cyto
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5.25 gallons in the Catalyst fermenter.
What I did for beer today
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Ordered several grains, from Munich and vienna to C10 and C60 (and Maris Otter!) In 5# & 10# increments. My brother and I were getting together ingredients for our next 3 or 4 brews and I was dismayed at how low my stock had gotten!
For Christmas we got several 50ml tubes for yeast to be frozen and stored. That looks cool!
day_trippr
"Now brewing exclusively with Hydrohydroxic Acid"
Kicked four kegs last night/wicked early this morning - hit the rack at 3 AM after updating The Spousal Unit's PC from W7P to W10P (so many updates - for some reason it started with the original Windows 10 kit then proceeded to apply seemingly every half-annum update to finally get it to October's 20H2 release. Sheesh!)
So today I had to load four freshies and clean the kickees - while doing a full system backup of Her machine...
Cheers!
So today I had to load four freshies and clean the kickees - while doing a full system backup of Her machine...
Cheers!
Happily sniffing the airlock. Later I’ll bottle prime a gallon of stein brew.
Other than drinking a few pints of my latest WF lager, sadly ignoring the one in the ferment fridge that is ready to be kegged; not to mention the empty one in there from last kegging session that I just haven't cleaned yet. Yes, very very turrible of me but it's sealed, not getting hurt, just will be a bit sticky to clean when I do get around to it. Building a huge fire in the woodstove and relaxing is more important at the moment. Oh, and drinking, as aforesaid.
Do you prime beer in the mancan like bottled beer or does it get charged with external CO2?
I have some kegland mini kegs that I have had some issues with oxidation, have you had similar issues with your mancan?
Hit 1.010 today on my BGS. Bumped the temp to 82° to finish up. Today is day 13. Tracking along where I was hoping it would. Thankfully didn't stall out like 1388 is known for.
BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Got elected to be my brew clubs new secretary/vice president! We're still doing zoom meetings now, but the new president and I really want to expand club participation going forward. Our regular attendance leaves something to be desired.
Bottling my Another New Year (ANY) APA, dredging the yeast cake for a marzen that we're brewing tomorrow... so I've got to sanitize bottles, tubing, filling wand, bottling bucket, spigots, gaskets, spoons, mason jars, etc.
Then clean and prepare the fermenter for tomorrow's festivities.
ETA: yes, I know this sounds like an ad for kegging your brew...
ETAA: happy to report I got 12x22oz and 26x12oz bottles of brew out of it, along with about 1.5 liters of yeast cake/slurry from the bottom of the fermenter (see the other thread looking for advice).
Then clean and prepare the fermenter for tomorrow's festivities.
ETA: yes, I know this sounds like an ad for kegging your brew...
ETAA: happy to report I got 12x22oz and 26x12oz bottles of brew out of it, along with about 1.5 liters of yeast cake/slurry from the bottom of the fermenter (see the other thread looking for advice).
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It's charged with external CO2 cartridge,
Thanks for the reply. I suspect there might be an issue with the o-ring that seals the top. Looks your top snugs up before you get metal to metal, which does not happen with my kegland setup.
Dunked 6# of crabapples in sanitizer. Going to halve and core them to eliminate seeds and then they go into the freezer for an upcoming secondary.
After building tonight's house-heating inferno, finally moved the Cascade APA I brewed a few weeks ago to the top shelf of the ferment fridge so I can keg it later tonight. Just need to rinse out and sanitize the already-chilled empty in the kegerator, sanitize lid and transfer hose, and good to go. Butt doesn't seem to want to get out of the comfy chair though...
todays high was 71f, had to strip down to my pj bottoms.....and i ate a sandwich with ham and cheese, but the bread was made out of split peas, and you may ask "what does that have to do with beer?" it keeps my liver from exploding!
Do you freeze 'em to mush 'em up a bit?
Yes. They are for a sour I am making for Christmas 2021.
Tried out a new standard CO2 regulator on my office keg. I could never get the small regulators to quit leaking! This one is great, the big 74 gram CO2 canister holds right at 900 lbs for a week, no leakage. Dialed right up to 10 lbs like my big CO2 tank and regulator and holds it there!
Brewed!
Doppelbock to open my lager season.
Doppelbock to open my lager season.
Got the "Munich In Tents" brewed up -- in the garage again, owing to forecast rain/snow.
It's really hard to see what's going on with such huge temperature differences.
Anyway, OG 1.057, and the sample was malty sweet with slight hops bitter finish. Should ferment out nice and malty. We'll see how the 2112 feels after spending the night in the garage. Prosit!
