Breaking in the keggle and other pics

[riored4v]

Some more beer pics:

Dry-hopping my Imperial Amber (last completed batch:



My new scale.. 55lb max, accurate down to .1oz.. was like $25



I know i posted pics of the converted keg last time, but here's the finished look on the inside

 

[riored4v]

And last weekends brewday







Breakin' in the new keg

 

[riored4v]

the new DIY hop bag



the wort chiller did a pretty good job considering the outside/water temps

 

[BierMuncher]

Sweet. You're making me want to go home and brew right now...

 

[Soulive]

Nice setup. I like the scale, keggle, and hop bag a lot. Looks like fun...

 

[riored4v]

Thanks guys.

I'm liking have a scale and the keggle, made things so much easier. I also picked up a food saver deal to seal up the leftover hops for the IPA that i'll be doing this weekend. Figure i better get these in now before it gets to hot to stand outside..lol

 

[drez77]

That is a nice pick up tube, is that DIY or a pre made item.

Mike

 

[riored4v]

It's a premade one from morebeer.com.

I had a DIY one and it worked fine on testruns but was leaving behind to much IMO. This one happened to work out AWESOME. it's about an 1/8" off of the bottom and leaves behind only a small amount. (i havent calculated, but its not much at all)

 

[beerme70]

Is that a homemade sightglass? If it is, is it a racking cane, and how well does it hold up?

 

[riored4v]

naw, i bought it from williamsbrewing.com

Holds up nice so far.

 

[aekdbbop]

looks awesome!

 

[leghorn]

Nice set-up, looking forward to being at that point one day... Can you post the Imperial Amber recipe?

 

[riored4v]

I'll post it up when I get home.

But fwiw, it's the kit from Austin Homebrew and I just added some more Saaz hops to the boil and also dry-hopped it with some Chinook to just play around with it.