What I did for beer today

[Brewbuzzard]

Thanks JAReeves & Yaakov. I worked my butt off on this brewery. Designed and built everything myself with a little help from my friends and family.
How I have to clean up from yesterday's brew. I have the girls set and fermentation should kick off tonight. Scottish Export.

 

[Nick&Worty]

I forgot about this hose and left it in StarSan for like a week. It turned purple. Should I no longer use this hose?

 

[day_trippr]

I'd toss it.

 

[Immocles]

Brewed a rye lager

 

[Brewbuzzard]

I forgot about this hose and left it in StarSan for like a week. It turned purple. Should I no longer use this hose?
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Is it sticky, slimy? I've done this and I just toss it.

 

[grampamark]

Cleaned a couple of kegs so I can package a Brown Ale and an Amber Ale.

 

[Imhoppy]

Sliced and diced 13 grams Ghost Peppers (fresh hand-picked) seeds and all now soaking in 4 oz. Hornitos Reposado Tequilla. Will let soak in refrigerator for 5 days then keg my "Holy Ghost IPA" this Sunday.

 

[JAReeves]

Finished the Blonde Ale, put the Barley Wine on gas to bottle for Christmas. It is 12.8%, 100+IBU's (intended to mellow with age), several months on oak, and honey and blue agave as adjunct sugars to boost ABV. It has an amazing complexity (including a peppery cactus flavor) that I hope I can do it again. I would hate for this to be a unicorn.

 

[Nick&Worty]

Well... it’s been one of those days. This rubber stopper was sanitized before it fell in there. I had just finished a closed transfer on this cider from primary to secondary, and when I went to airlock it, woops. Was planning to age this out for a month in secondary. Will the rubber stopper in there cause any problems or affect flavor? I could just keg it today, or closed transfer it to another secondary.

 

[Nick&Worty]

Nevermind, kegging it. It can age in there. Its dark in there anyway.

 

[ba-brewer]

Nevermind, kegging it. It can age in there. Its dark in there anyway.

If the stopper is still inside the carboy search "plastic bag stopper removal"
I did a quick search but could not find the thread but this post sort of outlines the process.
Cold Crashing Nightmare!

 

[Nick&Worty]

If the stopper is still inside the carboy search "plastic bag stopper removal"
I did a quick search but could not find the thread but this post sort of outlines the process.
Cold Crashing Nightmare!

Whoa! I love science magic!! Thanks!

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Well... it’s been one of those days. This rubber stopper was sanitized before it fell in there. I had just finished a closed transfer on this cider from primary to secondary, and when I went to airlock it, woops. Was planning to age this out for a month in secondary. Will the rubber stopper in there cause any problems or affect flavor? I could just keg it today, or closed transfer it to another secondary.
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If you take a long racking cane and position the stopper so you can push the cane in the hole and pull the stopper up then grab it with neddle nosed pliers. If you can't get it with the pliers try inserting a screw in the stopper and pulling it out. Hope this helps

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Whoa! I love science magic!! Thanks!

Let's see him try it with a full carboy.

 

[grampamark]

Cleaned a couple of kegs so I can package a Brown Ale and an Amber Ale.

Kegged the Brown and the Blonde after supper. The kegerator be full.

 

[JAReeves]

Had an unexpected day off today. Cleaned the entire brewery space.

Organized all of the bottles and labeled them for whichever Christmas beer/wine they will eventually be filled with.

I have been fighting a slow CO2 leak for the last two months, so I changed the O-Rings on 4/6 kegs (the other two are full of beer that is carbonating up and I daren't open them!).

Played with the mineral additions for future brews, trying to get a more Burton-style DIPA and a London-style stout.

Started talking up Learn to Brew Day on November 7 with some friends; hopefully someone doesn't mind coming over and wearing a mask for 6 hours while we make the stout!

Also hit the local Off-License (T.W.) and picked up a selection of British beers for style tasting.

 

[Nick&Worty]

I was about to switch my kegs from force carbing @ 30 to serving pressure and tap that, when realized I failed to throw open the CO2 valve... so no force carbing. To make myself feel better, I dressed my yeast up as a new rap group called “The Yeastie Boys”.

 

[RCope]

Been there, done that

 

[pshankstar]

Replaced the keg lines and cleaned my faucets to hook up my IPAs. One is a little green the other isn’t so green. I’m happy with how they turned out!

 

[Elric]

Kegged my milk stout. Hydrometer sample tasted great. Nice chocolate and coffee notes and just a hint of sweet from the lactose. Can't wait for it to chill and carb up. I think this was my best brew to date numbers wise. nailed the predicted OG and was only one point off on FG.

 

[JAReeves]

Kegged and dry hopped the Red Rye IPA a little early so it can naturally carbonate.

 

[seatazzz]

Set the ferment fridge at 48 yesterday to crash the lager and the pale that are currently residing there, with an eye to kegging both today. Lager is damn near perfect, but the pale tastes funny. Hoping that crashing helped a bit. Need something to occupy my overexcited brain until this afternoon, when I get to go pick up our new car. 2019 Hyundai Tucson with only 7200 miles on it, got most of the bells & whistles (including heated seats, oh yes). Only the second time in 15 years of marriage that Mamma gets to drive the new vehicle; I smoke, he doesn't, and I promised I wouldn't in this car. I didn't promise not to vape in it, though...

 

[jcav]

I didn't promise not to vape in it, though...

 

[pshankstar]

I’m not sure if this counts but I bought these bottles. I couldn’t believe I found them at a Wegmans grocery store a few towns over. It’s a style I’m getting interested in and have seen others here enjoying them. So I had to give it a shot.
So I added more bottles to my cellar today.

 

[day_trippr]

Having returned from a week in the mountains with my kids and grands - and away from my humble brewing - I was ready to dig back in and get this beast finished!

Today I installed the system controller and power module and ran another functional test on everything including the lighting (passed). Then I ran all of the tubing for the beer lines, gas lines, rinser water, drip tray drain, and catch tank vent.

Only thing left is installing the (8) temperature sensors. I'm going to take the time to pick out a matched set of ds18b20 probes from the ~dozen on hand that aren't being used elsewhere. I'm pretty sure one of the original 8 keezer probes was an outlier and being picky is kinda my thing

Cheers!

 

[OldDogBrewing]

Finished the hopping schedule of a couple beers I'm brewing soon and only had the grist and yeast selected

Finished reeding Brew like a monk today too

 

[day_trippr]

Almost almost done!
All temperature sensors installed and working, motion sensor is tuned up, and K3 has assumed its rightful place in the house.
Only thing left is to install the lid gasket, then connect the compressor and get it chilled down enough to stick some kegs in it...

Cheers!

 

[jcav]

Unreal! That is a beautiful sight to see right there!

John

 

[bracconiere]

And still friendly enough to help noobies balance their lines!

 

[govner1]

Brewed 6 bbl of Black IPA as part of a club brew day using the 10bbl system of a local craft brewery. LOTS of wort to go around!
Brewery will ferment the 100+ gals left and put on tap.