Gainesville, FL

[Pick]

I've got a Corona, just did not feel like cranking out 10# of grain through it. Last time I hooked the electric drill up to it, it (the drill) overheated and started stinking. I should buzz over to Harbor Freight and get a bigger drill, I suppose.

I cranked out the wheat myself, but that was only 1.5# and only took a few minutes. Yeah, I know about the Tue-Thurs deal.

 

[elmetal]

I've got a Corona, just did not feel like cranking out 10# of grain through it. Last time I hooked the electric drill up to it, it (the drill) overheated and started stinking. I should buzz over to Harbor Freight and get a bigger drill, I suppose.

I cranked out the wheat myself, but that was only 1.5# and only took a few minutes. Yeah, I know about the Tue-Thurs deal.

I have a corona also but I'm too lazy to use it. how did you hook it up to the drill? I haven't been bothered enough to go check it out since I used to get my grains at Hoggetowne and that was ok. But now I live far away from there and have no LHBS I need to buy in bulk

 

[elmetal]

I would like to thank everyone in helping make this the number 5 thread in terms of posts in the General Beer Discussion forum


GAINESVILLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

[ghpeel]

Reppin' the 352 biatches!!!!

Ok I feel sorta white now.

And in an unrelated note, make sure to get a double crush from the brew store.

 

[Pick]

elmetal, just get a long 1/4-20 bolt and cut the head off. It will screw right into where the thumbscrew that holds the crank on goes. Then tighten drill chuck on that.

 

[elmetal]

elmetal, just get a long 1/4-20 bolt and cut the head off. It will screw right into where the thumbscrew that holds the crank on goes. Then tighten drill chuck on that.

if that's the case then I could by all means get a socket cap or hex cap screw 1/4-20 and just use the right allen/socket key correct?

I think I might have left the mill at Alex's in gville. f me

 

[Pick]

Yeah, now that I think about it, that would be better. No/less possibility of slippage.

I think there is a thread in DIY or Equip/Sanitation on Corona Mill mods.

 

[ghpeel]

Here's the recipe for that brown ale Sierra Nevada Tumbler clone I brought to Barron's place if anyone is interested:

5.25 gallons
8.5 lbs Pale Malt (Weyermans)
1.0 lbs Smoked malt (Weyermans, very important!)
1.0 lbs British Crystal 50-60L
6.0 oz Pale Chocolate Malt - cold steeped day before
1.5oz Challenger @ 60
1.0oz Challenger @ 10
1.0oz EKG @ 10
Fermentis S-04
Mash at 155F, ferment at 65F.

I screwed up my mash temps, started at 160F by accident for a few minutes. That might account for my higher final gravity (1.018-1.019).

Pale Chocolate was cold steeped in about a quart or so of RO water. Drained that through a strainer and added liquid to the boil.

I did the beer as a No Chill. I left out the 10 minute hops until I was ready to pitch yeast. I steeped the hops for 10 minutes in some nearly boiling wort that I threw into a pot after I moved the beer from the No Chill cube into the fermenter. I don't get much hop aroma from the finished beer at this point (few weeks old) so I guess the hop tea wasn't too effective.

 

[chefchris]

I'm back! and Arch Hall, Jr-less.

Brewed my first beer since July saturday. 10 gallons of IIPA.

 

[elmetal]

I'm back! and Arch Hall, Jr-less.

Brewed my first beer since July saturday. 10 gallons of IIPA.

Awesome!!!! Did McAllister brew with you?

 

[chefchris]

Awesome!!!! Did McAllister brew with you?

If McAllister is Alex, then yes.

 

[elmetal]

If McAllister is Alex, then yes.

that's him!

 

[chefchris]

that's him!

yeah, he did a lot of it himself. I forgot what working on a saturday was like so it was dumb of me to brew up there. he did good, though. Except he messed up the exact same hop addition on the same exact same beer that Ed did. 200+ IBUs so you probably won't be able to tell.

 

[elmetal]

yeah, he did a lot of it himself. I forgot what working on a saturday was like so it was dumb of me to brew up there. he did good, though. Except he messed up the exact same hop addition on the same exact same beer that Ed did. 200+ IBUs so you probably won't be able to tell.

So I see you're still hopping it up.

What are yall bringing to the pigrizzoast?

I need to keg a beer tonight... it was absolutely HELL to get CO2 here in SFL.

Gainesville was so easy to do stuff. here I feel like everything takes all day. I mean **** my xbox guy lives like half an hour away and he's the closest. ****KKK

 

[chefchris]

So I see you're still hopping it up.

What are yall bringing to the pigrizzoast?

I need to keg a beer tonight... it was absolutely HELL to get CO2 here in SFL.

