SYRACUSE NY - ROUND 4 Group Grain Buy

[CidahMastah]

offically not in on this one... i am broke! after this past weekend..

who knows - maybe that will change in a week or two

 

[CidahMastah]

water report

Have any of you used a local Syracuse company for a cheap water report to check your brew water? I was considering sending a sample to ward labs, but thought I would check with you guys first.

Thanks!

 

[jhenderson27]

Looks like this one is gonna drag ass.

 

[jhenderson27]

Cidah will you change my bd-munich from 1/4 to 1/3. Thanks!

 

[CidahMastah]

Looks like this one is gonna drag ass.

haha - maybe I will need grain by the time it rounds the corner

Updated your split!

 

[jhenderson27]

This is it for me. Dont let me purchase anything additional. The girlfriend....now fiance will have my head. : )

 

[CidahMastah]

This is it for me. Dont let me purchase anything additional. The girlfriend....now fiance will have my head. : )

Congrats!! very good news for you (I think ) - nah they are worth it, no matter how much of a pain they can be at times.

You will have to work on some home brew for the big day ha!

At least you have broken her into the brewing pre marriage - the tone was already set.

 

[rustbucket]

cidah, i had your obsidian stout last night, that was pretty good, now im considering making that one! haha i like how dark it was. The AB was good too, i had it right after i drank the original, its almost spot on.. wow i forgot how malty it is... but good! i really think that recipe is extremely close!

jhenderson, the torpedo was very good too, i found that yours was a little more malty than the original, but i would def drink it again.. i want to brew that one too!

 

[jhenderson27]

I think the torpedo is 50% 2row and the other hslf pilsner to get the malt content lighter. I did 50/50 pils/2row in my pale and its amazing. Just finished a pint!

 

[ScottishPete]

I'll take CM-2ROW x4 please

 

[TwoGunz]

I'm not sure where we are count wise, but without getting specific yet ill probably grab a couple of sacks and some splits.

 

[CidahMastah]

ScottishPete - got your request in

twogunz - we are at 19 bags - lay it on me when ready Check post #2 for current splits - let me know if you want to add something to the listing.

Thanks!

 

[CidahMastah]

Just giving this a bump - been a while since people voiced in for grains.

Come on folks!!

I am not in a hurry but I am sure that some people are

 

[rustbucket]

yeah, im def not in this one.. my grain isnt going fast enough.. my pipeline is FULL to the max. carboys are full, minus the one im brewing today to fill... and i had to roll change the other night to have cash.... i really wish i had a job right now :/

 

[CidahMastah]

Ha - yeah, I can't complain about my pipeline or my grain reserves. That is just something that happens when you get a great price on grain. My backlog has me thinking about getting a refridge to store conditioned kegs!! ha

I am loving all the deliciousness in my pipeline. 4 on deck is great variety.

 

[rustbucket]

lol, i actually had to ask my friends for extra bottles the other day so i could bottle what i have... i just bottled a black ipa! im really excited to see what it taste like when its conditioned...

my dennys rye should be good to go this upcoming week...

today i just finished my last of the 3 brews for camp (Re brews).. so back to experimenting in about two weeks.... after that weekend my pipeline will be pretty short i know that for fact haha....

ever since i built my grain crusher, my eff. has gone from 72 at best to pushing between 85 and 90 depending on the amount of grain so i have far more that i originally needed.

 

[CidahMastah]

lol, i actually had to ask my friends for extra bottles the other day so i could bottle what i have... i just bottled a black ipa! im really excited to see what it taste like when its conditioned...

my dennys rye should be good to go this upcoming week...

today i just finished my last of the 3 brews for camp (Re brews).. so back to experimenting in about two weeks.... after that weekend my pipeline will be pretty short i know that for fact haha....

ever since i built my grain crusher, my eff. has gone from 72 at best to pushing between 85 and 90 depending on the amount of grain so i have far more that i originally needed.

Well if it makes you feel any better - my buddy and I went to a bar early on and got about 10 cases of bottles. The best part was... cleaning them! I did a hot pbw soak for about a week. After that most of them were perfect, but I did another PBW soak for 3 days in clean non moldy water, then one step soak for about 3 hours. Overkill I know, but you should have seen the swill water that was created on the first run.

I am going to tell you that the Denny's will be awful, so I don't get your hopes up. But seriously, if you liked your previous rye brew (I really did) and you like IPAs (I know you do) you are in for a treat. I am thinking of rebrewing Denny's this weekend or next. Possibly taking on a dunkel as well.

