What I did for beer today

[aharri1]

I make starters with dry yeast too. Oh, and I picked up a 6 pack of play date sour.

Awesome! I kept reading conflicting opinions... I've never had that sour ale before! I made a starter last week with a single packet of 05 with 2.5l wort and in 5 hours my Imperial Stout was about to blow the lid and I had to put a blow off on it later that night! Hehe. That's when first got my stir plate and Beaker so I just had to play with it !

 

[homebrewer_99]

Awesome! I kept reading conflicting opinions... I've never had that sour ale before! I made a starter last week with a single packet of 05 with 2.5l wort and in 5 hours my Imperial Stout was about to blow the lid and I had to put a blow off on it later that night! Hehe. That's when first got my stir plate and Beaker so I just had to play with it ! View attachment 592315

Measure your carboy (diameter) and go buy a small plastic trash can for that. If you converted a cooler for a mash tun then mount the spigot on the trash can for easy draining (when sitting on a counter top).

Drain half the water out and add ice. Easy Peasy.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Awesome! I kept reading conflicting opinions... I've never had that sour ale before! I made a starter last week with a single packet of 05 with 2.5l wort and in 5 hours my Imperial Stout was about to blow the lid and I had to put a blow off on it later that night! Hehe. That's when first got my stir plate and Beaker so I just had to play with it ! View attachment 592315

You may know this already but if you put a T-shirt over the carboy and let it hang in the water the evaporation will lower the temp a couple degrees and it can also guard against skunked beer.

 

[aharri1]

Measure your carboy (diameter) and go buy a small plastic trash can for that. If you converted a cooler for a mash tun then mount the spigot on the trash can for easy draining (when sitting on a counter top).

Drain half the water out and add ice. Easy Peasy.

that sounds like a good plan which I will follow! I have a lager refrigerator but I have an Oktoberfest in there going at 50 so I couldn't throw the ale in LOL.

 

[bracconiere]

@aharri1 you know if you got a spare tub like that....Malting is fun too! lol

 

[homebrewer_99]

that sounds like a good plan which I will follow! I have a lager refrigerator but I have an Oktoberfest in there going at 50 so I couldn't throw the ale in LOL.

Good deal.

I have 2 kegs of Marzen (Oktoberfestbier) that I made last March.

One is spot on in flavor, body, etc., and the other is more full bodied and a couple of % points higher.

 

[RevFrank]

Good deal.

I have 2 kegs of Marzen (Oktoberfestbier) that I made last March.

One is spot on in flavor, body, etc., and the other is more full bodied and a couple of % points higher.

Just curious ... what sized kegs?

 

[homebrewer_99]

Just curious ... what sized kegs?

5 gal Corny's...they're all I have...

 

[BrewMan13]

Got my yeast starter going for sunday...needed a good head start since the yeast isn't the freshest and it's a pretty big beer.

 

[6Tap]

Drank and drank some
More...

 

[ajw85]

How bad is my soldering job on these bungs? I made sure everything was clean with isopropyl and did acid flux and followed brewhardware's video and I still got a lot of black and bubbles. They at least kind of cleaned up with a wire brush. I'm going to pressure test the keg tomorrow.

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[Tulsahomebrewer]

Moved my Doppelbock into my garage fridge for cold crashing. I plan on crashing it for 2-3 days. Fermenter surrounded by my first brew Pilsner lagering peacefully.

 

[jiMithing83]

Brewing a Thanksgiving ale, 2nd BIAB.

 

[bracconiere]

i managed to fit a whole batch of somewhat still too wet malt into @Schlenkerla 's screen baskets! setting the oven to 'low mode' and letting it go till tomorrow...should save me around 5 bucks a month on gas. Brillant! now my beer is only going to cost 7 bucks for 10 gals instead of 8! lol

and that 280f the oven thinks it's at is actually going to be 160f....thought since it's a little wet, make a little hotter than 150f to make sure i can do something else for beer tomorrow, brew beer!

 

[Schlenkerla]

i managed to fit a whole batch of somewhat still too wet malt into @Schlenkerla 's screen baskets! setting the oven to 'low mode' and letting it go till tomorrow...should save me around 5 bucks a month on gas. Brillant! now my beer is only going to cost 7 bucks for 10 gals instead of 8! lol

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and that 280f the oven thinks it's at is actually going to be 160f....thought since it's a little wet, make a little hotter than 150f to make sure i can do something else for beer tomorrow, brew beer!

