Finally At Capacity

I guess in a pinch I could use one of my buckets, and my brother is still borrowing one of my carboys, but yeah, I guess I'm taking a break.

Well done! That, my friend, is something to be proud of. :rockin:

I suspect You'll be the guy walking around with the ear to ear Grin.....

good Work ol' man!

show off

:cross:

I have 8 batches going also, but still have over 10 empty carboys...

And the bonus: with the exception of the cider, they're all styles I've never done before...munich dunkel, american strong amber, belgian golden strong, rauchbier, flanders red, kriek. So far, every one's a winner, too. Now I just have to start kicking some kegs to make room. Man, I can't wait to have rauchbier on tap. Talk about awesomeness.

homebrewer_99 said:

I have 8 batches going also, but still have over 10 empty carboys...

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what the hell do you use 18 carboys for? I know for a fact that you don't have any friends, Bill, so who's drinking all this stuff?

Bravo.

I was pretty happy a week ago. I had 13 out of 14 carboys full (2 beers, 2 ciders, 1 hard lemonade, 8 wines).

I'm kida feeling like a slacker here...not counting what's on tap...1 keg beer, 1 keg apfelwein, 2 carboys Apfelwein, 3 Carboys beer, 6 meads, and a wine...And I can't find a DAMN thing to take to the GABF tomorrow for swaps!

wow - I was happy just to stay afloat with 2 carboys full... Guess I need to get crackin...

What would be really impressive is if they were all in Blitchman Fermenators!:rockin:

Evan! said:

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God bless America....
/wipes tear from eye

TommyBoy44060 said:

What would be really impressive is if they were all in Blitchman Fermenators!:rockin:

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Ya, Cause it's totally not cool in glass?

Dude!...You just don't know do you?

Evan! said:

what the hell do you use 18 carboys for? I know for a fact that you don't have any friends, Bill, so who's drinking all this stuff?

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Well, I have 22 carboys last count. Friends? Who needs them???

I had a catheter put in to eliminate running to the bathroom between drinks...

+1 Good work!!! It's a thing of beauty that I one day aspire to achieve.

Nice work...for some reason I feel like your going to have some Happy Alcoholidays this year!

TommyBoy44060 said:

What would be really impressive is if they were all in Blitchman Fermenators!:rockin:

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Whether I spend $20 on a better bottle or $600 on a Blichmann, I still get delicious beer. Except in the latter case, I have a maxed out credit card and can't afford groceries, much less more grain for more beer. Nice as those things are, they are more of a conveniences issue than a quality one, and I'm not willing to spend $600 for convenience. The two things that are most important in making good beer are fermentation temps and pitching rates. And neither of those things require a $600 fermenter.

Well, I need to get my basement looking like that soon. Well half that anyway .

do you have a grain mill?

uglygoat said:

do you have a grain mill?

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Nah, I just shove it into my mouth handful by handful, chew it up, then spit it into the MLT

I mean, I have a Barley Crusher. Best investment evar. I get 78-84% eff. with the factory settings.

I must admite, im envious. Since i started brewing 7 bbls at a time at the my brewery the home stock has started to dwindle.

Last weekend was the first time the blichmann had anything in it for 10 weeks.


I think i saw it cry.

Reverend JC said:

I must admite, im envious. Since i started brewing 7 bbls at a time at the my brewery the home stock has started to dwindle.

Last weekend was the first time the blichmann had anything in it for 10 weeks.


I think i saw it cry.

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Must have been the dust in its eye...

I hate you...ur a lucky man

very impressive. You have 5 Gallons less beer sitting right there than I've made since I started in January. these all 5 gallon bathces or any of them doubles from a 10 gallon batch?

IrregularPulse said:

very impressive. You have 5 Gallons less beer sitting right there than I've made since I started in January. these all 5 gallon bathces or any of them doubles from a 10 gallon batch?

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I only do 5 gallons at a time. Like to try new things, so...yeah.

I've done about 170 gallons in calendar year 2008. 81 batches total since I started in July 2006, I think.

Evan, you are a machine my man. I doubt I'll ever see all my kegs filled much less ever see all 6 of my fermenters going at once. So much brewing to do, so little time.

Keep it up my man.

And I agree completely regarding the Blingman' fermenators'. Pretty sure. Necessary? Not so much. For the prices of one of those things I can buy a lifetime supply of buckets.

you guys have taken this homebreweing illness to a new level!

I thought i was sick with 2 primaries, 2 5-gallon carboys, and a 3-gallon apfelwein going at one time...

guess I'm only slightly-sick...the illness can get much worse!