain bed and less likely to stick.

I have the same cooler and am tempted to get a rectangular. I think that the deep narrow shape of the round cooler lends itself to more compaction.

FWIW.

brewt00l · 12-31-2007, 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BierMuncher

I'm sure you already tried these but:

~ Don't open the valve all the way. The rapid rush of wort causes suction that compacts the bed and leads to stuck sparge.

~ Next time, try using a garden hose with a spray spout to back flush the hose. Blowing air is pretty ineffective.

~ Dump in your base grains first. THey don'd pulverize as much as your roasted grains and are more likely to provide a good grain bed and less likely to stick.

I have the same cooler and am tempted to get a rectangular. I think that the deep narrow shape of the round cooler lends itself to more compaction.

FWIW.

Even after I pulled all the grain out of the tun and the braid was exposed to the wort directly, it still wouldn't drain...just skimming the strainer through the wort would gum it up....none of the above would have helped given the situation but they are great tips.