What came in the mail for you today?

[BoitAHL]

Tavour! Tavour! Tavour!

 

[seatazzz]

Got my pressure-fermenting lid setup from Morebeer. They no longer sell the Fermentasaurus kit so all parts had to be purchased separately, but got the bulkheads installed in the lid and the first tests completed. Tomorrow morning will use it for the first time to pressure-transfer my Pale to the keg, can't wait to not have to force the tubing into the spigot, just draw clear beer from the top via the floating dip tube thingie. And had a giggle; took me all of 10 minutes of staring at it before I figured out how to attach the filter thing to the bobber.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Glad I was home, dude went the extra mile and put them inside the glass storm door, I got them in before the interior was cooking.

 

[fourfarthing]

A little ego boost and a nice gift from @Bobby_M

 

[MHBT]

A little ego boost and a nice gift from @Bobby_M

Woop woop!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Nice to get a little something extra with the ribbon. Thanks @Bobby_M!

 

[MHBT]

View attachment 771069Nice to get a little something extra with the ribbon. Thanks @Bobby_M!

I wanna intentionally brew a terrible beer to try and get the lowest possible score and mess with the judges

 

[doug293cz]

A little ego boost and a nice gift from @Bobby_MView attachment 771052

View attachment 771069Nice to get a little something extra with the ribbon. Thanks @Bobby_M!

Ok, somebody must have come in first. Can't everybody be second.

Brew on

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I wanna intentionally brew a terrible beer to try and get the lowest possible score and mess with the judges

I’ve sat with judges, tasting terrible beer, and I doubt that the entrants were aiming for terrible, but I hear you. I actually entered a beer that I knew was strange and wouldn’t do well to a particular contest. Although, they did express all the flaws and that it wasn’t likable I was given some credit and encouragement to continue being “creative”. Now I don‘t waste my money like that, fortunately my HBC members give honest feedback so I can put entries that stand a chance. It still depends on the flight etc.

 

[Section1]

Found this on the front porch today after work. Just WOW. Thanks @pshankstar for the Homebrew and some beer I've not had yet. Coffee smell great too!

 

[bwible]

Just as a general comment, if you buy European malts and to a lesser extent hops, then it's a good idea to lay in some generous stocks in the next couple of months, as the price rises down the line are going to be huge - like 50+%, I've seen commercial brewers complaining that it's like them paying retail prices!

Makes sense as grain prices are up a lot but malt also uses a lot of energy in roasting/drying, and gas prices on the Continent in particular have gone crazy due to recent events.

I was thinking about this. I bought a couple 50 lb sacks and for what I brew I have enough for the rest of the year.

Far as any food shortages, what else is barley really used for besides beer? Beef and barley soup? And hops don’t have much other use. I can’t really see any food demand pulling barley away from breweries. It may get more expensive but should still be available.

Now wheat is something else. Wheat beers may get fewer, harder to find, and much more expensive if there’s a shortage because wheat has so many other uses.

 

[T Murph]

It's time to procure seeds and prepare to grow your own. I've read that a 10 ft square plot of land can produce enough barley for home use. Think I'm gonna try to get seeds.

 

[JAReeves]

Is it time for @bracconiere to write us a malting sticky?

 

[bracconiere]

Is it time for @bracconiere to write us a malting sticky?

i can see it now "it puts the barley in the water".....

edit: what i mean is i'd have to show someone how i do it, that knows how to type intelegibly, and isn't crazy....


oh i got my flare SS picnic taps yesterday!


edit 2: really it'd be same as hair washing, lather, rinse repeat....air dry, use a curler to put some flavor to it, then comb....

 

[camonick]

Not in the mail, but I bought this T-shirt at Thirsty Souls Community Brewing in Mt. Airy (Mayberry), NC when I was on vacation. I wanted a logo glass but they wouldn’t sell me one, so I settled for this.

