Syracuse, ny - round 6 group grain buy

[Mparsons327]

I'll jump on the lactose split. Could someone add me. My phone won't work for that.

 

[CidahMastah]

I'll jump on the lactose split. Could someone add me. My phone won't work for that.

added and it is closed! saweet

 

[CBK]

By the way - CBK - how was your deception cream stout?

Dam you guys are fast! Actually I have not tried it yet. It is sitting in my brew closet in a keg primed with corn sugar awaiting an open tap. Love cream stouts and would have jumped all over this split if I had seen it sooner.

 

[CidahMastah]

Haha - strike while the iron is hot right?!

Just to let you guys know; I have my cream stout (keg two) on the nitro and it is pouring really well. I precarbed it but putting the gas up to PSI 7 or so and shaking the keg for a while. Then I pushed the gas up to 15psi or so and shook for just a bit longer; unhooked and put it on the Nitro mix 90 at 35PSI. Threw it in the refridge and about 2 weeks + later it has been balancing and I have been pulling off a draft here and there. Right now it it is pouring like the guinness in the bar. It has a slow cascade that carries on for over 30 seconds and leaves a 1/2 inch or so thick creamy head. I am trying to stay away from the keg so there is plenty for the holidays, but man it is perfect right now.

Just thought I would give you guys an update

 

[cgondoli1]

Hi all, Id love to get in on this order for some grain and maybe some hops. Can someone clarify the order sheet for me and what is the link for kegs all about? Thanks

 

[copyright1997]

Hi all, Id love to get in on this order for some grain and maybe some hops. Can someone clarify the order sheet for me and what is the link for kegs all about? Thanks

Are you really located in Wayesboro, VA? If so, your about 8 hours from Syracuse (where you would have to drive to get your grains).

 

[CidahMastah]

banged out a rebrew of the oatmeal stout... INSIDE MY BASEMENT! haha That was a nice change on this fridgid day...

Welded up the rest of the basic brew stand frame so it can be used. Current plan is to brew on the stand through winter and modify it along the way to make it the way we wnat in use, then paint.

Hope you gents had a great weekend as well!

 

[cgondoli1]

No I don't live there anymore, I just moved to Rochester three weeks ago. I'm just to lazy to try and change my location. That being said can anyone help me so I can get in on this?

 

[zeno27]

I did an almost-SMaSH outside today: CM pilsner and Magnum and Tettnang hops. The weather wasn't actually so bad, I kept moving inside and out.

 

[Mparsons327]

Brewed an ipa today... Outside and froze my ass off! I'm a little envious of your new electric system cidah. I've been thinking about building one myself. Any details you could provide me with would be greatly appreciative!

 

[copyright1997]

No I don't live there anymore, I just moved to Rochester three weeks ago. I'm just to lazy to try and change my location. That being said can anyone help me so I can get in on this?

See the first couple entries in this thread. Basically, you click on the spreadsheet link and at the bottom right there is an area where you can enter your name as a new buyer. There should then be a new column named for you. Then you just update that column with the number of bags you would like to buy (full sacks), or you can take part of an open split (< 1.0) to get part of a bag. For instance, under my name "COPYRIGHT1997", I'm signed up for 1/2 sack (.50) TF-GPRM (Thomas Fawcett Golden Promise .sp?), 2 sacks CM-2ROW (Canadian Malting 2 Row), and 1 sack TF-MOPA (Thomas Fawcett Maris Otter .sp?).

You should also post this thread so that Cida (who has organized the group buys) can also be aware (the spreadsheet is new for this round of buying). Right now, the next buy is "spring" as there was a round in August and another buy in November where we did sixty some sacks plus a bunch of PBW and StarSan. It's GREAT having a GALLON of StarSan! So, the thought process given winter was to try and wait until spring and to see if we can get a bigger order (2 pallets = 84 sacks or maybe even 3 pallets).

Regarding the kegs, one of the group members has a lead on kegs, and the spreadsheet is to gauge interest at different price levels to see if we are able to negotiate a better price as a group.

