Who's brewing 08-08-08 RIS? Post your notes here!

[jds]

Expect a good blow off on this batch.

Indeed. I didn't pitch onto a huge cake, just a 3 pint starter (shaken, not stirred...yet), and 12 hours later, the krausen is about 4 inches deep. Hasn't hit the blowoff tube yet, but I think it will.

 

[Poppy360]

I had activity in under 6 hrs with a 1 qt starter made from 1056.

 

[TerapinChef]

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Do you guys think that BM's immersion chiller trembles in fear every time he starts to put it into the keggle?

 

[Warped04]

Do you guys think that BM's immersion chiller trembles in fear every time he starts to put it into the keggle?

Yes...Yes it does. I bet his primaries tremble as well.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Well, took the day off from werk cuz i'm sick (which is true) but decided to brew to help me relax. i'm taking it easy on this one, not getting to critical of everything, especially since i'm brewing in my kitchen. here goes...

ingredients picked up fresh from morebeer...i already had some of the hops and the safale-05

my only complaint from them is the mill. it's set too crush the grains far too much. shreds the poor little guys...

here's my pots hard at work

i heated 2.5 gal to 166, 3 gal to 167 and brought 1 gallon to a boil, just in case

i preheated the mash tun by rinsing it out good with hot water, then i added the pots one at a time, checking the temperature each time

i ended up needing the boiled gallon, but it worked perfectly! i mashed in at 154F!!!!!! like i said, not being too perfect, but it's always nice when things work out anyway!

I like being next to the window...makes me think i'm brewing outside or something.

more to come! have to start heating the sparge water...it takes a LLOOONNNGG time!

 

[Evets]

Nice pics, Ben! Thanks!

 

[Lil' Sparky]

Just finished this up. My longest brew day EVER, and I still need to finish the clean up. Deathweed came over for the brew and we came out with 11.75 gals of black goodness at 1.082 and 78 IBUs. We were shooting for 11 gals, but we had to boil part of the wort for a while in a 2nd keggle and combine them together. I'm happy we were close on the OG target and ended up with a little extra wort. My keg MLT was barely big enough for the 35.4 lbs of grain, and I was worried my giant hop bag wasn't going to hold all 11 ounces of hops (3 oz Warrior pellets and 8 oz Fuggles leaf). All in all, a great brew day. I hope the RIS lives up to all the work we put into it. I couldn't find our camera or I would post up some brew porn.

 

[DeathBrewer]

i did my runnings with the help of several pots

and i ended up with 8 gallons!!!

so i decided to use 3 pots with 4 gallons in 1 and 2 gallons in each of the others.

i'm splitting the hops accordingly.

next time i try to brew between multiple pots, remind me to do it with a smaller beer!

if i end up boiling off ~1 gallon from each, it will be perfect! i'll keep you posted!

 

[Lil' Sparky]

Wow, that looks insane! But this is kind of an insane beer to brew, so it probably fits.

 

[TerapinChef]

So here's the brewing update...

I'm done.

Seriously though, it was a very very smooth brew day. Got started too late to do the two brews I had planned (I was going to follow up the RIS with EdWort's Bee Cave Kolsch) but I wasn't upset about it. Mash went very well, hit my temps perfect. Although I have to say I was rather confused by BeerSmith. I'm just not used to it throwing me curveballs like this. I mashed in 22.19Q water, held for 60 minutes. Drained the mash tun to get 4 gallons of first runnings. Then, following BeerSmith's instructions, I sparged (batch) with 3.15 gallons of water. Seeing as how they told me I was looking for a boil volume of 6.32 gallons, I was kind of confused. So I just chucked it all in the keggle and boiled the piss out of it. 90 minutes later, I had about 5 1/2-6 gallons of beautiful black tasty tasty wort.

Chucked in my 1/2 gallon of starter and I was a happy man! I'll keep you informed on the fermentation process.

 

[DeathBrewer]

Wow, it's been a long day! Here's the HOT BREAK!

Here are the last 10 minute hop additions (i'm adding the aroma to the secondary)

Cooling the wort...lol (no hoses or hookups here for my wort chiller)

now i just gotta wait around while that cools and wait for my friend to come over here with my carboy!

time for a well-deserved break!

 

[DeathBrewer]

here's the last of my evening!

after pouring all the wort...see that little "5 gal" mark there??? right below it is my line for 5 gals even! when the foam goes down its JUST over...i can't believe how perfect it came out.

taking the hydrometer reading...it was EXACTLY at 1.088!!! granted, it's at about 74 F, but that's what...1.089? 1.090? close enough for me! about 70% efficiency

according to promash, it's 85 IBU...again close enough for me!

what an awesome turnout. it only took me 8 hours (with cleanup...hey! another 8!) but all in all it was a relaxing evening. i shook the hell out of it over about an hour and pitched two packs of safale us-05 (no rehydrate.) i figure it'll be about a month in the primary at 65 or so, then as cold as i can get it in my fermentation chiller for another month or so.

it tastes like it's going to be fantastic!!!

