What came in the mail for you today?

[BongoYodeler]

Damn. I’m sorry Merry, that is so sad.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Damn. I’m sorry Merry, that is so sad.

Thanks. Today’s delivery is

Say hello to my little friend.

 

[MaxStout]

Just got an order from Brew Hardware. A few various grains for an upcoming brew. Yeah, going to brew a malt liquor, like the recipe in Zymyrgy (though a little lower ABV). Also some wine yeast and sorbate for raspberry hard lemonade.

 

[Willy]

Grain and hops and yeast -
25 lb golden promise
35 lb Two row
30 lb pale ale
15 lb brown ale
5 lb caro 60
7 lb flaked oats

One pound each
Centennial, Magnum, Mosaic, fuggles, UK Kent goldings, glacier

4 packs of dry yeast
US-05, Nottingham, Novalager, 34-70

All loaded up for the winter season cooking!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

10# oak smoked wheat
12’ Vinyl 3/8 line
2 inline filters so I can oxygenate wort
Warrior hops
Bottle filling wand spring to replace a gravity tipped one that’s not closing very well anymore.
Couple yeasts. Going out of business sale .

 

[doug293cz]

10# oak smoked wheat
12’ Vinyl 3/8 line
2 inline filters so I can oxygenate wort
Warrior hops
Bottle filling wand spring to replace a gravity tipped one that’s not closing very well anymore.
Couple yeasts. Going out of business sale .

That's a lotta smoked wheat. Whatcha gonna do with it all?

Brew on

 

[MaxStout]

10# oak smoked wheat
12’ Vinyl 3/8 line
2 inline filters so I can oxygenate wort
Warrior hops
Bottle filling wand spring to replace a gravity tipped one that’s not closing very well anymore.
Couple yeasts. Going out of business sale .

A big batch of Grodziskie coming up?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

That's a lotta smoked wheat. Whatcha gonna do with it all?

Brew on

I haven’t brewed a Grodziskie in a while and I like the smoke to be a little pronounced even if it isn’t quite to style that way.

 

[MaxStout]

I haven’t brewed a Grodziskie in a while and I like the smoke to be a little pronounced even if it isn’t quite to style that way.

I've brewed it a couple times, and even did one as a pro-am with a local brewery.

My recipe has always been all oak-smoked wheat with just some acid malt for pH adjustment.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I've brewed it a couple times, and even did one as a pro-am with a local brewery.

My recipe has always been all oak-smoked wheat with just some acid malt for pH adjustment.

Yes, I’ve won gold a couple times with it on the east coast, and the same beer also had gotten disparaging remarks in other parts of the country. (Too smoky I can’t taste anything else, etc) Descriptions from the brewery in Poland emphasize light smoke and clarity, and say that Live Oak in Austin TX makes one they consider to be good. Since I cannot get the real deal here, I must take their word for it. I have about 5# that’s been sitting around, so the 100% may fit the bill, if not I have this fresh supply.

 

[day_trippr]

Ordered this rotameter and camlock pair last Thursday from @Bobby_M and they arrived Monday
I'll finally know how fast I'm recirculating and fly sparging...

Cheers!

 

[BongoYodeler]

Arrived this morning - some grains for a future brew day, and replacement/spare parts for my Oxebar 8L kegs, (Already lost that damn small silicone elbow to one of them).

 

[whoaru99]

A shelf for the liquor stash.

Unfortunately it's near full already and there's more to go. Guess they'll have to get cozy, LOL.

 

[crazyjake19]

A pack of silicone o-rings for my brew kettle. I broke down the kettle last week for a deep clean and seal replacement. Replaced what I had but I couldn't find the o-rings for the 1/2" weldless bulkhead for the ball valve. Amazon to the rescue.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

When I ordered these we were having fall weather, and they are from Asheville, so kudos to them for recovering enough to resume shipping. They are good because it’s second summer now.

 

[day_trippr]

I'll be interested in your use of the wlp618...

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I'll be interested in your use of the wlp618...

Cheers!

I have by no means tasted all the NA brews available, but so far I like a couple from Athletic and Brew dog. Guinness NA is very drinkable. What I hate about all of them is the price. So, while I will not likely produce anything with zero ETOH is will be very low. I have no idea if it will actually be good, but it’s worth an experiment.

 

[Closet Fermenter]

My discounted 2023 hops from Yakima Valley! I ordered one pound each of two varieties. One was sealed up tight; the other had lost its vacuum.

If it just lost it in the shipping across the country, no biggy. But if it lost it last year when it was packaged, I am a little concerned.

