What came in the mail for you today?

[Gusso]

To go with the Phantasm I received the other day, today my yeast arrived -

 

[Section1]

This came in from @DrGMG today! They are all in the beer frig cooling now. Can't wait to try one.

 

[pvpeacock]

20 gram jar of Incognito Mosaic hops and 20 gram jar of Incognito Citra hops. See: INCOGNITO Not quite sure how I'm going to use them yet, but couldn't help myself.

 

[Bramling Cross]

I’m curious as to how well that thing works. It looks and sounds interesting! Please let us know once you use it and how you like it. That’s neat

Forgot to post these pictures of the empty 6gal Torpedo Keg with a hopstopper keg edition.

Here you can see the gory mess that was left behind. That's three ounces of pellet hops and whatever material managed to fall out via finings during the beer's stay in the keg.

With the beer transferred into the serving keg, it was clear that there was a good portion of beer still remaining in the 6gal dry hops keg, so I crushed the dry hops keg with a brutal 50psi force carb and spent several days observing the evolution of the beer that remained in contact with the hops while the serving keg carbed in a more conventional fashion. All told, I was able to enjoy several pints off of the dry hopping keg while confirming that I pulled the main batch off the hops at the correct time. That helps to take the guesswork out of dry hopping duration. Cool.

Finally, the clean up. I was dreading this. This is what the keg looked like after a quick turn on the jet washer. There's still some stuff stuck to the sides of the keg, but the filter looks remarkably clean. After a further bit of rinsing on the jet washer, I stuck it on my keg washer and I saw no reason to break the keg down and extract the filter. I think it's ready to go for the next batch. Amazing!

Hope this was useful.

 

[Bramling Cross]

20 gram jar of Incognito Mosaic hops and 20 gram jar of Incognito Citra hops. See: INCOGNITO Not quite sure how I'm going to use them yet, but couldn't help myself.

Fascinating! I had no idea that existed, thank you for cueing me in!

Sadly, I only purchased my first packets of Cryo earlier this year and I'm currently looking forward to using them maybe in November. That's one of the things that sucks about being an old homebrewer: your ambitions, curiosity, and desire to try new things are inversely proportional to the space within your freezer.

 

[SlobberinDog]

That’s bad ass! I’m ordering a couple

 

[SlobberinDog]

Btw, love the Dr. Rockso avatar!
K-k-k-k-k-yeaaaaaaaaa!!!!

 

[zchan]

I received a pound of emerald spire hops and some imperial barbarian yeast.. heard good things about emerald spire somewhere on here!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Hoff Steven’s 1/4 keg… what the hell was I thinking? Oh yeah I could use it like a pin cask.

 

[z-bob]

Not today but a couple of days ago: a 50# sack of Vienna malt, a packet of Munich Classic wheat-beer yeast, and a couple of 1-ounce packs of Sparkolloid wine clarifier (then I found my old packet.) Ordered from ritebrew.com and it got here in 2 days.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Hoff Steven’s 1/4 keg… what the hell was I thinking? Oh yeah I could use it like a pin cask.

Wow. Talk about nostalgia! Wasn't aware any of those were still in existence. I've never seen one in real life but remember reading about them ages ago. I always wondered how they kept the wooden bung from shooting out like a middle.

 

[JAReeves]

A new lid gasket for the fermenter that got ignored during three months of double shifts. I'm still not sure how the fruit flies got in, but they are resourceful.

Also, went to Total Wine after teaching this morning for the latest edition of Beer Hunter. Picked up some randomness, and they had Russian River in stock. Some Pliny, some Blind Pig, and a few bottles of something new, Mosaic Stack.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Wow. Talk about nostalgia! Wasn't aware any of those were still in existence. I've never seen one in real life but remember reading about them ages ago. I always wondered how they kept the wooden bung from shooting out like a middle.

Missle...sorry, darned auto correct

 

[camonick]

For an upcoming NEIPA. Hopefully using the Lupomax will reduce the amount of roughage in my kettle and fermenter.

 

[Teufelhunde]

For an upcoming NEIPA. Hopefully using the Lupomax will reduce the amount of roughage in my kettle and fermenter.
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Mmmmmmmm.......Mosaic and Citra is a wonderful combination.....

 

[Cider Wraith]

Have only spunded a batch or two but results were positive enough to make the modest purchase of a couple more units. These, along with a few dollars in additional gear should be worth it for the natural carbonation alone if not in addition to beverage enhancements. Also, they can be used to simply monitor pressure in stored/aging vessels

 

[grampamark]

Hops. Ordered last Wed. YVH always provides good service.

 

[SlobberinDog]

New gen 3 Triconical fermzilla just arrived! And the extension arm for my Brewzilla as well

 

[grampamark]

Not in the mail but from the neighbor across the street. 4 ball locks that the neighbor, who is quite the scrounger, got from his brother, who inherited them with the house he bought earlier this year.

I was in the garage and Ray came over and asked if I could use the other 4 of those “canisters” that he still had. I had bought 2 of them a few months ago for $30 each. He said he needed the room so he could finish the inside of his garage and just needed to get rid of some of the clutter. I offered to pay him but he said he just wanted them gone.

All of the kegs were clean and had a few ounces of water or sanitizer in the bottom and 3 of them were pressurized. The other one was clean but the lid o-ring was in the bottom of the keg.

 

[Cider Wraith]

It's so gracious of you to help out your neighbor ... and just as well you didn't inform him that empty kegs kept on newly purchased premises invites ghosts

 

[PCABrewing]

Replacement wheels for my lawn mower...

 

[Section1]

This was on the front porch today from @pshankstar
Beer and coffee. Nice!

 

[Rish]

3 kits I ordered from Northern Brewer on 10/06. Scottish ale, kolsch, chocolate milk stout.

 

[SlobberinDog]

Extended malt pipe for the Brewzilla came in today! Time to do a big beer in the 35L soon!

 

[D.B.Moody]

3 kits I ordered from Northern Brewer on 10/06.

 

[teddy4xp]

Rims set up from @Bobby_M at BrewHardware

 

[Gusso]

Got a keg today but not in the mail. I was riding my bike in a nearby development when I saw a corny keg out of the corner of my eye. Trash Day - one man's trash is another man's treasure! It's in nice condition and holds pressure.

 

[Hannabrew]

New gen 3 Triconical fermzilla just arrived! And the extension arm for my Brewzilla as well

Have you pressure tested yours yet?

I got the tri-clamp lid and I'm having a hard time getting a seal on both that lid is well as the yeast jar. No problem with the three piece tri clamp for the butterfly valvle though.

 

[jcav]

Got my grain order today for my upcoming Christmas Ale I am brewing soon. Gonna be nice and malty and the spices/other additions will consist of 2 1/2 pounds orange blossom honey, Madagascar vanilla beans, allspice, coriander, cinnamon sticks, light molasses, nutmeg and grated orange peels. Oh and I used Northern Brewer this time as they had certain grains that I only wanted to use and they shipped it within 6 days so they are getting better at order turn around.

 

[SlobberinDog]

Have you pressure tested yours yet?

I got the tri-clamp lid and I'm having a hard time getting a seal on both that lid is well as the yeast jar. No problem with the three piece tri clamp for the butterfly valvle though.

I had no issues at all with my pressure test. I put some food grade lube on all of the o-rings and silicone seals and it held 15psi like a champ