 

[pshankstar]

Thanks @TheEagleRising for this box yesterday.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Far as any food shortages, what else is barley really used for besides beer? ....

Now wheat is something else. Wheat beers may get fewer, harder to find, and much more expensive if there’s a shortage because wheat has so many other uses.

Beer is a minority use for barley - about 2/3 of it goes into animal feed, but (in the UK at least), that is only a third of the amount of wheat that goes into animal feed.

So higher wheat prices will have knock-on effects, as it will be replaced by barley in animal feed, which increases the demand and price of feed barley. And more generally, higher wheat and oil prices will encourage farmers to plant more wheat and oilseeds and less barley.

As I think I said earlier here, barley is probably not even the biggest cost for maltsters compared to energy. Gas prices in Europe have gone up massively, they're currently about 3-4 times the gas price in the US.

 

[Homebrew Harry]

...what i mean is i'd have to show someone how i do it, that knows how to type intelegibly, and isn't crazy....

Dang. I guess the third requirement knocked me out

 

[bracconiere]

Dang. I guess the third requirement knocked me out

i mean if i was talking about malting i'd have to at least mention "The Mighty InBev" ....well, anyway...all that and mass mind control...

But on a more serious note i'm getting my hemocytometer today sometime! should be fun to play with!


And that gives me a great idea for a 'new improved' tilt hydro! if this microscope only cost $15 and does 400x, what about live stream video of the yeast cells in the ferment for people that don't have glass or clear carboys?

edit: maybe real time cell counting?...

 

[Homebrew Harry]

i mean if i was talking about malting i'd have to at least mention "The Mighty InBev" ....well, anyway...all that and mass mind control...

But on a more serious note i'm getting my hemocytometer today sometime! should be fun to play with!


And that gives me a great idea for a 'new improved' tilt hydro! if this microscope only cost $15 and does 400x, what about live stream video of the yeast cells in the ferment for people that don't have glass or clear carboys?

edit: maybe real time cell counting?...

You lost me at InBev !

 

[bracconiere]

You lost me at InBev !

as homebrewers that was supposed to be the hook!

 

[bwible]

Beer is a minority use for barley - about 2/3 of it goes into animal feed, but (in the UK at least), that is only a third of the amount of wheat that goes into animal feed.

So higher wheat prices will have knock-on effects, as it will be replaced by barley in animal feed, which increases the demand and price of feed barley. And more generally, higher wheat and oil prices will encourage farmers to plant more wheat and oilseeds and less barley.

As I think I said earlier here, barley is probably not even the biggest cost for maltsters compared to energy. Gas prices in Europe have gone up massively, they're currently about 3-4 times the gas price in the US.

I forgot about animal feed. Right.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

2 cases to fill and 10 pounds of Pilsner malt.

 

[bwible]

2 cases to fill and 10 pounds of Pilsner malt.View attachment 771400

“Cases to fill” - I was expecting to see .45 cases or something.

 

[seatazzz]

10 sous vide magnets, for dry hopping and...entertainment. Have a couple on my ferment fridge right next to my chair as I type, they are fun to play with. How do magnets work?

 

[doug293cz]

10 sous vide magnets, for dry hopping and...entertainment. Have a couple on my ferment fridge right next to my chair as I type, they are fun to play with. How do magnets work?

What make a magnet a "sous vide magnet"?

Brew on

 

[MaxStout]

Acid malt, bottle caps, US-05 and Munich Classic, Biofine Clear, and some cool hop decals, from Brewhardware.com

 

[seatazzz]

What make a magnet a "sous vide magnet"?

Brew on

Covered in silicone, so it won't scratch a sous vide container/thing, I guess. Also that's what Amazon said. And they are ALWAYS right.

 

[Pacific Electric]

After 10+ years of PET fermenting decided to get something a little more shiny. May have overdone the TCs.

 

[T Murph]

Awesome and congrats. But no that's not too many clamps. You're gonna add a bunch of attachments they will be needed for. You're gonna love it.