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Salvelinus 03-31-2011 03:44 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
185,000 BTU's of fun on the way to my house right now. Getting 7.5 gallons up to a boil on the stove took me about 2 hours. Hoping to have that down to about 30 minutes.

rack04 04-01-2011 07:03 AM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
I just purchased a 40 quart stock pot to replace my 32 quart. The 32 quart served it's purpose but it was a little too close for comfort for full boils. Now I need to decide if I want to install a a weldless fitting with valve to drain the wort. I usually rack from the kettle so I leave behind as much cold break and hop particles as possible. The last batch I tried to whirlpool to get all the material to the center of the kettle but it didn't work as well as I wanted. For those of you who have a valve how do you avoid having all the material end up in your primary and what type of fitting do you use inside the kettle?

BeerAdvocate 04-01-2011 10:52 AM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
I just placed an order with Austin Homebrew for 7 recipe kits.
Sunday is the last day for the $20 Anniversary kits!
Here is what I got:

Wit
ESB
Hefeweizen
IPA
Porter
Stout

earnold25 04-01-2011 03:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate (Post 1223989)
I just placed an order with Austin Homebrew for 7 recipe kits.
Sunday is the last day for the $20 Anniversary kits!

Thanks for the link! Just ordered 2. Not sure that I could make 7 in a month. :)

BeerAdvocate 04-01-2011 03:48 PM

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Im hoping they will last me through the summer and I will brewing something special with the Stout & Porter to have for winter time.

earnold25 04-01-2011 03:52 PM

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did you get the LME or all wheat?

Tristan 04-04-2011 02:28 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu (Post 1211584)
Primary and secondary are finally both empty.
I bottled my RIS yesterday. It started at 1.125 and finished at 1.020 for a whopping 13.83% ABV.
My brewstand should be done this week. I'll post pics before and after powder coating.
After powder is down and baked, I'll just have to plumb it up and do some final wiring.

American Pils will be the test batch on the new rig:

Classic American Pilsner
Type: All Grain
Date: 3/20/2011
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Brewer: Tim Lael
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Equipment: My All Grain
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00

Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.50 lb Brewers Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.8 SRM) Grain 64.71 %
2.00 lb Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM) Grain 23.53 %
1.00 lb Rice, Flaked (Briess) (1.0 SRM) Grain 11.76 %
0.50 oz Sterling [7.50 %] (60 min) Hops 13.2 IBU
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 5.3 IBU
0.50 oz Sterling [7.50 %] (15 min) Hops 6.5 IBU
1 Pkgs American Lager (White Labs #WLP840) Yeast-
Lager
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.045 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.62
Bitterness: 25.0 IBU
Est Color: 3.5 SRM

Notes
Created with BeerSmith

Nice job on your RIS attenuation! Looking at your CAP recipe, where's the 6 row brother? I'd take half of that 2-row and sub 6-row and then sub Pilsner malt for the other half. :banger 6 Row really adds another dimension! Also, I'd save the MO for an English beer. When CAPs were brewed back in the day they didn't have any fancy malts! Also, I like corn a whole hell of a lot; I tried Rice and it's not for me. Just my 2 cents.

Also, if you like noble hops, Perle for bittering and Saaz/Tettnang for flavor/aroma is an awful nice combination :D If you want super classic pre-prohibition and like cat piss flavor try cluster hops LOL.

St. Lou Stu 04-05-2011 07:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tristan (Post 1226359)
Nice job on your RIS attenuation! Looking at your CAP recipe, where's the 6 row brother? I'd take half of that 2-row and sub 6-row and then sub Pilsner malt for the other half. :banger 6 Row really adds another dimension! Also, I'd save the MO for an English beer. When CAPs were brewed back in the day they didn't have any fancy malts! Also, I like corn a whole hell of a lot; I tried Rice and it's not for me. Just my 2 cents.

Also, if you like noble hops, Perle for bittering and Saaz/Tettnang for flavor/aroma is an awful nice combination :D If you want super classic pre-prohibition and like cat piss flavor try cluster hops LOL.


Yeah... that great attenuation made a fairly hot beer. We'll see what time does on that.

