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[jongrill]

 

[jongrill]

That's a Chocolate OatmealCream Stout!

 

[divrguy]

What malt did u use?

I just used 2-row but I'm positive it would be really good now with Maris. Also, I may try it with a Nottingham yeast next time. I can tell I will always have this in my freezer now.

 

[divrguy]

Hi all, found this thread and have been lurking here for a couple weeks. I've been brewing for a while doing mostly 3 gal. batches but like the idea of one gallon batches as I enjoy drinking a big variety of beers. Got 2 going now , a Smithwick's clone from a recipe I've used before and a NB Irish Red kit. Going to brew a NB Whitehouse Honey tomorrow, I like how quick these get up to boil and cool quickly too. I think I'm going to really like this because of all the different brews I'll have to sample and am looking to try a few BIAB recipes.

Welcome! I love having the variety as well. One thing I noticed when I had 3-4 batches going was I need to be careful that I labeled the primaries, real easy to forget which one had what beer in it! At least for me lol

 

[divrguy]

That's a Chocolate OatmealCream Stout!

Love oatmeal stouts! I have some of Yoopers oatmeal in a bottle. What a smooth stout she put together.

 

[jongrill]

Love oatmeal stouts! I have some of Yoopers oatmeal in a bottle. What a smooth stout she put together.

This my first stout, chocolate stout, oatmeal stout, and milk stout... All it one!!

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

I'm gonna start soon a batch of Simcoe/Amarillo IIPA. My original IPA fell out of style so now it's an IIPA to match the new OG and ABV.

 

[paul_111]

Hi All...

I finished reading through all 200+ pages earlier in the week.... I have wanted to get into brewing for over a year, but between the cost of the equipment and not knowing what to do with 5 gallons of beer, I kept putting it off. I thought about smaller batches, but this thread helped solidify some things! So I want to thank everyone -- HomeBrewTalk rocks!!!! :rockin:

Tonight I brewed my first beer!!! 1.5 gal of EdWort's Haus Pale Ale (all grain). I really wanted to brew a Boddingtons clone, but my LHBS didn't have the 'proper' yeast.

If you're on the fence, JUMP! DO IT! Start brewing, go all grain and don't look back -- it was easy using BIAB!

It took 4 hrs from start to end of clean up, and I think I could speed some steps up once I get the process down.

I think I'm going to have to prime the pipeline over the next few weeks, as this was fun.

My set up is middle of the road:
12 qt Cuisinart kettle w/pasta basket and steamer (didn't use the basket, but the steamer was invaluable when squeezing the grain post mash out).
3 gal Better Bottles w/3 piece airlocks
Dual scale refractometer
A nice stirring spoon that I notched for volume measurements
Portable scale to weight the hops to 0.01g
Table top bottle capper
Mini auto siphon
Auto shutoff/spring loaded bottle filler
I think that's it...

Here are some picts. Sorry about the crappy quality -- I'll use a real camera next time.

Boil; nothing special, but I did use a small paint strainer to contain the hops.

I took advantage of the midwest winter and chilled the beer in snow while it was 6F outside...

I am fermenting in a Better Bottle. For temp control, I'm using... wait for it.... a Cool Brewing fermentation cooler -- that I won from HBT this summer!!! I haven't seen any posts (not to say there aren't any) where someone was employing something they won from this site. Thanks again to HBT and Cool Brewing!

 

[cheesecake]

Hi All...

I finished reading through all 200+ pages earlier in the week.... I have wanted to get into brewing for over a year, but between the cost of the equipment and not knowing what to do with 5 gallons of beer, I kept putting it off. I thought about smaller batches, but this thread helped solidify some things! So I want to thank everyone -- HomeBrewTalk rocks!!!! :rockin:

Tonight I brewed my first beer!!! 1.5 gal of EdWort's Haus Pale Ale (all grain). I really wanted to brew a Boddingtons clone, but my LHBS didn't have the 'proper' yeast.

If you're on the fence, JUMP! DO IT! Start brewing, go all grain and don't look back -- it was easy using BIAB!

It took 4 hrs from start to end of clean up, and I think I could speed some steps up once I get the process down.

I think I'm going to have to prime the pipeline over the next few weeks, as this was fun.

