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Me... A friend gave me 5kg of Maris Otter that I was unable to locate locally.
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Me... A friend gave me 5kg of Maris Otter that I was unable to locate locally.
Dave Sarber
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Free malt is the best malt! I ordered a bag of Maris Otter, but have no idea when it will get here. Got a " order received" email, but no shipping info yet.
Measuring the flour that passes I guess? What’s the bas line for that method? (Not poking, just very curious!)
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I got the 70/30 ratio from a MBAA presentation by Van Havig.
I recirculate across a RIMS during the entire mash. There’s a balance between good flow across the RIMS element and compacting the bed for a stuck mash. To help me, I crush a bit more grits vs fines, use a fairly thin 1.75/1 qts/lb mash, and a .7 gpm flow.
I can tighten the mill to 60/40 and see if I get a stuck mash. If I don’t I can go tighter. If I do I can back off. It’s just a tool to measure a balancing act.
I recirculate across a RIMS during the entire mash. There’s a balance between good flow across the RIMS element and compacting the bed for a stuck mash. To help me, I crush a bit more grits vs fines, use a fairly thin 1.75/1 qts/lb mash, and a .7 gpm flow.
I can tighten the mill to 60/40 and see if I get a stuck mash. If I don’t I can go tighter. If I do I can back off. It’s just a tool to measure a balancing act.
Dave Sarber
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So what's in them bottles, Hoppy?
Today I ordered a couple dozen Belgian 750ml cork finish bottles along with corks and wire baskets from Midwest Supply. If the fermenting batch of tripel comes out as well as I hope, I'll bottle it in the corked bottles for gifts.
Also packratting supplies for a batch of quad.
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Nice! First measurable way to measure the crush! Of course now I have another piece of equipment I need........
Spiced Wiezenbock. Cork finishing makes a very nice presentation, unfortunately I bent the frame on my floor corker, so I need to modify it somehow to use it.
Dave Sarber
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Too bad we're so far apart. IMHO, I am a metalworking genius!
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I'd be interested to hear if you ultimately find this metric more helpful than simply experimenting with the mill gap as the index. I know commercial brewers use a whole series of screens, at least #30, #18, #14, #10, and pass, in their assay of the crush, sorting husk, grits, fines and flour, etc. I wonder if the proportion of a single division of particle size without knowing the assortment within the remainders really is telling; it seems like the stuff at the extreme gets you into the most trouble (though conditioning certainly minimizes that.) If you develop a good method for using a simpler sieve assortment to optimize milling, it would be a very interesting topic to post. I've long wondered if I could make good use of such analysis.
orionol73
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Unfortunately forced to bottle a batch of Hopslam clone that was still happily bubbling along. Had to get the beer out of the fermenter so now I get to babysit and burp the bottles for beer that was at 1.020 still
Kegged my tart red Flanders ale. After 5 1/2 months (3 on oak), it was still 1.010, and no oak flavor. But it’s the first time I have made it, so we’ll polish it off at Christmas and just have to make a second batch.
Thanks. I’m thinking I will put a wood block under the weakened part and bolt the legs to some wood. It’s pretty much useless the way it is, so there’s only room for improvement.
Bottled a batch of my favourite extract brew (coopers family secret amber) and wished a bench capper from santa after my ancient capper decided to act up again and crushed the necks of three bottles...
Dave Sarber
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Brewed a quad this morning, and considerably overshot my OG (1.110 instead of 1.080). Switched to a high ABV yeast and keeping my fingers crossed.
Took the night off from work for a snowstorm. Had a few beers catching up on housework and doing some last minute winter preps . Somehow ended up impulse buying a 128oz ukeg. Beers and eBay app are a dangerous mix.
Sent a couple entries to the queen of beer competition, the last one of the year for me.
Dave Sarber
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Tripel and a quad sharing space.
Hefted kegs in the kegerator to see where they're at; for once the pipeline is completely full, with a Blonde still carbing and a WF lager in the ferment fridge that's almost ready to crash and lager for a week or so. Later will fill a couple growlers for dinner at the sister's house; the last of the cherry/apple cider and the current lager. My dad has alzheimer's and lives in a memory care facility; understandably they don't give him any beer other than NA ones once a week. So he'll get a glass of the lager to make him happy.
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Bottling to get a break from the madness
Using the new keezer for the relatives to come by and drink homebrew (and eat).
I am hoping they stop bringing BMC beer to my house as a host gift.
I am hoping they stop bringing BMC beer to my house as a host gift.
Dave Sarber
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I feel your pain. Last time I had a get together, somebody put 2 cases of Bud Light in my fridge, and nobody will 'fess up.
Dave Sarber
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Just sniffing airlocks today. Tripel is about done, but going to let it sit for at least a week. The quad is still burbling along like a motorboat.
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Got my corker, and some other stuff today. Corker is advertised as adjustable, NOT! I disassembled it and cut about 1/2" off the seating rod, to allow the cork to stick out of the bottle 1/2". Here is my first attempt with a used cork and wire basket.
Brewing a 3 gallon batch of an experimental buckwheat and chili beer.
So the store didn’t have buckwheat groats. I thought, sure, I can mash flour, I BIAB, how bad could it be?
Somewhere, some guy in a black top hat is twirling his little mustache and cackling “muahahahahaha!”
I hit my SG, but damn, I had to work for it.
So the store didn’t have buckwheat groats. I thought, sure, I can mash flour, I BIAB, how bad could it be?
Somewhere, some guy in a black top hat is twirling his little mustache and cackling “muahahahahaha!”
I hit my SG, but damn, I had to work for it.
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Brewing a 10 gallon batch of DIPA today while drinking plenty of Homebrew. [emoji482]
orionol73
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Brewed a batch of Oatmeal Stout today
Sitting here tonight working on the 2019 Holiday Ale recipe. Grain was purchased today, LHBS had a great Black Friday sale on ($35 for 55lbs of two row, oh hells yes), and boss was gracious enough to let me leave early to go get it. Last year's batch was very well received; this year going with a bit more grain to heft up the ABV, also to get 7 gallons in the fermenter so 2 of them can get bottle conditioned; the rest will be kegged. My sister was nagging me at Thanksgiving as to when it would be ready since she absolutely adored it last year.
Rearranged the garage. Moved all of the brewing equipment from the upstairs patio and the fermenters from the upstairs bathroom down into the garage. Bought the fixin’s for an IPA at the LHBS.
Looking forward to the next brew day without wind or rain.
Looking forward to the next brew day without wind or rain.
Brewed a NottaBud (fizzy yellow lager) today.
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Just curious, which HBS in the Seattle area? Micro Homebrew or one of the others? My go to HBS is in Redmond.
I usually go to Mt Si in Snoqualmie. Easy drive from my house (I live out towards Maple Valley), just a hop up 18 and a bit on 90. She's got a good selection of grain, decent variety of hops, and if I need a random piece of equipment she's usually got that too. Regular price on 55lbs of GW two row is $42.99, still a good price around here.
Dave Sarber
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Washing yeast from 2 different batches. Kitchen looks like a meth lab.
MrFoodScientist
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I made a draft flange because I really don't like the black plastic ones:
Needs some sanding, but seems to be a pretty good fit. Could be thinner, though.
Needs some sanding, but seems to be a pretty good fit. Could be thinner, though.
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