South Carolina SC midlands area brewers

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Seems like it ought to work.
Although I'd be the idiot that forgot to turn off the hose before cleaning up and taking off the manifold and spray water over everything haha

 

[SHAIV]

As long as the valves are closed it wont matter

 

[TravelingLight]

You got it man!

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Bottom left imagine a garden hose
Bottom right is coming from the pump
Top is going to the chiller. I can cut on the garden hose and then switch without leaving the garage. I can also control the water flow with the valves built into the splitter

Dude! That looks like the exact same pump I recently picked up! Small world.

 

[SHAIV]

Haha yeah like 15$ on amazon. Cant beat it. It came with three hose fittings. The smallest one fits straight on my chiller hose. The larger ones might work for a garden hose. It says the working temps are like 32-95 i think. So id be careful recirculating from a boil. Another reason i want to chill normally till it slows down.

 

[TravelingLight]

Haha yeah like 15$ on amazon. Cant beat it. It came with three hose fittings. The smallest one fits straight on my chiller hose. The larger ones might work for a garden hose. It says the working temps are like 32-95 i think. So id be careful recirculating from a boil. Another reason i want to chill normally till it slows down.

Nice! The end of my chiller hose already had a garden hose connection. So I just went to Lowes and got a 1/2" threaded to 3/4" garden hose adapter. Added some teflon tape for good measure and screwed it in the pump. This way I can screw my chiller right on. Bonus is for my PVC pipe I use as a keg cleaner, I added a 3/4" threaded adapter on the end so the pipe just screws on to the existing connection when I want to use it as a cleaner.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Anyone know how to get beer cleaned off of a popcorn ceiling?
Asking for a friend...

 

[TravelingLight]

Anyone know how to get beer cleaned off of a popcorn ceiling?
Asking for a friend...

Uh-oh...did your friend forget to use a blow off??

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

My friend (let's call him "Monterey Jack") had a keg that had old crappy beer in it that decided to foam up when the pressure was released. Long story short is there were fruit skins that clogged the PRV so Monterey thought it was relieved of pressure and unscrewed the PRV to get it cleaned.

Turns out he was mistaken...

 

[carpathia]

Uh-oh...did your friend forget to use a blow off??

Realizing it's unrelated to the actual cause of the geyser...

I've yet to hear a compelling reason to a) not use a blowoff and b) change the blowoff to something else halfway through fermentation. It is no additional work to leave the tube in place, and more work to sanitize a new bung/airlock.

 

[TravelingLight]

My friend (let's call him "Monterey Jack") had a keg that had old crappy beer in it that decided to foam up when the pressure was released. Long story short is there were fruit skins that clogged the PRV so Monterey thought it was relieved of pressure and unscrewed the PRV to get it cleaned.

Turns out he was mistaken...

Yikes. That sucks dude. Hope Monterey didn't take a beer ******* to the face.

Realizing it's unrelated to the actual cause of the geyser...

I've yet to hear a compelling reason to a) not use a blowoff and b) change the blowoff to something else halfway through fermentation. It is no additional work to leave the tube in place, and more work to sanitize a new bung/airlock.

I totally agree. I start 99.9% of all my fermentations with a blowoff. And I just leave it on the remainder of fermentation probably 99% of the time. Especially since I ferment in sankes so much now that a blowoff tube is really my only option for an airlock.

 

[SHAIV]

My friend (let's call him "Monterey Jack") had a keg that had old crappy beer in it that decided to foam up when the pressure was released. Long story short is there were fruit skins that clogged the PRV so Monterey thought it was relieved of pressure and unscrewed the PRV to get it cleaned.

Turns out he was mistaken...

Why do you think my brew closet is blue? lol
I wiped the walls then sanded some parts then painted the walls including the ceiling in that closet. I used a bright blue as a tribute to the cubs winning the world series a few years ago. Lol not really a cubs fan but i realized that it could work just after i painted it. I had some strawberry mead blow up in there, there were seeds and stuff everywhere. I cleaned the carpets and everything

 

[Lifer59]

Probably rolling the dice but I’ve started to leave the lid of my bucket unsecured. I feel the pressure during the active fermentation will not allow any critters to get in. Until I get infected and then I’ll rethink my process.

 

[TravelingLight]

Probably rolling the dice but I’ve started to leave the lid of my bucket unsecured. I feel the pressure during the active fermentation will not allow any critters to get in. Until I get infected and then I’ll rethink my process.

I've seen more and more people doing this, especially with certain yeasts (looking at you, Belle Saison). I even had it recommended to me for a super fast fermentation using S04.

 

[SHAIV]

Well some people do open fermentations. Imo they are very brave... Lol. Try it with no lid on your bucket. Cant hurt right? Just kidding id be too scared to try that

 

[TravelingLight]

Well some people do open fermentations. Imo they are very brave... Lol. Try it with no lid on your bucket. Cant hurt right? Just kidding id be too scared to try that

Embrace the spon!

 

[carpathia]

What's the benefit to an unsecured lid?

One good: Wife and I just bottled the weizenbock; sitting pretty at 1.0155 after three days (was 1.0160 on Saturday). After shattering my wing capper, I gotta say the Colonna capper was worth every penny.

