I like this time at night on HBT

[Stauffbier]

Secondary, I had to rack a gallon off not enough room bubbling like crazy after only a 1/2 hour (I've been sniffing the blow-off container...is that wrong)

Sounds great!

I used to put a plastic cup over the top of my airlocks just so I could pick it up and sniff the inside of it every couple of hours. haha..

 

[beaksnbeer]

Wife caught me muttered "idiot" shook her head and walked away. Love that woman

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Wife caught me muttered "idiot" shook her head and walked away. Love that woman

Next time put your arms around your fermentor as you lovingly sniff the airlock. When your wife walks in on you, suddenly pull away, put your hands behind your back, and say "We're just friends, I swear!".

 

[beaksnbeer]

Next time put your arms around your fermentor as you lovingly sniff the airlock. When your wife walks in on you, suddenly pull away, put your hands behind your back, and say "We're just friends, I swear!".

Not gonna happen, don't like sleeping alone.

Wahoo, just ran the gambit, a 10oz beer from each tap

 

[Stauffbier]

Not gonna happen, don't like sleeping alone.

Wahoo, just ran the gambit, a 10oz beer from each tap

Wow! 120oz of beer!? That's what I call a good Friday night!

 

[beaksnbeer]

Off to bed, brewing tomorrow starting at 4-4:30 wife has to go for lab work at 10 then helping a new brewer wire a STC-1000 to a small upright freezer that we bent the racks on 2 weeks ago enjoy your evening it's morning here

 

[Stauffbier]

a small upright freezer that we bent the racks on

That's a brilliant idea. I was just wondering how I would go about modifying the racks. I was thinking I'd cut, re-braze, and have a friend that does HVAC do the vacuum and re-charge.

Bending the tube would be much better!

 

[mat289]

Anyone else love delicious beer and supplement with crappy vodka?

Drunken ramble: I wanna play some football, drink some beer, play guitar, brew some more, and not go to work. Any other similar life aspirations?

 

[brewingmeister]

I should have indeed thinned the blossoms, but I didn't have time at that point in life. To be honest I think a mature tree could handle the amount of peaches, but this is just a 2 year old tree. The branches that are breaking aren't much thicker than one inch in diameter. It was actually odd that such a young tree made so much fruit. I'd never seen a fruit tree do that. It's another characteristic that I'm chalking up to the fact that it's a wild shoot.

You need to trim the tree not pick off blossoms. fruit producing trees require maintenance trimming at least once a year for the best fruit and healthy trees.

 

[Stauffbier]

You need to trim the tree not pick off blossoms. fruit producing trees require maintenance trimming at least once a year for the best fruit and healthy trees.

Thanks for the advice.

Yeah, I actually pruned it back during the winter. It went crazy when spring hit. It flowered and made fruit, and then grew another 24-30 in length on each branch after it made fruit. I was taught not to prune during the summer months while sap is running, so I haven't trimmed it since winter. I'll prune it back a good amount this winter...

 

[Dan]

Wow! Busy thread today. Mike, I get the feeling you could grow roses in a coal mine. Loved reading about your apples and know from tasting your hard cider and beers first hand; you are a Brewmaster to be admired and celebrated.

Have a great weekend my friend!

Cheers!
Dan

 

[Dan]

Big day tomorrow. Last weekend hauled some things to my daughter's apartment near her school. Tomorrow taking the rest of her stuff up. She's kind of lucky that I am moving as far as stuff goes. I have a house full of it that didn't get sold at yardsales or moved.

She's going to use my primary car to drive up there and then for 4-5 months because it is reliable. The jeep I was going to let her have has been a bit finicky lately. So tomorrow the car is packed and she'll drive it. I'm riding my bike and will help her get settled in.

Should be a nice ride, just under 200 miles. Around 100 of it will be on a Freeway whch is kind of fast for me but then will ride through Hollister and down the coast to Monterey. Should be fun.

Goodnight. Time to rest for tomorrow's ride.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

We have a small apple tree, but birds keep chomping the fruit, then they fall and our turtle eats the remains.

 

[brewingmeister]

We have a small apple tree, but birds keep chomping the fruit, then they fall and our turtle eats the remains.

Put some rubber snakes in the fruit trees. It will keep the birds away. sounds weird but it works.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Put some rubber snakes in the fruit trees. It will keep the birds away. sounds weird but it works.

Lol, okay, now I need to find rubber snakes. Why does SWMBO's night stand seems like the place to look?

 

[brewingmeister]

Haha, I don't know but it seems like as good as any place to start looking.

 

[Stauffbier]

Wow! Busy thread today. Mike, I get the feeling you could grow roses in a coal mine. Loved reading about your apples and know from tasting your hard cider and beers first hand; you are a Brewmaster to be admired and celebrated.

Have a great weekend my friend!

Cheers!
Dan

Thanks a lot Dan! You're too kind my friend! I hope I can replicate last years cider. I'm not going to lie when I say I was winging it by the seat of my pants when I made it last year. I'm trying to do everything the exact same way, as I remember it. I didn't write down too many notes, but luckily I think I remember the important stuff.

