Made a yeast starter for brew day this Friday.
John
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What I did for beer today
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Kegged up my single hop Nectaron hazy. It was a bit of a pain as I managed to block my Bounce with hop matter about three times due to the filter in my Fermzilla being absolutely caked in it. Ended up blowing that out with some CO2 which sorted things out.
ClaudiusB
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I ran into a pump problem today. My automated mash water delivery pump for the two mash tuns quit. The other pump in the same system used for the guided/manual brewing took over but it requires operator control.
The pump capacitor turned out to be defective.
The pump capacitor turned out to be defective.
Unfortunately, my automated mash water delivery system only works when my wife hears me and agrees to deliver the mash water.
Kegged my dunkleweizen
Ugh, capacitors.
I miss the olden days of yore when they were overbuilt and could be trusted.
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I made an early escape from the grasping claws of my corporate overlords, so today was a busy day my hoopty brewery. I washed three kegs, boiled some small components in a heavy PBW solution, sanitized a 6gal keg, purged it, loaded it with finings and ascorbic acid then racked some fizzy yellow swill into the keg. It's the first batch of Panther Piss that I've brewed in over a year so it was nice to say hellow again to an old friend.
Kegged the Brut IPA. Stupidly plugged the scale into a switched outlet and switched it off mid-transfer, so I overfilled the keg a bit. No biggie.
What's a little more beer on the floor, right?
For what it's worth, I've switched to using a hose attached to the gas out that then goes into an old 2lt Erlenmeyer flask. I really like this new setup because I can go about my business and listen to the bubbles. When I stop hearing gurgling bubbles, I know it's time to shut off the valve on the fermenter and the 2lt flask gives my idiot brain plenty of time to react. No beer on the floor since I've adopted this technique.
Today I bottled my Sierra Nevada, 22 50cl bottles.
Cooled and popped test bottle #3 of Black Pearl's Revenge. I've already verified the taste; now the esthetics are coming into focus:
No beer on the floor. Closed loop, so the beer tried to go back into the fermenter but only made it halfway up the gas jumper line. Failed perpetual motion machine.
Oh.... I don't miss that. I adore that method because of its elegance, but I finally gave up and started doing pressure transfers. Damnit, I wish it was reliable, it's a beautiful way to transfer beer!
Well, started my day by making my wife breakfast and taking her for her nail appointment ( recent back surgery prevents her from driving,but having pretty nails does wonders for her attitude) How is this related to beer you ask- HA, I'm botteling 2 - 5 gallon brews tomorrow, a coffee porter and a Cascadian black IPA, she is my capper...without her its a slow process, even with her in a chair she is a machine and runs a mean bench capper- and her labeling is better than mine, she can do both faster than I can fill. After her appointment,
I dragged her to the local home brew store to pick up a few things so I can brew Sunday,( and beyond)..I spent the balance of the afternoon washing and sanitizing bottles and gear for tomorrow, while I was doing that I ran 6.5 gallons of water through the RO/DI system for my Sunday brew... other than that- I did nuttin!
I dragged her to the local home brew store to pick up a few things so I can brew Sunday,( and beyond)..I spent the balance of the afternoon washing and sanitizing bottles and gear for tomorrow, while I was doing that I ran 6.5 gallons of water through the RO/DI system for my Sunday brew... other than that- I did nuttin!
Kegged a schwarz beer and an Australian golden ale. Cleaned three kegs from a festival an few weeks ago.
Didn't clean the fermenters, hoping to get a couple of brews done this week to dumped on top of those yeast cakes. The schwarz was Novalager, the ale was nottingham. Open to suggestion. Was thinking maybe a dunkle for the Novalager, since it was a dark beer. The Australian was hoppy, but not dry hopped, so maybe a pale ale. Haven't done a Baltic Porter in a season or two, but not quite into the big beers much anymore. Doing another festival in a three weeks, could brew something on the ale yeast for that or just shoot for replenishing for after that, probably the smarter idea.
