What I did for beer today

[aharri1]

Hooked up gas to my white Stout should be ready to drink by Thursday! Made this one for my Homebrew Club internal contest.

 

[brewbama]

Ran down to the welding supply house to exchange a CO2 cylinder and cleaned my pump from yesterday’s brew day. I clean it after every brew and the crap that came out was a good reason why.

 

[aharri1]

Took a sample of the white Stout after putting it in co2 overnight. Looking good so far. Should be fully carbed by Thursday

 

[catdaddy66]

Took a sample of the white Stout after putting it in co2 overnight. Looking good so far. Should be fully carbed by ThursdayView attachment 609820

Looks good... How does it drink?

 

[aharri1]

Looks good... How does it drink?

Very smooth and creamy. the coffee is still a little strong but I think will fade over time the chocolate is on point. Next time I would only do coffee beans for 24 hours not 48 hours. Every couple days though the coffee fades and blends better probably just need some time I thought I overdid it at first and was worried LOL

 

[govner1]

Moved two kegs of Black IPA to cold crash after keg conditioning. Cleaned a keg that kicked and replaced the poppet on the gas side as well.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Received my Anvil 4 gallon fermenter today! Took about 5 minutes to put it together. Was worried the rotating spigot would leak, but it doesn't. Can't wait to break the little tike in!

 

[Homergah]

Stared at my brewery most of the day. Organized a few things. Depressed over my job situation. If someone doesn't hire me soon I'm going to club this baby seal.

 

[jiMithing83]

Cleaned 3 kegs and sampled my milk stout to see if it's carbonated yet.

 

[pshankstar]

Cleaned 3 kegs and sampled my milk stout to see if it's carbonated yet.

Ugh I still have four kegs to clean. Maybe tomorrow I can hook up the pump in the bathroom near my office (home office). This way I can easily keep an eye on it even though they are in the tub.

 

[fourfarthing]

Stared at my brewery most of the day. Organized a few things. Depressed over my job situation. If someone doesn't hire me soon I'm going to club this baby seal.

I was there last summer. Don’t rush it and try to enjoy the break (yeah, its impossible).

 

[jiMithing83]

Ugh I still have four kegs to clean. Maybe tomorrow I can hook up the pump in the bathroom near my office (home office). This way I can easily keep an eye on it even though they are in the tub.

I'm also home office, I used my lunch for cleaning today (and an episode of the office to remind me of what i'm not missing).

 

[jaymosbeershack]

Had a day full of Brewtivities. Started by running to get a co2 can refilled and pick up RO water for brewday. I brewed a NEIPA which will be triple dry hopped with Hüll Melon, El Dorado, and Citra. Durring the mash i kegged a doppel bock. Durring the boil i bottled the rest of the porter and some rye pale ale for an upcoming comp. Went to a local brewpub for dinner and music bingo. Now i am back home to finish cleaning everything and drink another beer. [emoji482]

 

[pshankstar]

I'm also home office, I used my lunch for cleaning today (and an episode of the office to remind me of what i'm not missing).

I like the way you think. I’ll take my lunch break to clean those kegs tomorrow.

Also, I placed a heating pad in my beer fridge that sits in the garage. This will help keep it from getting too cold with the “Polar Vortex” that we are in. I think tonight it’s supposed to drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

[aharri1]

Took another sample of my white Stout I did with chocolate and coffee. Coming along well now. The coffee has finally faded some. It was stupid strong at first but after 2 weeks it's blending well.

 

[jaymosbeershack]

I forgot to mention yesterday, for those of you who where worried about my precarious shelf, i added some supports.

 

[Staticsouls]

Cannibalized a dead pc to make another stir plate.

 

[pshankstar]

Finally cleaning the four kegs. Usually I do this outside so I can make a mess but the tub works great when it’s the dead of winter.
Man I love this keg washer I built!!

 

[jiMithing83]

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Finally cleaning the four kegs. Usually I do this outside so I can make a mess but the tub works great when it’s the dead of winter.
Man I love this keg washer I built!!

Care to share the build? Thinking of automating mine, tired of filling a keg with oxiclean, shaking for 5 minutes, pushing through the lines with co2, rinse, repeat with starsan.

 

[pshankstar]

Care to share the build? Thinking of automating mine, tired of filling a keg with oxiclean, shaking for 5 minutes, pushing through the lines with co2, rinse, repeat with starsan.

I purchased a utility pump and all of the fittings (PVC pipe, hoses, connectors) as seen in the photos. I place some hot water with PBW or oxi-clean free into a buck. Place the pump in there and set the keg or fermentater on top. Let it run for 15 minutes. Then I do the same thing with just hot water to rinse it. Works really well and I’ve been happy with it. I modified a lid as you can in the one photo to help hold fermenters in place. I think in total it cost me around $50 +/-. I used a coupon from Ace Hardware to save money on the utility pump which is the most expensive part of it all.

I hope this helps. If you need more details or have any questions feel free to PM me.

 

[Master]

Put my 14 day dry hops into the current batch of BitterJO IIPA.

Based on the sample, I may have over hopped it during the brew. I was using up older hops, and was using the hop age calculator to adjust the quantities.. I may send a bottle out to get an actual IBU. It's beyond Ruination (Stone)

 

[Schlenkerla]

Trying LOB and trying to reduce the heat stress on my boil, I calculated my various grist ratios and sparges that lauter to 5.25 gal into the brew pot. Landing on 1.30 qrts/lb on both mash and sparge. For a 10 lbs grist.

 

[Novacor]

I use something like this as my lazy keg washer:

https://www.morebeer.com/products/morebeer-ball-lock-corny-keg-rinser.html

Rinse with hot water for a few minutes in the kitchen sink as soon as the keg kicks, fill keg with hot pbw overnight, rinse in the kitchen sink the next day.

 

[seatazzz]

Quick shopping trip to LHBS and Home Ripoff got me where I need to be tomorrow in terms of better insulation for mash tun and hardware for running a heat exchanger. And glad I went to Jon's in Puyallup, found out that he's running down entries for She-Brew 2019 on February 12th or so. Lager should be ready by then, and the APA and Brown Whatever if it turns out. I don't give a rat's behind what Tom Dick & Harry think of my beer, but I DO want to get some BJCP judges' opinions of it.

Yooper I hope you've entered She-Brew because I will make a valiant effort to make it down there for judging. From what I can see on the forums there's not many of us of the female persuasion up here in the Great PNW so I have a chance.

 

[Bluefin]

God luck in the She-Brew. I also don't care what anyone thinks of my beer as long as I like it....problem is more people are liking it.

 

[6Tap]

Today I’m putting together a xxIPA recipe for my next batch to brew. Shooting for around 8.7% abv with a clean Chrisp mouth feel and lots of hop flavor and aroma. Going to use Simcoe, Ctz,
And Centenial hops.
Should be interesting

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Helped sort bottles for this year's MASH club Coconut Cup - total of 400 enteries.

 

[mullet6577]

Kegged a pale, brewed a stout

 

[jiMithing83]

Kegged a pale, brewed a stoutView attachment 610409View attachment 610410View attachment 610411

Post that stout in the How Many Gallons of Homebrew in 2019 thread! [emoji482]

 

[seatazzz]

Just finished milling the grain for tomorrow's brewday. Cara whatever (that I did myself) tastes fantastic, and the roasted has a great toasty/brown flavor. Don't care what I get out of it,will be drunk and enjoyed.