Recent content by MaryB

Be weighing grain in 4 pounds batches to hit 16 pounds, get interrupted by the neighbor, think you are at 2 as you dump in the third batch so you weigh up 2 more and end with 20 pounds... ABV was a wee bit high that batch... was tasty but not quite what I wanted! I need to get a scale that can...

Hope to brew Sunday if I can get rest of the garden in before then... Or maybe Monday...

Other than maybe cleaning what the heck would you use it for????

Was 2 days ago... bulk sack of Golden Promise and 8 packets of Notty yeast.

Brewing Sunday, just a batch of my "house" ale all my friends love and drink to much of!

Kegged a batch of my "house" ale I make a lot of.

Brewed today(well yesterday..) 11 gallons of my "house" ale all my friends drink as fast as I can brew it! Mid sparge in the picture...

Redwood Fire Extinguisher Service has been refilling my tank. He doesn't have a pump yet so only gets about 3/4 full but it lets me keep my lighter aluminum tank that looks decent sitting outside the fridge. He is not cheap... but that might change if he gets more volume going from beer...

Kegged 11 gallons of my "house" ale(my own recipe...) that seems to appeal to most beer drinkers.

Brew day Monday, might be 70 degrees! YAY warm weather! Tired of freezing my butt off winter brewing! Just my "house" ale all my friends drink way to much of!

I use these to monitor freezers, the beer fridge, and whatever I have fermenting https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EYIEDOI/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 can have up to 8 sensors! Cats managed to unplug my main fridge(converted chest freezer, it runs off solar for super high efficiency) and the temp...

Gave my fermenters a shake to wake the yeast up after temps in the pantry dropped to 45 during a power outage during the height of the snowstorm. Got power back and it took 12 hours to get the fermenters back to 64... I had to close the pantry off to conserve heat from the pellet stove... 17...

I make my fridge controllers in a utility box(gray plastic in the electrical section with no holes) from the hardware store. I cut a hole for the STC and then cut one for the outlet. Add a hole in the side for the power cord. Makes a neat all purpose controller you can move around. I always have...

Don't forget to pull the tap brush out before pulling a pint... my sister went back to get a beer today and forgot... beer went sideways until the brush popped out into her glass. Onto her dress, the fridge door, the wall, on top of the CO2 tank and regulators...

Keep in mind, once malted and bagged this grain sits in a warehouse with little to no temp control until sold. It could be there a year! And milled grain kept dry is good for 6 months +