I like this time at night on HBT

[Dan]

Me!

 

[Dan]

Well at least for a week of vacation. I'll bring a sleeping bag and tent. Ken you gotta provide chow [emoji3]

 

[passedpawn]

Well at least for a week of vacation. I'll bring a sleeping bag and tent. Ken you gotta provide chow [emoji3]

Vacation? Pfft. You'll be tilling and herding kens kids and mending fences and cuttin furrows for some plantings. That's no vacation. Unless your idea of fun is working sunrise to sunset, getting dirty, tired, beat down, thirsty,

I'm in too!

 

[passedpawn]

OK, I can play harmonica. Who's got guitar? We need to have quality time at Ken's firepit during our dude vacation.

 

[Dan]

I'll bring my son. He's young, a youngish MARINE....and he plays a guitar well. Oops. The kid is a lot like me but better. We'll hook him up to a plow and just say get ER done Danny[emoji3]

 

[Dan]

But cigars and beer must be included. I got the smokes, Pappy can cover the beer, I'm sure. BigKen just give us a place to sleep and poop....and wash up. [emoji3]

 

[bigken462]

It's 117am. Im chilling outside by the fire alone. Everyone has left. 7 girls and my nephew. He was in heaven. I'll follow up with pictures tomorrow. But here is one just as it is. I'll be sleeping out here till it starts raining.

Gnite peeps.

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[bigken462]

Vacation? Pfft. You'll be tilling and herding kens kids and mending fences and cuttin furrows for some plantings. That's no vacation. Unless your idea of fun is working sunrise to sunset, getting dirty, tired, beat down, thirsty,

I'm in too!

You may leave tired, beat down and dirty. But you will not leave town thirsty! lol

 

[BBL_Brewer]

Morning Gents



Can't seem to get the video to come up...just the link.

 

[Dan]

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About to mill 12lbs of grain. Some pale malt, Munich and Pilsner plus a few ounces of carapils and c15.
My hopper holds ten pounds I'm told. The pic is the first load. I love this part of the brewing process. Cranking the mill by hand. No drills for me!! Ever. [emoji3]

 

[Dan]

Hawaii sky this Sunday morning brew day
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My wife is going to make flower arrangements for the ladies of dispatch at my work. I wouldn't last an hour at that job. They are angels on earth

Raw ingredients
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Final product
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Cheers!

 

[Dan]

[emoji1]. The bottom of the base is filled with green tea leaf from our yard. [emoji18]

 

[Dan]

Here is the recipe I'm brewing today. 75 minute mash 90 minute boil cause of the Pilsner. No idea how this will turn out. Fermentation temp will be controlled this time.

Brewing Steps: Northern Brewer Blonde
Blonde Ale
Type: All Grain Date: 01 May 2016
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal Brewer: Big Dawg
Boil Size: 7.51 gal Asst Brewer: Mama Dawg
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Keggle and Cooler
Final Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 0.0
Taste Notes: mash stabilized at 151 after i stirred good
mash temp five minutes in after another good stir - 150
going to leave alone for 70 more minutes 1126

Prepare for Brewing



Clean and Prepare Brewing Equipment
Total Water Needed: 9.18 gal

Mash or Steep Grains

Mash Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5 lbs 8.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 46.4 %
3 lbs 12.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 31.6 %
2 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 16.9 %
4.8 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.5 %
4.8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.5 %

Mash Steps Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 15.81 qt of water at 162.6 F 148.0 F 75 min

Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 5.23gal) of 168.0 F water

Boil Wort

Add water to achieve boil volume of 7.51 gal
Estimated pre-boil gravity is 1.045 SG
Boil Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
0.80 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 20.7 IBUs
1.20 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
0.50 oz Perle [7.10 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 3.9 IBUs


Estimated Post Boil Vol: 6.76 gal and Est Post Boil Gravity: 1.052 SG
Cool and Prepare Fermentation

Cool wort to fermentation temperature
Transfer wort to fermenter
Add water to achieve final volume of 6.00 gal
Fermentation Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.0 pkg Nottingham Ale Yeast (White Labs #WLP039) [35.49 ml] Yeast 9 -

Measure Actual Original Gravity _______ (Target: 1.052 SG)
Measure Actual Batch Volume _______ (Target: 6.00 gal)
Fermentation
01 May 2016 - Primary Fermentation (14.00 days at 67.0 F ending at 67.0 F) Primary Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.20 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days) Other 10 -



Dry Hop and Prepare for Bottling/Kegging
Measure Final Gravity: _________ (Estimate: 1.008 SG)
Date Bottled/Kegged: 15 May 2016 - Carbonation: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Age beer for 30.00 days at 65.0 F
14 Jun 2016 - Drink and enjoy!
Notes

Created with BeerSmith

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[Dan]

This is my mash paddle. There are many like it but this is my own.
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[Dan]

Just coming up to the thirty minute mash time. I shouldn't have but did pull off the lid and take a temp reading. 150! Two degrees higher than intended but still a good range for the beer I'm making.
Cheers! I haven't brewed in a while. This is super exciting for me[emoji3]

 

[bigken462]

Glad to see you're getting to brew some Dan. Love the flower picture. Is that a native type flower just to your region?

