^^^ perhaps wrap them in burlap so the plants don’t take too much of a beating.
What I did for beer today
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BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Dryhopped the black IPA - mostly amarillo. DIPA is low, so this guy won't have to wait long to get on.
Harvested 1#11oz Newport and there is more out there. This is my best year yet despite tent caterpillars and hop merchants. Second trip was 7 ounces. I put 1 1/2 in the fridge for wet hops for my upcoming brew day.
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Just an aside, Shaniko is not a ghost town. It's a real fly spec of a place. I watched the total solar eclipse there 2 summers ago.
You must be a Lawyer. Just saying.
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I just went for the long haul in this hobby today and purchased this. I guess getting value out of my purchase is a great excuse to brew on a more regular basis.
Did we just become best friends?
Wow! Do you think your beer will improve? I want samples!!I just went for the long haul in this hobby today and purchased this. I guess getting value out of my purchase is a great excuse to brew on a more regular basis.
I think my motivation to brew regularly will improve which will, in turn, improve my beer by practice. I also think having a reliable system will allow me to pinpoint flaws in my recipe/process a bit better. I've made good beer with my haphazard jank-machine brew setup but I'm hoping brew days will be more relaxed versus waiting for the next "oh ****, what now?" moment. I've been brewing for about 7 years so it's time for some bog kid stuff.
I'll be back in the fellowship of the Homebrew soon enough and I will gladly swap samples with you.
Hell yes, come on over.
Certainly. Be there after my 6 hour flight
Side-note if I am in southern cali, I am now coming over.
Certainly. Be there after my 6 hour flight
Side-note if I am in southern cali, I am now coming over.
I think you should find yourself in area then, I know a guy with some good beer sitting around.
The low hanging fruit from centennial bines.
BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Kicked the latest IPA, cleaned the tap and keg, and bottled a few samples of my doppelbock to bottle condition before a competition in November.
Dude..where?
Certainly. Be there after my 6 hour flight
Side-note if I am in southern cali, I am now coming over.
Guess I should post. Built a brewpub. Humble for sure. Planning on 3gal batches in here. If 6gal are required will be in the house.
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I'm enjoying a day in Shanghai at the end of a Taiwan & China business trip. I lived in Shanghai for 12 years but left almost a decade ago. Anyhoo, when I lived here in the 90's and 2000's, there wasn't a lot of imported beer (german Kostrizer lager and schwarzbier was about it). I was pleased to see my very local supermarket now has about a dozen german, Danish and Belgium beers on shelf. I also went to a specialty booze shop in the neighborhood that had about 50 imported beers (split about 50-50 between the US and Europe).
Anyhoo, I picked up the German Prinzen Sud schwarzbier and a Puls Dark Wheat. Both of which are cooling on ice as I type this.
And, I just got back to my hotel after crashing some kind of Czech chamber of commerce thing with the Czech national basketball team in town for some kind of international basketball tournament/championship. Free food and free pilsner urkel on tap in 500cc glasses. You can't go wrong with couple of free Urkel's, and I'm pretty sure the imported kegs have much more hop flavor than the imported cans.
Anyhoo, I picked up the German Prinzen Sud schwarzbier and a Puls Dark Wheat. Both of which are cooling on ice as I type this.
And, I just got back to my hotel after crashing some kind of Czech chamber of commerce thing with the Czech national basketball team in town for some kind of international basketball tournament/championship. Free food and free pilsner urkel on tap in 500cc glasses. You can't go wrong with couple of free Urkel's, and I'm pretty sure the imported kegs have much more hop flavor than the imported cans.
Used blood orange purée for about half of it... tasty.
I’m having trouble getting the Belgian bottles corker with the Portuguese floor corked... I looks so easy on YouTube.
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View attachment 642271 View attachment 642270 View attachment 642267 Bottled holiday saison
Used blood orange purée for about half of it... tasty.
I’m having trouble getting the Belgian bottles corked with the Portuguese floor corked... I looks so easy on YouTube.
I have failed at corking but never succeeded.
BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Went to a small local hop farm to help harvest (getting 2lbs of hops as "payment" didn't hurt, but wasn't the primary motivation).
Edit: forgot to add that I also did a yeast starter and got stuff ready for brewing tomorrow. My extract-only friend was curious about the grain milling, so he came over for that.
Edit: forgot to add that I also did a yeast starter and got stuff ready for brewing tomorrow. My extract-only friend was curious about the grain milling, so he came over for that.
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I figured out what was going wrong. And successfully corked the 2 bottles I had (though after I was all done, so only 2) the part where the bottle sits is not lined up with the top, so by pulling it forward and off center the cork goes it without getting mangled. I make sense looking at the plunger having an angle.
Now I just need to adjust the plunger a little. I had to trim the tops a little to get the cage on properly, but I was happy I got the hang of it be fore destroying a whole bag of corks!
cleaned the tap lines and decided to go all in, deep cleaned the keezer. hadn't done it for at least a year, that thing was nasty. it is amazing how a few drips of beer here and there while changing kegs can lead to a cesspool at the bottom.
Brewed up a hoppy amber this morning that should be good; running low on grain so used 13lbs of two row and .75lb of home caramelized malt. Beautiful color and SG of 1.060, bittered with Chinook and late additions of Southern Passion hops just to do something with them. Just got home from visiting the former brewboss (2nd job precludes me from working there right now) and quaffed a few, brought my latest WF lager for him to try and got approval. Also got our butts kicked at cribbage which he just learned how to play, newb luck I say.
The local brew pub had their new Neipa on tap. Oh my is it good and has a slight haze and not that murky mess that many places like to sell. I can now say that I do like this style.
Did you leave enough head space?View attachment 642271 View attachment 642270 View attachment 642267 Bottled holiday saison
Used blood orange purée for about half of it... tasty.
I’m having trouble getting the Belgian bottles corker with the Portuguese floor corked... I looks so easy on YouTube.
Transferred my Saison off the cold break, oxygenated, and pitched 3711.
Yes I did. Turned out that sitting the bottle on the center of the pedestal meant it wasn’t lined up properly under the jaws and plunger.
brewed up a janet's brown ale
You'd think an Engineer would design that in.