My set up is middle of the road:
12 qt Cuisinart kettle w/pasta basket and steamer (didn't use the basket, but the steamer was invaluable when squeezing the grain post mash out).
3 gal Better Bottles w/3 piece airlocks
Dual scale refractometer
A nice stirring spoon that I notched for volume measurements
Portable scale to weight the hops to 0.01g
Table top bottle capper
Mini auto siphon
Auto shutoff/spring loaded bottle filler
I think that's it...

Here are some picts. Sorry about the crappy quality -- I'll use a real camera next time.

Boil; nothing special, but I did use a small paint strainer to contain the hops.

I took advantage of the midwest winter and chilled the beer in snow while it was 6F outside...

I am fermenting in a Better Bottle. For temp control, I'm using... wait for it.... a Cool Brewing fermentation cooler -- that I won from HBT this summer!!! I haven't seen any posts (not to say there aren't any) where someone was employing something they won from this site. Thanks again to HBT and Cool Brewing!

Welcome from not to far away from you. The pub ale recipe on this site is amazing. very similar to boddingtons.

And welcome to the addiction

 

[BikerBrewer]

Welcome! I love having the variety as well. One thing I noticed when I had 3-4 batches going was I need to be careful that I labeled the primaries, real easy to forget which one had what beer in it! At least for me lol

I didn't think about that, going to label them now, thanks.

 

[BikerBrewer]

Hi All...

I finished reading through all 200+ pages earlier in the week.... I have wanted to get into brewing for over a year, but between the cost of the equipment and not knowing what to do with 5 gallons of beer, I kept putting it off. I thought about smaller batches, but this thread helped solidify some things! So I want to thank everyone -- HomeBrewTalk rocks!!!! :rockin:

Tonight I brewed my first beer!!! 1.5 gal of EdWort's Haus Pale Ale (all grain). I really wanted to brew a Boddingtons clone, but my LHBS didn't have the 'proper' yeast.

If you're on the fence, JUMP! DO IT! Start brewing, go all grain and don't look back -- it was easy using BIAB!

It took 4 hrs from start to end of clean up, and I think I could speed some steps up once I get the process down.

I think I'm going to have to prime the pipeline over the next few weeks, as this was fun.

My set up is middle of the road:
12 qt Cuisinart kettle w/pasta basket and steamer (didn't use the basket, but the steamer was invaluable when squeezing the grain post mash out).
3 gal Better Bottles w/3 piece airlocks
Dual scale refractometer
A nice stirring spoon that I notched for volume measurements
Portable scale to weight the hops to 0.01g
Table top bottle capper
Mini auto siphon
Auto shutoff/spring loaded bottle filler
I think that's it...

Here are some picts. Sorry about the crappy quality -- I'll use a real camera next time.

Boil; nothing special, but I did use a small paint strainer to contain the hops.

I took advantage of the midwest winter and chilled the beer in snow while it was 6F outside...

I am fermenting in a Better Bottle. For temp control, I'm using... wait for it.... a Cool Brewing fermentation cooler -- that I won from HBT this summer!!! I haven't seen any posts (not to say there aren't any) where someone was employing something they won from this site. Thanks again to HBT and Cool Brewing!

Looks good there neighbor, brewing here this morning and intend on using this winter weather we have for cooling as well.

 

[jwalk4]

I didn't think about that, going to label them now, thanks.

I started to label mine, but mostly because time seems to pass so quickly some weeks, and so slowly other weeks, that I often forget when I should bottle. Now I write the bottling date on ahead of time.

 

[paul_111]

Welcome from not to far away from you. The pub ale recipe on this site is amazing. very similar to boddingtons.

And welcome to the addiction

Have you made the Boddies in a 1 gallon batch? I'd like to know if there were any adjustments in the scaling.

Thanks!
Paul

 

[cheesecake]

Have you made the Boddies in a 1 gallon batch? I'd like to know if there were any adjustments in the scaling.

Thanks!
Paul

Yup. Ill post up the recipe for you. Its for a 1.25 gallon batch .

 

[cheesecake]

I started to label mine, but mostly because time seems to pass so quickly some weeks, and so slowly other weeks, that I often forget when I should bottle. Now I write the bottling date on ahead of time.

I use blue painters tape.

Whats in it. OG brew date and also any dryhop dates or transfer dates

 

[zeg]

Looks good there neighbor, brewing here this morning and intend on using this winter weather we have for cooling as well.

