What are you drinking now?

[Matthias]

Coffee.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

coffee...

did a lil researching on kegging this morning. From what i understand i dont need multiple regulators for multiple kegs. I think my plan will be to convert my smaller chest freezer to a keezer and use my bigger one for the fermentation chamber. I was thinking i could use one tank, one regulator, and a manifold. Im not to worried about force carbing beers quickly. I only have one keg so i was thinking of running the tank to the manifold and only having one outlet from the manifold on and with line... As i get more kegs i was going to just add lines to the outlets of the manifold. I guess my real question is when i have one keg at serving pressure and want to force carb another one do i need to turn off the one at serving pressure and turn on the one i want to carb and up the psi to 30? or can i just leave them both on- the one already carbed and the one i want force carbed - and leave at serving pressure, 12 psi or so and let it carb up that way? would it take to long? or not carb at all?

Rant over- a lil reading material for your morning

 

[finsfan]

Water. Tonight I will be going to see Aziz Ansari do stand up, I cant wait!

 

[coldcrash]

coffee...



did a lil researching on kegging this morning. From what i understand i dont need multiple regulators for multiple kegs. I think my plan will be to convert my smaller chest freezer to a keezer and use my bigger one for the fermentation chamber. I was thinking i could use one tank, one regulator, and a manifold. Im not to worried about force carbing beers quickly. I only have one keg so i was thinking of running the tank to the manifold and only having one outlet from the manifold on and with line... As i get more kegs i was going to just add lines to the outlets of the manifold. I guess my real question is when i have one keg at serving pressure and want to force carb another one do i need to turn off the one at serving pressure and turn on the one i want to carb and up the psi to 30? or can i just leave them both on- the one already carbed and the one i want force carbed - and leave at serving pressure, 12 psi or so and let it carb up that way? would it take to long? or not carb at all?



Rant over- a lil reading material for your morning

Sounds like a solid plan.

Yes you can force carb at your serving pressure - just takes longer.

If you're starting w one keg only, I wouldn't even mess w a manifold at this time; I'd just run a gas line from your reg to your keg. Keep it simple.

When it's time to add a 2nd keg, you can spend $2 on a T to split your gas line to the two kegs.

When you add your third, that's when I'd pick up a manifold.

Sorry so wordy. I know some people hate that (Wes I'm looking at you).

 

[DisturbdChemist]

coffee...

did a lil researching on kegging this morning. From what i understand i dont need multiple regulators for multiple kegs. I think my plan will be to convert my smaller chest freezer to a keezer and use my bigger one for the fermentation chamber. I was thinking i could use one tank, one regulator, and a manifold. Im not to worried about force carbing beers quickly. I only have one keg so i was thinking of running the tank to the manifold and only having one outlet from the manifold on and with line... As i get more kegs i was going to just add lines to the outlets of the manifold. I guess my real question is when i have one keg at serving pressure and want to force carb another one do i need to turn off the one at serving pressure and turn on the one i want to carb and up the psi to 30? or can i just leave them both on- the one already carbed and the one i want force carbed - and leave at serving pressure, 12 psi or so and let it carb up that way? would it take to long? or not carb at all?

Rant over- a lil reading material for your morning

You dont have to have multiple regulators. Only if you want beers carbed to a different level. When I force carb I turn the others off and the one i'm force carbing to 30-40psi for 2-3 days then drop the pressure to serving. You can just hook it up at serving to carb but it'll take 2 weeks or so to become fully carbed. Lately to save CO2 I'm "bottling" conditioning in the keg and relieving it before hooking it up. It is not as complicated as you think. Just jump on in.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Sounds like a solid plan.

Yes you can force carb at your serving pressure - just takes longer.

If you're starting w one keg only, I wouldn't even mess w a manifold at this time; I'd just run a gas line from your reg to your keg. Keep it simple.

When it's time to add a 2nd keg, you can spend $2 on a T to split your gas line to the two kegs.

When you add your third, that's when I'd pick up a manifold.

Sorry so wordy. I know some people hate that (Wes I'm looking at you).

You dont have to have multiple regulators. Only if you want beers carbed to a different level. When I force carb I turn the others off and the one i'm force carbing to 30-40psi for 2-3 days then drop the pressure to serving. You can just hook it up at serving to carb but it'll take 2 weeks or so to become fully carbed. Lately to save CO2 I'm "bottling" conditioning in the keg and relieving it before hooking it up. It is not as complicated as you think. Just jump on in.

thanks for the info.

i have my dad talking to a local guy to see if he can get me a tank. Im looking to get a micromatic premium regulator and some line and then seeing how i do.

Staying on topic- coff

 

[Hopinista]

Coffee, because I'm tired and the three mile commute home seems long

 

[Remmy]

Coffee, because I'm tired and the three mile commute home seems long

The 23-mile, 1 hour and 12 minute drive to work sucked this morning. Took 1 hr and 6 minutes on Monday; 1 hr and 5 minutes yesterday. People think I joke when I say I wish I lived in Iowa.

More Coff.

 

[Hopinista]

The 23-mile, 1 hour and 12 minute drive to work sucked this morning. Took 1 hr and 6 minutes on Monday; 1 hr and 5 minutes yesterday. People think I joke when I say I wish I lived in Iowa.

More Coff.

