Syracuse, ny - round 6 group grain buy

[CidahMastah]

Very cool on all counts!

I was actually looking into that founders breakfast stout clone myself, so that is funny that you are looking at it too. I too have my lager on the chill so we are in a similar spot with that and... the celebration! Too funny

I started dry hoping the celebration on Sunday. My brew partner in crime was over to brew the amber altbier and kept saying... oh man that one smells awesome, which one is that?! (talking about the celebration). He was right it did smell awesome and was crystal clear after just over 2 weeks of fermenting! I think he was kicking himself for not being around on brew day for that one. Because I was running solo on that brew day I have two kegs with my name on them!

Brews like those remind you that while nondomestic hops and grains (MOPA, etc) are good stuff, so is plain Jane 2 row and america hops!

 

[zeno27]

added a TF-MOPA and a CM-2ROW.

37 bags!

 

[CidahMastah]

added a TF-MOPA and a CM-2ROW.

37 bags!

Wahoo! Looks like we are officially half 44% of the way there!!

Lots of splits:
GW-C60 0.67
BD-RSTB 0.75
CM-RYEM 0.75
TF-CHOC 0.67
TF-AMBR 0.67
GW-C15 0.50
BD-BLCK 0.50
GW-C150 0.25
GB-HONY 0.25 (S/B .5)




Jeff - not sure why but it looks like the BG-HONY malt split isn't adding up correctly. Not sure if there are others out there but spot checking didn't reveal any I could see.

 

[jeffb418]

Wahoo! Looks like we are officially half 44% of the way there!!

Lots of splits:
GW-C60 0.67
BD-RSTB 0.75
CM-RYEM 0.75
TF-CHOC 0.67
TF-AMBR 0.67
GW-C15 0.50
BD-BLCK 0.50
GW-C150 0.25
GB-HONY 0.25 (S/B .5)




Jeff - not sure why but it looks like the BG-HONY malt split isn't adding up correctly. Not sure if there are others out there but spot checking didn't reveal any I could see.

Fixed. Looks like someone manually put in the 0.25 into the total cell instead of letting the formula do it. I wish google docs would let you protect cells, but they dont, only sheets. =(

 

[CidahMastah]

Thanks Jeff! Small price to pay for the other conveniences

 

[jeffb418]

Thanks Jeff! Small price to pay for the other conveniences

So I take it you are liking the spreadsheet? I bet it makes your life alot easier =)

 

[jeffb418]

Transferred the Deception Cream Stout to keg yesterday, wow that one tastes good and its not even carbonated yet! The Irish Blonde I did as well is tasty, but it ended up around 6% when it was supposed to be 5%, so the higher % kinda offsets the recipe.

 

[CidahMastah]

Yeah much easier on me from the front end of these buys. I have a sheet I will still have to enter everything into at the end of the buy, but doing that once when it is all done is much better than as we go.

I really liked the deception recipe. Last night I just got my oatmeal stout at the level of carb and nitro that I like and wow that is really good. This is the second brew I did of the oatmeal stout and the nitro really accentuates the oat flavor IMO. I think it is the light creamy aspect of the head, but it is really quite tasty.


I must say I am looking forward to when this buy will be coming in - I am giving my current grain supply a good kick with all the high gravity stuff I have brewed lately. Also... my buddy just got wife approval for putting in his keg system. Me thinks he will be going through a lot more brew, and wanting to brew a bit more with the bottling task out of the way.


by the way, I have such a ghetto project in the works. If it works out... I will post some pictures... hilarious.

 

[jeffb418]

Added a GP-FLOAT (Flaked Oats) split.

 

[rustbucket]

closed out the pbw

 

[Mparsons327]

I just received a couple free kegs from a kind stranger at the home brew shop. Brought them
Home to give them a cleaning. The thing is the nuts to remove the posts have a weird pattern I have never seen before? Any ideas? I will post some pictures later if nobody has an idea what they are. Speaking of kegs the source for the possible group buy is in Florida till the end of the month. When he gets back I'm gonna try to negotiate a deal. If he's unwilling to work with us on the price I'm gonna pitch the idea.....

 

[buffalobrewer]

does it look like something this would work on?

12 point socket

 

[CidahMastah]

I just received a couple free kegs from a kind stranger at the home brew shop. Brought them
Home to give them a cleaning. The thing is the nuts to remove the posts have a weird pattern I have never seen before? Any ideas? I will post some pictures later if nobody has an idea what they are. Speaking of kegs the source for the possible group buy is in Florida till the end of the month. When he gets back I'm gonna try to negotiate a deal. If he's unwilling to work with us on the price I'm gonna pitch the idea.....

