Gainesville, FL

[chefchris]

Looks like almost everyone in this thread brewed yesterday. Could've had a sweet big brew going. We should do one at the shop one day.

 

[ghpeel]

True. I had my rugrats with me yesterday but we should totally plan a 50+ gal brewday.

It would be sorta cool for everone to use the same grainbill and hops, but vary their yeasts/temps/mashes etc and see how the beers turn out. Big collaborative experiments are all the rage these days.

 

[chefchris]

i really want this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USED-DURASTILL-...tZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b2e588dd#shId

we could all bring our mash tuns and combine the runnings in this. it would be so sweet.

 

[ArcaneXor]

i really want this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USED-DURASTILL-...tZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b2e588dd#shId

we could all bring our mash tuns and combine the runnings in this. it would be so sweet.

Pretty cheap for something that large.

 

[matt415]

Looks like almost everyone in this thread brewed yesterday. Could've had a sweet big brew going. We should do one at the shop one day.

i brewed on friday. i was going to suggest a brew day but the rain scared me.

 

[chefchris]

i brewed on friday. i was going to suggest a brew day but the rain scared me.

ya, scared me, too. by the time I got everything together it had stopped raining. I'm serious, we should plan a huge brew at the shop one Saturday. Advertise it, let anyone come brew that wants to.

looks like I'm gonna be throwing some amalyse in my Bell's Two Hearted Clone. Sitting at 1.022 right now. Too damn cold in my house. Beer's at 58F right now. Plus I used S04 on a 1.064 beer. Dumb.

 

[Pick]

Chris, no controller on the HW element. In fact, since I don't have an outside 240 VAC outlet, I ran it off my 7500 watt generator. Man that thing really boils! Once my Premium Support account is activated, I will post some pics and vids.

Gets the strike water up to temp in no time.

 

[ghpeel]

we should plan a huge brew at the shop one Saturday.

I'm free the 13th or the 27th (of this month). We can it "Mash Madness."

Plus I used S04 on a 1.064 beer.

Hmm biggest beer I did with S-04 was 1.068 or so, but it came down under 1.020 without problems. I think it finished near 1.017 or so. It did have about half a pound of unrefined sugar in it though.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Any of you want to split a sack of Weyermann Wheat malt with me? It's $57 plus tax through the Shoppe for 55 lbs if I am not mistaken.

 

[Pick]

Sure, I'll split it with you.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Sure, I'll split it with you.

Cool, I send Barron a message to add it to the next order. We'll work out the logistics when it gets delivered to the store.

 

[ArcaneXor]

If anyone is still looking for cheap kegs, these are $50 for 4, plus about $30 shipping. I wish I had a kegerator...

http://www.kegglebrewing.com/Four-Non-reconditioed-Kegs-as-is-_p_143.html

 

[chefchris]

It went down 1 point since I warmed it up. I pitched some amylase in it tonight. I'm not drinking a 1.020 IPA.

 

[chefchris]

Here's the recipe I've been dreaming up for a red IPA the last couple of days. I fell asleep thinking about it, then drew it up at work.

1.065 SG
1.016 Estimated FG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.49 %
Bitterness: 65.8 IBU
Est Color: 15.9 SRM

63 minute boil.

13.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row)
1.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L
0.38 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L

0.25 oz Chinook [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 8.4 IBU

0.25 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (30 min) Hops 4.2 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (27 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
0.25 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] (24 min) Hops 5.7 IBU

0.50 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
0.50 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (17 min) Hops 7.0 IBU
0.50 oz Zeus [14.00 %] (14 min) Hops 8.5 IBU

1.00 oz Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 7.9 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (7 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
1.00 oz Zeus [14.00 %] (4 min) Hops 5.9 IBU

Dry Hop with Amarillo, Centennial and a touch of Chinook.


White Labs #WLP007



Might brew this Sunday.

 

[matt415]

i think you need some more hops in there.

 

[elmetal]

needs more simcoe

or maybe it'll be that subtle flavor no one can pick out but everyone loves.