That looks like a lotta grain. You need to smoke it next.... [emoji16]

How many pounds?

 

[bracconiere]

That looks like a lotta grain. You need to smoke it next.... [emoji16]

How many pounds?

it will be 20 or 21 pounds...depending how i did at malting, it seems to vary batch to batch. hard for a homemalter to get an even sprout.

starts out 23 pounds for 26 cents a pound so ~5.97+utilities. Not too bad for a 10 gal batch of 8%! who says homebrewing isn't cheaper?

I would smoke some, but i don't have a smoker! not even a grill.

 

[Schlenkerla]

I would smoke some, but i don't have a smoker! not even a grill.

They are awfully cheap this time of the year.

Cheap Smokers

 

[bracconiere]

They are awfully cheap this time of the year.

Cheap Smokers

$200 isn't really cheap for me...most months i only have 300 for food and drink... thankfully i can feed myself for 80 and drink for 25...but i have to save the rest for yearly 1000 bills....

 

[Schlenkerla]

$200 isn't really cheap for me...most months i only have 300 for food and drink... thankfully i can feed myself for 80 and drink for 25...but i have to save the rest for yearly 1000 bills....

I was thinking of a cheap hot plate, a metal trash with lid, and wire rack.

If you can find and old fridge, people repurpose them for smokers. Just remove the plastic.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Masterb...I1QzxbeDPJ-ErKTrR_IaAlzFEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[bracconiere]

I was thinking of a cheap hot plate, a metal trash with lid, and wire rack.

If you can find and old fridge, people repurpose them for smokers.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Masterbuilt-Electric-Slow-Smoker-MB20100112/304339182?cm_mmc=Shopping|G|Base|D28I|28-22_BBQ_GRILL|NA|PLA|Brands|Fixed|71700000032321202|58700004410186037|92700037079252508&gclid=Cj0KCQjwr4beBRDNARIsAGZaZ5dj4_DFeuRv8BumOuSQL2nM1bpH6fb9wqU8I1QzxbeDPJ-ErKTrR_IaAlzFEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

that would work? i have a cheap hot plate that can barley boil a gallon of water...but i have a cast iron pan, and a big cardboard box! DAMN! your just full of brillant ideas! i think i'll set it up out back now! i'll post some pics if it works....

 

[Schlenkerla]

that would work? i have a cheap hot plate that can barley boil a gallon of water...but i have a cast iron pan, and a big cardboard box! DAMN! your just full of brillant ideas! i think i'll set it up out back now! i'll post some pics if it works....

If you want something more permanent a metal drum or trash can would be better.

I have heard of cardboard being used with foil dryer hose connected to the box.

 

[Schlenkerla]

that would work? i have a cheap hot plate that can barley boil a gallon of water...but i have a cast iron pan, and a big cardboard box! DAMN! your just full of brillant ideas! i think i'll set it up out back now! i'll post some pics if it works....

@bracconiere -lets take the discussion here... OK. I have several other ideas.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/forum/...e-em-if-you-got-em.637254/page-7#post-8415196

 

[aharri1]

Drinking an IPA while making a double IPA! Mashed in with 20lbs!

 

[BrewMan13]

Started cold crashing my starter, measured and ground my grains, other normal prep work for brewing tomorrow. Imperial oatmeal stout with a multitude of herbs on the agenda.

 

[aharri1]

Fed my wort an awesome healthy starter and got fermentation in 4 hours at 65 degrees!![emoji41]

 

[seatazzz]

Anxiously watching my Racer 5 from yesterday for any action. First time in a long time using spring water (NOT distilled) instead of my house water. Never had this long a lag (16 hours) with fresh Nottingham. This recipe has been my "bogey" beer, in 5 times brewing it only two batches have turned out well. My sanitation is good, so I'm not TOO worried, but it's making me jumpy. Might finally be too cold in the garage for good fermentations, I need to get a dual temp controller and brew mat STAT.

 

[bracconiere]

Deculmed malt, put 7 gals of water to heat up to 132f for the first of three steps in the mash....

Poured a beer to officially start the brew day!

 

[itsnotrequired]

cleaned two kegs

 

[bracconiere]

cleaned two kegs

to fill i hope!

 

[Tulsahomebrewer]

Bottled my Doppelbock....7.7 ABV....bottomed our at 1.020 FG.
Tastes good for now.