Today I cleaned four spent kegs that were ready for cleaning using hot PBW and my recirculating bucket pump system that I made several years ago. Then I sanitized two of them and kegged my Altbier!
John
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What I did for beer today
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Got my 1318 reproduction line going full tilt boogie this morning aiming to crank out enough cells for 20 gallons of 55 point hazies plus overbuild for the next cycle.
Safe and sane kitchen take-over: boil water on stove, set pot in sink, stir in four drops of Fermcap then add the DME. No chance of stove-top catastrophe. Spousal Unit is pleased.
"Happiness [bang! bang! shoot! shoot!] is a swelled pack"
Dueling 5L e-flasks ftw!
While that percolates, I dumped my Star San reservoir, cleaned the bucket, then set my RO system controller to put 5.5 gallons back in to make a fresh batch.
Done in plenty of time before the FB games start.
Cheers!
[edit] YeastCAM activated
Safe and sane kitchen take-over: boil water on stove, set pot in sink, stir in four drops of Fermcap then add the DME. No chance of stove-top catastrophe. Spousal Unit is pleased.
"Happiness [bang! bang! shoot! shoot!] is a swelled pack"
Dueling 5L e-flasks ftw!
While that percolates, I dumped my Star San reservoir, cleaned the bucket, then set my RO system controller to put 5.5 gallons back in to make a fresh batch.
Done in plenty of time before the FB games start.
Cheers!
[edit] YeastCAM activated
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Dry hopped my English IPA. 70g of Olicana and 50g of Harlequin.
I vacuum sealed 4 ounces of fresh dried Nugget hops. 7 half ounce bags and 2 quarter ounce bags. I don't know the alpha acid number but judging from prior years harvest I'm guessing they around 10 aa or higher. The first few times I brewed with them I was adding a full ounce for bittering per 5 gallons of beer. I learned to cut that in half else it was too bitter on the finish.
Got the buckeye hydro RO system installed - first did the system flush on the pre-filters for 10 minutes, put in the RO membrane, followed by 3 gallons of permeate (clean RO water) which I dumped before use on beer day. Installed a dual TDS meters on the incoming and outgoing water lines.
Incoming (tap water) - 55 ppm
Clean Permeate - 3-4 ppm
Very smooth install, quite easy actually in my case since I am just running waste to the ground outside and input water is via a brass female hose fitting.
Excited to check it out on a brew day - coming shortly. I think I am going to make another Irish Red next.
Incoming (tap water) - 55 ppm
Clean Permeate - 3-4 ppm
Very smooth install, quite easy actually in my case since I am just running waste to the ground outside and input water is via a brass female hose fitting.
Excited to check it out on a brew day - coming shortly. I think I am going to make another Irish Red next.
Tried to keg my British IPA but for some reason (no idea how or why) I managed to rouse all of the hops to the top after about 5L and they clogged both my floating dip tube and white Bounce filter.
I'll try again in a couple of hours when stuff has settled. Pretty sure it's CO2 dissolved in the hop sludge releasing as the pressure in my All Rounder drops and pushing them all to the top.
Also, my MJ keg that has just come off my kegerator (was holding Saison) is covered in rust inside. That's suboptimal.
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Round 2 ran a bit smoother and I managed to get a full keg out. Tasting very decent even warm and flat.
I'll try again in a couple of hours when stuff has settled. Pretty sure it's CO2 dissolved in the hop sludge releasing as the pressure in my All Rounder drops and pushing them all to the top.
Also, my MJ keg that has just come off my kegerator (was holding Saison) is covered in rust inside. That's suboptimal.
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Round 2 ran a bit smoother and I managed to get a full keg out. Tasting very decent even warm and flat.
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Got my starter started; once it's cooled down I'll pitch the WLP530 and get 'er on the stir plate.
I brewed a big beer today (~1.100 OG). Last week I made a 3 gallon starter that yielded a ton of yeast. Today I did a cell count to determine how many viable cells per ml in my starter in order to calculate how much to pitch. I was drinking a homebrew Belgian Blond while counting. Hopefully I it didn't affect my count.
Today I brewed 19 litres of Butty Bach (Little Friend in Welsh) Clone
3400g Maris Otter
200g Flaked Barley
200g Torrefied Wheat
100g Extra light crystal
Hops
EKG, Fuggles and Bramling X
Nottingham yeast
3400g Maris Otter
200g Flaked Barley
200g Torrefied Wheat
100g Extra light crystal
Hops
EKG, Fuggles and Bramling X
Nottingham yeast
ClaudiusB
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I am brewing a Doppelbock and waiting for the grain processing system to send all required grains to the toy brewhouse.
Only Pils and Munich are required, as indicated by the second picture. The grain processing system begins dispensing grains after receiving a reply from the required silos.
Only Pils and Munich are required, as indicated by the second picture. The grain processing system begins dispensing grains after receiving a reply from the required silos.
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Do you give brewery tours to the public? That looks amazing!
Got the Christmas TreeT Belgian going. I didn't get near the boil-off I expected, so instead of finishing with 5 gallons, I'm sitting at just over 6. This led to lower than expected OG of 1.064, which will bring down my FG by a few points (and by extension, my ABV will be around 7 instead of 9%).
The Sabro smells great, though, and I've been waiting for the trub to settle some before tasting the hydrometer sample.
The Sabro smells great, though, and I've been waiting for the trub to settle some before tasting the hydrometer sample.