I live in the Albany NY area and did my first participation in the Round 4 buy (August) as a new All Grain brewer. It's a great group of folks, so feel free to ask questions (I do all the time). I now have a great stock-pile of not only base grains (2 row, Marris Otter, Munich, Pilsen, Vienna), but also a variety of crystal, cara-pils, corn, rice, wheat, ...), all from the group buy and jumping on splits of sacks.

Oh, one more thing...in the first post on the thread you can get the link to the catalog of where we buy.

Hope this helps!

 

[CidahMastah]

Brewed an ipa today... Outside and froze my ass off! I'm a little envious of your new electric system cidah. I've been thinking about building one myself. Any details you could provide me with would be greatly appreciative!

More to come - remind me if I forget to pm you tomorrow!!

 

[copyright1997]

More to come - remind me if I forget to pm you tomorrow!!

Also interested!

 

[drocu]

banged out a rebrew of the oatmeal stout... INSIDE MY BASEMENT! haha That was a nice change on this fridgid day...

Welded up the rest of the basic brew stand frame so it can be used. Current plan is to brew on the stand through winter and modify it along the way to make it the way we wnat in use, then paint.

Hope you gents had a great weekend as well!

Man, I'm insanely jealous. I tried to brew a 2.5 gallon batch of Deception Cream Stout on the stove top last night using BIAB. It didn't go so well mostly because my range sucks. I'll just have to brave the cold next time. I'm not even sure if the beer will turn out but we'll see.

 

[CidahMastah]

Man, I'm insanely jealous. I tried to brew a 2.5 gallon batch of Denny's Deception Cream Stout on the stove top last night using BIAB. It didn't go so well mostly because my range sucks. I'll just have to brave the cold next time. I'm not even sure if the beer will turn out but we'll see.

you know it is funny. A year ago I would have never thought I would be all electrical and bringing inside. Would have said brewing outside isn't that bad etc. Which don't get me wrong I like to brew outside! However... it was REALLY nice to be able to set and forget the rig and not have to lift a ton of heavy stuff... AND pump right into my 15 gallon fermenter from the BK.

Is teh deception cream stout a Denny conn recipe? I had no idea!

 

[CidahMastah]

Blichman 15G BK/MT:


Here is the kettle

Anybody interested in a Blichman 15G kettle with the false bottom? My buddy wants to sell his to upgrade size to a 20G blichman. It is less than one year old and in great shape, works great as a MT and or BK.

For those of you unfamiliar with the kettles they come with:
1. Sight Glass (protected with stainless siding)
2. Thermometer
3. 3 piece stainless ball valve
4. Stainless dip tube (for Boiling, or Mashing)
5. Lid

He is looking for $400 - paid $463 (He bought it from Northern brewer;$375 for the kettle/$80false bottom/$8 to ship). I can pass it off to people at a grain buy or meet up and drop off, etc).



Let me know if you have any interest.

 

[jeffb418]

Woo hoo, just won a free carboy cleaner on the giveaway thread. This was my winning submission:

In the tune of "Fresh Keg of Bel-Air" (Theme song)

Now, this is the story all about how
A dirty sanke keg got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sip a beer
I'll tell you how I became the cleanest keg of a town called Bel Air

In a home brewery filled and raised
In a keg chiller was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And shootin some CO2 outside of my airlock
When a couple of blue pads
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little scruff and my brew master got thrilled
He said 'Your grime is movin' out with the traub down the drain!'

 

[Mparsons327]

Thanks for the info cidah! Next time I make it to the Syracuse area I would love to come take a look at the rig. That might help me get a better understanding of it! I will even buy you a couple beers for your time!

 

[CidahMastah]

Thanks for the info cidah! Next time I make it to the Syracuse area I would love to come take a look at the rig. That might help me get a better understanding of it! I will even buy you a couple beers for your time!

No problem. Hopefully by then I have it all looking pretty

 

[cgondoli1]

Thank you copyright. I have done group buys in va for about two years so Ive dealt with this malting company before I just was unsure about the spread sheet format. Thanks again and I look forward to meeting some of you guys.

