What I did for beer today

[grampamark]

Kegged a Mosaic SMaSH, harvested some yeast, and cleaned the fermenter. The sample tasted pretty good.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

This has been quite a day. My friend picked me up to go to the club meeting at the Rugby House and that's when I learned our local home brew shop will close it's doors at the end of this month. 50 years of home brewing gone. I have been shopping there for 23 years. First with wine and 21 years of brewing beer. Kelly taught me to brew. He has been my brew buddy for several years along with Don. Kelly has supported the local competitions and the club. This will not only affect the homebrew community but competitions and brew club as well. Kelly gave all members 10% off all sells which helped maintain a good head count and dues. Let this be a lesson to all, shop at your local home brew store and only order online for what they can't supply. This is a sad day for Dallas, Texas.

On a lighter note, my nine week old brew dog Jackie G climbed

the steps up into the brewery on his own tonight. Deb and I christen him with a German Leichtbier. That's what we were drinking at the time.

Take care and keep brewing.
Prost

 

[ba-brewer]

Deb and I christen him with a German Leichtbier. That's what we were drinking at the time.

Do you brew your Leichtbier to the BJCP guidelines? I liked the sound of the beer from the guidelines but the ABV just seems a bit low for me. More concerned I could not brew it without it being watery then the actual ABV. I have been playing about with semi-leichtbier, a 4%ish dortmunder sort of thing, that is my current lager on tap.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Do you brew your Leichtbier to the BJCP guidelines? I liked the sound of the beer from the guidelines but the ABV just seems a bit low for me. More concerned I could not brew it without it being watery then the actual ABV. I have been playing about with semi-leichtbier, a 4%ish dortmunder sort of thing, that is my current lager on tap.

Yes I brew to the BJCP guidelines and it is thin. It is 3.7% which I like but next time I'll add a touch of Munich to give a bit more flavor and body and raise the mash temp a bit.

 

[Wables]

Nothing beer related, just brewery related. Im in the process of adding a brewery in my basement. If you have never brewed in an unheated garage at -20F it’s something you should try at least once in your life. I’ve been doing it since 2001 and I’m done with it. My first batch I chilled in a snow bank. Anyway, I tied in my brewery into my 3 waters tonight (hot and cold softened water, and well water), took delivery of my vent fan, and got some planning done. Hope to get a couple sheets of drywall done tomorrow. Laundry room remodel work needs to get finished before the next big brewery push, and the 65l Brewzillas aren‘t supposed to ship for at least another month. Wall penetration for the vent needs to wait for a week and a half until I can commit a full day to get everything finished in one shot.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Well, an unnamed homebrew talk person was cleaning out some of their yeast bank and gifted me with Essex Ale (my local HBS swears by this one) and Manchester Ale. Much appreciated! The Essex Ale is re-cultured and going to pitch into a bitter by morning.

The Manchester will get recultured next and hopefully will be THE YEAST for Boddingtons.

 

[JAReeves]

It's more like what I plan to do for beer tomorrow:

Grabbing a selection of bottles and cans, mine and others, and filling a growler with my latest pale ale for tomorrow's tailgate before the home football game at the school I teach at.

As I am the stadium announcer and a teacher, I have to stay until the last car leaves, so I will not be posting this tomorrow night after it's all over.

 

[seanjwalker1]

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just for anyone else that brews on the stove...that's after a batch and, if you take the thingy's that keep it only half crack out, it pops out quick, and you can just hose it down.....goes from that to this!

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if i would have known that trick sooner, i probably wouldn't be the perma baked on crud! thinking about buying a new top from ebay to find out! just for anyone else's knowledge!

Been stove top brewing for 17 years. Never had that happen, lucky I guess. I have a burner but the air quality here in SE Michigan sucks. Bugs, pollen, dust, dogwood seed floaties, God knows what else from the Big 3 factories...gives me the willies.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Just ordered this portable 1.75 gallon keg from Northern Brewer with 20% off code. Be nice for summer and Holiday parties. Code is FALL20 On 1 item good until midnight tonight if anyone is interested. Price for this came down to $68 with tax and free shipping. Not a bad deal !

 

[bracconiere]

Been stove top brewing for 17 years. Never had that happen,

that was from malt boiling over in my 4 quart pot, doing a decoction mash....and i looked into a new stove top to get rid of the other crud, $100-$200, at that point mightest well spend $500 for a completely new stove....honestly it looks worse in the picture....

 

[seanjwalker1]

that was from malt boiling over in my 4 quart pot, doing a decoction mash....and i looked into a new stove top to get rid of the other crud, $100-$200, at that point mightest well spend $500 for a completely new stove....honestly it looks worse in the picture....

Won't some PBW clean that up ?

 

[bracconiere]

Won't some PBW clean that up ?

not a bad idea actually, but i'd need one hell of a big bucket/storage tote, to fit my whole stove top to soak in..... hmmm i do have a garden hose thingy, i could make a concentrated solution, and let it gently spray slowly? Thanks for the idea!, i just may try it! just like grab a rubber band to hold the trigger, put it on wide angle, set the shut off the a trickle and let it spray on it for a couple hours....

 

[DBhomebrew]

A towel can help keep the solution where it needs to be. I do that for the upper part of big casserole dishes that didn't fit in the sink flat.

