Anyone in okinawa

[loadtoad00]

Oh crap, sorry man. I just checked the forum . I'm either doin my java cream stout or a barleywine next sat. You or anyone else from here is welcome. Pelli do a little BBQ action to boot. I have all the equipment for all grain, this will be my second AG batch, so some passing of secrets would be nice . I live by gordies, phone number attached for directions. Hope to see y'all next weekend. Once again, sorry to miss Ur session.

 

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well this freaking imperial... is not showing me the numbers i wanted... at 7.5 gallons its 1.030... so hopefully if i boil off 2.5 gallons it goes up to atleast 1.060... but thats still like.020 less than i want...

i just asked the wife... and she said she isnt interested so i guess it might just be me...

is there anything you need me to bring... i will try and grab some beers from altec that i like and see if you have tried them or not...

and as for this damn imperial... ****...

oh... and i might be getting a job else were... so i might have to start packing up... no joke... hahahahahahahahahahahahah

so i am clearing my kegs... and going to have this oatmeal stout kegged by friday... and carbinated and ready to go by saturday... if the gravity is good enough... if not i will wait until next friday...

but like i said i should be by this saturday... to help ya brew ... just let me know what you need...

and when you say next to gordies... do you mean out gate 1 of kadena... if so were are you from bandm motors

 

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hahahahahahahaha
i dont know why... but i thought this damn pot was 32 quarts.... hahahahahahaha

its ****ing 40 hahahahahaha so i got almost 9 gallons of beer... that makes more since why it took for ever to do the run off... so ... i guess my hydrometer wasnt lying... and my sugar levels should be around 1.070... which is still low

but i dont care
hahahahahah

this makes more since why my run off was getting real clear before it was done... and i was thinking it was because it wasnt getting all the sugars it needed hahahahahahha this is goign to be the longest boil time ever... just so that i can run off about 4 gallons of water hahahahahah

 

[loadtoad00]

That's one long boil! Hopefully you got your lp tank filled lol. And yes, gordies right out gate 1 Kadena. Hopefully your imperial turns good, of corse because is is homebrew I have no doubt! Equipment wise I can't think of anything. I have a rectangle mash tun so I don't use a sparge arm. I could use a little schooling on batch sparging, for some reason, I don't want to stir up the mash bed lol, still got 82% ef last batch though

 

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82% is good... or are you saying 82% of what they said it should be at...

because 60 to 70 percent mash efficiency is what most of the brew kits are at...

so if they say you should have been at a 1.050 for your final... were you at 1.055 or 1.045

if its less... then it probably has to do with the water acidity or depending on what type of beer you are making if you should have done a decoction instead of just a batch ...

have you read john palmers how to brew... thats the **** if you ask me

 

[loadtoad00]

Reading palmer now. Og was suppose to be 1.060 I got 1.068. Hydro is calibrated, so I was happy. I was gonna batch sparge, but did about a 15 minute "fly sparge" with a strainer and pot" without storing up the mash. Was a little drunk when I made that decision, but turned out well

 

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hahhahahh... always good to drink... and since i will be up for hours now hahahahah boiling off a few gallons hahahaha... i am starting my round of guiness...

as for the 1.068... thats actually really good... was there any sediment... if not... then kudos...

i am usually a little bit low on the efficiency because i have a gatorade cooler and metal tube screen.
i have been told it can let the water run to fast threw it... so i back it off let it settle and it seems to do the trick

 

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1.5 gallons down 2 to go hahahahahaha

 

[loadtoad00]

Sediment was about 1/4 inch in carboy.... Ie not much. I did toilet supply line from makemon, and bx cooler . Good numbers to me!

 

[loadtoad00]

I did the guiness run earlier! Good luck with that boil!

