BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Prepped for brewing tomorrow - first proper run of the new mill; hard to figure out the gap settings, so we'll see what the efficiency is.
What I did for beer today
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Cleaned the beer lines in my kegerator, cleaned a keg that kicked, and moved my Big Brew beer (PPP) to kegs for keg conditioning.
It took a while (2 years?). Finally finished the Tabasco but gained a one gallon “carboy” today.
Dave Sarber
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Wow! Never seen Tabasco in a 1 gallon size.
I buy Texas Pete by the gallon, but that's the first I've seen that size of Tabasco too.
Tabasco’s site is the only place I found it. I got hooked on the Habanero Tabasco when I was in Dallas. When I move to Arkansas, nobody here carried it. Gotta do what ya gotta do for a capsaicin fix.
BTW - They’ll even monogram the bottle! (For a fee.....)
https://countrystore.tabasco.com/products/tabasco-gallons
Edit: looks like my fathers day hint may have hit home...... time will tell.
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Still working through open packs of hops, brewed an El Dorado golden ale yesterday.
Brewed a SMASH pilsner today using best malz pilsner and german tradition hops.
Brewed a SMASH pilsner today using best malz pilsner and german tradition hops.
ChiknNutz
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Finished my mini fridge FC..
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/mini-fridge-fermentation-chamber.680361/
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/mini-fridge-fermentation-chamber.680361/
Joshua Hughes
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Brewing a IPA today using Kveik Voss for the first time. My wife is happy I won’t be freezing her out of her office lol
Got home from camping about 40 minutes ago; after getting the car unloaded, dogs settled, and cats convinced we weren't dead and had left them forever, got a keg cleaned out and now chilling to keg the Bastard clone that's been crashing all weekend. Next the WF lager goes in the kegerator to start crashing with an eye to kegging on Tuesday. Oh and catching up on HBT, where we were no WIFI so I've been jonesing for three days. Got to visit Iron Horse Brewing in Ellensburg for a nice growler of fresh Irish Death to enjoy while in the cabin, need to try to clone that one again. And stopped at Bron Y Aur brewing in Naches for a few 32oz "crowler" cans as well. So I wasn't totally deprived all weekend. Other than that it was coors light, took forever to get tipsy on those....
ChiknNutz
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Oh how I miss Irish Death, can't seem to get it here in NC. I need to find a good clone to try!
Joshua Hughes
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Undershot my water/didnt boil off enough, but I’ll still have beer. What I sampled I think will taste good, just less hoppy and not as strong. Got the fermenter on the porch keeping the temp up
fermenting already. Kveik might be my go to for everything but a bitter
fermenting already. Kveik might be my go to for everything but a bitter
Kegged the Cali Common I brewed last week. The sample tasted really good.
Bottled the Fall 2019 Harvest of Wild Fermented Cider. Used Cranberry juice as the priming sugar this year, and it is really tart, but really good, too. Dumped a beer that just wasn't working. Going through recipes and hop inventory list to see what's next.
BrewMan13
Whole Nother Level Brewing
Quoting myself to say efficiency was awesome - 81%. Looks like I know where to put it for regular malt; wheat/oat/rye malt setting TBD.
Brewed a light lager. Still having some slight volume and efficiency issues after thinking I was all dialed in. Dunno what I changed but last 3 brews have been lower than expected. This one I don’t mind as much since the FG will hopefully be quite low.
Bottled an ipa. Tasted great (Best ipa to date! Which trust me, is not saying much but woohoo!) despite the aforementioned issues, but had a string of issues with a clogged bottling wand and a blown seal on my ukeg. Ughhh.
Bottled an ipa. Tasted great (Best ipa to date! Which trust me, is not saying much but woohoo!) despite the aforementioned issues, but had a string of issues with a clogged bottling wand and a blown seal on my ukeg. Ughhh.
