I like this time at night on HBT

[HefeHood]

Leadgolem, I'm liken the backlight effects. More!

 

[iaefebs]

Apparently google and I are not in sync tonight, isn't there an HBT book club? A thread like, whats on your bookshelf? Show us your reading list... I'm sure there is. I can't find it. Re-reading "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", but looking for something new.

Have you read the other Phillip K. Dick books?

 

[HefeHood]

Dan..hope all goes well for you over the next few days. Lots for u to cover before ur departure to Hawaii. Best wishes for you and ur wife and the future.

 

[Dan]

Dan..hope all goes well for you over the next few days. Lots for u to cover before ur departure to Hawaii. Best wishes for you and ur wife and the future.

Thanks Doug. At my son's house tonight. We're heading out early tomorrow morning to drop off my car. I thought he was taking the day off work but he isn't.

Pretty cool PP and Reinstone got a chance to meet! Sounded like a fun time!

LG, your works are awesome!




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[Dan]

My son is a little but of a control freak. Right now he's telling his wife and I we all have to hit the rack now. Haha.

I live off 4-5 hours a night mostly and catch up on weekends. I know thats not healthy. I think when i get back to a regular life with my wife, there's definitely aspects of such an intimate relationship that brings on a peaceful night's sleep. 😊


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[LabRatBrewer]

Have you read the other Phillip K. Dick books?

No, but I wiki'd him last night, and I'll be reading more of his stories soon.

 

[Dan]

Mark your calendars. I actually have a brewing related question. 😃. I have a 50' 1/2" copper immersion chiller and i added a recirc tube at the top.

As i cool down the wort i use a chugger pump to flow the wort, recirculate it across the chiller. Read about that idea on HBT.

My soon to be ground water will be warm, pretty much 80f all year long so i bought 20' of 1/2" copper for a pre-chiller.

Question. Do i cool the wort with ground water temp first and then ice down the pre-chiler? It will all be connected in series for simplicity sake.

Also, will rock sea salt lower the freezing temp of the ice or do i need to use the rock salt used for water conditioners and such

Thanks!



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[CGVT]

Dan, I have 80* ground water here in Alabama. I use a pre-chiller. Both my chiller and pre-chiller are 3/8 copper. I use the pre-chiller in a 40 qt cooler with ice and don't use any salt. I don't cool the wort first, I just go directly to the pre-chiller and chiller combo. It takes less than 15 minutes to cool my wort to 65* this way. I don't have a recirc tube so I have to keep both the pre-chiller and chiller moving to facilitate heat transfer. You will only have to move the chiller.

 

[passedpawn]

What part of Europe if I can ask?

I lied. There was a mod in Cheshire, England, Orfy, but he resigned his post and is no longer a mod.

 

[bberg]

Hmm - do you guys brew in the summer? I started the fall and never had to worry about hot fermentation temperatures...

 

[passedpawn]

Hmm - do you guys brew in the summer? I started the fall and never had to worry about hot fermentation temperatures...

I do. I have a big chest freezer in my garage that holds fermentation temps right where I need it.

 

[BBL_Brewer]

Hmm - do you guys brew in the summer? I started the fall and never had to worry about hot fermentation temperatures...

I try to do most of my brewing over the winter. Just makes things easier. I think I'm going to try some saisons this year though.

Sup guys? Fish bite isn't on yet. Water is nice and peaceful though. Guess I'll have to patiently wait another week or two. After the last couple early springs that we've had I'm not liking this waiting game. Good news is, I've got plenty of time to get my hops straitened around. Usually they're going stupid on me by the time I get back from fishing. Anybody hit on the redraw? I didn't even check.

 

[bberg]

I do. I have a big chest freezer in my garage that holds fermentation temps right where I need it.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/fermentation-chamber-build-464638/
I'm thinking of drilling holes in the freezer of my kegerator... Similar to this except I have a normal fridge (with an empty freezer) as my kegerator.

I plan on throwing it out when I move south and converting to a minifridge and maybe a ferm chamber... not sure yet tho!

 

[CGVT]

Hmm - do you guys brew in the summer? I started the fall and never had to worry about hot fermentation temperatures...

I do. I have a big chest freezer in my garage that holds fermentation temps right where I need it.

Me too. I have an old refrigerator with a temperature controller for fermentation.

My biggest issue is high ground water temp, but I solved that with my pre chiller.

My other issue is that it gets to be well over 100* in my garage. I solve that by drinking cold drinks...