 

[Dan]

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[Dan]

Glad to see you're getting to brew some Dan. Love the flower picture. Is that a native type flower just to your region?

I'm not sure of their name. Very heavy they are, no aroma. Quite pretty though. A friend of my daughters gave a bunch of them to us for a fundraiser. They wrre from her backyard Plenty left over. My wife is taking some to the vets cemetery in Kaneohe. Her dad and mom are buried there. She has lots of flowers with her and is going to spread the love. [emoji18]

 

[Dan]

Double post [emoji4]

 

[Dan]

The best place for a mash paddle during the boil[emoji3]View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1462152274.293293.jpg

 

[Dan]

Ave Maria and a beer. Yay!! [emoji1]View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1462153271.326806.jpg

 

[LabRatBrewer]

My brew club (LabRat Homebrew Society) at SCHF last weekend.

 

[Dan]

Hey LRB! [emoji1]

Looks like a blast! Truly digging the lab coats. My wife and I went to a costume party years ago and I dressed up like a mad scientist. Lab coat, Albert Einstein wig, pocket protector with a pen, thermometer and refractometer jammed into it. My first all grain brew day came up shortly after that and I seared the coat. Wife got a bunch of goofy pictures. It was fun. I've only been brewing since 2009 but had a three year break because of the move here. I so want to brew in a lab coat, slippers and shorts again. Haha. Will too! [emoji4]

 

[Jaybird]

Hey LRB! [emoji1]

Looks like a blast! Truly digging the lab coats. My wife and I went to a costume party years ago and I dressed up like a mad scientist. Lab coat, Albert Einstein wig, pocket protector with a pen, thermometer and refractometer jammed into it. My first all grain brew day came up shortly after that and I seared the coat. Wife got a bunch of goofy pictures. It was fun. I've only been brewing since 2009 but had a three year break because of the move here. I so want to brew in a lab coat, slippers and shorts again. Haha. Will too! [emoji4]

Picts my brother! I want to see that!

Killer picts Dan of the brewday...

Cheers
Jay

Cheers
Jay

 

[Dan]

I have till November to build a beer dispenser for my daughter's wedding. I needs be ready and in place by 1/15/16

She wants a half barrel of some BMC type and a Heineken, and some home brew from me.

I'm trying to remember details.

BMC a Sanke fitting. D fitting?

Heineken a (what) fitting?

Beer line 3/16" ID all around?

Barb size for 3/16" tubing. Quarter or 5/16"?


Please help. At one time I might have been sure I knew the answers to these questions but I've been out of brewing and serving brew for a while now. My memory is faded 🙃[emoji5]️

Mahalo nui loa kukola
Dan

I think I got the last thing mostly correct in Hawaiian, just before my name. (Which is my real name)

I think I said in Hawaiian "Thank you very much for your kindness and help". That's what I meant. [emoji41]

 

[Dan]

Picts my brother! I want to see that!

Killer picts Dan of the brewday...

Cheers
Jay

Cheers
Jay

Hahaha. I'll have to see if I still have them Jay. I'm pretty sure they went out on Facebook at one time. My wife is the FB person here. I'll ask her

BTW Jay, the false bottom you sent me is amazing! My past experience with a different makers false bottom was, I had to do a lot of vorlauf but with your false bottom . . The wort flowed clearly almost immediately and the flow rate was better.

I don't want you to get a big head so I'll let you know if I can ever get a stuck sparge using your false bottom; which I honestly don't see happening any time ever. [emoji3][emoji3][emoji3]

Cheers Jay!

Danielson

 

[Dan]

My brew club (LabRat Homebrew Society) at SCHF last weekend.

LRB, which person are you in the pic? I'm guessing beard, black shirt. Right side picture [emoji3]

 

[Homercidal]

I have till November to build a beer dispenser for my daughter's wedding. I needs be ready and in place by 1/15/16

She wants a half barrel of some BMC type and a Heineken, and some home brew from me.

I'm trying to remember details.

BMC a Sanke fitting. D fitting?

Heineken a (what) fitting?

Beer line 3/16" ID all around?

Barb size for 3/16" tubing. Quarter or 5/16"?


Please help. At one time I might have been sure I knew the answers to these questions but I've been out of brewing and serving brew for a while now. My memory is faded 🙃[emoji5]️

Mahalo nui loa kukola
Dan

I think I got the last thing mostly correct in Hawaiian, just before my name. (Which is my real name)

I think I said in Hawaiian "Thank you very much for your kindness and help". That's what I meant. [emoji41]

IIRC all kegged beer in the US uses a Sanke connection for the tap.

Homebrew cornys will be either Ball Lock or Pin lock.

 

[Dan]

IIRC all kegged beer in the US uses a Sanke connection for the tap.



Homebrew cornys will be either Ball Lock or Pin lock.

Thanks for confirming that! [emoji3]

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

IIRC all kegged beer in the US uses a Sanke system D connection for the tap.

Heineken use a system S connection.

Homebrew cornys will be either Ball Lock or Pin lock.

FTFY.

https://www.kegworks.com/blog/keg-coupler-list/

http://www.micromatic.com/keg-couplers/beer-brand-/-keg-taps-couplers-listing