What I did for beer today

[unionrdr]

I always thought rinsing tubing out with Starsan to be a good thing after scrub & rinse. I hang'em on the edge of my drying rack to drip extra Starsan out before coiling up for storage.

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

I always thought rinsing tubing out with Starsan to be a good thing after scrub & rinse. I hang'em on the edge of my drying rack to drip extra Starsan out before coiling up for storage.

This is what I do and it seems to work real well too. After cleaning everything on the cold side with Dawn, and rinse, then into the Starsan and hang to drip dry. Seems to dry quicker too.

 

[Arty76]

This is what I do and it seems to work real well too. After cleaning everything on the cold side with Dawn, and rinse, then into the Starsan and hang to drip dry. Seems to dry quicker too.

I always thought rinsing tubing out with Starsan to be a good thing after scrub & rinse. I hang'em on the edge of my drying rack to drip extra Starsan out before coiling up for storage.

I think the original question was what to do about cleaning the mold out of the tubing after it's already in there, not how to prevent it, like I said in an earlier post, soaking it in a little bleach water would take care of it, then take these other steps to keep it from happening again, also a blast of compressed air to blow it out

 

[Trippel-A]

Got home yesterday to find mold in my racking tubing (is there any good way to get all of the moisture out of tubing?).

I generally make the final rinse in Star-San, then hang all the tubing over a nail or pole or something so whatever can drip out will, and hopefully the Star-San liquid left behind will inhibit mold growth.

 

[user 163849]

I got the starter going for the English Bitter I'll be brewing come Monday.

 

[brewbama]

Picked up some some rice hulls for a Weizenbock brew this weekend. Also grabbed some Safbrew Weizen yeast.

 

[Ike]

Things are getting crowded in my "fermentation chamber," aka the hallway closet. 6.5g carboy, Ale Pail, and a 2.5 gal carboy, all in varying stages of bubbling, all needing occasional SGs checked, it's a hassle moving them around one another to do what needs to be done. So today I got started making myself some carboy/bucket dollies. I figure they'll help save my back moving primaries and secondaries around, as well as help (at least somewhat) minimize sloshing as I do so. I was emboldened by the DIY thread about using furring strips to make crates, and after a couple of those it seemed natural to use the same cheap wood.


Each one is about $1 worth of wood (two dollies per 1x3 furring strip) and I found some appropriately small casters on Amazon for $5 a set. So, six bucks or so each. I'll post a full writeup in the DIY forum when they're done. I was all the way to the last step, attaching the casters, when I realized a friend hadn't returned my power drill yet. Oh well, there's always Sunday.

 

[kvgros]

Stopped by my LHBS (St Louis Wine and Beermaking) and picked up a Kolsch extract kit. Having a late night extract brew session while the wife is out at a work event and I'm home with my daughters and friends (they're teenagers and generally interested in what I'm doing). Doing a full 5.5 gallon extract boil with late addition malts. Grabbed some Wyeast Kolsch 2565 and will pitch from the bag (no starter this time).

I have a big party coming up in Feb and have a NB IPA carbonating in a keg, a MoreBeer Pliny clone fermenting and preparing for dry hop, and will soon have this Kolsch fermenting (the Kolsch is for the non-"hoppy", non-"craft beer" people who will inevitably be here . I'm definitely excited about the Pliny clone as I've read great things on here about it and really spent some time working on my process and equipment for it.

We are just finishing a renovation/bar in our basement and these particular three beers will be the first three on tap (plus something from a local brewery like Schlafly or urban chestnut). Have a behind-wall keezer setup which will hold 8 Corney's and 4 through wall taps with chilled lines. Got a ton of info from these forums for it. Will post lots of pics at some point as I've been documenting the build somewhat and left myself with a ton of nice brewing amenities behind the bar.

Fortunately a full boil on my stove leaves lots of time to post/read on the forums here

 

[Sammy86]

Kegged my Cascade Orange Pale Ale and planning my next brew day which will be my best friend since I was 5 first time brewing!

 

[catdaddy66]

Bought my first 55# bag of grain, Maris Otter! My brother and I split the cost in order to save some $.

I need to start making some batches as I have been accumulating ingredients like crazy! I currently have enough for 6 all grain batches and 2 malt extract batches. Tomorrow I'm brewing my first saison and this will be my third batch of the year. Wow.

 

[catdaddy66]

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[JonM]

Jeez, what DIDN'T I do?