This is the one I'm going to try on Sunday; my buddy Jon has done it several times and says it's pretty close.
https://jonshomebrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IRISH-DEATH-CLONE.pdf
Tapped the Bastard clone I kegged yesterday. I've done this one more than any other beer in my repertoire, and must say I've done a very good one this time. Needs a tad more carbonation to give it more head retention, but this one will sneak up and whonk me on the head if I'm not careful. First time in a long time there's no fusels at all, just a nice smooth dark tasting fully flavorful ale. I tweak the recipe a bit with some home-roasted crystal to give it a bit more roastiness than the original, but stick with the hop schedule of Chinook. First tasting of this one at kegging was a bit sweet (finished at 1.020 instead of the called-for 1.018) but now that it's carbed that sweetness has dissipated a bit, not to the detriment of the overall flavor. Look for some druk posts from me in about 2 hours.
Kicked a keg of PA-apparently we drank 5 gallons in about 2 weeks-and it wasn't the only beer we were drinking!
It was clogging a bit with the dry hops at the end, which I didn't think was going to happen with a beer float. So I am using one of those small wine filters at the end of the intake tube on the float to see if that makes a difference for next time. Hoping that doesn't just clog up with dry hops.
Spent some time working with a water calculator because I want to make better beer, mostly to find out how much of various chemicals I should add to lower the pH of the mash and sparge. Not sure if I understand it yet, but I am looking forward to giving it a try.
It was clogging a bit with the dry hops at the end, which I didn't think was going to happen with a beer float. So I am using one of those small wine filters at the end of the intake tube on the float to see if that makes a difference for next time. Hoping that doesn't just clog up with dry hops.
Spent some time working with a water calculator because I want to make better beer, mostly to find out how much of various chemicals I should add to lower the pH of the mash and sparge. Not sure if I understand it yet, but I am looking forward to giving it a try.
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Disassembled, cleaned, and sanitized 3 kegs. One of them had been neglected for months and had that nice crusty brown s#@t stuck to the bottom. As I was working on them, I thought, "You know, these would look awesome if you just polished the outside. " Yeah right. I've had that thought for decades and never acted on it; apparently I just care about the inside! Kegged a Belgian pale. Cleaned 2 fermenters and called it an afternoon.
Tapped the WF lager I kegged yesterday (yes I'm impatient). This one is my take on Widmer's Dreifecta; I had to change up the hops since I couldn't get any Tradition or Calista hops, so I used Sterling for bittering, and both Hallertau Blanc and Mittelfruh as late additions. Very nice light lager. Used Lallemand Diamond lager yeast for the first time, and must say I'm impressed with this one in a WF lager; very clean profile, gives that nice lager "bite", and nothing off. It will improve with some age on it, if it lasts that long.
Small batch vanilla porter bottled. Tastes a bit boozy out of the fermenter, but the vanilla does come through. Here's to hoping it doesn't vanish before the warmness.
Staring at a "Pineapple Upside Down Cake Cream Ale" in a Fischer Beer swing top, 1 week to go 
Had an awesome brewday going; planned to finally drop the hammer on some Kveik yeast in a Bodhizafa clone. Had a brain fart and turned off the hose too early, now fermenter is in the kegerator chilling down to 90 so I can pitch. Yes I know this yeast does best at high temperatures but I just can't bring myself to pitch at over 100 degrees, it's sitting at 104 now and should drop down to 90 within an hour or so. If anyone else has experience pitching kveik (using the Kveiking blend as that's all I could get) at high temps I'd love to hear about it. I don't care about the super-fruity esters it will throw since I really want them in this ale.
Dave Sarber
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Pitch at 90°, let it free rise.
Just pitched, it was probably at 95. Fermenter is in the house wrapped in a blanket and a towel, this will be a fun experiment and if nothing else I'll get a fruity hop bomb, which is pretty much what I want. Original recipe (done on Notty) won me a silver & gold in February at an all-IPA competition so looking forward to seeing what this yeast does. Also I'm an avid yeast saver (albeit I only save slurry, not slants) so if this yeast works past a few generations it will be very worth the $12.50 I spent on it.
