Got to use "Fat boy" today

[Bsquared]

I picked up this 12gallon Pyrex carboy from someone off HBT here in SD a few years ago, but was never able to use it...Till today! :rockin:

 

[Edcculus]

oooh sexy. I'd kill to get my hands on a pyrex carboy!

 

[Eigenmusic]

oooh sexy. I'd kill to get my hands on a pyrex carboy!

http://cgi.ebay.com/PYREX-1595-12-Gallon-45-5-Liter-Glass-Carboy-Lab-Bottle_W0QQitemZ110444847511QQcategoryZ11812QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26ps%3D63

Not /too/ expensive, but definitely beyond my budget anytime soon. BRB, my 13-gal mash tun is trying to tell me something important on the other line...

 

[homebrewer_99]

If that were mine I would build a wooden box for it to relieve some of the stresses on the sides, but that's just me...

That's honkering huge!!!

 

[Bowtiebrewery]

Couldnt you just get a demi-john?

 

[Bobby_M]

Demi-johns are super fragile, not that this thing is much safer. That thing scares the hell out of me.

 

[Bsquared]

It's hard to see in the picture,but the Pyrex is 3/8th thick. It's really solid.

 

[bronzdragon]

I'd still be super careful with it, and like the above poster said, build a box or get something for it to sit in. I'd also not move it around too much.

cheers
~r~

 

[Bsquared]

I defiantly am not moving it much, I lifted it full on to the hand truck its on now so I can wheel it around. Its an easy 120lb full. Though I'm not too concerned about it holding up to the stress of being full. In the laboratory where I work, we have similar size carboys filled 24/7 for the past 8 years I've been working there and there has never been a problem, Its Pyrex®

 

[Scut_Monkey]

That is a golden beast. Treat it nice!

 

[Bsquared]

I like that!

 

[Grizzlybrew]

That thing is SICK!!!

I defiantly am not moving it much

Lol. Who is trying to make you move it - jk, a little typo joke...

 

[Bsquared]

That thing is SICK!!!



Lol. Who is trying to make you move it - jk, a little typo joke...

I'm a little key board challenged...
:cross:

 

[bronzdragon]

Yeah, generally it's not the stresses of the liquid on the glass that make those things fail ... it's the moving around.

~r~

 

[Bsquared]

WLP023 Burton ale yeast ROCKS... I just checked the gravity and took a taste. WOW it's 1.012 and tastes fantastic! I'm kegging it up this weekend, and serving it up next weekend. I'm so glad I have 11 gallons of this!

 

[Scut_Monkey]

How long was it fermenting?

 

[Bsquared]

I pitched it Monday at 6:30am so 4 days. I Pitched a good 2L starter and it took off right away.

 

[Whut]

Very cool indeed.

 

[MBasile]

I pitched it Monday at 6:30am so 4 days. I Pitched a good 2L starter and it took off right away.

What was the OG?

 

[Bsquared]

What was the OG?

Sorry, I thought I posted that. 1.0420. It's not a big beer, but a beer for every day.

 

[Scut_Monkey]

Do you commonly do short fermentations? I'm counting 6 days total. Just curious.

 

[Bsquared]

not really, for the most part I get to my target FG in 10 days, and then hold it there for another 11days.After that it can go for many months depending on the beer.

This beer thought I want as a quick and easy every day beer.

 

[Brewin_CRAZY]

i would have to say that I currently ferment 10-15 gallons in converted kegs (courtesy of my dads amazing SS welding) but I have to say those 12 gal fat boys are just gorgeous, i need to waste some money and brew my "pretty" beers in them. Like a hard cider or something. +1 That is just a cool looking thing, never seen one before!

 

[Scut_Monkey]

not really, for the most part I get to my target FG in 10 days, and then hold it there for another 11days.After that it can go for many months depending on the beer.

This beer thought I want as a quick and easy every day beer.

I see. Cool cool.

 

[MBasile]

Sorry, I thought I posted that. 1.0420. It's not a big beer, but a beer for every day.

I wasn't asking in terms of whether or not it was a big brew, just curious how much it had dropped in that short amount of time. I'll have to try the burton yeast sometime next year (I think I have all of my brews scheduled through the end of the year!) Mind sharing the recipe you used?

 

[Bsquared]

Here is the recipe for 12 gallons

8# Maris otter
8# UK Pale ale Malt
1# UK Medium Crystal
1# Wheat malt

.5 Warrior 15.5% 60min (pellet)
1oz US golding (Loose leaf) 60min
1oz US golding (Loose leaf) 20min
1oz US golding (Loose leaf) 5min

1.75 L WLP023 starter from Stir plate

68ºF Fermentation.

 

[MBasile]

Here is the recipe for 12 gallons

8# Maris otter
8# UK Pale ale Malt
1# UK Medium Crystal
1# Wheat malt

.5 Warrior 15.5% 60min (pellet)
1oz US golding (Loose leaf) 60min
1oz US golding (Loose leaf) 20min
1oz US golding (Loose leaf) 5min

1.75 L WLP023 starter from Stir plate

68ºF Fermentation.

Thanks! I may try a 5-gallon extract version of this eventually