I dunno. Brewing I can see as being a bit of a party. It takes a while and you don't have that much to do during a fair bit of it. Cheese making though? That's really either let things sit for days, or stare at it so it doesn't scorch. I can't see that being a great party. Meh, that's just me though. I like cheese, so I make it. To me it's work though.Whew! Thanks LG. Before long I'm going to forget the meaning of specific gravity.
It's going to be 4-5 months till I brew again. My wife has the idea that when I finally get my arse moved over to Hawaii, she's going to throw a house warming party where we'll all make beer and cheese. Sounds cool sort of but I don't really see that happening. I'm going to have to brew a few times to remember how. Cheese making at a party. Not to sure about that.
Speaking of cheese. I don't know where the hell my traditional cheddar I made in February now lives. This summer was so nuts with all the packing and moving stuff. I lost track of it. Hopefully it's in the back of my tennant's refridgerator and they didn't throw it out. I did talk to them about it shortly after I moved but don't remember ever picking it up..
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Me your mama and some other whooooore, floatin down the river on a ****house doooooor. Gonna tie my pecker to ma leg to ma leg, gonna tiiiiie my pecker to ma leg!
nope, just flashing back to when Dr. D was live on the radio
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LG, any idea on why my puter fan stirplate doesn't really pull? i've got a liter starter going now, but it's got less than an inch vortex going. Buddy made it and gave it to me. I should just be happy people like to give me stuff, but I'd be even happier if I coould build the yeast for a baltic porter.
I'd be happy to take one of those off your hands.
In all honesty it's likely cheaper to make one - even while buying all the parts, including good rare earth magnets (that are far better than the ones that cheapasses salvage from hard drives... they suck, seriously) - than the overall cost of shipping one across the border to you.
In fact, it really took a LOT of convincing - no doubt one of my slicker moments (though remaining 100% honest) - for the guy behind the Black Maxx to pay substantially more to send one of only the handful of units in existence to me instead of another of the dozens of Americans that were pleading their own cases.
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You are using an actual stir rod right? The improvised ones I tried didn't work very well.
I kinda remember somebody saying they got magnets out of a 2.5" notebook HDD. If that was yours, then the magnets aren't strong enough. Remove them and put some decent rare earth magnets on.
Another possible issue is that the magnets are to far from the stir rod. That's why I've got the padding under the fan on mine. It reduces the distance between the stir rod and the magnets.
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It's rare earth, real stir bar, just doesn't pull hard.
Oprah, tipper gore, jello biafra, and ice tea? You should really watch the video. I know there's a lot of nationalism in this thread, but this is my USA, even circa 87, it hasn't changed.
Which video? And are you encouraging nationalism or saying it's a bit much?
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I haven't been able to be awake at night lately. Too sleepy come midnight on the east coast. So, I'll just pretend it's "this time at night".
I recently had a birthday, 39 again. Family got together to buy me a gift, 10,000+ earth worms. Not just loose, crawling all over, they are in something called a Can O Worms and there is a spigot at the bottom to release the "worm juice". Just feed and water them every 2 weeks. I have been reluctant to get into vermiculture because I think worms, especially huge piles of them, are scarey. Then again, I also used to be afraid of bird feet, but I got over that.
I also got a van with all the backseats taken out for my birthday. I never expected a friend to just give me a van after hearing me talk about wanting one. To haul things that shouldn't be out in the sun, in the bed of the pick-up truck. I needed a van. Hubby did give the couple, Jimmy and Kim, a bottle of fine whiskey. Sort of as a trade for the van. Just needed a new radiator, which hubby already helped me fix.
I think I made out like a bandit for my B-day! Things I actually can use.
I recently had a birthday, 39 again. Family got together to buy me a gift, 10,000+ earth worms. Not just loose, crawling all over, they are in something called a Can O Worms and there is a spigot at the bottom to release the "worm juice". Just feed and water them every 2 weeks. I have been reluctant to get into vermiculture because I think worms, especially huge piles of them, are scarey. Then again, I also used to be afraid of bird feet, but I got over that.
I also got a van with all the backseats taken out for my birthday. I never expected a friend to just give me a van after hearing me talk about wanting one. To haul things that shouldn't be out in the sun, in the bed of the pick-up truck. I needed a van. Hubby did give the couple, Jimmy and Kim, a bottle of fine whiskey. Sort of as a trade for the van. Just needed a new radiator, which hubby already helped me fix.
I think I made out like a bandit for my B-day! Things I actually can use.
I don't often LOL, but I did. I just pictured giving wife a worm farm with convenient integrated juice dispenser, and a broken seatless van for her birthday.
Nice BL. Though PP is right. The stuff you got wouldn't have been useful to most people, so it sounds like things worked out perfectly. IE: Replacing a radiator is beyond the mechanical skills of most people.
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It's Friday, just finished bottling my English pale ale (and it is awesome, the good brew streak continues!), all cleaned up, fed, and relaxing with a Duvel (never had it before - WOW!). Wife is out of the house for the weekend.