I will take your advice on the Pils... for the second batch. I wanted to stray just a bit on the first batch since it will be for my BMC friend that helped me build the stand. I want him to see that beer can have flavor and be simple. I think I will go with the Perle, Saaz/Tettnang on both batches though. Nice idea... I'll keep my cascades for IPA and AIPAs. They really don't have a place here. And the corn... I am still 50/50 on that... what do you see as an advantage compared to rice? I do rice 'cause its easy, but I guess corn would be just as if not easier. Do you still cereal mash it?

Tristan 04-06-2011 04:00 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu (Post 1227535)
Yeah... that great attenuation made a fairly hot beer. We'll see what time does on that.

I will take your advice on the Pils... for the second batch. I wanted to stray just a bit on the first batch since it will be for my BMC friend that helped me build the stand. I want him to see that beer can have flavor and be simple. I think I will go with the Perle, Saaz/Tettnang on both batches though. Nice idea... I'll keep my cascades for IPA and AIPAs. They really don't have a place here. And the corn... I am still 50/50 on that... what do you see as an advantage compared to rice? I do rice 'cause its easy, but I guess corn would be just as if not easier. Do you still cereal mash it?

To me Rice adds a bit of "insipid" to the flavor profile. I just didn't care for it personally. I used Flaked Maize (Corn) and there is no cereal mash needed. Just through it in with the rest of your malt in the mash! I find corn gives a nice delicate sweetness at about 18% of the grist. Rice is more neutral, but I'm usually not a "neutral" kind of guy :banger

kaisersozei 04-26-2011 05:33 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kaisersozei (Post 1199556)
AHA's National Homebrew Competition

If anyone is interested, now is the time to register for this year's contest. More information:

http://www.homebrewersassociation.or...on-information

The last time I entered was more than 5 years ago, so I decided to submit a few of my recent beers to get some professional feedback and to see how they hold up to others in their style:

Winston's Lot (Imperial IPA)
Trappist Hollow (Belgian Specialty/Trappist Christmas ale)
Essence (Cream Ale)

My son is also entering as primary brewer on CohiBrew (Imperial IPA,) I'll be secondary.

Since a number of folks around CA have sampled these, I'll be sure to post my performance once the scores come back. Unless they suck ;)

Well, got my regional round scores back today. The Imperial IPAs both scored 36/50--which is great especially for my son's first beer--and the Cream Ale 31/50. Judges said that Winston's Lot could have done much better in a different category, but it had lost some of its hop aroma so it didn't fit the style. It got high scores in the "flavor" and "overall" components, though. I didn't have much hope for the Cream Ale, just wanted to see how it did.

The Belgian Specialty ale, however, took First Place in its category and advances to the Nationals final round in San Diego! :noon Not sure how many beers it competed against, but there were over 750 total entries in my region. The judges comments were all very high and extremely positive, so I'm super excited about this. :banger I've given away almost all of this beer since it was my Christmas gift to friends & co-workers, but I fortunately have just enough to enter into finals. It will definitely be an annual tradition around Castle Hollow Brewery ;)

Thought I'd share the good news with my fellow HBOTLs!

Matt-N-Ga 04-26-2011 07:01 PM

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That's awesome...Congratulations. :banger

Good luck in the next round. :tu

Blindjimme 04-27-2011 09:51 AM

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Congratulations Gerard. You should be proud, that is a very good showing. I'll be happy if my first batch this summer is drinkable :tu

ODLS1 04-27-2011 10:42 AM

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Congrats! I wanted to enter a bunch in NHC but at $14 per beer... no thanks. I plan to enter a bunch in a couple local comps, one being the state fair.

awsmith4 04-27-2011 11:02 AM

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Congrats Gerard!

b0rderman 04-27-2011 01:20 PM

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Hell yea!! A big congrats to you!

I brewed up a 'kitchen sink' stout last night...started as an outmeal-milk stout...I then added some honey and chocolate malts for unknown reasons and ended up 15pts. higher in OG @ 1.076. Very interested to see how this experiment turns out...a honey-chocolate-outmeal-milk stout....shoot, forgot the coffee! ;)

Salvelinus 04-27-2011 04:30 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by b0rderman (Post 1247574)
Hell yea!! A big congrats to you!

