living in Canada and not having a garage or covered outdoor area is why I never even considered outdoor brewing!
What I did for beer today
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Just got home from the LHBS with another bag of two-row and the adjuncts for tomorrow's IPA. And bought myself another 7g Fermonster; one of the two I had got warped when somebody (gee I wonder who) left the heat lamp a bit too close to it in the ferment fridge. Oh yeah that would be me. All in the bill only came to $86.40; enough grain to see me through the New Year, and I do love those fermonsters. Already added a spigot to the new one. Come kegging time, all I have to do is insert a sanitized length of 3/8"OD tubing in the spigot, run it into the keg, open the tap, and let er rip. The punt on the bottom of the fermonster keeps the yeast down below the spigot so I get clear beer every time. Beats my old autosiphon by a mile.
I brew outside so I keep an eye on the weather report, the rain you are getting just missed us on friday. It was suppose to be a light sprinkle around here but it look pretty good in your area this morning on the radar image. We were suppose to get some rain on sunday but it seem like that is not happening either so I might get to brew.
Joshua Hughes
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Brewed a bitter and bottled a brown
Bottled half of the Holiday Ale I brewed a couple of weeks ago and kegged the rest. Brewed a Pale Ale.
When I weighed the grains for the Pale there was just a little Munich 10 left in the bottom of the bag so I decided to add that to the grist. Plugging the extra 12 oz into Beersmith made me think I should call it a Winter Warmer instead of a Pale. The 1st runnings were 1.080, pre boil SG was .060 and FG was 1.070. Mmm. Beer.
When I weighed the grains for the Pale there was just a little Munich 10 left in the bottom of the bag so I decided to add that to the grist. Plugging the extra 12 oz into Beersmith made me think I should call it a Winter Warmer instead of a Pale. The 1st runnings were 1.080, pre boil SG was .060 and FG was 1.070. Mmm. Beer.
BrewMan13
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Cleaned a keg and tapline; also took a portion of my baltic porter and flavored it with coffee and vanilla by request, and bottled it.
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Me? Not a heck of a lot - but The Spousal Unit did "human temperature controller" duty over the last few days keeping a batch of Juicy Bits in its temperature lane in the face of a stuck cooling relay on my BrewPi minion while I was 150 miles away working on our mountain house.
I had pitched on Tuesday and the controller went stupid on Thursday - I had been checking the status from up north every so often and then saw the wort temp was at 62°F and dropping with a 65°F target - and the heater was running in response. Uh oh!
Called The Spousal Unit, got her down in the brewery, was watching her on my BrewCam (tm
) while guiding her to the right chamber. She related the Cooling indicator was off, but the fridge light came on with the door open - it was still in cooling mode. So I had her flip the controller's master cooling switch to Off and that killed the compressor. Crises averted for now.
Over the next couple of days I'd check the status every few hours and have her turn the fridge - or the heater - on or off when needed. She kept the wort between 65 and 66°F for almost three days
Cheers! (She's a keeper. Prolly why we're still married now almost 44 years)
I had pitched on Tuesday and the controller went stupid on Thursday - I had been checking the status from up north every so often and then saw the wort temp was at 62°F and dropping with a 65°F target - and the heater was running in response. Uh oh!
Called The Spousal Unit, got her down in the brewery, was watching her on my BrewCam (tm
) while guiding her to the right chamber. She related the Cooling indicator was off, but the fridge light came on with the door open - it was still in cooling mode. So I had her flip the controller's master cooling switch to Off and that killed the compressor. Crises averted for now.Over the next couple of days I'd check the status every few hours and have her turn the fridge - or the heater - on or off when needed. She kept the wort between 65 and 66°F for almost three days
Cheers! (She's a keeper. Prolly why we're still married now almost 44 years
)What I did on Saturday was bottle my first ever hard cider then jumped right into brewing my first Belgian tripel. The alcohol level will be a bit lower than I thought but we shall see. It is bubbling away nicely and I can't wait to see and even better, taste the finished product.
Bottled 36 pints of Barney the Welder and 37 pints of Prohibition Lager.
I admire your fortitude (and your awesome labels), sir! I still get the shakes when I think of my old bottling days.
Thank you!
Waiting for a boil on a pale and trying to avoid adding any leaves to it
Congratulations!
Yesterday- Brewed a best bitter that got split in half to fermented with two different yeasts. It was nice day but a little windy, weatherman(woman) predicted a nice day. Turned gray as the boil started, 5min left light mist on on my neck, 1min left light sprinkle, 10min into chilling big azz drops and small hails, 85F and break was forming so called it early. Ran in and out between surges to finish cleaning, stopped about when I was done. Not much rain just enough to make everything real wet, did get some thunder and lightning which is not too usual around here.
Today- both halves bubbling happily.
Today- both halves bubbling happily.
Yesterday I was hoping to brew since Saturday was rain and wind, but we had 50mph gusts again and avocado-leaf stout is not on the Good Eats list. Made some honey-ginger priming sugar for the 12 Beers of Christmas swap, though.
I just "started" my first yeast starter! I've been using dry yeast up until now. I bought a stir plate and a flask, and I'm going to give liquid yeasts a dry to see if I can tell a difference.
Brewed a batch of Racer 5 clone on Sunday; yesterday came home to a clogged airlock and crazy fermentation. Cleaned out the airlock, refilled, and installed again (yes I know I should have used a blowoff, but couldn't find the right carboy cap and I was tired and in a hurry). Tonight, came home to more beer in the airlock, but krausen fallen like a rock. Now have to get the dry hop ready faster than originally intended. Might be able to keg this one this weekend. Never had fresh Notty go that fast on a 1.065 beer, at 66 degrees by the controller. This recipe is my 'bogey' beer; I've attempted it 5 times to date, and only got good batches twice, once bottled and once kegged. I did have to change up the hops since I don't have any centennial (I can't stand that hop, don't ask why) and will have to sub in cascade with a smidgen of crystal.
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awesome! Do you mind sharing the Piwo Grodziskie recipe?
I’ll PM you.
Retired the BIAB today and put the new false bottom to use on my first 10 gallon batch, a Weizenbock. Fermented half with a liquid yeast and half with a dry yeast, for a side by side comparison in a few weeks.
Finally got the brewday that was postponed due to weather-the stout is in the fermenter! Had time in between brewing and cleaning to package several pounds of bulk hops into 1oz vac-seal bags and bottle the pale sour.
I kegged my Sabro Riwaka Pale ale thats been sitting in the fermenter for two months due to health issues and a complete lack of motivation on my part. About 6 weeks of cold crashing so it was super clear. It's for a wedding next week so should be carbed up just in time.
You’ve got it. Actually it would be funny because the locals just assume it’s mine.Me too please, promise to avoid the local comps you enter
Supported the local place today.
Quick update: I didn't want to hijack this thread, so I created a new on over here. I found some better boxes.
Took a 2nd gravity sample of the Bohemian Pils I brewed at the city house a couple of weeks ago. Still at .014, down from .054. Bottling this weekend.
