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Brewing Withdrawals
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I have to think about what to brew next. Oatmeal Stout and Brown Ale are a couple I haven't brewed in a while.
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Same with me: I brew in the kitchen. Over the holidays, the kitchen is usually booked solid. Besides holiday meals prep, and cooking, there is also candy making and cookies and desserts being baked. Busy place!The last batch of 2018 was brewed early October, my next batch of beer was 4 days ago, and I thought about it frequently. There just wasn’t time over the holidays, and since I brew everything in the kitchen opportunity was low.
Here’s to a great year ahead.
#93 is in the books.
bracconiere
Jolly Alcoholic - In Remembrance 2023
i find when i don't brew/drink enough homebrew, i end up with dope cooks and pot growers offering to releive me of my money! so yes, in a sense i get withdraws!
Started a 3-4 month renovation at the end of July and moved into my MIL during construction. Well, still waiting on an issue or 2 to be fixed.
My wife joked that I will be imagining our triplets standing in a hall chanting "Redrum" soon.
Jokes on her, they have been doing that since Thanksgiving...
My wife joked that I will be imagining our triplets standing in a hall chanting "Redrum" soon.
Jokes on her, they have been doing that since Thanksgiving...
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God help me, I need a brew day soon...
I go through withdrawal and then overdo it by hitting it hard!
Did a big 14 hour session in early December and have a Pilsner, a Munich Helles and a Belgian Saison kegged and ready to crack into in a couple of weeks!
Then in early Jan while sitting in a tap room I dreamed up a recipe for a Belgian double IPA and it was straight down to the home brew store. That one is sat in a fermenter right now!
So it will take me a good while til supplies are low enough to brew... and then comes the withdrawal... cycle repeats! Agh!
I think I have about 7 recipes ready to be tried!
Did a big 14 hour session in early December and have a Pilsner, a Munich Helles and a Belgian Saison kegged and ready to crack into in a couple of weeks!
Then in early Jan while sitting in a tap room I dreamed up a recipe for a Belgian double IPA and it was straight down to the home brew store. That one is sat in a fermenter right now!
So it will take me a good while til supplies are low enough to brew... and then comes the withdrawal... cycle repeats! Agh!
I think I have about 7 recipes ready to be tried!
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I gotta brew tomorrow! Shoulda brewed today. An oatmeal Stout sounds good. I haven't brewed one in probably a year, and I'm longing for a sip of that creamy ale. When I brew my oatmeal stouts, I like to toast the rolled oats. It seems that slight toasty taste adds a little depth to the roasty flavors.
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Glad most (if not all) of those suffering withdrawals have some sort of movement or plan ahead. I've got a brown finishing up fermentation now...and in two weeks all the ladies in the house will be in NYC...which means...well, you know! Just trying to decide whether to bottle or keg the brown so I can enjoy that while going with what's next. Still can't decide on an IPA, APA, NEIPA, route for this next brew.
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Well, I've made my mind up. I'm brewing the stout. I just picked up the rolled oats and some distilled water. Now, where did I put that roasted barley?
Same problem here...haven’t brewed since 12/2. Somewhat by design as it gets a little uncomfortable to brew in garage in this time of year in Michigan. Still, I’ll be glad when the next keg kicks and I can free up the ferm chamber for the next brew. Black IPA that I’m very excited to give a go
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yup that's what i'm gonna do next time. too good of a beer style to not always have on tap due to the hassle it creates for me.
bracconiere
Jolly Alcoholic - In Remembrance 2023
whoa? homebrewer invented his own style! i like that...just need a good name for it....
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It is still an oatmeal stout. Well, a toasted oatmeal stout anyway. It could be just my imagination, but I think it adds more character from the oatmeal.
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I run flaked oats through the mill at a close setting, the boil it before starting the mash. That probably helps it break down and convert easier. A 15 minute rest at 95F helps break down the gummy stuff, and a good helping of rice hulls should help with the sparge.
i have the blichmann louver false bottom and the flakes are sized just right to plug up the louvers. brew bag should solve the issue.
bracconiere
Jolly Alcoholic - In Remembrance 2023
lol a, and brüt IPA is still a ipa!
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I always wondered how well those worked.
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Oatmeal stout is in the fermentor. I actually call it ORB (oatmeal, rye and barley) stout, because that's what I used. When I went to my bin for dark malts, I only had chocolate rye malt, not chocolate barley malt. It was already going to be an oatmeal stout, so I added the R for rye. The wort tastes good. I'll let you know how the beer turns out.