Fermenters are soaking in PBW, and I am thinking of brewing something, but don't know what. I've been doing lightly hopped blondes a lot and my last was good, but I drank them thinking that they would be awesome with more hops. I've got a good hoppy EKG pale ale in the bottle, maybe a super hoppy APA is in order.
I'm thinking that I might follow that by something darker, bigger; a porter or dry stout maybe, or a scotch ale. I'm feeling something big, but dryish. I made a sweet stout last spring - came out nice but not quite my thing, and it hasn't been a burden to let it age. It is maturing nicely, and will be awesome after shoveling snow, but I can't face them now.
My wine fermenter is free now, so maybe another batch of apfelwein just because. Or maybe a white wine kit of some sort.
Decisions decisions.
Fermenters are soaking in PBW, and I am thinking of brewing something, but don't know what. I've been doing lightly hopped blondes a lot and my last was good, but I drank them thinking that they would be awesome with more hops. I've got a good hoppy EKG pale ale in the bottle, maybe a super hoppy APA is in order.
I'm thinking that I might follow that by something darker, bigger; a porter or dry stout maybe, or a scotch ale. I'm feeling something big, but dryish. I made a sweet stout last spring - came out nice but not quite my thing, and it hasn't been a burden to let it age. It is maturing nicely, and will be awesome after shoveling snow, but I can't face them now.
My wine fermenter is free now, so maybe another batch of apfelwein just because. Or maybe a white wine kit of some sort.
Decisions decisions.
I have a 3 gallon Lager on the burner right now. Going to test the Mangrove Jack Dried Yeast.
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I'll probably be harrassing you for details later in the year as I am going to attempt a helles as soon as my cellar gets cool enough to lager.
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If music could match a mood, this matches mine. Peaceful but wary:
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I got my stuff for the kegerator today. In my defense, I changed my plans a bit after I ordered this stuff. I was looking at this, and realized something. I don't need to valve every single line. The ball lock gas connectors don't leak gas when they aren't connected to anything. So, here's what I'm thinking I still need:
4 1/4" ID x 3' hoses
3 1/4" barbed ball lock gas side connectors
10 ss worm hose clamps
I do not trust those press on hose clamps. Every time I've used them, they've leaked. I've had the occasional work clamp leak, but I can easily tighten those. Hence all the worm clamps.
I bought an LHT fill gauge, I needed an RHT one. That wasn't exactly a mistake. I placed this order thinking I would only have the one regulator in use. If it was setup that way I would have needed an LHT gauge. Considering some of the comments I've read about the usefulness of those gauges since, I'll probably forget it and just use a plug.
The 2 liter soda bottle adapter I've got is ball lock, not pin lock. I've never seen either up close, so until I got my ball lock connectors I wasn't 100% sure what it was. I also realized that force carbing soda in the 2 liter requires a third pressure setting, 45-50 psi. I'm going to shelve that section of the project for the time being. I may revisit it later. I'm going to have the option of running soda in the kegs though, so I may not. I'm not sure what my usage is going to be yet.
Mocking things up also showed that I cannot place the co2 bottle on the compressor hump like I wanted. The gauges are going to stick up slightly to high.... I am, again, considering looking for a chest freezer. I haven't done anything irreversible to the mini-fridge yet.
4 1/4" ID x 3' hoses
3 1/4" barbed ball lock gas side connectors
10 ss worm hose clamps
I do not trust those press on hose clamps. Every time I've used them, they've leaked. I've had the occasional work clamp leak, but I can easily tighten those. Hence all the worm clamps.
I bought an LHT fill gauge, I needed an RHT one. That wasn't exactly a mistake. I placed this order thinking I would only have the one regulator in use. If it was setup that way I would have needed an LHT gauge. Considering some of the comments I've read about the usefulness of those gauges since, I'll probably forget it and just use a plug.
The 2 liter soda bottle adapter I've got is ball lock, not pin lock. I've never seen either up close, so until I got my ball lock connectors I wasn't 100% sure what it was. I also realized that force carbing soda in the 2 liter requires a third pressure setting, 45-50 psi. I'm going to shelve that section of the project for the time being. I may revisit it later. I'm going to have the option of running soda in the kegs though, so I may not. I'm not sure what my usage is going to be yet.
Mocking things up also showed that I cannot place the co2 bottle on the compressor hump like I wanted. The gauges are going to stick up slightly to high.... I am, again, considering looking for a chest freezer. I haven't done anything irreversible to the mini-fridge yet.
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Lg. I've been drinking to the point I have no usefully info my friend. Just will say, thAt for me, at least, most rewarding aspect is doing what you are building. Is the experience. I've been one of those peeps that have a half assed plan sometimes that i end up tweaking and everything ends up working well eventually.
In hindsight something's could have been done differently for the better with a better thought out plan.
Where the heck is the drunk icon on this phone? 😎
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I've come to the conclusion after watching some favorite show on hi definition TV. It all looks to clean. Looses realdom, or something. Just all to perfect quality. Give me 1980-2000 movie quality I grew up with black and white- imagination