:rockin:

good night everyone. i look forward to opening these in 8 months!

 

[EdWort]

So, today is the second full day of Rasty Old Tom's in the bucket. The recipe in last month's Zymurgy said it had to ferment at 68 degrees for 24 hours, then 60 degrees for 14 days. I took it out to the garage and put it in the freezer, taped the Love Controller sensor to the bucket and set the temp to 60. I just checked this evening and it's still bubbling like crazy, even at 60 degrees. No blow off though, the bucket is big enough. Whew!

I started using Captain Morgan in my airlocks. It's much easier to see. Thanks to whoever recommended it!

 

[DeathBrewer]

much easier to use than what? i use really cheap vodka

 

[Chriso]

to see, not to use.

 

[EdWort]

to see, not to use.

Yep, at a quick glance you can see if you have enough in it and if there is any action. The contrast of the light amber liquid against a white bucket or white interior of a freezer is far better than a clear liquid. I don't have any cheap rum, though the Captain goes for $18.99 for a 1/2 gallon.

 

[landhoney]

So, today is the second full day of Rasty Old Tom's in the bucket. The recipe in last month's Zymurgy said it had to ferment at 68 degrees for 24 hours, then 60 degrees for 14 days.

In all seriousness; I freely admit, when it comes to many things I am slow and stupid. With that in mind, please be kind in answering my next question:

Did you brew this beer in addition to the 8-8-8 recipe?

I feel my previous question where I used the word 'too' could be taken two ways. I just don't understand why you're posting pics/detail of another RIS in the 8-8-8 RIS brewing thread. Not that I don't enjoy seeing them, I just 'need' to understand what's going on or I'll explode. Thanks Edwort, you rock!

 

[BierMuncher]

...I started using Captain Morgan in my airlocks. It's much easier to see. Thanks to whoever recommended it!

You're welcome...

I like the smell too.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Down from 1.088 to 1.024 in 3 days! Already this beer is hiding its nearly 9% ABV quite well. It has a roasty bite, but after a lengthy conditioning period, I think it'll become a wonderful stout.

 

[Professor Frink]

Reading all of these posts I can't wait for my AHBS RIS kit to arrive

 

[EdWort]

In all seriousness; I freely admit, when it comes to many things I am slow and stupid. With that in mind, please be kind in answering my next question:

Did you brew this beer in addition to the 8-8-8 recipe?

I feel my previous question where I used the word 'too' could be taken two ways. I just don't understand why you're posting pics/detail of another RIS in the 8-8-8 RIS brewing thread. Not that I don't enjoy seeing them, I just 'need' to understand what's going on or I'll explode. Thanks Edwort, you rock!

This Rasty Old Tom American Imperial Stout is my 888 recipe. I know everyone is doing Russian Stouts, but since old Pootie Poot
is Time's Man of the Year, I thought I would do an American one. :cross:

I don't have two Imperial Stouts going at one time.

 

[EdWort]

You're welcome...

I like the smell too.

I thought it was you, but was not sure. Thanks ol' BM. Happy New Year!

 

[McKBrew]

The brewing has just started at the Falling Timber Brewing Company here in rainy Silverdale, WA.

It's just above 40 today, so I went with the indoor brewery (aka kitchen)

5# of specialty grains

Steeping. The water turned a nice dark color within a minute. (Looks like stout to me) and it's starting to smell good in here.

 

[bluechip101]

Well I have gotten a late...missed Jan 1 weekend... and getting a late start today. None the less... RIS will be brewed today and I am offically starting now with this post. 4:30 here in Southern Alabama and 65 deg. I will post some pics as it goes.

 

[McKBrew]

Since I'm in the kitchen I had to slip a pot of Mac N' Cheese onto an empty burner during the steep. Right now I'm getting everything up to a boil so I can add the DME.

 

[McKBrew]

Should have brewed outdoors, it's taking forever to get a boil going.

 

[PseudoChef]

Finished 5.5 gallons at a group brewday. Ended up at 1.092. Took freakin' forever, but I'm happy.

Wort sample was sweet bitterness. This is going to be a long 8 months.

 

[McKBrew]

Mine didn't finish where it should have, ended up at 1.076. I have a theory though. I did a gravity measurement seperately on the steeping grains and ended up with 1.011, where I should have had 1.022 according to BTP. So maybe cramming five pounds of grain into a bag isn't allowing the grains in the center to fully extract. Probably should have used two bags instead of one.

The wort tastes good overall. Nice and sweet. I will update my pics later, still need to clean up a bit.

 

[McKBrew]

More Pics

Spent the brew session in chat

Moved to the smoker

Filling the primary

 

[McKBrew]

Just over five gallons of delicious dark goodness.