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I started using one on all of my batches. Never a stuck sparge, increased efficiency and wort volume and easy clean up
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Actually I meant the Blichmann louvered false bottom.
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What I'm really having withdrawals from, is not brewing lagers. Lagers used to be my strong suit. I've brewed a lot of them, and even won awards for my lagers. I used a swamp cooler to control fermentation temps, and it worked well. Of course the room I fermented the lagers in was the coolest room in the house. I miss those lagers! I guess I'll just have to find/buy a minifridge for lagers.
Works great except with flaked anything. 100% failure rate for me.
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Well that's good to know. I try to pulverize flaked grains as much as possible (without making flour) before adding to the mash. There's no husk, so most of it should break down and liquify. But I do have to confess that I do not have a false bottom, but it's on my wish list.
Tax season is starting to get to me. Definitely no brewing until April. But, on the bright side, I have been trying some new beers as well as revisiting some old beers that I haven’t had in a long time!
Really miss not having a good fresh NEIPA around.
Really miss not having a good fresh NEIPA around.
I’ve free balled flakes and mixed them with grain. Never tried to turn them into near-flour. Don’t really have the equipment to do that but I’ll think of a way to maybe do that. The problem with flakes is they are just the right size and shape to lodge themselves sideways in the gap.
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What I do, is start decreasing my mill gap and running some flakes thru. I stop adjusting the gap when the flakes start breaking apart into small pieces. When I get a real mash tun with a false bottom, I'll have to re-evaluate that method.
Every winter.
I've moved multiple times recently and haven't been able to get a good brew space that retains heat properly going in the last two places I've lived so I usually do a flurry of brewing in the fall to last me until late winter/early spring.
Plus two kids, wife and MiL, make holiday time crazy in my house, not to mention family Dinners and extended work hours for the holiday rush.
I've moved multiple times recently and haven't been able to get a good brew space that retains heat properly going in the last two places I've lived so I usually do a flurry of brewing in the fall to last me until late winter/early spring.
Plus two kids, wife and MiL, make holiday time crazy in my house, not to mention family Dinners and extended work hours for the holiday rush.
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I fully understand. When we watch our grandkids, I don't brew, rack, keg etc. But I do have a few suggestions that might help you. When it's too cold for ales, I brew Lagers. Just a little too cold? Brew hybrids, or California common. Need to warm it up a bit? Use a Fermwrap. https://www.morebeer.com/products/fermwrap-heater.html
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Now I'm getting nervous. It looks like I need to take apart the whole gas supply side of my keg system. It was bound to happen sooner or later. There is no serious effects from infection, so far, but I can taste the flavor difference after about 2 weeks. I knew I was living dangerously without a CO2 manifold with individual check valves! I have used this same system for about 4 years now, with no apparent problems. Now I have to step up and pay the piper for replacement lines and components. The lines were too old anyway, and need replacing. I dread the hassle of taking my kegs off line and replacing that whole setup. On the other hand, I look forward to having a new, properly set up Gas side setup.
what in the world are you doing here???
making meth, obviously.
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Say wha..a..a..t?
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Well, whadya know? I'm here thinkin' 'bout my next brew, and realize that I have beer in all my kegs. They're not full, but occupied, and I have 2 kegs conditioning that will need to go in the fridge soon. Besides that, I still haven't replaced my CO2 setup. I need to: buy a manifold with check valves, discard and replace my gas lines, and probably disassemble and clean my regulator. I haven't bought any of the parts. After the 1st of the year, it seems like I'm paying everything, car registration, DL renewal, higher utility bills, etc., and money gets tight. Brewing any more beer will just have to wait! Oh well, at least I have beer to drink!
I’ve been wanting to brew for about a month now. We’ve had an incredibly cold February and the beginning of March hasn’t been too nice either. I brew in an outdoor shop that’s not heated and the weather hasn’t cooperated for the last 6 weeks... it was nicer in January. I have the ingredients for 5 recipes and really want to get one going. The forecast is calling for 8-13” of snow and 35+ mph winds on Wednesday. One recipe is a Marzen. I was hoping to try brewing this month and let it lager until fall. It won’t be long and March will be over. Might try and force it this coming up weekend.
I'm always going through with brewing withdrawal. Gets worse right after I brew too. Vicious cycle...
Scout
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I haven't brewed in over a year, and it looks to be several months before I brew again. I moved last april or so, and have been so busy with the new place that I haven't been able to brew anything other than coffee. I need to run a water line to my garage and set up a new brewery, something a little more permanent than my old setup. I've got a new 3v herms setup I'm dying to use and I can't yet.