By the way - did you like your summer ale? I ended up doing it two weekends ago, I think with the same or very similar recipe as you did. Pretty sure it was the same. My WL051 yeast was washed in January of this year and it still jumped up and took off. Man I love washed yeast!!

Keep plugging at those jobs!

 

[CidahMastah]

Hey rust - what did you use fo your stir bar in your stir plate? I was thinking of building one, but not sure what size to get. I want to be able to do 1 gallon starters with it. I was checking out stirbars.com but there are a lot of options.

 

[rustbucket]

i use a 2" stir bar, that i got from rebel brewing, but im sure you can get one from anywhere... if you use something that large make sure you use some powerful magnets! im using hard drive magnets from like a 95 hard drive where they are massive!

the two inch one is perfect for me.. gets my 2000L flask going good!

btw how are you hops doing.. i was just looking at mine... they are starting to flower and one chinook is about 12 feet tall now.. the thing has grown like two feet in the past couple days... i still have to post a photo for you... of my set up... ill try and do that sunday since i wont be around for the next couple days (going to be at the car show)

 

[CidahMastah]

i use a 2" stir bar, that i got from rebel brewing, but im sure you can get one from anywhere... if you use something that large make sure you use some powerful magnets! im using hard drive magnets from like a 95 hard drive where they are massive!

the two inch one is perfect for me.. gets my 2000L flask going good!

btw how are you hops doing.. i was just looking at mine... they are starting to flower and one chinook is about 12 feet tall now.. the thing has grown like two feet in the past couple days... i still have to post a photo for you... of my set up... ill try and do that sunday since i wont be around for the next couple days (going to be at the car show)

Cool - will look into that stir bar.

Yeah hops are kicking but, in particular the cascade. It is 15+ feet tall and running off my post. Lots of the little buds are showing up which is very cool. Still gonna have to do a bulk hop buy at the end of the summer though

Next year I will put some effort into my hop set up like the rest of the stuff I grow. It took back seat to our second orchard this year - as you saw, my hop trellis is ghetto!

 

[captn731]

Hey, awesome group buy!

I am in for:

CM-2ROW x 1

 

[CidahMastah]

welcome captn - I have you marked down for your bag.

Just in case you are interested, if you have any interest in buying some specialty grains in split up bags let me know. Typically people do 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 splits. I will post them up on post #2. Order goes out when we hit 42 bags, right now we are at 20.

If you know other brewers, let them know of the buy so we can get this bad boy rolling (every grain buy has closed out quick so far, but this one has stalled out).

 

[CidahMastah]

McMaster

I am going to make a mcmaster order today or this weekend for keg seals, etc. If someone wants to split the order with me let me know (first come first serve). This is time sensitive, so I might just order if it takes a bit for someone to step up. I need some of the stuff asap.

So if interested let me know ASAP. You can pick up your stuff at the grain pickup or sooner.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/mcmaster-keg-o-ring-list-233086/

I would be willing to split my entire order with 1 person (except the silicone rings for main seals because they come in packs of 5):

1. 9396K24 - (100 pieces) - liquid post $2.21
2. 9452K23 - (100 pieces) - Gas post $10.71

Not necessary to get both, but I like to be able to see which post is which because my keezer has no light.

3. 90025K368 - Dip tube rings - (100 pieces) $5.83
4. 9452K218 - Main seal - buna (10 pieces) $12.69

5. 9396K18 - Internal Quick Disconnect - (100 pieces) $6.11


6. 9396K926 - (won't split this because they come in packs of 5 - but wanted to try them) $7.88


It will probably be about $25 each for a lifetime supply of o-rings , but I can let you know the shipping etc.

 

[kzhusker]

Hey Cidah, can you tack on a 1/3 split of GW-C10 to my order? Hopefully a couple others will jump in on this.

Thanks!

 

[CidahMastah]

Hey Cidah, can you tack on a 1/3 split of GW-C10 to my order? Hopefully a couple others will jump in on this.

Thanks!

no problem - I don't have any GW-C10 - so I might actually get in on that.

 

[jhenderson27]

This buy has offically stalled.

 

[CidahMastah]

Ideed - we had been saying it was gonna happen - looks like we finally hit critical mass!

 

[jhenderson27]

Back to a bs forum until more interest is drawn up.

 

[CidahMastah]

You got it. I just found some beer line on mcmaster too. Man I have a feeling that this is going to grow in to an expensive order!

 

[rustbucket]

hey, what is that beer line? on mcmaster (the number to be more clear )