It sure is, i tried it as an alternative to regular hefeweizen and hopefully if all goes well I'll be brewing a dunkelweizen/ dark hefeweizen tomorrow morning. I may need to buy another 6 pack to use as a comparison once that is ready.Congratulations, JimmyJ - looks great ~
In the bottling photo, is that a bottle of Dragon's Breat that I see? Good stuff, one of the best that Montana has to offer!
I like the outdoor setup picture on brew day. Makes me want to brew my extract outside.
Except, probably consider some closed toes shoes I can't imagine wort on the foot ending well, lol. I've got a little in my crocs once...it sucked.
Honestly, didn't notice. I had to scroll back up to see. I saw the sunshine, green grass and nice pot going. I worked at restaurant and an unlucky coworker drained hot fry grease (350 degrees) down his leg while cleaning out the fryer and into his shoe...where it pooled--bad deal but he was fine.Except, probably consider some closed toes shoes I can't imagine wort on the foot ending well, lol. I've got a little in my crocs once...it sucked.
I like the outdoor setup picture on brew day. Makes me want to brew my extract outside.
Yes, luckily i could just set it in an unused room so i wouldn't have to see it constantlyCongrats not only for completing your first batch, but also on making 47 bottles of your first brew and actually waiting a week and a half before trying one! I'm very patient in general, but with my first batch I made 9 bottles and tried one after like 5 days.
Let me post some pictures of my brew day and you might decide that inside brewing isn't all bad. I usually brew on days when outside activity is limited by the temperature (-20 to -30), wind (20 to 30mph) and snow depth (12-30 inches).
I don't think inside is all bad. I hope I didn't "poo-poo" on those that are indoor extracters! I like indoors very much--that was just a pretty picture and in a perfect world that's how we'd brew.Yes, luckily i could just set it in an unused room so i wouldn't have to see it constantly
Well my comment about an unused room was regarding beer after being bottled and letting it carbonate, not about brewing. I really have no room inside the house so it's outside for meI don't think inside is all bad. I hope I didn't "poo-poo" on those that are indoor extracters! I like indoors very much--that was just a pretty picture and in a perfect world that's how we'd brew.
I have my space set up perfectly with not distractions (bugs, weather, etc.). I lay everything out, in time order, and I have sanitized the heck out of everything which could possibly be difficult for an outdoor setting. I wouldn't be allowed to set out a bowl of DME without worrying about flies.
Bring on the pictures though. I am curious as to what prompted you to boast about your setup. I'm certain it is nice and maybe I could steal an idea or two. I'm not savvy enough (yet) to transfer pictures to the site but I will be eventually.
Folks who know me, know that I'm a safety fanatic. That's OK, people don't get hurt on my watch.
Brewing is an industrial process, at home or in a major brewery. If you don't take precautions, you WILL suffer industrial grade injuries.
Leather shoes or boots and long pants should be a minimum for anything involving hot liquids. OK, I'll put my soapbox away now. Brew safe, everybody.
Those carboys are the real deal. I'm sure you guys have talked about using a milk crate to carry one or a full harness that kind of surrounds the carboy. I even read of one guy who was cleaning his and broke off a shard.On that note, I've identified only point in the process where death is a possibility, although remote: carrying the glass fermenter down the basement steps after I've drained into it. Tripping and falling onto the fermenter would be really, really bad. I could take the kettle down, then drain down there, but my solution instead is to just be extremely careful. And it's only half a flight and carpeted.
I doubt I'll get much (if any) agreement, but if we're talking safety, BWI (brewing while intoxicated) could be potentially dangerous.Folks who know me, know that I'm a safety fanatic. That's OK, people don't get hurt on my watch.
Brewing is an industrial process, at home or in a major brewery. If you don't take precautions, you WILL suffer industrial grade injuries.
Leather shoes or boots and long pants should be a minimum for anything involving hot liquids. OK, I'll put my soapbox away now. Brew safe, everybody.
I used the glass twice, I think, but now only do the plastic bucket. My carboy sits there looking pretty but has gone unused.One extra note on the glass carboys; just dropping a full one will cause it to explode. A quick search on this site or google will reveal the potentially gruesome results.
I dropped a glass one on my first brew day many moons ago and sliced my leg open to the bone with a flying chunk of glass.
They're heavy and dangerous.
After that I switched to PET carboys and never looked back; been brewing excellent beer for many years with them!
-Bilbo
Reading and seeing pics is why I went straight to plastic BMB because I have been known to slip and drop things.One extra note on the glass carboys; just dropping a full one will cause it to explode. A quick search on this site or google will reveal the potentially gruesome results.
I dropped a glass one on my first brew day many moons ago and sliced my leg open to the bone with a flying chunk of glass.
They're heavy and dangerous.
After that I switched to PET carboys and never looked back; been brewing excellent beer for many years with them!
-Bilbo
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