In any case, I just slipped the whole package into a mylar bag and sealed it with my sealer. I guess it will be ok.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

These vintage beauties. Hubby recently got the payment for the broken steins from UPS it will be interesting to see what he’ll buy for replacements.

 

[crazyjake19]

A couple packs of Nottingham for ciders. Kegging a caramel apple cider today, then starting another batch that will become a spiced cranberry cider for Thanksgiving.

 

[MaxStout]

Received a small order from William's. A few pounds of specialty malts--CaraPils and Special B. Also a 6 oz. pkg. of First Gold. Repackaged, not vac-sealed, hopefully purged with nitrogen. I'll be using it up within a few months, so should be ok in the freezer til then.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I’ve never had trouble with hops from William’s.

 

[BongoYodeler]

I’ve never had trouble with hops from William’s.

Me either…

 

[Willy]

Just in - my first order from Brewhardware!

A new Spike all in one PRV. It was time to stop playing games with a piece of plastic contraption spunding/PRV and be a little safer out there on the brewing floor. Ha.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

For my American Stout.

 

[Willy]

Fresh Brew stuff from Brewhardware.
Beer line cleaning manifold and some acidulated malt. Just in time - beer line cleaning scheduled for tomorrow.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Fresh Brew stuff from Brewhardware.
Beer line cleaning manifold and some acidulated malt. Just in time - beer line cleaning scheduled for tomorrow.

Sounds exciting, cleaning beer lines.

I thought about getting one of those manifolds but instead got a couple beer line jumpers. Works great, daisy chain the beer lines and tap faucet ends. One in, one out, all cleaned at once.

 

[Willy]

Sounds exciting, cleaning beer lines.

I thought about getting one of those manifolds but instead got a couple beer line jumpers. Works great, daisy chain the beer lines and tap faucet ends. One in, one out, all cleaned at once.

Never heard of a beer line jumper. Gotta check it out, I have a 4 out manifold and six taps... So I was planning on ... Duplicating two lines each cleaning (i.e 1-4, followed by 3-6) but with a jumper, could I do six at once?

 

[Deadalus]

Sounds exciting, cleaning beer lines.

I thought about getting one of those manifolds but instead got a couple beer line jumpers. Works great, daisy chain the beer lines and tap faucet ends. One in, one out, all cleaned at once.

Never heard of a beer line jumper. Gotta check it out, I have a 4 out manifold and six taps... So I was planning on ... Duplicating two lines each cleaning (i.e 1-4, followed by 3-6) but with a jumper, could I do six at once?

I built something myself like the cleaning manifold you bought because the daisy chaining didn't work on my four tap jockey box (has coils). That has smaller and longer tubing than a kegerator and the daisy chaining didn't work. (Spike flow pump, 9.5 PSI). You get better pressure with the manifold as it is in parallel.

@Willy did you watch the video at Brewhardware? Bobby mentions adding another post to one end for five taps if desired. I've done that on CO2 manifolds before, added a line off the end. What you could do though is to add a stainless tee at the end plus two posts and then you would have six all at once. You'd need a nipple for the tee.

I built mine out of stainless steel barbed tees and short tubing runs. Three tees is all that is needed but I added an elbow on the end to turn the tubing up towards the last tap. I connect mine with growler attachments on my Intertap faucets. The Brewhardware one is simpler looking, more rigid and connects easier. I didn't consider using the ball lock keg posts, they're on the more expensive side but using the free flow ones is less expensive.

 

[Willy]

I built something myself like the cleaning manifold you bought because the daisy chaining didn't work on my four tap jockey box (has coils). That has smaller and longer tubing than a kegerator and the daisy chaining didn't work. (Spike flow pump, 9.5 PSI). You get better pressure with the manifold as it is in parallel.

@Willy did you watch the video at Brewhardware? Bobby mentions adding another post to one end for five taps if desired. I've done that on CO2 manifolds before, added a line off the end. What you could do though is to add a stainless tee at the end plus two posts and then you would have six all at once. You'd need a nipple for the tee.

I built mine out of stainless steel barbed tees and short tubing runs. Three tees is all that is needed but I added an elbow on the end to turn the tubing up towards the last tap. I connect mine with growler attachments on my Intertap faucets. The Brewhardware one is simpler looking, more rigid and connects easier. I didn't consider using the ball lock keg posts, they're on the more expensive side but using the free flow ones is less expensive.

I thought about using T's but didn't consider replacing the plug at the end with a T. At present, I am just going to leave and do a double run on the darker ale lines because they should be dirtier ... In theory.