Just a bit of advice from my one experience cooling in a snow bank (on my own first brew, about a year ago)---you'll want to check on it often and push the snow in to keep it in contact with the kettle, or you'll get a very nicely insulating air gap.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

So I brewed up one batch yesterday and will probably do the other tomorrow. The batch I brewed yesterday I'm concerned with because I was getting all kinds of weird temp readings so I'm not sure how fermentable my beer wound up and the dumb me forgot to hydro test the mash. Live and learn. This is more about hammering out the brewing process than anything else. This time I did strict BIAB, next time I'll do BIAB with a sparge as well. See which method works better for my system.

 

[jongrill]

So is there a smaller hydrometer out there? The regular ones are too tall for my two gallon primary! It hits bottom.

 

[cheesecake]

Have you made the Boddies in a 1 gallon batch? I'd like to know if there were any adjustments in the scaling.

Thanks!
Paul

here you go.



http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/100998/pub-ale-boddingtons-1gu

 

[paul_111]

here you go.



http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/100998/pub-ale-boddingtons-1gu

Thanks, man! I think I'll brew it next weekend.

Have you experimented with different yeast strains, like the WY1315, the boddies strain?

 

[bellmtbbq]

Departing from 1 gallon batches tomorrow for the first time besides a sour. This weekend I malted and dried 7 LBs of pilsner and Munich ... Making a maibock/hellesbock/imperial pilsner. 2.5 gallon batch. 16 P

Malting your own grain is fun especially when your a one gallon brewer and only need two ounces of Vienna or an ounce of Chocolate

 

[cheesecake]

Thanks, man! I think I'll brew it next weekend.

Have you experimented with different yeast strains, like the WY1315, the boddies strain?

nope not yet. i was planning for the next one

 

[JollyIsTheRoger]

Brewed up a berliner wiess last night, and the exact same thing tonight(this one will get fruit). Tuesday is a hefe. Then I take a few days off. Haha

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

So is there a smaller hydrometer out there? The regular ones are too tall for my two gallon primary! It hits bottom.

I'm having the same issue. I started a thread in the Equipment subforum:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/small-hydrometers-387081/

 

[Leadgolem]

Once the gravity in my brew has dropped enough for this to be a problem, I clean the sampling cylinder, hydrometer, and turkey baster really well. Then I use the baster to draw enough of a sample to get a reading. The sample then goes back in the fermentor.

 

[Calichusetts]

Brewed a northwest IIPA this weekend I called Tacoma, bottled my actual Northwest Ale, and enjoyed my Pomona Ale during the Super Bowl. Great weekend. Also ordered a new 5 gallon pot and kettle conversion kit...definitely going to 2 gallons, possibly 3.5 over the next year. This is the first thread I read every monday morning. Glad to have our own little corner of the site. Cheers guys!

 

[dp_brew]

nice. Im new but have me a pipeline going too havent had my 1st real bottle yet. but i have 2 bottled batches and 2 fermenting. Red Ale extract, Graham Cracker Ale, Choc/Peanut butter Stout, SMASH Maris/Amarillo all grains. So my progress it working out im coming out ballpark of recipes and the samples i pull taste good. Ill have to do an IPA soon ive been trying those out and there starting to grow on me.
I ended up getting ebay refactor $25 i ran into same issue with hydrometer its much easier and can buy more pipettes super cheap throw them in sanitizer pretty easy.

 

[BikerBrewer]

I started to label mine, but mostly because time seems to pass so quickly some weeks, and so slowly other weeks, that I often forget when I should bottle. Now I write the bottling date on ahead of time.

I can see that being a problem with multiple batches going, used to have one or two at the most going but now I've got 3 and plan on brewing one more soon. My memory isn't near as good as it used to be either which doesn't help.

 

[BikerBrewer]

I use blue painters tape.

Whats in it. OG brew date and also any dryhop dates or transfer dates

Nice, that's what I eneded up doing. Quick and easy.

 

[Ostomo517]

nice. Im new but have me a pipeline going too havent had my 1st real bottle yet. but i have 2 bottled batches and 2 fermenting. Red Ale extract, Graham Cracker Ale, Choc/Peanut butter Stout, SMASH Maris/Amarillo all grains. So my progress it working out im coming out ballpark of recipes and the samples i pull taste good. Ill have to do an IPA soon ive been trying those out and there starting to grow on me.
I ended up getting ebay refactor $25 i ran into same issue with hydrometer its much easier and can buy more pipettes super cheap throw them in sanitizer pretty easy.

Whar did you use in the choc/pb stout, pb2? Id lovw to check out the recipe if you dont mind!