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Brewed up a Munich dunkel (gravity ended up more in bock territory), and bottled some of the pumpkin to set aside for my step-father-in-law. Also kicked the porter, so tapped the sahti.
 
Brewed up 5 gallons of a session Steam beer partial mash. DME, crystal 60, two ounces each of melanoidin and rye flakes, hopped with Northern Brewer, and wyeast SF Lager. Should clock in around 3.5% ABV.

At the same time, did my hack Czech 9 plato (1036) or around 4% ABV. 3.5 pounds each munich & Vienna, 4 ounces melanoidin ('cause chuck p sez so) with tettnang for bittering and saaz for aroma. Past tries with Saaz wasn't to my taste, but it's been a few years so try again. will pitch 34-70 (which my palate much prefers over the Urkel yeast).

I bottled a six pack of American Wheat and then ~4 gallons are spunding in the keg. Tested out the Red X and carared combined with the Danstar wheat (not the classic) with an ABV ~3.5%.

Also bottled a six pack plus 4 gallons of an English old ale experiment. Split batch to test the WLP026 Premium Yeast vs WLP017 Whitbread. That's a big beer for me clocking in at over 5%. :)

I still need to get around to
1. one last try at purging the pichia apotheca from my 30L Speidel. Keep that stuff quarantined if you wanna play as it is a real ***** to get rid of.
2. trouble shoot my steel boil pot converted to a fermentation vessel. Even though I replaced the rubber gaskets, I'm getting a "burnt rubber" taste that shouldn't be there
3. clean out 2 Mr Beer fermenters and decide on my next split batch yeast off
4. pick the backyard apples for a cyser. Restart the solera with WLP773 Scottish cider blend yeast
 
Here's the (almost) 20191103_070923[1].jpg finished project. Still has a tiny wobble but will use a screw on the bottom of that leg to even it out. Also later today will use an old grain bag to make a spout underneath to cut down on grain dust. Darn proud of myself.
 
Bottling a batch tonight. Warm fermented lager, about 6 weeks in primary. Once done, a thorough cleaning of all my vessels.

Ambitious, I know!
 
Cleaned out the last keg and added a clear draught system to it. Hoping to transfer the Red Rye onto dry hops in the keg tonight or tomorrow.

Heading on over to the LHBS to buy the next brew day, a pale ale using my homegrown Old Mission and Shaddock hops.
 
seatazzz said:
Here's the (almost) View attachment 650994 finished project. Still has a tiny wobble but will use a screw on the bottom of that leg to even it out. Also later today will use an old grain bag to make a spout underneath to cut down on grain dust. Darn proud of myself.
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damn, is that flame on with the tank under it?
 
Kegged my latest IPA this morning and put it on force carb; pulled the PRV a few times during the day, and just now got home from work jonesing for a beer instead of cider (all I had on tap until this). Tapped the keg, it's not completely carbed yet and cloudy as poopy but tastes great after a long night. Few more days and it will be perfect. Ahhh I love kegging...and my big 20lb co2 tank...and the fancy regulator that lets me force carb as high as I want...and beer.
 
Kegged a Dunkel: Missed the spund window so I primed for referment by boiling turbinado sugar in a cup of water. Using a clean, sanitized 2L coke bottle; funneled the sugar solution in, squeezed it to get the air out, pressurized it with CO2 via a carbonation cap, inverted it and used a jumper to inject the sugar solution into a sanitized CO2 purged keg. To ensure I didn’t inject air into the keg with the sugar solution I pulled the QD off prior to all the solution entering the keg. I close transferred the beer on top of the sugar and installed a spunding valve. I charged the keg with CO2 to seal the lid and released some pressure via the spunding valve by loosening the valve then tightening it slightly to allow pressure to build via the referment. The idea is to allow residual yeast to eat the sugar to create CO2 pressure to carbonate the beer. We’ll see.
 
Dropped some toasted macaron flavored coffee beans in a muslin bag to soak in my RIS for 24 hours. Hopefully ot finishes off the flavor profile I'm looking for in my chocolate covered macaron sweet stout with vanilla.
 
If it doesn't work out, I've had great success soaking coffee with bourbon in a French press for 10min. About 1 cup coffee with 2.5cups bourbon. Don't get much bourbon but tons of coffee.
aharri1 said:
Dropped some toasted macaron flavored coffee beans in a muslin bag to soak in my RIS for 24 hours. Hopefully ot finishes off the flavor profile I'm looking for in my chocolate covered macaron sweet stout with vanilla.
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Made my Brüt IPA and opened the 2019 Vic Secret I got a pound of. Unfortunately my yeast I harvested got a lacto infection, but off to the LHBS tomorrow, along with sorbate and metabisulfite for batch of cider. Planned next brew, scale up of a test 1 gallon batch of oatmeal porter. Working from home is great!
 
BikerMatt said:
Gave a bag full of HB bottles to a work friend and received a slightly larger bag of empties he's been collecting for me. If only someone would come and wash them for me...
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Yep! I have the same agreement with a few friends. They drop off empties, I give them full ones. Luckily I’ve managed to guilt them into rinsing and drying bottles before bringing them back. I received one shipment of moldy bottles and that person was cut off from the exchange haha.
 
Re-read some notes, and decided this weekend I'll do another iteration of what I originally called my Not-Very-Pale (NVP for short) this weekend. Just need to get the grain soaked and roasted for it; yes it's supposed to rest for a week, but I don't have that kind of time. Will use 1lb of the fresh crystal that will be done Thursday, and a tiny bit of the over-roasted (but tasty) crystal from the last batch, for that nice brown roasted flavor, on a solid base of 13lbs two-row. Planning to use Schlenkerla's Instant Pot method. Will bitter with some Cascade or Comet, with late additions of Crystal for the sweetness to balance out the roastiness. Should be a good one. Love dreaming up recipes. The first one was absolutely delicious, hoping for another one.
 
Dave Sarber said:
Ok, what everybody's been waiting for...the cover shot from the latest issue of BEER PORN MAGAZINE Issue No. 6, Nov. Dec. 2019


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Wow, now that sultry picture exposing all of those intimate wood-grain details deserves "Playcrate of the Month" honors.

Please post the complete pictorial biography and the "Playcrate Data Sheet", which lists the birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs.

Playcrate encourages potential Playcrates to send photos with "crate next door" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playcrate candidates, and may be eligible for a finder's fee if their model is selected.
 
Imhoppy said:
Wow, now that sultry picture exposing all of those intimate wood-grain details deserves "Playcrate of the Month" honors.

Please post the complete pictorial biography and the "Playcrate Data Sheet", which lists the birthdate, measurements, turn-ons, and turn-offs.

Playcrate encourages potential Playcrates to send photos with "crate next door" appeal for consideration; others may submit photos of Playcrate candidates, and may be eligible for a finder's fee if their model is selected.
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LMAO! Although I do select wood for sexy grain....
And knots! Don't forget the knots!
 
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Dave Sarber said:
LMAO! Although I do select wood for sexy grain....
And knots! Don't forget the knots!
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I always appreciated from afar, a crate that had knots in all the right places, a smooth grain and special attention was paid to the “dove tails”. I always ended up taking home the crate with a rough grain and a few splinters, lap joints, while held together with Sheetrock screws and duct tape.
 

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