 

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was that at the end of fermenting... i am talking more about after the boil... because if there is alot of sediment in suspension during your hydrometer test it can give you a higher number...

but if it was fairly clear after the boil... then that should be accurate numbers for your hydrometer test

 

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i am at almost 3 gallons down... which means i will start my actual hops soon
i might wait for a half more to run off... and try and get a little over...

its a steady slow boil...

oh i just got a heads up from a buddy of mine who owns a bar on bc street... loco island... he said if i give him a five gallon keg... he will host it at the bar... and then if people want to give me donations for having nice hair or something ... then they can...

so we might be having a brew party late one night on bc street...

depends on if i can get him to open sooner than midnight hahahahahahh

 

[licenseless]

alright 15 more minutes and i should be starting... need to loose a half gallon

 

[Chap]

Hey, if any of you guys are on Facebook I just created a page HomeBrewing Okinawa. If several of us join I will keep it going if not no big deal and I will delete it.

 

[loadtoad00]

I just searched it, couldn't find the fb page.

 

[Chap]

If this link doesn't work http://www.facebook.com/pages/HomeBrewing-Okinawa/161545303894045 PM your email and I will send you an invite. First time I have ever done this.

 

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i just liked the page... so just send me an invite

 

[BeastMaster]

You cant just have everything shipped to your FPO? Im assuming your military. When I was in Yokosuka I used to get mountain bike parts sent to my ship all the time ans I dont remember shipping being too bad.

 

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just kegged my oatmeal stout... and while siphoning it over to the keg to do the secondary... i forgot to test the FG... but

that should have been fine... had i not ran out of CO2 to push some out to test it... BUT NO... i had to run out hahahahah

so i have no clue how the flavor or the final gravity is... even though i guess its not really the final gravity.. since i dont plan on actually drinking it for another week... or so...

as for this saturday... i think i will be bringing over a container of my left over pumpkin ale from thanksgiving...

so let me know if this Saturday is still on for brewing...

 

[loadtoad00]

This sat is still on. I got my triple hop IPA gtg! About you fg, try stiring a test sample with a fork for a while to kill the co2?

 

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Hahahaha nah I was saying I put it in my keg and sealed it... And then I hooked up my co2 tank to it to carbonate it and my tank was empty... I forgot to see if I had any left Hahahahahaha

So I don't want to break the seal of the keg now that it's sealed up Hahahahaha so I have to wait to get more co2 so that I can push beer out of the keg

I had it kegged up for a good hour or so with a bit of priming sugar so it should self carbonate

 

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OH MY ... this damn oatmeal stout came out mighty nice...

i have to see if i can put some in a container... does any one have a growler of some kind

i dont do bottles anymore... they piss me off

 

[loadtoad00]

I'm thinking around 1pm for Saturday, I have to work that morning. Will be doing the stout, just got my dme for the barleywine this morning.

 

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alright man... can you give me directions

 

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so how did the og come out... and how long did it take the yeast to go to town on it...

 

[loadtoad00]

Og was suppose to be 40-46, I got 44, so gtg. And the yeast was doing it's magic in a very violent way when I got home at 11

 

[licenseless]

Good ****... Well hopefully it will be done around the same time this imperial is ready... Even though it will still be premature but I got to get rid of it by the end of April

 

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so how was primary... or do you keep yours in the same carboy threw out both primary and secondary?

 

[loadtoad00]

Loads of krausen. Made cold brew coffee for the secondary, racked it, prolly 5 weeks until drinkin time!

 

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ok... so yeah... im excited and upset...

i just tasted the oatmeal...

which i usually do this from the beginning to the end of making beer...

so i can test the differences in the beer as it keeps going... and wow... the oatmeal stout is getting softer and softer... less robust as the days go on... so i am excited...


NOW... on to the IMPERIAL STOUT...

ok... so ... 1.009... final gravity. NO JOKE... should be around 9 percent... less than a true imperial... BUT DAMN THAT ****S GOOD... no joke... i tasted it after putting it in the keg to age and condition... WOW... not carbonated... but still magnificent...

so i know i know... it should sit for another 3 months atleast ... BUT... i am planning on leaving in may... so i have to have this drank by april... which is rushing it for an imperial.... and i am doing a bad thing... but ... its what i got to do... so in a month or two... we will have some beers to get rid of...

be ready for it