What I did for beer today

realized that my california ale yeast didn't start, so i went to the brewstore and got a dry pack of BRY-97 American West Coast by Danstar. the starter is taking off like a superhero. my brew will have yeast in it by tomorrow morning.

Got pulled into my bosses office this morning. Uh... uh oh, what did I do?

Turns out his uncle? is at deaths door and is really into homebrewing (and the other thing that we dont talk about here). He asked if I would be interested in his old equipment (though he previously destroyed some 20-30 glass carboys). I told him that I would accept anything brewing related as long as it is not any trouble for him. So, I have that going for me.

Ordered my self the yeastir stir plate can't wait for it to get here


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Starter for the Ten Fidy clone in a couple weeks.

DrunkleJon said:

Got pulled into my bosses office this morning. Uh... uh oh, what did I do?

Turns out his uncle? is at deaths door and is really into homebrewing (and the other thing that we dont talk about here). He asked if I would be interested in his old equipment (though he previously destroyed some 20-30 glass carboys). I told him that I would accept anything brewing related as long as it is not any trouble for him. So, I have that going for me.

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As a nice gesture , I suggest finding out what his favorite beer was, brew in his honor and hand out to his family.

Finished proofreading, etc on my home brewing book. It's in review on amazon kindle now.

Got a new 10lbs C02 tank for my keg setup

Emptied and cleaned out a keg of APA

j1n said:

id attach a pump to that so no lifting any hot liquids.



My palms are now sweaty. Thanks.

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HOLY SHEEP [email protected] would have shat myself

Worked on a kegerator build today. I'm still waiting on the last couple parts, and those won't be in until next week, so I am now just waiting.

Took my not-yet-2-year-old daughter with me to the LHBS to pick up the ingredients for my CacaOut Oatmeal Stout that I'll be brewing in the next week. Also grabbed a blowoff tube and a BIAB bag. Then ordered a 2L Erlenmeyer flask online.

This thread title just seems very "crackheadish"..got some malt? got some hops? i'll..nevermind bad joke inspired by a horrible movie menace 2 society

Brewed a stout, kegged a Roggenbier, washed the yeast (WLP 300), completed the kegorator (4th tap).

Kicked an American Brown Ale so cleaned and sanitized the empty then racked a Bourbon Barrel Porter. Sampling the hydrometer jar indicates a very tasty Thanksgiving.


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PianoMan said:

Brewed a stout, kegged a Roggenbier, washed the yeast (WLP 300), completed the kegorator (4th tap).

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i wish i build my kegorator like you did putting the faucets on the side...Nice touch..awesome..more room to manuver

PianoMan said:

As a nice gesture , I suggest finding out what his favorite beer was, brew in his honor and hand out to his family.

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Great idea! I just did a partigyle of an RIS for two friends that passed away over the last year. I will think of them with every bottle, glass and sip.


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ABVIBUSRM said:

i wish i build my kegorator like you did putting the faucets on the side...Nice touch..awesome..more room to manuver

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Thanks. It was a last minute realization that this configuration would work better. Only wish...bigger freezer with more taps!

ABVIBUSRM said:

This thread title just seems very "crackheadish"..got some malt? got some hops? i'll..nevermind bad joke inspired by a horrible movie menace 2 society

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Ya, when I first read this title, thought it was like "how i prostituted myself for beer"...that kind of thing.

Racked my Stone recipe Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout to secondary, cleaned the carboys & other equipment.
The beer tastes awesome!

govner1 said:

Racked my Stone recipe Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout to secondary, cleaned the carboys & other equipment.
The beer tastes awesome!

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Govner any chance you would want to share your recipe? I recently tried a bottle from 08 and it was delicious.


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Today I got all my ingredients and equipment ready for tomorrows 2nd round of BIAB Pumpkin ale. Its nice to finally have the time to be prepared a day ahead of time than trying to do it all on brew day.

erick0619 said:

Govner any chance you would want to share your recipe? I recently tried a bottle from 08 and it was delicious.

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The recipe is in a "Brew Your Own" article on Stone Brewing, and at the end are a 6 clone recipes. It's the Dec. 2008 issue.

google: stone byo

Organized my keezer, only to realize that I have a ton of bottled beer and not enough room for kegs.

Also jumped for joy when my California V yeast finally started doing it's job in the IIPA I brewed yesterday.

jperry said:

The recipe is in a "Brew Your Own" article on Stone Brewing, and at the end are a 6 clone recipes. It's the Dec. 2008 issue.

google: stone byo

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Awesome thank you


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catdaddy66 said:

Feels great, right??


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Felt amazing, hope I can keep it up now and it wasn't some dumb luck lol.

Kegged a brown ale "Naughty Brewnette".

Built a stand for the Fastfermenter so it will fit my ferm fridge.

Bottled my 80 shilling and bought a blonde and a 60 shilling!

Checked the SG in a batch of Smoked Pale Ale. Looking good so far ....

I made candied ginger for my Gingerbread Ale. Reminded me of making rock candy as a kid.

I thought about kegging an ipa for a get together tomorrow. Still thinking about it...

I'll be bottling my small stout (2nd runnings) today... My RIS will have at least 4 more weeks in the primary before it's bottled for 4-5 months.


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I replaced the bung on my carboy after accidently pushing one into my carboy last night, decided this batch would be called "The Bung Hole Incident Brown Ale", and ordered a new carboy/cream ale kit so i can get that going to give out to light beer drinking family members at Christmas. I had a good beer day.

Taught oldest granddaughter how to make hard limeaid. Its a start..

brewed AG Buried Hatchet clone and helped my son brew a Belgian Stout.

Bottled 5G of Golden Ale; mixed up 5G of EdWort's ApfelWein and brewed 5G of an Alaskan Amber clone.

Yes. And I mopped the floor, dear.

Washed up carboy and racking equipment.

Test fit fastferment stand in the ferm fridge. Trimmed the bottom slightly and then painted it.

Well, here it is November 2014. Today I purchased some extract and other stuff for a recipe called Dark Sleep Stout. I read up on hop characteristics because this time I want more hop aroma in it.
'Also checked up on my first all-grain brew, one gallon batch. This recipe was different than any other brew, not only for the all grain, but it called for six different hop pitchings. Same hop, just adding it at different times throughout the brew, with a dry hop at the end. I was used to adding it all at once (or no more than two for boiling and finishing). That's what got me going on the research.
I'll be growing my own hops this spring, and am SUPER looking forward to designing my own recipes!


Tiny bubbles in the wine may be fine, but just give me lots of them from the fermenter!

Yesterday, I force carbed four bottles of a Red Rye PA for a competition using one of those PET bottle/Gas-poppet thingys. Getting the carbed beer into glass 12oz bottles was the tricky part. I took some photos and will make a post about that.

Also cold crashed 10g of Pliny the Elder clone. I'm gonna force carb four bottles of that for the competition too. Should be interesting - it'll certainly be fresh!

Good luck with the competition!


Tiny bubbles in the wine may be fine, but just give me lots of them from the fermenter!

Tank 7 clone and it was my first all grain BIAB. Good fun.

Today I did CS223's ridiculously cheap stir plate build. Too a total of 25 mins to build. Followed his plans mostly to a T. Except for the washer and the super glue. The Neodymium rare earth magnets were strong enough to not require super glue, although I may secure them later. Note the 6-32 nuts spacing the top screen away from the fan, spacing is important, too close will pull the fan off its mount and it won't spin. The Thermatake fan was $14.12 off Amazon, and $5.00 for the magnets and 6-32 pack of screws. A great working stirplate for under $20. I'm excited to take on yeast ranching now!