One bad: found out I somehow put a 1/2" hope (and a few strains) in my brand new brew bag. Any idea how to repair one?

 

[SHAIV]

Dry hopped my birthday ipa today. Its a chinook, columbus, simcoe ipa. I switched the lid out when i dry hopped it and added my closed transfer gas side to it. When i go to transfer it i just have to remove my airlock and push in the racking cane and hook up the keg and gas. Viola closed transfer from my bubbler, oh yeah!

 

[Lifer59]

What's the benefit to an unsecured lid?

The pressure was increasing inside the bucket sending krausen through the airlock. And making a mess on the lid and dripping down the side. Plus the lid was about to explode off. Anyway, I feel like the CO2 given off will provide enough protection against the nasties getting to the beer. Once the majority of the fermentation is done, I’ll snap it down. I’ve got several batches done this way and so far so good. When I get an infection, I’ll have to rethink.

 

[SHAIV]

The pressure was increasing inside the bucket sending krausen through the airlock. And making a mess on the lid and dripping down the side. Plus the lid was about to explode off. Anyway, I feel like the CO2 given off will provide enough protection against the nasties getting to the beer. Once the majority of the fermentation is done, I’ll snap it down. I’ve got several batches done this way and so far so good. When I get an infection, I’ll have to rethink.

I read somewhere that pressurized fermentation will decrease krausen. Idk if thats true or not. I do know from this batch i just dry hopped. It was about 1.065 i think and it never broke over an inch of krausen because i put foam control in it

 

[carpathia]

If your Krausen has already filled the head space, won't that just let it bubble over the side, causing the same problem, or am I fundamentally misunderstanding how krausen/airlock work? I ferment in a ~7.5 gallon fermonster, and so far I've yet to need all the extra headspace.

 

[TravelingLight]

OT post incoming...

Any Cola peeps have any dog boarding (or house/dog sitting) recommendations for the area? We're trying to get out of town Friday and Saturday night this weekend. Camp Bow Wow is booked. And two of our friends that dog/house sit for us are unavailable. Striking out everywhere so I figured I'd check with you fellas too. Thanks.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Probably a bit late but it seems like a lot of vets offer boarding. As long as you can prove that they're up on their shots you might have some luck calling around to vet offices around you.

 

[SHAIV]

Im actually at the beach right now. My brother in law is at our house with the dogs. Boarding is so expensive. If you have any college age family like we do that might work.

 

[TravelingLight]

The latest R&D beer from BrewBQ - Sour Orange Creamsicle. Soured with pedio, fermented with LAIII. New England grain bill with lactose. No boil hops, double dry hopped with Citra and Mandarina. Lots of orange zest in the whirlpool and dry hop. Vanilla bean and orange tincture in the keg. Don't hate on my sours, Lifer59! Lol.

 

[carpathia]

That looks absolutely delightful!

How's it taste?

 

[TravelingLight]

That looks absolutely delightful!

How's it taste?

I'm pretty impressed with it. It still needs about another week in the keg for the tincture flavors to fully mesh (as I find with most tinctures I add to the keg). Can definitely taste the hops, and I think the ratio of citra to mandarina works very well. This was actually my first time working with mandarina. At first I thought it needed more vanilla, but now I actually think the vanilla is good and will only get better. The pre-keg sample, i.e., without the vanilla, tasted like straight fresh squeezed OJ. In fact, I want to make this again, but leave out the vanilla, carb it on the higher end, and make a mimosa-like beer. The lactose is perfect too. If anything, I might could stand another quarter pound of lactose, but I can't fully decide on that yet. Great body and mouthfeel and I absolutely love the color and haze. First time I used some flaked wheat in a NEIPA-ish grist and I have to say I am definitely a fan.

 

[Lifer59]

The latest R&D beer from BrewBQ - Sour Orange Creamsicle. Soured with pedio, fermented with LAIII. New England grain bill with lactose. No boil hops, double dry hopped with Citra and Mandarina. Lots of orange zest in the whirlpool and dry hop. Vanilla bean and orange tincture in the keg. Don't hate on my sours, Lifer59! Lol.

Ha! It does sound intriguing. I can't sit and watch NASCAR and pound them down, but I will sip on one.

 

[TravelingLight]

Ha! It does sound intriguing. I can't sit and watch NASCAR and pound them down, but I will sip on one.

Ha! Definitely not a porch pounder!

 

[SHAIV]

Just kegged my birthday ipa. The closed transfer i rigged up from my bubbler was leaking. It made a loud whining noise. I think i need a rubber stopper to fit the gas side as thats where it was leaking. So lots of struggling with that but it got kegged and now i just wait till its carbed. Maybe itll be good. I hope. I didnt get a lot of good smells from it like i usually do from the open fermenter after its emptied. It had been cold crashed before kegging. It smelled awesome during fermentation though...

 

[carpathia]

All my beers throw off so much damn sulfur that it smells like the pit of hell/New Jersey whenever I open my fermentation freezer, and none have tasted bad once conditioned. I wouldn't put too much stock into the fermentation smell.