Who's brewing 08-08-08 RIS? Post your notes here!

Chriso · Dec 30, 2007

Are you brewing your 08-08-08 RIS? Post your experiences here! Are you brewing it right now? Tell us where you're at in your brew day! Anything and everything 08-08-08 related, at least in terms of the brew itself, can go here! Go wild! (Just keep your shirt on. Those cameras aren't really on.)

Just doughed in my AG batch. All I gotta say is.... Good LORD that's a whole lotta grain! 18 lbs into my tun, it's riding pretty high today! And 5.5 gal strike water, too! Yowzas.

The Hop gods smiled upon me, found some Magnum for my bittering, and got my stash of Goldings already in the freezer. Too bad the Magnum was $3/oz at my lhbs.

EDIT: This is getting interesting. I lost a bunch of the Magnum due to a untimely (and predicted) boilover. Added 1/2 oz hersbrucker to compensate. Also took an extra 5 1/2 gal of runnings (which still look dark) and am flipping those into a second runnings brew. Yay last minute changes.

EDIT EDIT: I'm boiling the 2nd runnings now. Good god this has been high-stress. So many things to break, so little time.

Mash Tun, fairly full if I may say so. But more impressively, dark!

There's some in the bottom of the pitcher and also in the syphon tube.

This is while returning to a boil, immediately after the huge boil-over from my Magnum hop addition.

Poindexter · Dec 30, 2007

I had to do mine (steep/ extract) Thanksgiving weekend. It was more than double the biggest grain bill I had previously managed, but five weeks later the hydrometer samples are very very tasty...definitely worth the trouble.

Evets · Dec 30, 2007

I'll be doing mine in two weeks. I brewed a pale ale yesterday and will be pitching 888 onto the PA cake. Should be an entertaining ferment.

Brewpastor · Dec 30, 2007

Evets said:
I'll be doing mine in two weeks. I brewed a pale ale yesterday and will be pitching 888 onto the PA cake. Should be an entertaining ferment.

Yes, head room would be a good idea. That or convince the wife that splattered chocolate brown is a nice decorating effect in you living room. I hear all the brewers are doing it this year!

Brewpastor · Dec 30, 2007

The pics are great, thanks for the effort. As far as stress is concerned, it will be fine. Trust me!

The dogs ate 1.5 pounds of my pale chocolate. Good thing I bought 10 pounds!

chriso said:
Are you brewing your 08-08-08 RIS? Post your experiences here! Are you brewing it right now? Tell us where you're at in your brew day! Anything and everything 08-08-08 related, at least in terms of the brew itself, can go here! Go wild! (Just keep your shirt on. Those cameras aren't really on.)

Just doughed in my AG batch. All I gotta say is.... Good LORD that's a whole lotta grain! 18 lbs into my tun, it's riding pretty high today! And 5.5 gal strike water, too! Yowzas.

The Hop gods smiled upon me, found some Magnum for my bittering, and got my stash of Goldings already in the freezer. Too bad the Magnum was $3/oz at my lhbs.

EDIT: This is getting interesting. I lost a bunch of the Magnum due to a untimely (and predicted) boilover. Added 1/2 oz hersbrucker to compensate. Also took an extra 5 1/2 gal of runnings (which still look dark) and am flipping those into a second runnings brew. Yay last minute changes.

EDIT EDIT: I'm boiling the 2nd runnings now. Good god this has been high-stress. So many things to break, so little time.

Mash Tun, fairly full if I may say so. But more impressively, dark!

There's some in the bottom of the pitcher and also in the syphon tube.

This is while returning to a boil, immediately after the huge boil-over from my Magnum hop addition.

Chriso · Dec 30, 2007

Too bad I couldn't get a pic w/o the steam though. Too dark to go sans flash, to steamy to use it correctly. Harumph.

My dining room is a happy beer hall right now - 10 gals in cornies aging on one wall, and 15 gals in primaries on the other wall.

Poindexter · Dec 30, 2007

So I finally downed my hydro sample from this AM on the five week old batch that is still in secondary.

do it! DO IT! BREW EEET!!!!

EdWort · Dec 30, 2007

I do mine on 1-1-08.

Chriso, how big is your cooler MLT?

DeathBrewer · Dec 30, 2007

I will either do mine on 1/1/08 or next weekend.

Brewiz · Dec 30, 2007

Bright and early on the 1st...

Warped04 · Dec 30, 2007

I want to do it tomorrow, but I think I'll be on the hook for Tuesday (if my LME shows up)

Chriso · Dec 30, 2007

Sorry for the delay, Ed, when you said that it reminded me that I still hadn't cleaned my MLT out from yesterday's Pecan Scottish!

Igloo 48 qt classic.

EdWort · Dec 30, 2007

48 qt. eh? Cool. I'm breaking in my 70 qt. MLT Coleman Extreme with the RIS. It should be interesting. Thanks.

MikeFlynn74 · Dec 30, 2007

Mine in the fermenter- had issues.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=49255

jds · Dec 31, 2007

Brewing the PM version on the 1st, so all I have to report is that my yeast starter is taking off nicely. If only I had got my stirplate finished... More notes after the first!

brewt00l · Dec 31, 2007

Last weekend...nightmare brew:

Mashed in and all seemed on schedule then hit with a massive stuck sparge from to fine a crush. I gave that big payload a stir and wacked open the ball valve...about 1/2 a cup came out and that was it! Another stir...nothing. Backflushed the braid...1/4 cup. Jammed a coat hanger into the valve and braid...nothing. I had to strain the whole thing by hand.