I brewed up a 'kitchen sink' stout last night...started as an outmeal-milk stout...I then added some honey and chocolate malts for unknown reasons and ended up 15pts. higher in OG @ 1.076. Very interested to see how this experiment turns out...a honey-chocolate-outmeal-milk stout....shoot, forgot the coffee! ;)

Add it into the secondary :tu

And congrats Gerard, that is quite the homebrewing accomplishment!

BeerAdvocate 04-27-2011 04:40 PM

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I transferred my Belgian Tripel to secondary & pitched a Belgian blonde onto the yeast cake

kaisersozei 04-28-2011 07:44 AM

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Thanks for all the positive remarks guys, I'll let you know how it advances! :chr

rack04 04-28-2011 12:31 PM

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I will either be brewing a dry stout or irish red this weekend. This will be my 3rd all grain brew and 1st with my new brew kettle and temperature controlled fermentation freezer.

Salvelinus 05-14-2011 06:08 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Just bottled a saison, moved an IPA into secondary, and purchased a stainless fittings kit to convert my cooler into a mash tun. Tired of crappy brew in a bag efficiencies.

ODLS1 05-14-2011 11:37 PM

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My Monolith Imperial Stout, 16.3% abv, will be kegged up tomorrow! I can't wait. This beer is AMAZING. Fresh it gives Dark Lord, my favorite beer, a run for it's money. It was pretty great, then I added vanilla beans and it took it to a whole new level. This is all from tasting it from the fermenter too. I'm sure carbonation and age will only improve it... I can only hope.

BeerAdvocate 05-15-2011 09:54 AM

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Im making a stout today where I will add Dark Rum, Vanilla beans and oak cubes to secondary.

St. Lou Stu 05-15-2011 07:24 PM

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Brewed up an all grain California Common today.
Hit all my numbers perfectly.
We'll see how it turns out. My LHBS didn't have WLP 810, so I went with Safelager S-23 dry yeast and made a 1.5l starter.
I'm going to ferment it at 60 degrees for a few weeks, or until it is done.
The recipe:
Code:

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Cleveland Steam
Brewer: Tim Lael
Asst Brewer: Rollo Tubbs
Style: California Common Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste:

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.50 gal     
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 8.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount        Item                                      Type        % or IBU     
10.00 lb      Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)            Grain        90.91 %     
0.50 lb      Caramel Malt - 40L (Briess) (40.0 SRM)    Grain        4.55 %       
0.50 lb      Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM)    Grain        4.55 %       
1.00 oz      Northern Brewer [10.00 %]  (45 min)      Hops        30.2 IBU     
0.50 oz      Northern Brewer [10.00 %]  (15 min)      Hops        8.2 IBU     
0.50 oz      Northern Brewer [10.00 %]  (0 min) (Aroma Hops          -           
1.00 items    Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)          Misc                     
1 Pkgs        SafLager West European Lager (DCL Yeast #SYeast-Lager               


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 11.00 lb
----------------------------
Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time    Name              Description                        Step Temp   
60 min        Mash In            Add 13.75 qt of water at 170.0 F    154.0 F     
10 min        Mash Out          Add 7.70 qt of water at 198.4 F    168.0 F     


Notes:
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Steep aroma hop addition for 10 minutes while whirlpooling prior to starting chiller flow

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


kaisersozei 05-25-2011 09:54 AM

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My fermenters are all empty, but I just bottled a disastrous SN Torpedo clone this weekend. Pretty much everything that could go wrong, did go wrong with this beer. 10# of malt and I couldn't reach target mash temperature, ended up adding twice as much water as I wanted, the manifold got clogged, the sparge was difficult, I boiled off more liquid than I wanted, overshot my SG by about 10 points, the primary fermentation was so vigorous that I blew off the airlock and got foamy yeast all over the laundry room, for some reason I thought dryhopping with whole cones was a good idea, ended up bottling a whopping 3.5 gallons from an original 6 gallon boil, and I was trying to create a blended yeast strain (Bell's Hopslam + WL001) but forgot to salvage some of the yeast. In twenty years, I have never had such a challenging brew.

On the positive side, it tasted pretty good going into the bottle, so we'll see what a little time does.

