Gainesville, FL

[elmetal]

I got a refracto if you wanna give it a whirl chris. might also help when we finally settle on a partigyle

 

[matt415]

yeah, we're gonna drink it all and let you see how it feels.

please do. i need the keg. my irish red is begging to be kegged and drunk.

 

[elmetal]

bring it and 'll drink it I promise

 

[Houblon]

Hey Chefchris, can I drop off a few beers at the shop this saturday? Won't be a problem with anybody will it?

 

[matt415]

Hey Chefchris, can I drop off a few beers at the shop this saturday? Won't be a problem with anybody will it?

i wouldnt drop them off at the beer shop. alot of alcoholics work there. they would be much safer at my place.

 

[ldgenius2000]

Well if he drops them off on Saturday, at least Skip won't have his way with them.

 

[Houblon]

i wouldnt drop them off at the beer shop. alot of alcoholics work there. they would be much safer at my place.

yeah been there,done that

A few years ago I dropped some beer off at the daytona LHBS, beer we brought back from Belgium and take a guess what happen.

The other owner drank all the beer before his buddy came back on monday.

Funny how those things happen.

 

[patrck17]

At least you managed to get it to the LHBS. I would have probably drank it before I could get it there.

 

[elmetal]

Chris, I'm gonna hit up Uhaul before brewday.

they charge 3.62 dollar per gallon of propane, they charge what they fill. so for a fully empty tank, it's still cheaper than going to home depot.

this being because tanks can handle 4.73 gallons of propane, at 3.62 per gallon for 17.12 altogether whereas at homedepot it's 18 for a not very filled fill.

I think I'll do that from now on. no more getting scared.

 

[Yambor44]

Okay, I'm not reading back through all the posts. Is the brew on for Sunday now? Still at Chris' house? If Sunday, this might work out better for me anyway.

 

[elmetal]

yeah it's sunday at chris'.

 

[chefchris]

sure, bring some beers by. I'm working Saturday.

Yup, Sunday at my place. Don't know what time yet.

Witnessed a wreck last night while on my way to the shop to get some stuff for a starter a little after 11pm. Then came home and had 3 boil overs while making said starter. I've never had a boil over. ever.

 

[elmetal]

Im thinking we get started earlier than the last brew simply because I dont wanna be there till 9 again. I wanna be able to go home at say, 7 start fermenting and then come back without worrying about fermentation

 

[chefchris]

sounds good. what time?

 

[thestackiswhack]

yo chris....this be jeffrey...what time are you brewing on sunday? where is yo new place?

 

[chefchris]

what's up jeff. i'll send you a pm with my contact info.

 

[elmetal]

Im thinking we roll out the ingredients and stuff at like 10

hopefully start the first boil by 1 oclock

ed you brewing?

 

[ghpeel]

Man I wanna brew too, but I need to make sure I've got the space freed up. My Graff Hurry up and finish fermenting. Its been over a week and there's still some bubbling.

I guess I could leave a new batch in the no-chill for a week or two.

 

[ldgenius2000]

I'll be there Felipe, but not brewing, I don't have a propane set up or anything like that. I'll try and bring hef version 2.0 by if I can get some CO2 in it, but my tank is empty.

 

[elmetal]

well

keep it nice and cool, then we can shake it to hell at 30-50psi at chris' and wait a couple of hours while we mash then we should be ok

 

[Yambor44]

Sorry I couldn't make it guys. How did it go?

 

[patrck17]

Me either, I ended up going to the beach with the gf. Hope all went well. I think I will be brewing this Saturday, maybe. Hey Yambor do you all grain or extract or what?

 

[Yambor44]

All grain.

 

[patrck17]

Cool. I usually all grain, but I made an extract kit last time.

 

[elmetal]

The APA has the nicest white krausen I've ever seen.

pitched the Amber last night about 1am and it's at 70* now fermenting. apa is 63. (getting the amber down with some ice in the cooler)

 

[ldgenius2000]

Good luck fermenting those Felipe, that was a long day of brewing and drinking, but definitely a good time.

 

[elmetal]

it was an awesome day! lots of messups but I think in the end the remaining 15 gallons of a 24 gallon brew are gonna be awesome

 

[Houblon]

So any comments about my beer?
Good? bad? omg somebody had to be rushed to the hospital after a sip

Little hint:
3 beers had a flaw , 2 flaws within style with one totally wrong.

1 beer was 2.5yrs old
1 beer was 14months old
1 beer was weeks old
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The other three beers varied from 1yr to 9 months.

 

[ArcaneXor]

So any comments about my beer?
Good? bad? omg somebody had to be rushed to the hospital after a sip

Little hint:
3 beers had a flaw , 2 flaws within style with one totally wrong.

1 beer was 2.5yrs old
1 beer was 14months old
1 beer was weeks old
-----------------------------------------------------------------
The other three beers varied from 1yr to 9 months.

I only got samples for about half of them, but from what I remember:

The Citra Ale was quite good, with lots of the unique "weediness" of the Citra-hop coming through. But I like Citra - not everyone does.

The Barleywine was a little under-attenuated and under-hopped - it seemed very sweet, but would be perfectly acceptable as a dessert/sipping beer. I would guess that this was one of the older beers.

I also had the fall IPA, which tasted more like a Pale Ale to me (judging by its name, it's a few months old, so that might explain the hops having faded. I think this one was supposed to have been dry-hopped with Simcoe, which I didn't really perceive.

I didn't have the Saison, but people who liked the style said that it was exactly what they were looking for in a Saison. The Blonde was also fairly well-received.

 

[Houblon]

The Citra Ale was quite good

Smelled like dirty dishwater, I totally F`d the water.

The Barleywine was a little under-attenuated and under-hopped - it seemed very sweet, but would be perfectly acceptable as a dessert/sipping beer. I would guess that this was one of the older beers.

2.5yrs old
SG 1.102 -->FG 1.029 --> IBU 134.2

I also had the fall IPA, which tasted more like a Pale Ale to me (judging by its name, it's a few months old, so that might explain the hops having faded. I think this one was supposed to have been dry-hopped with Simcoe, which I didn't really perceive.

14months old
SG 1.066 --> IBU 54.3 no simcoe
Chinook
Centennial
Cascade

I didn't have the Saison, but people who liked the style said that it was exactly what they were looking for in a Saison. The Blonde was also fairly well-received.

Those beers(FrenchAles) are dead-on for each style and none used WhiteLabs or Wyeast as I used yeast recultured from beers brought back from Belgium.


I'll have to drop off more beers