What I did for beer today

[1fast636]

Washed Cali ale yeast, two big jars are for 10 gal batches small jars are for 5 gal

 

[NTXBrauer]

Made a 2L starter for a Belgian Blond I am brewing this weekend.

 

[gometz]

Not the right thread really, but I've narrowed down my brew next week to either an IPA or a farmhouse IPA (using 3711). What do people think i should do?

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[jperry]

I went and bought a 1/2" in. low speed drill, from Harbor Freight, to run my new Monster Mill.

 

[provball96]

Kids military surplus sweater makes for a damned cool carboy cover IMO

 

[The542]

Bought a Maytag 15 cu chest freezer, two 7 gal Ferminators, and the monster mill 3 V2.

I'm gonna brew a lot this year.

 

[Hello]

Last night I converted my bottling bucket to a tiltless model.

Do show.

Racked my porter to secondary over 4 oz bourbon that had wood chips and vanilla beans soaking for a couple weeks.

 

[nukebrewer]

Do show.

Racked my porter to secondary over 4 oz bourbon that had wood chips and vanilla beans soaking for a couple weeks.

Just a #2 stopper with hole and the elbow portion of a racking cane.


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[JonM]

Busy day!

Got my new A419 controller set up and connected to the little heater. I put the heater inside my chiller, which is now turned off so it is just an insulated box. I have 3 gallons of cider in there, which I'll later turn into a Zombie Killer-like thing with honey and cherry juice. It's sitting at 60 in the 50ish degree basement.

I also got the ingredients for an oatmeal stout I'll make next weekend and did the starter with 1450. Had a misadventure because the 1450 yeast was some stuff I saved from an old batch. I had put it in beer bottles and, when I opened it up, it gushed like crazy. Like all over the walls crazy. Huge mess to clean up.

Anyway, I got nervous about the other two bottles of 1450, so I put on safety glasses and gloves and took them outside to open them up. One gushed a couple feet (seriously - like Champagne) and the other was fine, so that's the one I used in my starter. What a day.

Then I cut some circles out of foam, which I'll use as insulation on top of the mash in the 10 gallon mash tun I put together the other day. I have the same setup for my 5 gallon mash tun, and I know it works really well.

EDIT: AND I sat down and figured out the water additions for the oatmeal stout. I'm bushed. Time for a beer.

 

[Inkleg]

Kegged 5 gallons of BierMunchers Centennial Blonde and racked another 5 gallons onto 5lbs of strawberries.
It's funny, I'm not a fruit beer guy, just did it to see how it turns out.

 

[Beernik]

I just pulled six fans out of two old computers. One is for making a stir plate and I'll probably use two or three of the others to build a fan for my ferm chamber.

That leaves at least two leftover for something.

 

[govner1]

I cleaned the lines in my kegerator, racked my Foothills Hoppyum to a keg for conditioning & now I'm enjoying a couple of my brews.

 

[g2rnewton]

Got 3 empty bottles from an old neighbor. He also brought a 6 pack of great beer from Baltimore...full tilt pale ale.

 

[Trippel-A]

Just a #2 stopper with hole and the elbow portion of a racking cane.

What a great, simple idea. I will steal this.

 

[Trippel-A]

Racked my porter to secondary over 4 oz bourbon that had wood chips and vanilla beans soaking for a couple weeks.

I did the same, but with 16oz bourbon, oak cubes instead of chips, and just one vanilla bean. The faint aroma coming through the airlock is really nice.

 

[nukebrewer]

What a great, simple idea. I will steal this.

For the purposes of full disclosure, it wasn't my idea. Well, I thought of it independently, but found, after searching the interwebs, that it had already been done, so I can't claim it as my idea.

I made a starter for the beer I will be brewing tomorrow.

 

[Tutsbrew]

Enjoyed a (large) mug of Odeaux Brodeaux Amberish Ale that I kegged a week ago. Also, let several peeps in on the idea that there is much to learn about the ingredients, and how those ingredients are treated, that make a beer style taste different from others.... Cheers!

 

[gometz]

Made some bread from spent grains, should start cleaning things for tomorrow, but i think I'll relax right now. Have until 7 pm to finish brewing.

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[Gixxer]

Spun some SS tubing on the lathe to clean up the scratches, clean up the end, and start turning a cap for the tubing. Gonna be a thermowell when I am done. I love it when I get stuff for free...

 

[homebrewmike]

Brewed my first shot at an ESB.

 

[Trippel-A]

Last night I got rid of a cool old steamer trunk we no longer had had room for. I did it for beer, because getting rid of it was SWMBO's prerequisite for me to build a keezer.

Now I just have to figure out how to make room in the pantry for the keezer... I'm thinking it will have to open in the front AND have taps on the front, so there can still be room above for shelves.

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[Trippel-A]

Also, we have a toddler, so I'll need to be able to lock down the taps somehow.

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[DrunkleJon]

Last night I got rid of a cool old steamer trunk we no longer had had room for. I did it for beer, because getting rid of it was SWMBO's prerequisite for me to build a keezer.

Now I just have to figure out how to make room in the pantry for the keezer... I'm thinking it will have to open in the front AND have taps on the front, so there can still be room above for shelves.

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Or do what some others here have done and put the keezer on casters so that you can roll it out when you need to mess with it (change kegs, gas, clean the lines, etc). Are you going to have the vertical clearance for a collar?

 

[gometz]

Brewing a pale ale (citra and admiral hops), and I bought the ingredients for a rye saison I will brew next weekend. Also bought some gypsum so I can start doing more with my water (use RO water).

 

[Trippel-A]

Or do what some others here have done and put the keezer on casters so that you can roll it out when you need to mess with it (change kegs, gas, clean the lines, etc). Are you going to have the vertical clearance for a collar?

Casters are smart.

All the shelves in there need to be replaced, so I can get the vertical clearance I need. But I worry that if I build the 2x4 collar like the typical chest freezer build, then taps sticking out the front will be too easy to accidentally turn on while getting other things in and out of the pantry.

I'm thinking about taps coming out the top, but then I'll lose a lot of shelf space.

 

[TheCrackpot]

Boiled my Pliny clone twice after discovering that the compression fitting on my immersion chiller must have worked itself loose and was leaking a steady trickle of water into the wort. I'm guessing that my habit of stirring the wort with the chiller is the reason. I had it down to 70 degrees before I noticed it. I guess I should be happy that I discovered it at all. I hope it turns out alright.

 

[thisoneguy]

Taught a friend how to brew while I made a Centennial & Amarillo APA.

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[gometz]

Already posted what i did, but i just finished sparging my pale ale, 80% efficiency! Looks like this will be a bit heavier than expected.

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[bleme]

Casters are smart.

All the shelves in there need to be replaced, so I can get the vertical clearance I need. But I worry that if I build the 2x4 collar like the typical chest freezer build, then taps sticking out the front will be too easy to accidentally turn on while getting other things in and out of the pantry.

I'm thinking about taps coming out the top, but then I'll lose a lot of shelf space.

What is on the other side of that wall?

 

[nukebrewer]

Brewed a chipotle pepper imperial stout. I liked Stone's Chipotle Smoked Porter so I thought I would give something similar a shot. I'm shooting for a touch more pepper heat in mine. Stone's is yummy, but a little mild for my taste.