Shipped off my last 3 bottles of the Trappist Christmas ale to the final round of the NHC competition yesterday. Hoping for the best!

gvarsity 05-25-2011 11:46 AM

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Did my first brew in several years. It was a partial mash Imperial Blonde Ale kit. It is happily bubbling away in the basement. I forgot how much fun and the sense of pride there is from making your own beer. Here is hoping it tastes good.

rack04 05-26-2011 07:52 AM

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I bottled an irish red about a week ago and will be bottling a dry stout tomorrow. If everything works out I will be brewing a kolsch on Saturday. I have my 1 liter yeast starter in the fridge getting ready to decant and then I will add another 1 liter of fresh wort to step up the yeast counts.

cricky101 05-26-2011 09:30 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rack04 (Post 1275248)
I bottled an irish red about a week ago and will be bottling a dry stout tomorrow. If everything works out I will be brewing a kolsch on Saturday. I have my 1 liter yeast starter in the fridge getting ready to decant and then I will add another 1 liter of fresh wort to step up the yeast counts.

Nice! I'm brewing a partial-mash Irish red tomorrow on my day off

rack04 05-26-2011 01:46 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cricky101 (Post 1275361)
Nice! I'm brewing a partial-mash Irish red tomorrow on my day off

I'm real excited to try it. The sample that I tasted while bottling was fantastic. To bad I have already promised to give 1/2 away.

Salvelinus 05-26-2011 07:08 PM

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Bottled my IPA. Sitting on the porch in the rain smoking an ELO, drinking a homebrew, and watching a pale ale boil. Simple batch

10lbs two row
12oz crystal 90 for color
0.5oz of columbus at 60, 10, and 1

going to pitch it on the yeast cake from the IPA and bottle in a week I hope. This will probably be the last of my summer beers, wanted something simple to fill out the summer drinking list. Time to move on to the longer aging winter stuff.

kaisersozei 06-24-2011 08:26 AM

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The first batch of "NuptiAle", a pretty basic, nondescript American ale (OG 1.045, 4% ABV, 22 IBU with Centennial + Cascade) that my boss is having me brew to serve at his daughter's wedding in September, is sitting quietly in the secondary. I have 2 more batches to brew to get the proper quantity for 120 people. Good thing it ferments quick & clean.

BeerAdvocate 07-10-2011 01:12 PM

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Today I kegged a Coffee Vanilla Porter and brewed an Imperial Stout for winter

St. Lou Stu 07-10-2011 08:00 PM

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Got two in the fermenter right now.... both will be served at Shack.
Last Sunday I brewed up a California Common (a newer revision of the recipe a few posts up) and today was a nice little Session hop bomb.

Today's Session beer:
Code:

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: American Session
Brewer: Tim Lael
Asst Brewer: 8 million mosquitoes
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.50 gal     
Boil Size: 7.33 gal
Estimated OG: 1.040 SG
Estimated Color: 5.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 46.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount        Item                                      Type        % or IBU     
5.25 lb      Brewers Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.8 SRM)    Grain        65.63 %     
1.75 lb      Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM)            Grain        21.88 %     
1.00 lb      Caramel Malt - 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM)    Grain        12.50 %     
1.00 oz      Cascade [5.50 %]  (Dry Hop 5 days)        Hops          -           
1.00 oz      Cascade [5.50 %]  (60 min)                Hops        18.1 IBU     
1.00 oz      Centennial [11.00 %]  (Dry Hop 5 days)    Hops          -           
0.50 oz      Cascade [5.50 %]  (20 min)                Hops        5.5 IBU     
0.50 oz      Cascade [5.50 %]  (10 min)                Hops        3.3 IBU     
1.50 oz      Centennial [11.00 %]  (0 min)            Hops          -           
1.00 items    Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)          Misc                     
1 Pkgs        English Ale (White Labs #WLP002)          Yeast-Ale                 
1.00 oz      Centennial [10.00 %]  (90 min) (Mash Hop) Hops        7.8 IBU     
0.50 oz      Centennial [10.00 %]  (5 min)            Hops        3.6 IBU     
2.00 oz      Cascade [5.50 %]  (90 min) (Mash Hop)    Hops        8.6 IBU     


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 8.00 lb
----------------------------
Single Infusion, Light Body
Step Time    Name              Description                        Step Temp   
75 min        Mash In            Add 10.00 qt of water at 160.7 F    148.0 F     
10 min        Mash Out          Add 6.40 qt of water at 205.1 F    168.0 F     