Needless to say it was a looooooonnnnnng brew session trying to strain out all the grain and have the SS strainer constantly gum up. I tossed a bit of cinnamon ala Charlie P to hopefully combat the excessive aeration that had to take place. Lost a good deal of volume in the process.

Transfered to the secondary this past weekend and it was pretty tasty no the less.

Yuri_Rage · Dec 31, 2007

Getting geared up for a brew here. I'm only doing 5 gallons - my brew closet has to come down today

Pics/video/whatever I feel like uploading to follow!

Dycokac · Dec 31, 2007

Made mine Sunday as i had a thought that i'm going to be drinking monday night and wanted to watch for the yeast to start easier.

I watered it down more and ended up with a 1.060 OG

but we'll see how it finishes out. Ferment started in must have been 2 hours, and it's areadly down to 1.054ish, with about 2 inches of krausen.

I probably should have just used one of my 5 gallon carboys but i stuck it in my 6.5 and when i went to test the OG, my turkey baster couldn't reach the top of it, so i poured more water in.

This is still going to be the biggest beer I have ever made so far, dang that was a lot of LME, and a big sock of specialty grains

I bought the AHBS kit. I'm also using the WPL California yeast. It smells yummy and tasted good in the OG sample, and better in the recent sample.

So everyone is waiting about 2 weeks+ to rack to secondary? I'm thinking I'm going to keg this, Should I wait till say march/April to put it into a keg?

BierMuncher · Dec 31, 2007

brewt00l said:
...hit with a massive stuck sparge from to fine a crush...

I'm sure you already tried these but:

~ Don't open the valve all the way. The rapid rush of wort causes suction that compacts the bed and leads to stuck sparge.

~ Next time, try using a garden hose with a spray spout to back flush the hose. Blowing air is pretty ineffective.

~ Dump in your base grains first. THey don'd pulverize as much as your roasted grains and are more likely to provide a good grain bed and less likely to stick.

I have the same cooler and am tempted to get a rectangular. I think that the deep narrow shape of the round cooler lends itself to more compaction.

FWIW.

brewt00l · Dec 31, 2007

BierMuncher said:
I'm sure you already tried these but:

~ Don't open the valve all the way. The rapid rush of wort causes suction that compacts the bed and leads to stuck sparge.

~ Next time, try using a garden hose with a spray spout to back flush the hose. Blowing air is pretty ineffective.

~ Dump in your base grains first. THey don'd pulverize as much as your roasted grains and are more likely to provide a good grain bed and less likely to stick.

I have the same cooler and am tempted to get a rectangular. I think that the deep narrow shape of the round cooler lends itself to more compaction.

FWIW.

Even after I pulled all the grain out of the tun and the braid was exposed to the wort directly, it still wouldn't drain...just skimming the strainer through the wort would gum it up....none of the above would have helped given the situation but they are great tips.

BierMuncher · Dec 31, 2007

brewt00l said:
Even after I pulled all the grain out of the tun and the braid was exposed to the wort directly, it still wouldn't drain...just skimming the strainer through the wort would gum it up....none of the above would have helped given the situation but they are great tips.

That there is a fine crush alright. Those rasted grains reek havoc on my sparge when their done too finely. They're like liquid paste.

brewt00l · Dec 31, 2007

BierMuncher said:
That there is a fine crush alright. Those rasted grains reek havoc on my sparge when their done too finely. They're like liquid paste.

The look on my face when I cracked open the ball valve and next to nothing came out must have been priceless (course my language wasn't too pretty). I figured I was in for trouble when I noticed how shredded the husks were and the general condition of the crush before mashing in...'course that had to happen on this grain bill. :drunk:

'Least it is shaping up to be something decent :mug:

Yuri_Rage · Dec 31, 2007

Videos! Brew the 888 in nearly real time with me today!

I'm uploading the videos as I take them, so they're only about 10 minutes old by the time they hit YouTube. Here's the first of the series:

[YOUTUBE]EvU2rhT-_p4[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]NSyK4wH6wl8[/YOUTUBE]

Yuri_Rage · Dec 31, 2007

Step mashing with steam:

[youtube]DU9ZLO9l4wA[/youtube]

Chriso · Dec 31, 2007

"You may think my set-up is pretty elaborate ... and I'll tend to agree with that."
Yuri, you are a wonderfully nerdy man. You're my idol. Now back to work! *cracks whip*

Yuri_Rage · Dec 31, 2007

I started a thread for the video series. Click here.

Brewiz · Jan 1, 2008

Well I'm heating up my water now in the mlt to 175 strike temp and 15gal
in the hlt, got 31lbs of grain crushed and ready to go....

evanmars · Jan 1, 2008

I'm planning on doing it this Saturday. Had too much company to do it this week. Making trips to the airport for the last three days.

EdWort · Jan 1, 2008

I just doughed in a recipe from last months Zymergy.

Here's my take on Rasty Old Tom American Imperial Stout

15# Maris Otter
2# Crystal 60L
1# Belgian Candy Dark
0.6# Roasted Barley
0.5# Black Patent
0.5# Victory Malt

Mash in at 155 degrees for 90 Minutes.

3 oz. Cluster 7% 90 min.
0.25 oz. Centennial 10% 15 min
0.4 oz Northern Brewer 3.2% 15 minutes
1.1 oz. Liberty at flamout

Safale-05

Brewiz · Jan 1, 2008

I'm 13 min into the boil actually I started with 10 gal and got it down to 9 to start the clock. Had 10 gal at 1.088.

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