What I did for beer today

[JAReeves]

I miss reading all these post and replying. Been down and out for 2 months, terrible case of sciatica since Nov and then pneumonia went and invited itself into my lungs. Been a rough 2 months, no alcohol while on this nerve pain med, no Old Fezziweg for Xmas, wife axed the Christmas Porter, she knew I'd break down and sneak one...I'm in no beer Hell ! Any who...Merry Christmas all you wonderful magnificent sons of you know what brewers !!!

Feel Better!

 

[Rish]

I'm in no beer Hell!

I've been wondering where you were. Hope you get everything straightened out soon! Skål, sláinte, prost!

 

[ba-brewer]

Merry Chrismas to all of the people here.

Hope you start feeling well soon @seanjwalker1

 

[seanjwalker1]

I've been wondering where you were. Hope you get everything straightened out soon! Skål, sláinte, prost!

Vielen Dank brau Kamerad. Gute Wienachten ! Alles

 

[Langerz]

Milled grain, measured out water and salts for first brew on new indoor electric system. Going for a Two Hearted clone since that was the first brew with my original set up

 

[seanjwalker1]

I feel a bit guilty. I'm not supposed to have any alcohol till I finish with these bloody nerve pills. Wife doesn't want me making or buying. But today while picking up a few things for the wife at the store, this beauty caught my eye.... On sale after Christmas for $17 ! 4 great beers and a glass ?!? Common ! What's a brew lover to do ?!? The temptation was too great ! The brew God's were on my shoulder whispering in my ear ! Now just gotta be slick and hide it by blending it in with all the other beers in the collection. If I get busted I'll just be like the bad kid in the Polar Express and keep repeating I didn't do it.. I didn't do it

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I feel a bit guilty. I'm not supposed to have any alcohol till I finish with these bloody nerve pills. Wife doesn't want me making or buying. But today while picking up a few things for the wife at the store, this beauty caught my eye.... On sale after Christmas for $17 ! 4 great beers and a glass ?!? Common ! What's a brew lover to do ?!? The temptation was too great ! The brew God's were on my shoulder whispering in my ear ! Now just gotta be slick and hide it by blending it in with all the other beers in the collection. If I get busted I'll just be like the bad kid in the Polar Express and keep repeating I didn't do it.. I didn't do it

It’s only a crime if you drink it too soon, I’ll tell you!

I just finished packing some entries for the first competition of 24 that I’m entering. So it begins.

 

[day_trippr]

Took a 5 liter 1318 starter off the stir plate and stuck it in a fridge, then set up two pairs of carboys full of hazies for soft-crashing prior to dry hopping...

Next up: non-beer effort debugging a dead section of xmas tree lights

Cheers!

 

[MaxStout]

Bottling double-header. First, 5.25 gal of Kolsch, then 3 gal Mott's juice hard cider.

 

[Wigglebutts Brewery]

Monitoring “pretend” lager FV cooler. Workshop concrete floor is about 50f so I got an Inkbird seed mat and hooked it up to an Inkbird temp controller. The carboy‘s on the concrete floor, wrapped in the temp controlled mat and buried under a sleeping bag. Temp has been holding solid at set 52f. The yeast is doing its magic, all is good! In the meantime the temp controlled chest freezer has two carboys at 67f.

 

[Langerz]

Brewed for the first time indoors and first time doing 10 gallons. New Brew Easy setup doing an American IPA.

Went well for the first run other than a stuck mash. I have never liked my grain mill and I’m going to blame it. Several times while milling I noticed the gap setting had opened up on one side and I had a lot of unmilled barley in the bucket so ran it through twice and things were pretty powdery. Things got stuck toward the end of the mash and I ended up having to stir the grain bed. I let things circulate until things were flowing clear before draining. Numbers were decent so hopefully all good.

With that issue and learning my way around the new set up my new easier less work system ended up being the longest brew day I’ve had in a while but there’s two fermenters full of beer downstairs

Now trying to decide if I want to figure out why mill won’t stay tight (I cranked on that knob pretty hard) or just get something different. Seems like everything in a reasonable price range has a similar tightening method

 

[PashMaddle]

I got everything cleaned, weighed out, set up and ready for a porter when my youngest wakes up (she likes to help).
I got to set the delay timer on my anvil foundry, it seems like a neat feature and I suppose we'll see how it goes, along with applying what I learned and figured out on my last (first) go round.

Now trying to decide if I want to figure out why mill won’t stay tight (I cranked on that knob pretty hard) or just get something different. Seems like everything in a reasonable price range has a similar tightening method

I ran into the same thing with my evil twin, the adjustment knob wasn't accurate at all, so I dug out my feeler gauges, took it apart and went to messin' with stuff. The end result was just me settling for "close enough" on the gap measurement and just dialing it in with some grain. I'll eventually "calibrate" the actual gap adjustment knob when I get bored enough to do it. If yours is aluminum, be careful overtightening because you can wreck (strip) the threads in the much softer than steel aluminum and once that happens you have no way of holding the rollers in place .... which would be bad. You may already know this but it doesn't hurt to share anyway.

