A friendly place for friends who drink

[trav77]

Alberta.

At least it's a dry cold! Although, stepping outside kind of feels like getting drop kicked in the nuts.

 

[TheMadKing]

Alberta.

At least it's a dry cold! Although, stepping outside kind of feels like getting drop kicked in the nuts.

Hey I have a project in Edmonton, great city!

It's not that bad when it's really cold...I went to elementary school when it was -20.. Had to build a fire under the oil pan of our diesel truck to get it started. I love when it's that cold!.. Except now I live in Georgia and they think 40 is cold here.

 

[Inkleg]

Morning Matt. Nice weather for brewing tomorrow.

 

[TheMadKing]

Morning Matt. Nice weather for brewing tomorrow.

Lol yep should be about 40! Great weather for brewing. I've got a 3.5L starter cold crashing, and I'll assemble my mobile kit today after work!

 

[smurfjuice]

Goot mornink friendlies, on the coffee ...

 

[Gavin C]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481378663.847501.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481378740.080914.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481378768.263379.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481378794.430992.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481378820.731459.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481378877.566227.jpg
View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481379324.270313.jpg
View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481385218.344634.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481385262.734791.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481386613.739026.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481386642.902530.jpg


Morning

 

[Inkleg]

Morning. Happy Birthday Gavin.

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Have not stopped by in awhile, figured i would pop in and say "YO".

 

[smurfjuice]

Welcome back lad ... HBD Gavin ...

 

[Inkleg]

@TheMadKing , great to see you two again! Yesterday was an awesome brew day so glad you both came over. I can't wait to see how these Barleywines turn out. I was most impressed by the brewing support crew that you brought and how well you two worked together. She has her sh*t together as a brewer and has a much better beer palate than I.

The only glitch in the whole day was you forgot to take your cat when you left.
No problem, we'll work that out.

 

[TheMadKing]

@TheMadKing , great to see you two again! Yesterday was an awesome brew day so glad you both came over. I can't wait to see how these Barleywines turn out. I was most impressed by the brewing support crew that you brought and how well you two worked together. She has her sh*t together as a brewer and has a much better beer palate than I.

The only glitch in the whole day was you forgot to take your cat when you left.
No problem, we'll work that out.

Thanks man! It was a great brew day, especially for brewing on a mobile kit and being outside of my normal routine. I appreciate you hosting and feeding us.

Why do you think I put a ring on it!? Microbiologist + good pallet + loves beer + enjoys brewing = keeper.

Miss Moo just looks too content eating your chipmunks and birds to bring her up here

The barleywine is chugging along at 68, with no blowout surprisingly. I'm at the tail end of high krausen right now and it's well below the lid. I actually took out the blowoff tube and put and airlock back on. We also blew another keg today (I need to start a tracking system), so we may do an emergency mid-week brew of an ESB that will have a quick turnaround.

 

[shellsbells]

HB Pale Ale
Edit-oops, posted to the wrong thread. Sorry!

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481504192.327024.jpg

 

[applescrap]

Sounds like a good day. How strong a barleywine did you two make?

 

[TheMadKing]

Sounds like a good day. How strong a barleywine did you two make?

We started with the same base recipe and each tweaked it a little bit. Mine ended up being 1.120, and I'm fermenting with WY1728 Scottish Ale yeast. It should be a monster.

He had more volume into the fermentor than I did, so I think he ended up at 1.098 or somewhere in there, and fermenting with Irish ale yeast.

 

[Inkleg]

Sounds like a good day. How strong a barleywine did you two make?

My SG came in at 1.100. I mashed at 148 and pitched a cup of Wyeast 1084 slurry from an Irish Red that I kegged. I'll see how low FG goes, but it will go over 10% easy.

 

[applescrap]

I need to make some bigger beers. I like to drink them. I can just get two batches out of one, they are fairly good efficiency as well, by keeping abv down. I heard a podcast talking about the only reason efficiency goes down is people don't use enough water. Appreciate any tips

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Bigger as in 8% or 12%? Two completely different techniques.

 

[applescrap]

Thanks pianoman 12%

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

12%, at least in my case, need special attention.

So I'll brew a 6% version first to build a nice yeast cake. Once ready, the 12% gets divided between 2 buckets. Be sure to oxygenate the **** out of it. After 12hrs, reoxygenate again, this is critical. Keep separate until ready for secondary transfer. That way there's plenty of head space.

 

[TheMadKing]

Brewing on a friday afternoon! I was supposed to brew earlier but life got in the way.

Emergency Santa Beer ESB will hopefully be done by christmas day!

 

[TheMadKing]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1481929616.095949.jpgMissed my preboil gravity by 2 points, but otherwise smooth sailing here.

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Well it is official, I am work free until January 3!

Working for a University has its advantages.

 

[TheMadKing]

Well it is official, I am work free until January 3!

Working for a University has its advantages.

I had to work the day after Christmas and use personal leave to take new years eve off when I worked for a University.. Now I just work for good people and I get it off too..cheers! Enjoy the time off!

 

[applescrap]

12%, at least in my case, need special attention.

So I'll brew a 6% version first to build a nice yeast cake. Once ready, the 12% gets divided between 2 buckets. Be sure to oxygenate the **** out of it. After 12hrs, reoxygenate again, this is critical. Keep separate until ready for secondary transfer. That way there's plenty of head space.

Solid. Key tip on head space, thanks.

 

[applescrap]

View attachment 380820Missed my preboil gravity by 2 points, but otherwise smooth sailing here.

Looks nice already.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Day 4 of my 15 straight, already want to end it all...who ever likes they're work are sick floccers! Or professional lottery winners. I wont complain about the weather compared to the rest of other posters. -25C?? Why why?? Enjoying hot coffee.

It's 28, but real feel is 11. Chit, at least have snow with it..you know?

 

[TheMadKing]

Day 4 of my 15 straight, already want to end it all...who ever likes they're work are sick floccers! Or professional lottery winners. I wont complain about the weather compared to the rest of other posters. -25C?? Why why?? Enjoying hot coffee.

It's 28, but real feel is 11. Chit, at least have snow with it..you know?

50F and dumping rain at my house.. I'd take -20 and snow any Christmas

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

I had to work the day after Christmas and use personal leave to take new years eve off when I worked for a University.. Now I just work for good people and I get it off too..cheers! Enjoy the time off!

We have a campus wide shutdown, for "cost savings", does not come out of our time.

Thanks! I will have plenty of time for woodworking and hopefully brewing.

 

[Inkleg]

50F and dumping rain at my house.. I'd take -20 and snow any Christmas

Welcome to the South. I'm rather enjoying sitting around in shorts and a tee shirt.

 

[TheMadKing]

Welcome to the South. I'm rather enjoying sitting around in shorts and a tee shirt.

Haha [emoji38] it could certainly be worse!