Hunting Cabin Brew Day Pictoral

So I am headed off to go hunting tomorrow. In between the morning and evening hunts I plan to brew! I am making recipe with only one type of malt. There is no running water at our cabin so I'll start it off with my preparations:

Making starter to be ready when I get home:


Two pounds of wet roasted malt:


Filled 2 10 gallon coolers for my water, treated with camden:


Washed Yeast and starter done boiling:


Hops weighed and packaged:


Difference between wet toasted and "raw" grains:



Hops, grains and crusher ready to go:



Truck loaded (pots went in cab):

Saved a dollar or two on propane by getting my 4.2 gallons of mash water up to 125 (target was 132) by using the woodstove:


Homemade crusher's crush:


A little scenery while getting my mash water up the last few degrees:


Doughing in an shooting for 123:


A little high but acceptable:


6.75 quarts of mash for first decoction:


Got it boiling:

A Poser Pic:


Hit first Sacc Rest Temp perfectly!


Second decoction...


Went hunting and let the mash sit while I was out, a day can't get too much better!


Saw this heard of 11 Does/fawns:


Coming back in (morning):

After the hunt was over I finished up the lautering. The only thing I forgot was any siphon tubing so I had to use the old "Scold your hand/sparge via pitcher" method.


Hot Break receding:


And thats about it, Once the boil was finished I let it cool over night, moved the wort into one of my sanatized water containers for transportation home. Pitched the yeast starter and can update as it progresses!

Here is the set up and the cabin!

Take pleny of pictures!!!

Sounds like a kick A$$ day!!

I am home! No deer was harvested during the trip, but a batch of beer was successfully made. Although a doe passed by me incredibly lame...only use three legs to move around. If I see her again it might be the first doe harvested by my family in three generations!

Pics to come today!

Sorry if I missed it...WHATCHA MAKIN?

It is a VERY experimental recipe that I am withholding until I find out if it tastes good...or like satan's anus

And sorry about the pictures...the geek squad came to help my mom set up her new computer and DESTROYED out internet (second time they have done this and both times they said "Oh your router coincidentally broke while we were here). When I get home from work I will hard line into the router and upload them!

Ok, Pics uploaded!

very nice indeed!

OK, now as a fellow hunter I would have to say that brewing and hunting in the same day is quite an accomplishment. However, I want to see pictures of the deer that you filled your tags with. Montanaandy

I just saw the post at said you did not bag a deer. Time to go back out and brew again! Montanaandy

I'm not a hunter, but, man, that outdoor picture looked like a great day to be outside! To be able to enjoy the outdoors like that AND brew. . . awesome

Should of put the spent grains in the field to lure them in.

Montanaandy said:

I just saw the post at said you did not bag a deer. Time to go back out and brew again! Montanaandy

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Haha I am trying. With work my cabin is 2 hours away from home so I can steal a day off or two to get out there. Thanksgiving week I asked off so we can spend it in the sparcely populated mountains where my grandfather grew up. We have his 110 Acres up there and that country is pretty rough!

Blackhawkbrew said:

I'm not a hunter, but, man, that outdoor picture looked like a great day to be outside! To be able to enjoy the outdoors like that AND brew. . . awesome

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I agree. I have been hunting for seven years now and have bagged enough deer to count on one hand. We are in no financial need for the meat, and we don't grow any crops to claim damage, so we wait for decent bucks. Its just a nice excuse to get outside, and even better when you through brewing into the equation!

ratfarmer said:

Should of put the spent grains in the field to lure them in.

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I did! In virginia it is illegal to bait, so I waited until after my last hunt of the week and spread them out away from our hunting area. Technically illegal, but no one was there to take advantage of the bait, so I see no foul.

I agree. Only illegal if you hunt over it. Otherwise you're just another citizen composting.

Brother, I am so glad I scrolled back up from Sithdad's latest post, or I would have continued to miss the pics you DID post in here. Awesome!