 

[ArcaneXor]

I'd also be up for splitting a bag of Munich and Vienna between myself and 1-2 other people (e.g. 27.5 or 18.3 lbs each). I believe they are the same price as the other Weyermann malts. Let me know if interested, please.

 

[elmetal]

I might be down for a 3rd of a bag of munich

 

[Pick]

I'd be interested in some Vienna.

 

[ArcaneXor]

I'd be interested in some Vienna.

Half or a third of a bag? If half, I'll just pay for the bag of wheat and you can pay for the Vienna. That way we'll be even.

_________

Anyone else for 18 lbs of Munich for like $20+ change?

 

[Pick]

Ok, sounds good.

 

[chefchris]

Just got done brewing a Stone IPA clone. It's my 3rd time to do it. Won a medal with it once. It's delicious. Brewing again Sunday. What a weekend.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Had a fun brewday! Broke yet another damn probe thermometer today. Tap water is starting to get too warm to chill the beer all the way down to pitching temp with my immersion chiller, and I didn't feel like rigging up an ice bath, so the batch is sitting on the back porch to chill down to 68 degrees or so.

The wort is so sweet, it tastes like liquid rock candy. I have 500 ml of thick yeast slurry to pitch into this one that I grew up in two separate starters totaling 2700 ml. Also had a boil over after adding the late-addition DME and had to pour like half an ounce of Fermcap in there to get it under control. Was kind of fun.

Will bottle my pale ale on Sunday, and then try myself at brewing a small batch of German lager next week or so. After that I'll probably be done with brewing for 3-4 weeks until I work on emptying some bottles

 

[Pick]

Tap water STARTING to get warm? Heck, with these cool mornings, I would think it would still be cold. Had a temp reading of 23 on my sensor at 3' outside the back door, this morning. But I am in a "frost pocket".

 

[Houblon]

Tap water STARTING to get warm? Heck, with these cool mornings, I would think it would still be cold. Had a temp reading of 23 on my sensor at 3' outside the back door, this morning. But I am in a "frost pocket".

Same here, 26f under my brewtree this morning.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Tap water STARTING to get warm?

I think it's actually normal for this time of the year here in GNV. It was just colder for a while because we had freezes for like two weeks straight when I last brewed.

 

[Pick]

Living out towards the springs, and having a well that taps into that aquifer, my well water should be 72* year 'round. But I have never checked it. Something else to add to the list today.

Scored a nice turkey fryer burner a neighbor was going to pitch, yesterday. In pretty good shape. If I can get the "goobers" out of the propane tank connection. God only knows what's in the burner itself.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Bottled my APA this afternoon and am planning to tear into my bag of Pilsner malt later this week for my first lager: 3 gallons of German Pils. Thinking of doing the following:

Recipe: German Pilsner
Style: German Pilsner (Pils)
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 3.25 gal
Boil Size: 4.35 gal
Estimated OG: 1.049 SG
Estimated Color: 3.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 lb Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 100.00 %
0.40 oz Magnum [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 35.8 IBU
0.25 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.20 %] (15 min)Hops 1.0 IBU
0.25 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [3.00 %] (15 min)Hops 1.4 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc

0.25 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
0.75 gm Chalk (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
3.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Bohemian Lager (Wyeast Labs #2124) [2500 mL starter]


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 6.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 7.80 qt of water at 158.5 F 148.0 F

 

[Pick]

Did the Vienna SMASH this afternoon. Hopped it a little less to suite my tastes. Followed the same schedule except 1 oz. instead of 2.5 oz. at the 20 minute mark. Beer Pal, (iPhone app) showed an IBU of 94 with original hop schedule.

Ended up with 4.5 gallons after the boil, which is OK, since I am fermenting in a Corny keg.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Found an audiobook by Charles Bamforth at the public library today: Brewmaster’s Art: The History and Science of Beermaking. Looking forward to listening to that.

They also have (as regular books) Brew Like a Monk, Farmhouse Ales, Designing Great Beers, Joy of Homebrewing and several other homebrewing-related books.