Didn't clean the fermenters, hoping to get a couple of brews done this week to dumped on top of those yeast cakes. The schwarz was Novalager, the ale was nottingham. Open to suggestion. Was thinking maybe a dunkle for the Novalager, since it was a dark beer. The Australian was hoppy, but not dry hopped, so maybe a pale ale. Haven't done a Baltic Porter in a season or two, but not quite into the big beers much anymore. Doing another festival in a three weeks, could brew something on the ale yeast for that or just shoot for replenishing for after that, probably the smarter idea.
After the chiller-with-mold-in-it debacle, brewed up another batch of PF Lager this morning that is currently no-chilling. Boiled the hell out of the chiller yesterday but still has gunk; so right now heating up more water with some LA's Totally Awesome yellow cleaner stuff to recirculate through it after a 2-hour soak in said cleaner solution (tossed that, more gunk came out). Plate chillers have come way down in price on amazon, so if this doesn't work will just say the hell with it and get a new one.
Also found some new snaggy holes in my trusty Wilser bag after pulling it up from the mash; I've had this one for almost 4 years now and it's done well, but have had to make some repairs in it. New holes are not reparable (too small and stitching will put too much stress on it), so had to find a replacement. Found out, like many probably already have, that Mike is now selling his bags on brewhardware.com! New one ordered, will be here next week with Bobby's excellent customer service.
Also found some new snaggy holes in my trusty Wilser bag after pulling it up from the mash; I've had this one for almost 4 years now and it's done well, but have had to make some repairs in it. New holes are not reparable (too small and stitching will put too much stress on it), so had to find a replacement. Found out, like many probably already have, that Mike is now selling his bags on brewhardware.com! New one ordered, will be here next week with Bobby's excellent customer service.
Bottled the remains from 4 kegs and distributed bottles to my tasters…. Only beer left in kegerator is the NA pale ale. Fortunately there’s 3 full kegs in storage Frig. Time to “Brew Up”. I’ve got grain for Irish Red then it’s an IPA and a bitters for the caskerator..
I'm making a hefeweizen
Stewarding at NHC in NYC.
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Made 5 gallons and probably drank 2
Kegging my first "cold IPA" today...
Cheers!
Cheers!
Then whizzed out 3?
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A 50l batch of Marzen in the fermenter
Today I brewed 19 L of Kolsch
3500g Crisp German Pilsner malt
400g Vienna malt
100g Torrefied wheat
23g Styrian Golding at 60m
14g Mittelfruh at 60m
26g Hersbrucker at 15m
28g Saaz at 80C for 15m
Dry Kolsch yeast at 16C
OG 1.052 giving a BHE of 78%
3500g Crisp German Pilsner malt
400g Vienna malt
100g Torrefied wheat
23g Styrian Golding at 60m
14g Mittelfruh at 60m
26g Hersbrucker at 15m
28g Saaz at 80C for 15m
Dry Kolsch yeast at 16C
OG 1.052 giving a BHE of 78%
Made Yooper's Oatmeal Stout, subbed Baird's Roast Barley 600L, and I'm going to use S-04, but other than that, no changes. It's boiling now!
One other difference: OG 1.056, and volume more like 2.9 gallons instead of 3.0 gallons
One other difference: OG 1.056, and volume more like 2.9 gallons instead of 3.0 gallons
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Never done this before but today I hit my first "cold IPA" brew with the gelatin treatment before putting it on gas. Loaded a pair of 100ml syringes with a split packet of Knox bloomed in 200ml of boiled then chilled water, warmed back up to 150°F and injected into very cold kegs as prescribed.
Went well, very curious to see how this turns out...
Cheers!
Went well, very curious to see how this turns out...
Cheers!
Opened and drank the first 12 oz production bottle of Black Pearl's Revenge. Very tasty, carbed, but not much head retention.
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