I'm a noob and brew in an apartment.. some pics

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sethga

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and... here are some pics. Had the camera out while brewing my third all grain batch the other day, my second attempt at Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde. I did one extract and went straight to AG, seems like much more fun :) and gives me an excuse to be around and do laundry

Here's the thumbnails for all the pics,

http://www.ice8420.com/thumbnails.php?album=150

The descriptions are not for you guys, they are for my friends that wonder how home brewing works :)

Fermenting is done in various places around my apartment.. currently, the linen closet :rockin: with random better bottles of ciders aging in my bedroom closets...

forgive the mess, I was doing dishes and cleaning all types of other **** while mashing/boiling

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Thanks again to all those that contribute here and have got me into a new hobby!
 
How did the heatstick work for you? Why is there no beer in these pictures?!! :confused:

Oops.. I did commit a cardinal sin didn't I??? Cameras are all put away, I will grab a pic the next time I pull a pint off!!!

Heatstick works great. It's a 2000watt element, coupled with my stove which has a canning element (found out about it in a thread here), I can get a good boil going with just the heatstick and the stove on medium-high
 
The heat stick is very nice. how to you keep from blowing a fuse with it? I.E. running nothing off of that breaker while the heat stick is on.
 
just a suggestion from one noob to another...maybe get a tube to take the beer out of the mash tun to the kettle to avoid that much more oxidation.

cheers mate!
 
Thanks guys.. still gotta get a pic of a pint coming out of the keg to satisfy the one reply up there :( I have 3 AG batches under my belt and participated in the local grain group buy so that count will be going up soon :)

The heat stick is very nice. how to you keep from blowing a fuse with it? I.E. running nothing off of that breaker while the heat stick is on.

My kitchen has 2 separate 20amp circuits for the counter outlets. The only thing connected to the one I use the heatstick with is the toaster, the other the microwave. So, as long as I'm not trying to make toast or heat up leftovers while making beer I am good to use those circuits exclusively for heatsticks :)

just a suggestion from one noob to another...maybe get a tube to take the beer out of the mash tun to the kettle to avoid that much more oxidation.

cheers mate!

Thanks for that. I was under the impression that I didn't need to do this pre-boil but will add that into the mix :) It's probably better I do that anyways, I kicked the bucket away one time and distributed some runnings all over the floor :(

I noticed there's a couple of Maple Shaders here.

I'm originally from Camden, but lived a long time up the road from you in Browns Mills and Mt Holly.

Nice pics in the link. :mug:


Cool man :) I recommend the wing bowl pictures in my gallery ;)
 
just a suggestion from one noob to another...maybe get a tube to take the beer out of the mash tun to the kettle to avoid that much more oxidation.

cheers mate!

Great, now we'll get the HSA is a myth crowd descending on us. A better reason for the tube is to create a siphon to get the last of the wort out of the cooler.
 
Great! So you are having beer tank with you! Dude you are very lucky to have a brewing room like anything!
 
Druish_00 said:
just a suggestion from one noob to another...maybe get a tube to take the beer out of the mash tun to the kettle to avoid that much more oxidation.

cheers mate!

Yeah oxidation is a good thing before you pitch your yeast. I pour just as he is with a funnel to collect hops and anything else that is in the boil kettle. I then use an air pump for 15 minutes to give the yeast more oxygen.

Great pics!
 
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