Haha with Vegas morning traffic, the 3 miles is usually 15-20 minutes. I walk some days

 

[badlee]

Young's Special London Ale.
Hoping to get some yeast out of it.

 

[jak1010]

Water. Tonight I will be going to see Aziz Ansari do stand up, I cant wait!

Nice! He is a funny mofo.

LARGE Coffee.

 

[jak1010]

The 23-mile, 1 hour and 12 minute drive to work sucked this morning. Took 1 hr and 6 minutes on Monday; 1 hr and 5 minutes yesterday. People think I joke when I say I wish I lived in Iowa.

More Coff.

You can't be on the Merritt Parkway. Speed minimum is 75.

Although...2 lanes with no shoulder... 1 broken down car or an accident and you ain't going anywhere for a few hours!

 

[Remmy]

You can't be on the Merritt Parkway. Speed minimum is 75.

Although...2 lanes with no shoulder... 1 broken down car or an accident and you ain't going anywhere for a few hours!

I work off of the Merritt. No accidents - it's just a **** ton of traffic heading down to Norwalk/Stamford/NYC. /ramble

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Its employee appreciation day- Work got us pizza. Crappy square pizza with sweet sauce. I hate NEPA valley pizza for the most part- to me pizza should be round and the sauce not sweet. NYC style and im happy

eh whatever.... water

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Finally roasted some coffee last night, Brazilian Bourbon. I roasted on the stove in a pot instead of my popcorn popper to roast more at once and there was some scorching. Having some now and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Still better than Starbucks

 

[Remmy]

Its employee appreciation day- Work got us pizza. Crappy square pizza with sweet sauce. I hate NEPA valley pizza for the most part- to me pizza should be round and the sauce not sweet. NYC style and im happy

eh whatever.... water

Really? No one has said **** to me about Employee anything. I had to buy this crap.

Having two cups of water, a tuna salad sandwich and about 1.5 lbs. of other food (beef, asparagiiiiiii and squash). Post-workout beast meal. Come get some.

 

[MrNickVT]

Water. Tonight I will be going to see Aziz Ansari do stand up, I cant wait!

That dude is barely funny and has a horrible delivery. Rant over

 

[finsfan]

That dude is barely funny and has a horrible delivery. Rant over

I am really critical when it comes to entertainment (movies, comedy, etc) and I have to disagree. His first tour wasnt very good, but his last two were hilarious.

 

[Beernik]

Been bad at labeling lately. Had to sample three bottles to verify their contents.

I'm sharing some cyser with a friend. Had to make sure it wasn't IIPA or banana melomel. He doesn't like beer and is allergic to bananas.

First one I opened was overcarbed IIPA and it exploded in my face. Drinking it now.

Second one I opened was cyser. Also drinking it now.

Third one was banana melomel. Confirmed with a small sample.

 

[Hello]

I'm thinking of doing one this summer. I have a solid blonde recipe, how do I best add the strawberry? I was thinking of dropping a pound of frozen berries, in a muslin bag, into the secondary for two weeks. Good plan?

If you have your blonde recipe that you like then I'll just say I used 42 ounces of sliced strawberries (frozen) let them thaw a while and 2 lbs whole, also let them thaw.

5 days, max. I just tossed into the bucket and had no problems racking to bottle. I would not let them sit any longer as they get winey and musty. I used Denny's Favorite 50 for this recipe.


I'm drinking water.
No hot water...need a new water heater but I found a way to jimmy rig it where I may get luke warm showers for the next 2 weeks. 2 weeks is the estimated time to get things in order to replace.

 

[FermentNEthinG]

Some beer flavored water I had stashed in my fridge at work.

 

[Ridire]

Beer fairy just left.


Sent from here, because that's where I am.

 

[BulldawgBrew]

Sierra Nevada's single Hop IPA

 

[finsfan]

Beer fairy just left.


Sent from here, because that's where I am.

Glad they all made it! I was worried about those RIS since I couldnt replace those. Also, I sent you two of the tripels so you could have one now and age one. I recently tried one that I cellared for 6 months and it aged very well. Enjoy!

 

[Ridire]

Glad they all made it! I was worried about those RIS since I couldnt replace those. Also, I sent you two of the tripels so you could have one now and age one. I recently tried one that I cellared for 6 months and it aged very well. Enjoy!

Query: what's up with the pennies?


Sent from here, because that's where I am.

 

[finsfan]

Query: what's up with the pennies?


Sent from here, because that's where I am.

Haha just a noise maker so you cant hear the sloshing as easily. Those actually came from LoloMT7 so you can thank him for those extra funds.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Hmmm ... I've never put pennies or tic-tacs into a box and I can't hear any sloshing after I seal up the box. Either I'm a touch more deaf than I've been admitting, or I am wasting too much space on packing materials that could hold more beer?!

 

[Ridire]

Haha just a noise maker so you cant hear the sloshing as easily. Those actually came from LoloMT7 so you can thank him for those extra funds.

Well, as I am packaging up your stuff today, you may recognize the packaging materials. Hahaha.


Sent from here, because that's where I am.

 

[Remmy]

This is Deebo.

2/3 Robust Porter 1/3 Nut Brown

 

[CliffMongoloid]

leaving work now to go home and drink beer.... thank god.

Just ordered my C02 tank- $68 for a 5lber with the fill- ill take that