I hope you enjoy your weekend as well. Have a fun and safe ride!

We have a small apple tree, but birds keep chomping the fruit, then they fall and our turtle eats the remains.

That's interesting. Birds don't care for my granny smiths at all. I was thinking they just aren't sweet enough for them. My turtles don't like them either. My peaches on the other hand.... The birds and turtles will eat those.

Put some rubber snakes in the fruit trees. It will keep the birds away. sounds weird but it works.

That's a genius idea. I think I'll go look for a couple at the dollar stores for my peach tree!

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

My George Washington Small Beer experiment is underway! Could only get two 10 oz. bags of wheat bran, but that amount of grain balances almost perfectly with the 11 oz. golden syrup amount, so I am scaling the recipe down to 2.5 quarts of wort. Small beer indeed.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Hmm...boiling wheat bran smells like cooking spaghetti. This will be an interesting beer.

I measured the gravity just after the start of the boil and get a PPG of about 7 for wheat bran. Will probably pick up a few more points as the boil progresses. My initial guesstimate for wheat bran ppg was 14, derived from a bran beer recipe written in the 1850s. Not too bad. It looks to be mostly a starch contribution.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Well, I boiled it down to the final volume and took a reading. I get 13 ppg (based on original weights and volumes) which compares well to the 14 I got from the estimates. The original estimates were using the final barrel volume and the original dry grain amounts, so it's on target.

I just added the golden syrup. The wort now tastes like wort. It actually tastes like a liquid bran muffin. I'm chilling the wort down now. I am going to krausen it since I already have a batch of ale going in high krausen and 2.5 qts of beer isn't worth tearing open a whole sachet of Nottingham. Will probably ferment it right in the pot.

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Well, I boiled it down to the final volume and took a reading. I get 13 ppg (based on original weights and volumes) which compares well to the 14 I got from the estimates. The original estimates were using the final barrel volume and the original dry grain amounts, so it's on target.

I just added the golden syrup. The wort now tastes like wort. It actually tastes like a liquid bran muffin. I'm chilling the wort down now. I am going to krausen it since I already have a batch of ale going in high krausen and 2.5 qts of beer isn't worth tearing open a whole sachet of Nottingham. Will probably ferment it right in the pot.

Oh, I was reading 2.5 gal.; 2.5 qts is indeed a small batch. Are you taking pictures?

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Oh, I was reading 2.5 gal.; 2.5 qts is indeed a small batch. Are you taking pictures?

Yep. I'll put it up on the Recipes database when it is all done. I started a thread discussing this recipe about a month ago:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/george-washingtons-small-beer-recipe-419244/

 

[passedpawn]

Off to bed, brewing tomorrow starting at 4-4:30

How'd it turn out? I'm planning on a 4-5 brewday tomorrow myself. Octoberfest time.

My George Washington Small Beer experiment is underway!

Very cool. Will keep an eye on that.

Heres an old, sappy tune that I have always liked. For your late night Saturday soundtrack, Mary Hopkins.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Oh, I was reading 2.5 gal.; 2.5 qts is indeed a small batch. Are you taking pictures?

I should start a thread "HALF-Gallon Brewers UNITE!"

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

 

[beaksnbeer]

Yep. I'll put it up on the Recipes database when it is all done. I started a thread discussing this recipe about a month ago:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/george-washingtons-small-beer-recipe-419244/

Turned out good finished at 9am clean up and everything. Just got back from wiring a STC-1000 and drinking a 3 gallon keg between 2 people alittle drunk an wife is alittle pissed. She dropped me off and picked me up but said I would be done by 7pm so she could watch the Jags game got home at at 8:15 damn it. PP you know how I get when enjoying beer and good company. I 'm sorry
A little late for a fest PP

 

[BobbiLynn]

How many pounds of apples do I need per pound of cider? I guess I could look up a recipe. The friends we are staying with have 2 trees that are almost falling down, they are so full of apples. Said I could take some with me.

Oh, and the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. The catfish I cooked the other night was melt in your mouth, 2 men fell in love with me. Hubby was jealous.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Hmmm...got a pile of large frozen shrimp and I'm hankering to make a snack out of them. I was thinking of either pan-frying them or maybe skewering them under the broiler. Any good ideas for seasoning & spice?

 

[Stauffbier]

Hmmm...got a pile of large frozen shrimp and I'm hankering to make a snack out of them. I was thinking of either pan-frying them or maybe skewering them under the broiler. Any good ideas for seasoning & spice?

I like;

Amber or brown ale, German mustard, Old Bay, Garlic, Olive Oil, pinch of oregano. Marinade in that for as little as 30 mins or as long as overnight.

Put them on your skewers and broil or grill.

 

[Thunder_Chicken]

Hmm.. no Old Bay or German mustard. I think I am going to go with chipotle, garlic, and cumin, pan fried with a slice of bacon, and sprinkle with lime. Here I go.