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Me: checking my fermenter the morning after a late brew evening. https://m.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxhmu12qF66v_o1GWa7Nkrzkvcj_5kPNUI?feature=shared

Lots of humidity down here in South Cackalacky! 🥵

Ive had cabbage in the crock for two weeks; ended up 17-½ qts sauerkraut. Since the local grocery store has boston butt on sale, I decided to smoke some butts while caning my kraut. I ended up with the kraut,plus 8.5 lbs of pulled pork bbq, and 10 gallons of Irish Dry Stout ready for the keg! As...

Yes, and the thief also stole the toilets out of the police station. The cops have nothing to go on.

Was it something like this? This is the 3rd round for a Voss that I used for a 5 gallon batch last summer. Then I used it again the first of March on another 5 gallon batch. After kegging, I used the whole yeast cake on this 10 gallon batch. It dropped 20 points in 24 hours and still had a...

I picked up a plate chiller awhile back, but just can’t bring myself to run wort through it. This series of posts confirms my fears. What I have decided to do with it is set it up and use it to pre-chill the water that I run through my current stainless coil chiller. I can then get some of the...

I knew he was a composer; had no idea he was a homebrewer.

When I have a kicked keg, I hook up a 5 gallon canister of carbonated, hop and malt flavored, water with ~5% alcohol, chill it, and run that through; mug x mug, until it’s gone. Then repeat, repeat, … 😜

Welp; here’s my next brew recipe:

……..🤔 Really???

The wife and I went to town for cabbage. It was being offered at 29¢/lb, so we talked them into selling us a whole 45# box! She was planning to make homemade pretzel buns to go with the recently cooked bbq, and we wanted some slaw with that. The bulk of it was headed for my 5 gallon crock for...

I have never purchased anything but dry yeast. I will concede that there are probably liquid yeasts that can do better jobs with certain recipes, but I have found the dry yeast to work just fine. I have also harvested the yeast cake and reused it months later with very little manipulation and...

Im hoping to do Kölsch soon myself. I am still comparing recipes and selecting a yeast. Can you share the specifics of what you mean by “cold” and “warm”. I’m concerned that I I guess wrong, it might spoil the batch. Thanks in advance.

I have been using a temp twister and heat wrap to control temperature. For me, it was mainly a space issue; I didn’t have the space for a fermentation chamber, and this only takes up the additional space of the water cooler I put the ice jugs in. A few weeks ago, I had an IPA going at 62°; now I...

Actually, I was a little shy to admit it. I have the large and small kegmenters for 10 gallon and 5 gallon batches respectively. I I call them “Fat Man” and “Little Boy”. Yeah, I know. Ten minutes of shame for me. 😞

I’m still craving a conical fermenter, but I already have a name for it: Narnia. And no, I have not read the book/watched the movie or whatever. I just think it would get a chuckle every now and then.

Have a good recipe? I’m game!

I feel your pain! I have a keg getting awfully light in the keezer, and the one in the fermenter has been working dreadfully slowly, but nearly complete. It’s gonna be close. 😬

I usually don’t roast more than 1 to 1-½ lbs at a time. I put the whole beans in a glass jar with a loose lid for 24 hours or so to let them gas off. Then I tighten the lids. I have been considering roasting a little bit more at a time and experimenting with vacuum sealing. I could use either...