What I did for beer today

Bottled some beers (and hard cider) from the kegs using the "Last Straw". Cleaned and sanitized the one kicked keg from bottling. Then I filled it back up with my SMaSH brew (Maris Otter and Opal hops). Cleaned the fermenter too. Now it's 3am and I have to get up soon for work. Boo! [emoji16]

Washed bottles

Drilled 2 holes in the side of the fridge for CO2 lines(high pressure, serving pressure), put together gas lines and liquid lines... need to mount the CO2 distribution block and the drip tray after I pickup some self tapping screws. And fill the CO2 cylinder! Then I am ready to start kegging!

Kegged my Smash House IPA (2 row and Mosaic). First IPA I've made in a long time that turned out good. Dry hopped with 1oz Mosaic at 6 days and dropped another ounce in the keg. It's going to be a minor hop bomb but the sample tasted terrific.

Kegged my Ninkasi Believer clone, cleaned carboys & transfer equipment plus checked my system for Tuesday brew with my daughter.

Went to the Classic City Brewfest and drank many beers [emoji482]

Drank homebrew and yapped with my neighbor... took a down day to let my back heal more...

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Canning some starter wort right now. After the batch that's in the pressure canner is finished I'm calling it a night. Tomorrow I will fill the rest of the canning and get them done. This way I should be set for the remainder of the year if not longer. After all said and done I'll have 12 pints and 12 quarts. Woohoo!!! [emoji2]

Bottled a bretted Saison (initially fermented with WY3724, then transferred to a glass carboy with Yeast Bay Brussels Brett for 4 months). 12 champagne bottles, and it's tasting really good already. Can't wait for it to be carbed up and in the bottles and to open one up on a hot summer's day.

Checked on my Belgain Saison (down to 1.003!) and milled grain/measured hops for a batch of Electric Hop Candy to be brewed tomorrow evening.

Kal

Finished assembling the beer fridge, got a partial CO2 fill(my guys tank was low), and not beer related but I put a new hot rod ignitor in my Traeger BBQ pit so I can plug in and go again.

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Canning the last batch of starter wort again. After the other night and tonight I'll have 11 quarts and 12 pints. Woohoo!

BTW here's the link I found and followed.
https://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/starter-made-easy-pressure-cooking-your-starter-wort-ahead-time

Took a whole bunch of it from the conditioning shelf and put em in the fridge for the 4 day weekend.

#1sttimesmackedbyHBonly

Bottled 3 gallons of "Fat Liar" presidential Cherry Stout

Cleaned a keg. Ready for a bitter in the next couple days.

Drilled and tapped my 3 tap handles. L to right 338lapua(not mounted yet), 50 cal tracer for an M8 spotter rifle, 50 BMG. Test fitted, I need to clear coat them yet and paint the fridge.

I bottled my Monster Brew Porter today.

Built the shelf to hold the 2 back kegs over the compressor hump. Need to make another gas line and 1 more liquid line. And track down the very very slow leak in the system.

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MaryB said:

Built the shelf to hold the 2 back kegs over the compressor hump. Need to make another gas line and 1 more liquid line. And track down the very very slow leak in the system.

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What fridge is that you are using??

Kegged my bitter.

a 20 year old Frigidaire that has been rattling around my garage and porch...

orionol73 said:

What fridge is that you are using??

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Worked on my 40 gal rotomold fermenter. Fabricated a stand, rolled the chiller coil from 60' of 1/2" copper tubing. I was planning on using 50' but the extra 10' just might fit. Soldered the fittings, drilled the holes in the cap and top side and installed bulkhead fittings to mount the coil and blow off tube.
Tomorrow I'll paint the stand and start applying reflectix to the fermenter.

Cleaned the lines & faucets on my kegerator.

Brewed up another APA to build the pipeline back up. All galaxy hops, smelled amazing.

Pruned and trained my hop bines

Bottled a few from the tap for my neighbor (who is often the beer fairy during his various business trips...)

Ordered some stuff.

Made smoked spare ribs and drank beer!

My hop vines are only about 6 inches tall so to soon to work on training them.

Planted some new hop varieties. Should be interesting. Columbia, Serebrianka, Vojvodina. Would be cool to have some hops that aren't readily available. Also an extra Cascade.

Racked a batch of Yooper's FYB to a serving keg. Hyd sample tastes goooooood.

I also racked my use up hops pale ale into a keg.

Installed the liquid disconnects in my new kegerator and the keg is now chilling

Dreaded bottle washing i have ignored for 1 1/2 beer batches...

I'm getting ready for the maiden brew using my single barrel system. I've gotten my various components organized so that everything is in reach by use of pumps and hoses, wiring connection on my nuclear mash tun checked, fermenter set up (stc1000+) set for the recipe, after completing the fermenter I'll need to run the CIP to remove any debris and sanitize. I made a 2L starter and that was today.

Tomorrow I'll run everything backward from the fermenter to the boil kettle then to the mash tun in cleaning. Power wash, boil and acid wash my fermenter coil finally sanitizing everything. I think then I'll be ready for a brew. Only a 20 gal triple to start.

Brewing my first IPA.

dry hopped my green flash west coast ipa clone

Moved an APA to kegs, cleaned carboys and transfer equipment. Also cleaned two kegs and replaced keg post gaskets.

Moved my Yooper's FYB from cold crash side to serving temp side of my side-by-side and put it on CO2.

Brewing a wit bier nearly done with the boil.

Checked for leaks on my CO2 lines. Holding pressure well and I think I got the small leak last night!