What I did for beer today

[Master]

Finally got around to buying my RO system for brewing water.

 

[6Tap]

Finally got around to buying my RO system for brewing water.

Master
What system did you buy and what made you make the decision to buy it? I’ve been thinking of doing the same. [emoji482]

 

[Master]

I went with Buckeye Hydro (he posts here a lot).

I got a Chloramine Special RODI system. Local utility treats with Chloramine, while the water is good it's VERY inconsistent. They swap between river, lake and ground water all the time with no real notice. At homebrew scales, its far more economical to do RO and add salts I need than try to run a same day water analysis on whatever HRSD decided to put in the mains this week.

http://www.buckeyehydro.com/chloramine-special-rodi/

I went with 50gpd, as it was a reasonable capacity to have that can fill my HLT overnight. DI is just an add on that I'm using since I do a little lab work in my garage so it keeps me from having to buy distilled.

 

[OG-wan Kenobi]

Getting some 1318 ready

 

[6Tap]

I went with Buckeye Hydro (he posts here a lot).

I got a Chloramine Special RODI system. Local utility treats with Chloramine, while the water is good it's VERY inconsistent. They swap between river, lake and ground water all the time with no real notice. At homebrew scales, its far more economical to do RO and add salts I need than try to run a same day water analysis on whatever HRSD decided to put in the mains this week.

http://www.buckeyehydro.com/chloramine-special-rodi/

I went with 50gpd, as it was a reasonable capacity to have that can fill my HLT overnight. DI is just an add on that I'm using since I do a little lab work in my garage so it keeps me from having to buy distilled.

Thanks for the info!

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

I'm bottling more beer for competitions so took some leftover parts and built a BierMuncher Bottle Filler. Just need to get a drilled stopper.

 

[Phildo253]

Added the drip tray to my keezer build. That was the last piece. It is completely done...for now.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Checked final gravity on my Amber orange spice, O.G 1.080, F.G 1.026 ABV 7%. Cold crashing to low/high 40's since last night, will add Isinglass today for 4 day clarifying. Taste yummy! Can't wait till it's carbonated!

 

[brewbama]

Well, I went down to get a hydrometer sample thinking fermentation was complete from last week’s brewday but evidently not. CO2 still thumping (slowly) in the blowoff jar. Let it ride.

 

[Master]

Measured out hops for Bitter JO Imperial IPA.

This is for a 5g batch. How do you say it's hoppy. (Full disclosure.. Some of the hops are older, so I upped the amount to get the same AAU in the brew)

 

[Master]

And if the card don't give it away, I turn 40 Sunday.

 

[itsnotrequired]

planned to clean three kegs but once i got into the keezer, realized the barleywine had, like, a pint left so i kicked it. took the opportunity the adjust the beer/gas lines in the keezer, they were a twisted mess.

mini disaster with the keg cleaning though. i have a homemade keg cleaner and damn if that thing didn't tip over on the first keg, pumping pbw all over the basement floor. i caught it when i heard some weird splashing but the damage had been done, about three gallons of solution on the floor. several towels and curse words later, crisi averted. towels are in the washing machine now..

 

[aharri1]

Racked my white Stout to secondary on cacao nibs that were soaked in vodka. Gonna let that sit for 7 days and put 8 oz of coffee beans for two days .

 

[Leapsandbounds]

Brewed a Witbier. I’ve been messing around with using wheat flour in beer. Seems to work okay. However, you really need a whisk to break up the mash.

 

[jiMithing83]

View attachment 606461 View attachment 606462 View attachment 606463 Brewed a Witbier. I’ve been messing around with using wheat flour in beer. Seems to work okay. However, you really need a whisk to break up the mash.

Post it in the How Many Gallons of Homebrew in 2019 thread...

 

[Master]

Installed my @Buckeye_Hydro Chloramine RODI system today. It was a piece of cake..

Fixing the unholy amalgamation of Pex, Copper, Galvanized, QWEST and Sharkbite the previous owner had at the Laundry/Utility Sink took most of the day.

Took my wife to get LASIK and went to the LHBS to get grain and yeast on the way home. Priorities.

 

[jiMithing83]

Just started to boil my starter of 1056 for a sweet stout I'll make this weekend.

 

[itsnotrequired]

moved an esb starter to the fridge to settle. kegged an ipa, cleaned the conical.

 

[aharri1]

Cleaned a fermenter and unstuck my tap in the Kegerator with hot water. Have a cheap one it came with, and looks like I need to upgrade to a better faucet.

 

[catdaddy66]

Gotta clean my mashtun for the weekend brew session. Also get ready to bottle my smoked pepper porter this weekend.

 

[grampamark]

Packaged some specialty grains I brought home from the LHBS (used the gift certificate I got for Xmas), cleaned some kegs, and cleaned and sanitized my beer lines and faucets. I've got three batches in primary and the first one should be ready to keg this weekend.

 

[seatazzz]

Ran up to LHBS to get a bag of UNMILLED two row and some pilsner to do another lager this weekend; also got Tettnanger hops to do it the right way. And stopped at Home Depot to get a new corded drill to run the new grain mill, and of course had to play with it; now contemplating what lumber I need to buy to build a permanent stand for the thing. Weird to see unmilled grain in the garbage can I store my base malt in; dreaming of what it will turn in to while I sip on some truly yummy Pliny clone on my night off.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Getting ready to sanitize some bottles and bottle up my Amber orange spice. Still don't have my 1/2 Barb connectors from Amazon 2 weeks later! Stopped at Home Depot, all they had were brass npt hose barb connectors which I'm reluctant to use..I'm a stickler and advocate of stainless steel..so no brew pump test..will have to use the ol' hand siphon...heavy sigh...

 

[mullet6577]

Kegged my most recent 2 row/centennial/cascade voss kviek experiment. Wasn't great at last hydro sample. I'll drink every last drop anyway [emoji14]

 

[jcav]

Kegged an English Nut Brown Ale today. Sample tasted so good flat and had an incredible aroma. Gonna be a fantastic beer once it's carbed.

John

 

[aharri1]

Fertilized my hop plants and installed some more wood trellis to accommodate growth.

 

[grampamark]

Hung up some old beer signs in my brew space in the basement. Got them from a friend who was getting rid of stuff after his divorce.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Hung up some old beer signs in my brew space in the basement. Got them from a friend who was getting rid of stuff after his divorce.

OMG love the Strohs and Schlitz! I grew up in Detroit area many moons ago and Strohs was one our our go to beers in HS. I thought I was only one with a Strohs picture in my brew cave!

 

[seatazzz]

Kegged up my latest Bastard clone while waiting on the boil for the latest lager. Tastes great but has a smidgen of bubblegum that will hopefully fade. Getting ready to drag hoses around to set up the chiller, already have the tun dumped and cleaned out. Rest of the day will be some housework and maybe thumping the husband at cribbage.

 

[orionol73]

Currently boiling a Golden Ale with Brewer's Gold hops