Bandit-brewer
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Took the kids to the vancouver aquarium with my brother inlaw and his son. Had a great day. Fish are my other hobby.
Friday night my iPhone 5s died. I mean completely dead for no apparent reason. Spent yesterday seeing if AT&T or the Apple Store could bring it back from the dead. Neither could.
I spent this morning recovering my last backup onto my wife's old 4s. I can limp along on this old phone for a month or two until I can get the new 6s.
Unless you're completely married to iOS (iCloud, iMessage, iPhoto, etc.) check out a Motorola Moto G gen 3. $180 on Amazon, expandable memory via SD card, 4G, etc.
Recovering from the state fair yesterday by sitting on the couch watching Star Wars with my daughter. She loves Chewbacca, but for some reason R2D2 scares her...
Cleaning two used ball lock kegs that arrived this week from Beverage Elements $129 Shipped. Smells like Sprite!
Is that anything like teen spirit? I've been doing some serious thinking the last several months myself. The spot between the computer hutch & the bottling table would hold a 4-keg kegerator handily. A few extra kegs under the table under pressure to condition, &...&,...well, anyway, it'd give some more room in my little brewery/man cave.
I'm getting ready to boil batch #1 of 3 this morning.
Damn early!
I have to go get my pumps and outfit my HERMs and second pump with my hardware. Then I can brew. I should have done it yesterday, but I had to work and the pumps were still at my friends.
^^ what yeast?
This Labor Day Sunday is going to be spent with family. My step daughter and her husband are coming with our grandson this afternoon.
There will be some BBQ chicken, finger potatoes, corn on the cob, salads, and cider of last years vintage to be had. I'm sure the golf cart will see many miles of grass in the lawn and pasture before the day is through. The boy will surely find the creek as the day gets warmer. It promises to be another wonderful day.
But first, eggs, home fries, sausage patties, and some toast to start the day.
I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday!
WLP800
LHBS owner suggested WLP830 but was out of stock. *shrug* maybe next year.
I used to make bohemian pilsners, but I only make german pilsners now. I experimented a lot with different malts, hops (I've been through a TON of saaz), and yeast to find the best G. Pilsner for me. After at least 15 or 20 batches, this one is the best.
1st batch in fermentor, 2nd batch starting boil, 3rd batch mashing.
Wow that's pretty straight forward. Are you pretty set on the yeast making the beer in this case?
Sounds like a productive day!
Drinking some coffee, sanding and spackling some more with my dad, then cleaning up the yard and mowing before we host a party for my daughter's birthday.
Starting out with a little flamenco with my coffee: Charo. Those 40 and up should remember her. "Cuchi-cuchi!" She's a fantastic guitarist, which many probably don't know.
Bottled 15 gallons of orange blossom mead yesterday, so now with the extra space, I'm about to head out to fire up a chinook IPA. I'd like to do my house brown ale either later today or tomorrow, as well.
Yep. I compared this yeast to others (including dry W64/70). I like using dry yeast, and I use US05 all the time, but the wyeast was better. But I think these hops made the biggest difference. I tried hallertau, saaz (many times), mittlefruh, others.
I've gone up and down on the IBUs. 35 is perfect. Also, and this is SUPER important, keep the OG down. I like big beers like the next guy, but a pils is ruined when it gets ruined with a high OG/FG. It's my taste, anyway.
Last batch I made was 20g. I split it 4 ways, and had different combinations of yeast and hops. Anyway, this is the way I'll make it from now on.
Alrighty!
I plugged it into Beersmith and I have it set in my collections of to-brews. I might sneak it in this year but if I do I'll have to use WLP800 3rd Gen repitch or Wyeast 2633 2nd Gen repitch...
Question about the SRM. Using my LBSH Best Malt Pilsen, I can't get your whiter-than-white srm. Are you attached to your Briess Pils malt as listed? And by attached I mean "if it ain't Briess, it ain't the same."
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