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Took delivery of some carbide hole saws. Gotta get busy on the weekend soldering in 2" TC ports and 1/2" couplers in the new kettles, and etching vol. markings in the pots. Wanna brew with these guys the weekend after this one. Pipelines gotta stay healthy. lol
 
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Check the OG of this “pre-pro” lager after two weeks.
 
Welded a coupler into a keggle.

@#$&$@(& TIG Pedal is out to lunch so I had to "Scratch start" TIG for the first time in probably 20+ years.
 
Welded a coupler into a keggle.

@#$&$@(& TIG Pedal is out to lunch so I had to "Scratch start" TIG for the first time in probably 20+ years.

What is that pedal you speak of? Man I’ve only scratched, I’d love a pedal. My machine smoked a few weeks back. It is from the late 70’s. Looking forward to a small suitcase machine. It was huge!!
 
I have a mid 80s Lincoln TIG300/300

It's a beast. Pedal was sticking around high power.
 
I have a mid 80s Lincoln TIG300/300

It's a beast. Pedal was sticking around high power.

The aforementioned Beast.

And my less than awesome TIG Weld.
 

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Bottled 5.2 gallons of "Good Burglar" ale. Settled out at 4.4% ABV, has a good light brown color, nice hoppy nose, satisfying mouthfeel and a pleasantly bitter linger. Can't wait 'till it carbonates!
 
Bottled some of my Graff and kegged the rest. Force carbonating at 30psi hopefully it will be ready for the cider friends I have on Sunday.
When cold tomorrow......like in the morning.

At 30 psi, carb it until it stops hissing, then shake the keg a lot like three minutes. After you shake the Hell out of it, it'll take more co2. Fill till it stops hissing.... shake.... Then repeat five or six times.

It's gonna be carbed. You might be drinking by 3pm.....

On Saturday. [emoji1]
 
Soldered in 2" TC fittings, 1/2" couplers into a new kettle. Etched vol. markings..
Now watchin OHL hockey... Threw a pint of Fizzy Yellow Beer. lol
Cheers all!
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Kegged my favorite oatmeal stout recipe (which I didn’t make last year, so I’m especially excited to have it again this year) and started carbing it alongside the bock that’s been lagering.
 
Bought pretzels for a one of several snack items for the game. I had repurposing in mind when I bought them. LOL

5 lbs of beech wood smoked pale malt.

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Doing a 10 Gal batch of Bertus Brewings Citra Double IPA on a sunny So Cal day while the kid does his homework... Life's good.
 

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Today I kegged my Chocolate Milk Stout! Also cleaned 4 kegs and cleaned my conical fermenter. Got the conical soaking in PBW as I type this.

John
 
Filled 10 bottles for Maine Homebrewers Competition. And bought a keg while I was at the store
 
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Kegged my Dortmunder lager last night and hit it with gelatin this morning.

That’s it - all my kegs are full and fermenters are empty. Plenty to hold me until the weather warms up.
 
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