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Kicking things off with Two Hearted
Haha, same here. I did finally brew the Habanero IPA on the 28th of March. If you're still interested I'll let you know when it gets bottled.
Kicking things off with Two Hearted
One pound will add pretty much nothing. I've brewed with strawberries before, but never done a strawberry blonde, but I was recently able to try Hello's, very good beer. It had a nice strawberry aroma and flavor without overpowering the whole beer. Perhaps she can share how many strawberries she used.
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Haha, same here. I did finally brew the Habanero IPA on the 28th of March. If you're still interested I'll let you know when it gets bottled.
I added 3 lbs I think. Will look tomorrow. 5 days tops in secondary using Denny's favorite 50. Strawberries were sliced and frozen. I'll post more when I get up and see my notes tomorrow.
Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti bomber and Espresso Oak Aged Yeti bomber and now I am drunk.
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coffee...
did a lil researching on kegging this morning. From what i understand i dont need multiple regulators for multiple kegs. I think my plan will be to convert my smaller chest freezer to a keezer and use my bigger one for the fermentation chamber. I was thinking i could use one tank, one regulator, and a manifold. Im not to worried about force carbing beers quickly. I only have one keg so i was thinking of running the tank to the manifold and only having one outlet from the manifold on and with line... As i get more kegs i was going to just add lines to the outlets of the manifold. I guess my real question is when i have one keg at serving pressure and want to force carb another one do i need to turn off the one at serving pressure and turn on the one i want to carb and up the psi to 30? or can i just leave them both on- the one already carbed and the one i want force carbed - and leave at serving pressure, 12 psi or so and let it carb up that way? would it take to long? or not carb at all?
Rant over- a lil reading material for your morning
coffee...
did a lil researching on kegging this morning. From what i understand i dont need multiple regulators for multiple kegs. I think my plan will be to convert my smaller chest freezer to a keezer and use my bigger one for the fermentation chamber. I was thinking i could use one tank, one regulator, and a manifold. Im not to worried about force carbing beers quickly. I only have one keg so i was thinking of running the tank to the manifold and only having one outlet from the manifold on and with line... As i get more kegs i was going to just add lines to the outlets of the manifold. I guess my real question is when i have one keg at serving pressure and want to force carb another one do i need to turn off the one at serving pressure and turn on the one i want to carb and up the psi to 30? or can i just leave them both on- the one already carbed and the one i want force carbed - and leave at serving pressure, 12 psi or so and let it carb up that way? would it take to long? or not carb at all?
Rant over- a lil reading material for your morning
Sounds like a solid plan.
Yes you can force carb at your serving pressure - just takes longer.
If you're starting w one keg only, I wouldn't even mess w a manifold at this time; I'd just run a gas line from your reg to your keg. Keep it simple.
When it's time to add a 2nd keg, you can spend $2 on a T to split your gas line to the two kegs.
When you add your third, that's when I'd pick up a manifold.
Sorry so wordy. I know some people hate that (Wes I'm looking at you).
You dont have to have multiple regulators. Only if you want beers carbed to a different level. When I force carb I turn the others off and the one i'm force carbing to 30-40psi for 2-3 days then drop the pressure to serving. You can just hook it up at serving to carb but it'll take 2 weeks or so to become fully carbed. Lately to save CO2 I'm "bottling" conditioning in the keg and relieving it before hooking it up. It is not as complicated as you think. Just jump on in.
Coffee, because I'm tired and the three mile commute home seems long
The 23-mile, 1 hour and 12 minute drive to work sucked this morning. Took 1 hr and 6 minutes on Monday; 1 hr and 5 minutes yesterday. People think I joke when I say I wish I lived in Iowa.
More Coff.
Water. Tonight I will be going to see Aziz Ansari do stand up, I cant wait!
The 23-mile, 1 hour and 12 minute drive to work sucked this morning. Took 1 hr and 6 minutes on Monday; 1 hr and 5 minutes yesterday. People think I joke when I say I wish I lived in Iowa.
More Coff.
You can't be on the Merritt Parkway. Speed minimum is 75.
Although...2 lanes with no shoulder... 1 broken down car or an accident and you ain't going anywhere for a few hours!
Its employee appreciation day- Work got us pizza. Crappy square pizza with sweet sauce. I hate NEPA valley pizza for the most part- to me pizza should be round and the sauce not sweet. NYC style and im happy
eh whatever.... water
Water. Tonight I will be going to see Aziz Ansari do stand up, I cant wait!
That dude is barely funny and has a horrible delivery. Rant over
I'm thinking of doing one this summer. I have a solid blonde recipe, how do I best add the strawberry? I was thinking of dropping a pound of frozen berries, in a muslin bag, into the secondary for two weeks. Good plan?
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