Got up this morning and wondered exactly what I was going to do with the fridge I just added to my brew shed. I'm thinking this one is going to stay just a plain old fridge instead of a fancy fermentation chamber.
Brought my inkbird for the second fermentation chamber out to the brew shed. Put the batch of Cream of Three crops that was finished bottle conditioning in the fridge.
Ordered 2# of hops, restocked my beer fridge, settled on a mexican lager recipe to brew soon, and I will be taking some grain to be ground for tomorrow's brew session.
Oh, and I am bottling my cherry wheat ale today. Busy busy...
Kicked a keg and installed a manifold. Then tried to jam a 2.5gal Torpedo keg inside the kegerator with a 1/4 and 1/6 sanke. It barely fits with CO2 tank and regulator insude
sanitized and purged two kegs, getting ready to keg a dry irish stout tomorrow night. tomorrow is a busy night so trying to get some stuff out of the way now.
Kegged my NE dipa and saison which got hibiscus added to it. Managed to put together the mini corny but had a bad incident of backflush into the regulator.. and lots of spilt beer on the ground but I got 8.1gal HB kegged.
Started putting new plywood subfloor down in the brew shed under construction. Need to move that pile of steel then finish that back row. Yes I should have offset the sheets 4' in an overlap pattern but this is an outdoor shed, not a fancy kitchen! Have the new ceiling joists up also.
I consumed a few pints from my kegs. Need to free up a keg soon otherwise I'll need to bottle what's left or god forbid I dump it. I have a clone of Fresh Squeezed IPA in the fermentation chamber.
I traded beers the otger day with my behind neighbors. Found out they brew and did a swap. I need to drink it. Right now sounds like a great time for that.
Order the equipment to install 3 Intertap SS Flow Control Faucets and additional parts to finish my kegerator build. Now I need to get the ice & water dispenser cut out and a board installed for the faucets.
Poured some gelatin in the vanilla cream ale I have in one of the fermentation chambers. I'll probably bottle that sunday. With that chamber cleared I'll be able to clean it out and properly bypass the internal thermostat on it. Not having the fridge's temperature probe sticking out of the door seal is bound to improve it's performance somewhat.
Cleaned a keg and the kegerator line associated with it.
I also replaced the pressure gauge on my uKeg. It crapped out after two fills but uKeg was very helpful and sent me a free replacement.