 

[seanjwalker1]

not a bad idea actually, but i'd need one hell of a big bucket/storage tote, to fit my whole stove top to soak in..... hmmm i do have a garden hose thingy, i could make a concentrated solution, and let it gently spray slowly? Thanks for the idea!, i just may try it! just like grab a rubber band to hold the trigger, put it on wide angle, set the shut off the a trickle and let it spray on it for a couple hours....

Just make a wet paste of PBW and water and let it soak for awhile. Even a paste of BKF might work.

 

[bracconiere]

Just make a wet paste of PBW and water and let it soak for awhile. Even a paste of BKF might work.

well i just sprikled a coat of pbw on it and put a wet sopy towel over it, going to let it sit over night...

 

[bracconiere]

well i took @seanjwalker1 's advice and gave my stove top a soak with a towel and a bunch of homemade PBW....let it sit over night.....not a bad suggestion, but it didn't just slide off, but with the help of 10 minutes of scrubbing with a wire brush this is where i'm at now! anyone have a way to scrub or scrape without damaging the enamel further?

(looking at that, think after posting this i'll drop those burners in a bucket of PBW! pretty sure it will work as intended for them... and a big thanks sean! )

 

[DBhomebrew]

anyone have a way to scrub or scrape without damaging the enamel further?

A very wet Magic Eraser?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

well i took @seanjwalker1 's advice and gave my stove top a soak with a towel and a bunch of homemade PBW....let it sit over night.....not a bad suggestion, but it didn't just slide off, but with the help of 10 minutes of scrubbing with a wire brush this is where i'm at now! anyone have a way to scrub or scrape without damaging the enamel further?

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(looking at that, think after posting this i'll drop those burners in a bucket of PBW! pretty sure it will work as intended for them... and a big thanks sean! )

Get yourself a can of this stuff. It's like flippin' magic. When we sold our previous house, I bought a can to touch-up some rust/scrapes on the washing machine, and I couldn't believe how well it worked.

 

[bracconiere]

A very wet Magic Eraser?

i don't know what a magic eraser actually is, but if a wire brush and the scraper on it didn't get it....don't know? but thanks for the thought! now i'm thinking razor paint scraper!

 

[bracconiere]

Get yourself a can of this stuff. It's like flippin' magic. When we sold our previous house, I bought a can to touch-up some rust/scrapes on the washing machine, and I couldn't believe how well it worked.

paint over it, huh? not that bad of an idea! lol

 

[DBhomebrew]

i don't know what a magic eraser actually is, but if a wire brush and the scraper on it didn't get it....don't know? but thanks for the thought! now i'm thinking razor paint scraper!

A 'Mr. Clean' product available in the grocery store. A white sponge-like pad. Wet in water, it'll cut through a lot of stuff. It's magic, I don't ask further questions.

 

[bracconiere]

. It's magic, I don't ask further questions.

along those lines, thanks for the paint scraper idea! worked AWESOME! here's old trusty now! almost just like new, lol

(the burners and grates are soaking in hot PBW water right now. but this is what i'm doing for beer today! getting ready for sunday brew day!)

 

[3 Dawg Night]

paint over it, huh? not that bad of an idea! lol

I mean, you need to remove the dirtiness first. I'm suggesting you go ahead and use an abrasive scrubber and then touch up the pain afterward.

 

[bracconiere]

touch up the pain afterward.

i think the "pain is already over" looks good enough for me....un fortanly the PBW didn't clean up the burners....

 

[seanjwalker1]

i think the "pain is already over" looks good enough for me....un fortanly the PBW didn't clean up the burners....

Try Bar Keepers. Rub it on and let it soak in.

 

[bracconiere]

Try Bar Keepers. Rub it on and let it soak in.

i've come to the conclusion PBW just cleans up ancient sugar residue, and doesn't work so well on soot...think BKF would be good for baked on soot?

 

[seatazzz]

In keeping with the hijacking of this thread into Let's All Get Bracc's Stovetop Clean, I too swear by the Magic Erasers. If you have formica countertops they are the shiznit. Rust rings, really stuck on sticky stuff, juice stains, everything just magically disappears. And they do work great on enamel stovetops. Next I'm gonna try one on my old SUV's headlight lenses.

Hijack over....pulled the PRV again on my second batch of Blonde on kveik, so I can let my lager alone and have some next week when I get the scoresheets from the competition it's in. Later I'll mill the grain for tomorrow's batch of house lager, and work on the recipe for an Oktoberfest (okay no I'm not in Germany, a festbier, happy?) I'm thinking of brewing on Sunday before the football craziness commences.

 

[bracconiere]

Let's All Get Bracc's Stovetop Clean

no need to give me a hard time about it. it was something i was doing for beer, and it just happened to be a slow progression over two days.....

And now that my stove top is clean, i need to get my last sunday's batch kegged and carbed because i'm thinking this keg is going to kick soon.....


i'm excited to try this one, i used yeast from a $30 500g brick of wine yeast that says it's beer yeast, or cerveasia(sp?) should be interesting!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Cleaned and sanitized the beer lines on my keezer, plus a bunch of random cleaning.

 

[seanjwalker1]

i've come to the conclusion PBW just cleans up ancient sugar residue, and doesn't work so well on soot...think BKF would be good for baked on soot?

It's cheap and it won't hurt to try it.