Got up at the crack of dawn to brew a hefeweizen.

Then I had a vision for how to build a pump/Therminator combo, which involved cutting up a milk crate. I'll post pics soon, but I think it's going to be pretty ingenious, if I may say so myself.

Then I kegged my robust porter. Hey - know what it looks like when you dump out a cake from a very, very flocculant yeast like 002 when it's been used in a black beer like a robust porter? Yeah - looks like an elephant dropped a deuce in your laundry sink. `

 

[gmccoig]

Just checked the gravity only chocolate tangerine stout before racking to the secondary fermenter.

 

[FMac]

Visited my LHBS and picked up the ingredients for a Vanilla Stout.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Bottled my latest saison. It's been bulk aging with Cantillon B and Chardonnay soaked oak for six months.
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Ended up dry,
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But the Chardonnay still gives it a sweetness in the finish.

Very clear - very happy with this one!
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Also put some toasted red & white oak in Elijah 12 year that will go into my Hunaphu clone soon.
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Good day in the brewhouse!

 

[Hello]

Brewed and dry hopped my SMaSH ipa. Now I'm eating cookies, for homebrewing of course.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Brewed 10 gallons of Scottish Ale, with a separate long concentrated boil of first runnings.

 

[Psylocide]

Got hooked up with a free 15 gal keg system... just, awesome.

 

[catdaddy66]

Had plans to bottle my cream ale but I haven't got the bottles yet, so I made the executive decision today would be a brew day! Got my mash complete and beginning the boil on my first attempt at a saison.

I had Belle Saison yeast, so why not, right? Lol

 

[Clankenbrew]

Popped open a Wit from another hbt member. Scott12160. Great beer.. Thank you Sir.. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1422208077.680072.jpg

 

[razyrsharpe]

gonna bottle my scottish ale (kilt lifter clone) and rack my english pale to a secondary. plan to brew again next weekend... big question is what will i brew?

 

[CJ-3]

Today I brewed a batch of Mocha Stout (chocolate coffee stout).

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Labeled my last batch of beer.
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[Maivz]

I made a socket for my pin lock kegs.

Cost me all 4$

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Also replaced a hose clamp on my co2 line. The small ones I had just kept stripping before it was tight enough.

 

[philipCT]

I think that was the longest day in the brewery that was not a brew day.

-racked an imperial stout to keg for aging
-cleaned a SS Brew bucket. First time using. I like it. May have to get another for small batches.
-cleaned 6 kegs (next time I won't let them collect)
-checked a honey pale ale, roused dry hops
-checked a centennial blonde. Done with primary fermentation. Tastes like a centennial bland. Kinda watery.
-drank a 2xRye from Southern Tier. Man, that's good beer.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Brew a Rye American Pale Ale w/ all Galaxy hops yesterday. Noted departure from my normal gig but felt the need to change it up a bit.

 

[gometz]

Brewed a Flanders red to replace the one I bottled yesterday. Third generation of de bom with dregs.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I bought a Mr Beer over the weekend. it was $8 at an estate sale and had never been used. I kinda wanted the PET bottles, and realyl wanted the 2 gallon fermenter for making a small batch of apfelwein.

I felt kinda weird carrying it about. I wanted to tell people that I'm a real brewer and actually know what I'm doing . . .

 

[DrunkleJon]

I bought a Mr Beer over the weekend. it was $8 at an estate sale and had never been used. I kinda wanted the PET bottles, and realyl wanted the 2 gallon fermenter for making a small batch of apfelwein.

I felt kinda weird carrying it about. I wanted to tell people that I'm a real brewer and actually know what I'm doing . . .

small batch apfelwein? mine keep growing. Started with 5 G batches, I now make it 15 at a time. It gets better as it ages IMO and I always have a spare keg of it on hand. I am just glad I dont bottle the stuff. 6.5 cases in one session would be too much for cleaning/sanatizing/bottling/capping manually.

 

[NickTheGreat]

small batch apfelwein? mine keep growing. Started with 5 G batches, I now make it 15 at a time. It gets better as it ages IMO and I always have a spare keg of it on hand. I am just glad I dont bottle the stuff. 6.5 cases in one session would be too much for cleaning/sanatizing/bottling/capping manually.

Well yeah, I guess. I don't want to have 5 gallons of this stuff if I don't like it

But yeah, I'm curious about ginger ale too. Maybe this 2 gallon fermenter will be good for experimenting