 

[Langerz]

I got everything cleaned, weighed out, set up and ready for a porter when my youngest wakes up (she likes to help).
I got to set the delay timer on my anvil foundry, it seems like a neat feature and I suppose we'll see how it goes, along with applying what I learned and figured out on my last (first) go round.


I ran into the same thing with my evil twin, the adjustment knob wasn't accurate at all, so I dug out my feeler gauges, took it apart and went to messin' with stuff. The end result was just me settling for "close enough" on the gap measurement and just dialing it in with some grain. I'll eventually "calibrate" the actual gap adjustment knob when I get bored enough to do it. If yours is aluminum, be careful overtightening because you can wreck (strip) the threads in the much softer than steel aluminum and once that happens you have no way of holding the rollers in place .... which would be bad. You may already know this but it doesn't hurt to share anyway.

Yeah I haven’t really used markings in the knobs mainly because the etching is really light (plus I probably need glasses but haven’t admitted that fully yet). I always set with feeler gauges. The gap visibly opened on one side during milling though. I took it all apart and I’m not sure why. Then I tighten the set screw I can’t move the adjustment knob by hand so seems tight. I ended up buying a different mill. The current one was an early purchase without enough research and I never liked it. Between this gap issue and rollers not pulling in grain I’m ready to be done with it.

As far as what I did for beer today (yesterday addition). I learned a valuable lesson. I cleaned out my keezer thoroughly the day before. Sat down to watch my team play in a bowl game with my latest neipa. Warm. When you clean out and defrost your keezer make sure you plug it back in.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

my HB Jail Ale

 

[day_trippr]

Busy morning, had two kegs kick yesterday, swapped them for freshies this morning and ran the kicks through the Mark II.
Then pulverized 24 ounces of hops and dry hopped four fermentors full of hazies.
Went through my hop inventory and ordered two pounds of 2023 Citra from YVH - and asked for extra fridge stickers
Now thinking about the first two brew days of 2024. I'm thinking another Ballantine IPA and Juicy Bits batches...

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

It's 123123 Day!

Jarred the latest 1318 starter cycle product, then started another spin to build up to a couple of 10 gallon pitches plus an overbuild for next time...

Cheers!

 

[leedspointbrew]

Overcame massive lack of motivation and bottled the Adhoc Amber / Leftover Lager that I almost wish I forgot was sitting in my shed lagering. First time using Grolsch swingtops - we'll see how it goes.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Happy New Year fellow brewers !

 

[day_trippr]

Sem-busy day in the brew space. First was decanting and jarring yet another 1318 starter...

Then it was time to keg 20 gallons of hazies...

Set all the carboys on the sideboard for a few hours to warm up to room temperature before cleaning them with room temperature water.

Cheers!

 

[mac_1103]

Finally got around to putting this together.

 

[Lampy]

Just made some candi syrup for my first shot at a Dubbel(ish) sometime soon. Hopefully worth the time!

 

[wepeeler]

Smash Pilsner. Water + German Pilsner malt + Tettnang hops + 2 packs 34/70 hopefully = 5% German Pilsner in 4-6 weeks!

 

[rhoadsst]

Been a minute since I've had time to brew but got it done today with a small batch pilsner. Used Weyermann Eraclea for the first time. Have heard good things about it. Mount Hood and Hallertau Mittelfruh hops and S-23.

 

[lumpher]

Deep-cleaned, sanitized, leak-tested, and purged 5 kegs i recently rebuilt. Also gave my Mash and Boil a serious cleaning. I was surprised when I was done and realized 3 hours had passed...

 

[lumpher]

Juicy Bits batches...

Whatever you do, don't try to say that 5 times fast...

 

[BeerAndTele]

Flunked a triangle test with my Vienna Lager splt batch: Lallemand Novalager vs 34/70.

 

[lumpher]

Just kegged 5 gallons of Fruit Bazooka NEIPA and 5 gallons Chocolate Milk Stout.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Became a supporting member. This forum, and everyone on it, have been awesome and a huge assist in my frequently quixotic attempts to brew drinkable beer.

 

[grampamark]

I was doing some cleanup in my basement brewery after brewing yesterday and decided I should defrost the freezer drawer on my kegerator. When getting hops out of the freezer I noticed there was a lot of ice built up (it’s 60 years old and not frost free). It had been at least a year since it was last done. It should be a little more efficient now.

 

[Rish]

Bottled a wheat sour. First half was straight wheat, second half I added salt and a coriander tincture for a gose vibe. Turned out pretty good so far.