 

[drocu]

Is teh deception cream stout a Denny conn recipe? I had no idea!

My mistake, its not. I thought it was...bummer.

Where is everyone getting the Denny Conn recipes? I keep hearing about them.

 

[rustbucket]

I'm doing that deception cream stout next week! Let me know how yours turns out. I have a ton of different beers planes for when I'm home next week. Doing 4 different ones!

Oatmeal stout
Chocolate stout
Robust porter
Deception cream stout.

 

[CBK]

Where is everyone getting the Denny Conn recipes? I keep hearing about them.

Here is s link to some of Denny's recipes.
Denny Conn's Recipes

 

[drocu]

I'm doing that deception cream stout next week! Let me know how yours turns out. I have a ton of different beers planes for when I'm home next week. Doing 4 different ones!

Oatmeal stout
Chocolate stout
Robust porter
Deception cream stout.

We must be on the same page. I brewed the robust porter a couple weeks ago and now it's in secondary with some vanilla beans. Pretty excited about that one.

We'll see how this deception cream stout comes out but I had little to no hot break because my stove didn't have enough oomph and the OG was off due to too little boil off so I don't have high expectations. It is fermenting away happily though.

Thanks for the link, Cidah. I'll have to give some of these a try, especially that barleywine.

 

[CidahMastah]

I'm doing that deception cream stout next week! Let me know how yours turns out. I have a ton of different beers planes for when I'm home next week. Doing 4 different ones!

Oatmeal stout
Chocolate stout
Robust porter
Deception cream stout.

Very cool - my deception stout on the nitro is disappearing fast. It is really tasty.

rust, how was the left hand stout - I was considering that one down the road too.




I am planning on catching up on some brewing as well over the break. I am hoping to do the following:
1. Guinness Clone rebrew
2. Celebration Clone
3. And maybe get my pilsner Urquell clone going!

I might even shoot for one more - a Chocolate stout sounds darn good too.


I have brewed several Denny brews of which the Rye IPA is my favorite so far.

1. Wry Smile IPA
2. Denny bourbon Vanilla Porter (very good so far but needs some age on it)
3. Nick Danger Porter - very good porter as well! People at an xmas party last weekend were calling it top notch and out of this world.

I plan to brew the altbier down the road, but I keep rebrewing teh rye IPA haha.

 

[rustbucket]

Since I have not been home I have not had my lhbc milk stout but when I do I hope to try it. I did taste it when leggings but it did need some aging

 

[jeffb418]

Since I have not been home I have not had my lhbc milk stout but when I do I hope to try it. I did taste it when leggings but it did need some aging

The LHMS clone I've done comes out amazing. I did the deception cream stout last night. Using my Bayou Burner definitely kept me nice and warm in the garage =)

 

[CidahMastah]

The LHMS clone I've done comes out amazing. I did the deception cream stout last night. Using my Bayou Burner definitely kept me nice and warm in the garage =)

Did you do the LHMS clone as stated in the recipe section? Or is this one you conjured up yourself?

I almost thought I saw a BYO version of that clone - will have to check.

 

[jeffb418]

Did you do the LHMS clone as stated in the recipe section? Or is this one you conjured up yourself?

I almost thought I saw a BYO version of that clone - will have to check.

Looks different from the one in the recipe section. The one I've done a few times:

Milk Stout (Left Hand)

7.75 # US Pale Malt
1 # Roasted Barely
12 oz C60
12 oz Chocolate Malt
10 oz Flaked Barley
8 oz Flaked Oats
4 oz Munich
1 # Lactose (15 min)
0.75 oz Magnum (60 Min)
1 oz Kent Goldings (10 Min)
Yeast: I've used both Denny's 50 and American Ale from Wyeast

Mash at 155 for 60 mins.

I love the taste of it, and I finally got my hands on LHBC Milk Stout locally. And I actually like this recipe over the real stuff.

 

[Smashing]

Merry Christmas guys!