 

[passedpawn]

Me too. I have an old refrigerator with a temperature controller for fermentation.

My biggest issue is high ground water temp, but I solved that with my pre chiller.

My other issue is that it gets to be well over 100* in my garage. I solve that by drinking cold drinks...

I chill with pool water. That's near 90 in the summer (!). I just get it to that temp, toss in the chest freezer, and by the evening it's at pitching temps. I have no problem with this.

 

[Dan]

Dan, I have 80* ground water here in Alabama. I use a pre-chiller. Both my chiller and pre-chiller are 3/8 copper. I use the pre-chiller in a 40 qt cooler with ice and don't use any salt. I don't cool the wort first, I just go directly to the pre-chiller and chiller combo. It takes less than 15 minutes to cool my wort to 65* this way. I don't have a recirc tube so I have to keep both the pre-chiller and chiller moving to facilitate heat transfer. You will only have to move the chiller.

Thanks for the advice. Im probably overthinking this but till I can brew again all i can do is imagine.

PP, I know it was many moons ago but that video you posted where you cooled your carboy in your pool is classic!

I never use to worry too much about chilling. If get the wort Down to around a hundred and the leave it overnight in a temp controlled chest freezer. I dont have that option these days. Sold the freezer and dont really have the space for one now. My two car garage and man cave i gave up for two covered car ports. Haha.

On a side note my wife linked a craigslist sale. It said they would build a kegerator for a 500-600 buck down payment. And overall cost of 1500-1800 bucks. Nuts!!! Just a standard fridge and they talked much of using brass fittings!


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[HefeHood]

Dan, Same issue cooling wort and fermenting here is in the sunny desert, warm water, warm temp. I cool the wort initially with tap water and then switch to ice water in the immersion chiller. Keep the wort moving, gentle stirs work for me. Fermentation happens inside a Cool Brewing bag (https://www.cool-brewing.com). I just add frozen liter bottles of water to adjust the temp. Sure is cheaper than a fridge for one carboy, lots more portable.

I still bottle, no need for a kegerator. Yeah, bottling take time (cleaning, sanitizing, filling capping) but sure is easy to share. No leaks,nothing to balance, lines to clean etc. Some day that might change. For now my money is on making a better beer.

My two cents. Now back to my Gose made by a local brewery. These guys have made gold, don't tell anyone, I want it all for me!

 

[LabRatBrewer]

Camping. No signal. Blood moon about to start. Wife and son went into camper to watch dvd. Sorry if duplicate post. Phone not happy. Will post pics whem I can

 

[Dan]

Thanks for the link Hefe. I might have to go that route for fermenting


LRB, great time of the year to go camping. Where did you go?


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[bob1852]

Photographing the blood moon tonight, too. About to get good....

 

[passedpawn]

Photographing the blood moon tonight, too. About to get good....

pics! I was staying up for it. Then went to bed and set an alarm. Then didn't get up.

 

[bob1852]

pics! I was staying up for it. Then went to bed and set an alarm. Then didn't get up.

Ask and ye shall receive...

 

[Zuljin]

.

 

[passedpawn]

Ask and ye shall receive...

Oh hell, nice job!

 

[bob1852]

Oh hell, nice job!

Thanks!

Here's a different collation...

 

[HefeHood]

impressive AZ IPA. Great job with the camera.

 

[reinstone]

impressive AZ IPA. Great job with the camera.

Hell yes. Awesome pics.

Came home from Florida and my garage was revamped by my family and
Friends. New great floor.

Passedpawn- my liver is sick. Got sick last night. She should be okay after covering me in puke all plan ride.

 

[passedpawn]

Hell yes. Awesome pics.

Came home from Florida and my garage was revamped by my family and
Friends. New great floor.

Passedpawn- my liver is sick. Got sick last night. She should be okay after covering me in puke all plan ride.

Damn, sorry to hear that. She's such a cutie. Maybe she has a milk allergy. Lisa said something about milk.

Oh, and I did see that typo (!). I would have fixed that for you. Ouch.

 

[lschiavo]

For no particular reason except maybe that the snow is back:



Long day! Starting early tomorrow. Another six inches of snow or more are coming and to top it all off, XP is no longer supported on my brewputer. Beer and a smoke and I'm hittin' the hay.

 

[reinstone]

She has lots of nicknames. Mostly made up by her crazy father ....my son too. He was once rattlesnake. She is called olivian or boundclivian. No reason.just loving crazy nicknames.

Passed. I think she got the flu. I have an aweful cold. It's cold here. Damn Florida guys