I have some of those too. THe 12 pt socket should work. At first I was like wtf?

 

[TwoGunz]

A lot of posts have a star pattern like that.

As for this next buy, I've barely touched my last round of grain. I've been slacking on my production and need to get my ass in gear!

Cidah, an oatmeal on nitro sounds pretty tastey. I'm really thinking I might need a stout tap at my house now.

 

[CidahMastah]

So a little update. I brewed my version of kate the great and it has been sitting on oak and just reached time for bottling. Wow.... this stuf is really freakin good, not ready but good. Bottled up the first keg in 22's and ended up drinking a partially filled 22 - I am really glad I brewed 11g of this stuff.

Finished up by bottling the second keg of Denny's bourbon vanilla porter. Tried to bottle a mead but it had overcarbed a bit and I decided to check back with it.

tasting some of these long term agers really inspired me to consider the possibilities of those beers. I think I am going to add another couple bags of 2 row in addition to what I was already planning on. These are forget about beers and now that I had the extra kegs I had flexibility in brewing.

Mparsons - keep up the good work on the keg buy!

 

[CidahMastah]

A lot of posts have a star pattern like that.

As for this next buy, I've barely touched my last round of grain. I've been slacking on my production and need to get my ass in gear!

Cidah, an oatmeal on nitro sounds pretty tastey. I'm really thinking I might need a stout tap at my house now.

Get your priorities in line man!! *sips oatmeal on the nitro*

Ha! farmhouse has a nice nitro tap (really like it). As screwy as it sounds I have been considering adding a second nitro In reality though, there are way too many things in front of that purchase.

reality is I caught up on some brewing over the holidays since my wife didn't have as much time off as I did. And.... my buddies recent decision to buy a kegging system has pushed more brews into the hopper because he knows kegging is the true paydirt.

 

[CidahMastah]

One last thing:

Electric brewers - I am planning a rebuild or bigger build on my control panel so I can run 2 5500w elements at once. If anyone is interested in going in on some hardware let me know. In particular a lot of the lights on the electric brewery are cheap if you buy in bulk, but like $20 a piece if you buy solo. I am in no rush, so let me know if you have any interest. I know several guys have contacted me with interest with this, so let me know if you are ready to act.

 

[Smashing]

I need to get some brews in too. Seems there is always something urgent to do. Part of the problem is my lack of fermentors. I stopped up at the LBH and picked up 2 more buckets. That gives me 4 plus a carboy, that I hate to use, so I get things going a bit.

 

[jbsengineer]

Just added a few bags and PBW split...

 

[Smashing]

I thought the PBW was a huge pain to do.

 

[Mparsons327]

Ok 12 point socket it is! Anyone know what size?

 

[CidahMastah]

Ok 12 point socket it is! Anyone know what size?

I believe it is 22mm if I am not mistaken

 

[CidahMastah]

I thought the PBW was a huge pain to do.

Might be a pain to divide out, but it is certainly available for the buy. We will reserve grain bag spots for any PBW or Star San orders like last time.

 

[CidahMastah]

BTW: Looks like we had some activity on the page and we have gone past one pallet!!

44 bags of grain
1 bag (bucket) PBW

45 total for the current order. I better keep watching this so I can squeak a few more bags in

 

[jeffb418]

BTW: Looks like we had some activity on the page and we have gone past one pallet!!

44 bags of grain
1 bag (bucket) PBW

45 total for the current order. I better keep watching this so I can squeak a few more bags in

Should we limit the order to like 80 bags so that we dont get screwed last time for being over the weight of 1 pallet? Hate to try to fill 3 pallets =)

Also the PBW was a PITA, BUTTTTTTT this time I think we can be more prepared... and its definitely worth the savings I think.

 

[Smashing]

Nice, I remember Jhenderson saying it was a mess. Great price always win. I'll probably add a few bags to this too. I'm going to start blowing out my supplies in a hurry.

 

[jeffb418]

Nice, I remember Jhenderson saying it was a mess. Great price always win. I'll probably add a few bags to this too. I'm going to start blowing out my supplies in a hurry.

Yeah, we'll just make sure to do it outside this time. It powders up real easy, give ya a real good burn when it hits your lungs =)

 

[rustbucket]

im goign to have to figure out what im going to need, so i can get more bags of grain... (already burned through one, while iw as home.. goign to burn through 1-2 next time im home!)

hmm time to start thinking about some projects!


so when im home next i wasnt to do a RIS, any suggestions?

 

[Scallywag]

I just added 5 sacks to the order. Didn't want to miss out. I won't be there until mid to late March, but if the order comes sooner, I'll have friends or family pick it up for me.

 

[jeffb418]

50 + 1 total!