It's really hard to see what's going on with such huge temperature differences.
Anyway, OG 1.057, and the sample was malty sweet with slight hops bitter finish. Should ferment out nice and malty. We'll see how the 2112 feels after spending the night in the garage. Prosit!
I think I saw that on an episode of Mission: Impossible...
Tinkered with a clone recipe, checked that I have all the ingredients, and will measure out the grain bill for a brew day this weekend.
Rearranged my brew space to provide a little more storage, a little more room for storing and milling grain, and a place to sit while waiting for the timer to count down on brew days.
I endured nonsense from work today. Is this enough? Please, may have have some homebrew?
I do like the beer items on the wall. Reminds me of when folks collected QSL cards from radio stations and put the cards on the wall.
I see the remotes, where's the bigscreen tv? You aren't going to cover up that beautiful 6-pack carrier wall, are you? Looks fantastic by the way.
Built a recipe for a porter/stout, then without thinking about it anymore milled the grain and got set up for what should be a pretty good brewday tomorrow. Just need to move a few more things around in the garage to give me more space. Tonight sipping on some homebrew and enjoying the fact that it's Friday, after a long long long week.
LOL forgot about that!! I have two of those sitting on shelves in my garage....collecting dust.
We may still have a TV like that too somewhere I think. Started with two but one did not take the second fall from the dresser well.
I have to admit it was the fridge that stuck in my mind not the TV, don't think I ever seen one that color before.
I have to admit it was the fridge that stuck in my mind not the TV, don't think I ever seen one that color before.
I went to get some oxygen in my new M4 tank...got a pediatric flow regulator, excited to try it out!
Guy at Airgas was really cool...they're still way overpriced, but he and I chatted about beer for probably 20 minutes..
Guy at Airgas was really cool...they're still way overpriced, but he and I chatted about beer for probably 20 minutes..
According to the serial # that fridge was built in 1959. In the late ‘50s Chevy had a color that was called “Surf Green”, although I always thought it looked like Turquoise. That color is an almost exact match for the color of the fridge.
My first car was a ‘59 Chevy which I bought in 1967 for $375. I’d love to find a decent project car today but even rotted out basket cases are selling for about 10X what I paid for mine.
Filling up the propane tank today in order to brew tomorrow...
Had just about the smoothest brewday ever this morning; everything went right, even down to hitting my mash temp right on the nose. 5.5 hours start to finish, with everything clean and put away. What was going to be a slightly stronger stout turned into an Imperial with SG at 1.081. Love days like this.
Prepped for my latest SMaSH, Maris Otter and Comet. Not sure what day I will brew-depends on my sister.
She is Ca Nat’l Guard and being shipped to DC for inauguration protection. Waiting to see when I can drop a care package off for her company before they fly out. I don’t think I can give them homebrew, but I do have to go get some diet Dr. Pepper for them. It’s the little things, you know?
She is Ca Nat’l Guard and being shipped to DC for inauguration protection. Waiting to see when I can drop a care package off for her company before they fly out. I don’t think I can give them homebrew, but I do have to go get some diet Dr. Pepper for them. It’s the little things, you know?
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Got on the scoreboard for 2021 with 5gal of Anchor Steam clone brewed, kegged 5gal of fizzy yellow swill, and measured out the grist for my first CAP of 2021: The Great 2020 CAP Bender begins its second year at dawn.
I also went full OCD with my vacuum packer and parceled out a series of 1 and 2oz acid malt charges and several 4oz Melanoidin malt charges.
I also went full OCD with my vacuum packer and parceled out a series of 1 and 2oz acid malt charges and several 4oz Melanoidin malt charges.
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I did my first brew day yesterday, a whooping 2gal batch Ordinary Bitter that I split 3 ways to test wlp030(thames Valley Ale), wlp033(Klassic Ale) and WY3655(Belgian Schelde Ale).
Today watched all 3 bubbling a way a few time. Looked back at old recipes to find a recipe for a bigger dark beer, thinking either a RIS or Dunkles Bock. Have been seeing Baltic Porters showing up lately so did some looking into those recipes as it a style I have thought about brewing but never have.
Today watched all 3 bubbling a way a few time. Looked back at old recipes to find a recipe for a bigger dark beer, thinking either a RIS or Dunkles Bock. Have been seeing Baltic Porters showing up lately so did some looking into those recipes as it a style I have thought about brewing but never have.
Pulled FG samples from the American Wheat and Brown Ale that I brewed a couple of weeks ago. .012 and .010, respectively. Started cold crashing, will keg on Monday. My pipeline will be pretty much full then. Just have to decide what to brew next.