Gainesville was so easy to do stuff. here I feel like everything takes all day. I mean **** my xbox guy lives like half an hour away and he's the closest. ****KKK

when is the roast?

your xbox guy needs to get on it. I'm sittin' at level 50, you're at 16. I don't want to Prestige, don't really see the point.

 

[elmetal]

when is the roast?

your xbox guy needs to get on it. I'm sittin' at level 50, you're at 16. I don't want to Prestige, don't really see the point.

march something... I think March 19th

he is really wizzeak but to be fair the problem I have I've never seen before so it's not a quick fix. If it happens again I'm asking santa for a new xbox

 

[ghpeel]

Got a ton of awesome Christmas beer books this year! Here's what I got:

"Yeast - The practical guide to beer fermentation" - JZ & Chris White
"Beer - Tap into the science of brewing" - Charles Bamforth
"Designing Great Beers" - Ray Daniels
"Brewing with Wheat" - Stan Hieronymus

And a 4 pack of Delerium Noel. Yum.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Nice. I got an awesome Berliner Weisse book straight from Berlin, a half-yard glass that is challenging to drink from, and a Koelsch glass with the cityscape of Cologne on it.

I've read all or parts of the books you got except the Bamforth one - they're all good.

Anyone else have a beery Christmas?

 

[Houblon]

Anyone else have a beery Christmas?

We had a normal weekend, good food with great beer

Scaldis Prestige was the beer of the night, and we got to see snow for the second time in the past week.

The first dusting


and the 26th




Heres looking back at the year in beer

 

[Pick]

Got a 3 pack sampler of Chimay with a glass included. Other than that nothing beery.

Went down to the Keys for Christmas. On place we ate at, had PBR on tap. Had not had a draft PBR in years. It was horrible, could only drink half of it.

 

[memphomaniac]

If anybody in the Gville area is interested in a CO2 or Nitrogen tank, I have one of each on Craigslist. I'll knock off a few bucks if anybody from the forum wants them.

 

[Pick]

Where is everybody?

Brewed a Belgian Wit this weekend, and an American Ale last weekend.

Brother coming in from AZ, in February, may pick up a keg of Swamphead Cottonmouth for the occasion, if mine isn't ready, but it should be.

 

[mullenite]

I went back to school so I haven't had much time to do anything. Was going to brew Saturday and realized that the demo is that day at the shop so I will be there for that and brewing at home later hopefully.

I have no idea what I want to brew though. If anybody has any suggestions I'm all ears. I was thinking some kind of wheat beer. Maybe using sorachi ace again.

 

[Yambor44]

Stopped by Hoggetowne Ale Works today but it was too early. Sorry I missed you guys.

 

[hundy]

Picked up my brewing again recently. Brewed my first Stout (Dry Irish), a fat tire clone, and an IPA recipe that I threw together, which happened to be my first original recipe. We'll see how it turns out... FG finished a little high at 1.020. OG was 1.071. Anyone know anything about diluting? Racked it to secondary after 8 days. Taste should turn out pretty good (couldn't really tell if there is DMS or if the beer is just young), but mouth feel is a bit much. Wouldn't mind getting it down to around 1.015. I ended up with about 4 - 4 1/2 gallons thanks to the 90 minute boil required for the pilsener malt I put in the recipe, so I've got a bit of room in the 5 gallon glass carboy.

 

[mullenite]

1.071->1.020 isn't bad. It's about 70% attenuation. At this point I wouldn't dilute it but if you post the recipe some of us might be able to give you some tips for getting a dryer finish.

 

[GatorBeer]

Do you guys know if I bring a few beers into Hoggetowne, they'll critique/troubleshoot it for me? I'm getting this weird flavor in all my beers and I want to see if they know the taste and could help me do something different.

 

[Houblon]

Do you guys know if I bring a few beers into Hoggetowne, they'll critique/troubleshoot it for me? I'm getting this weird flavor in all my beers and I want to see if they know the taste and could help me do something different.

Yeah drop some they'll drink it and may be able to help or not but you'll get some feedback.
such as>
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/gainesville-fl-138121/index63.html#post1836316

What kinda beer are you brewing?

 

[GatorBeer]

Awesome, I'm going to do this this week.

I've brewed an Amber ale (poor temperature regulation, awful off flavors), a hefeweizen (temperature again and off flavors but the style hid them a little), a Sierra Nevada PA clone (had temperature regulation, still off-flavors) and most recently a cream stout (bottled 2 weeks ago, still has off flavors). They all have the same off flavor and I just don't know what it is.

I have another Amber ale on deck to brew but don't want to brew it until I can sort something out.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Do you guys know if I bring a few beers into Hoggetowne, they'll critique/troubleshoot it for me? I'm getting this weird flavor in all my beers and I want to see if they know the taste and could help me do something different.

I suggest doing this Friday through Sunday and not during the week.