Notes:
------
Whirlpool 1.5oz Centennial at flameout before starting chill water.
Dry hop 1oz Cascade 1oz Centennial for 5 days as active fermentation subsides

Brew adjustment:
Added 2 quarts extra to mash to account for hop absorbtion

Strike water @ 162 hit mash at 148.5

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rack04 07-11-2011 01:56 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate (Post 1331147)
Today I kegged a Coffee Vanilla Porter and brewed an Imperial Stout for winter

Did you add the vanilla to the boil or secondary? I'm interested in making a chocolate vanilla robust porter for the winter but I'm having a hard time deciding on beans/extract and when to add.

BeerAdvocate 07-11-2011 02:35 PM

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I always add to secondary. Actually this time I used some high quality vanilla extract and just put a tablespoon in the keg and racked my beer on top of that.
I usually use whole vanilla beans that I split down the middle, scrap out the insides and soak everything in vodka for a day. Then I just dump it all into secondary.

Salvelinus 07-11-2011 08:35 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Put a marris otter/simcoe smash over a starter from the dregs of a DFH Squall. Friend put an amber in the basement on Sunday. Add the lambic and I'm sitting 15 gallons of goodies in the basement. Peanuts for some, but my personal best.

kaisersozei 07-12-2011 01:11 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rack04 (Post 1332293)
Did you add the vanilla to the boil or secondary? I'm interested in making a chocolate vanilla robust porter for the winter but I'm having a hard time deciding on beans/extract and when to add.

I've always put the extract in the bottling bucket with the priming sugar. As Travis says, secondary might work just as well--you may even get better distribution, but I've never had problems with the bottling method. If you're using beans, definitely in the secondary.

cricky101 07-23-2011 11:49 AM

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It's a brewing weekend for me. Two partial mashes. One double chocolate stout in the fermenter yesterday and an Irish red ale going right now.

Devanmc 07-23-2011 03:06 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
mmm beer, didnt know this was here. Ive got a honey brown kolsch and a summer blonde for shack in the fermentor right now. the summer moves to secondary tomorrow.

St. Lou Stu 07-23-2011 04:51 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Devanmc (Post 1347520)
mmm beer, didnt know this was here. Ive got a honey brown kolsch and a summer blonde for shack in the fermentor right now. the summer moves to secondary tomorrow.

Nice.
I moved two over to secondary this weekend.

One is a Session IPA, the other a California Common.
Both will be kegged in time for Shack!

Tomorrow I'm going to brew a Kolsch. It should be a cool day compared to what we've had. Forecast only calls for 95 degrees.

Devanmc 07-23-2011 05:10 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu (Post 1347628)
Nice.
I moved two over to secondary this weekend.

One is a Session IPA, the other a California Common.
Both will be kegged in time for Shack!

Tomorrow I'm going to brew a Kolsch. It should be a cool day compared to what we've had. Forecast only calls for 95 degrees.

so your bringing home brew kegs to shack as well? 5gl cornies im guessing?

if so, how do you plan on serving? we might be able to combine our serving stuff for the weekend. Im in the processes of PMing Da Klugs about the CO2 side of things. :sh

St. Lou Stu 07-23-2011 07:02 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Devanmc (Post 1347647)
so your bringing home brew kegs to shack as well? 5gl cornies im guessing?

if so, how do you plan on serving? we might be able to combine our serving stuff for the weekend. Im in the processes of PMing Da Klugs about the CO2 side of things. :sh

I'll bring a full 2.5 pound cylinder, plus, we will have a paintball cylinder that we can run up to Walmart to refill if needed.
I'll be bringing 2 2-tap jockey boxes so we'll have four taps going at any given time.
Do you have a ball lock or pin lock setup?

Devanmc 07-23-2011 07:07 PM

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ball lock, how many kegs will you have hooked up? if i might be able to hook my 2 kegs up to that. As itll work much better then a bucket of ice.

I was planning on bringing a 20oz CO2 as well. Plus my #20 as backup.

St. Lou Stu 07-23-2011 07:12 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Devanmc (Post 1347818)
ball lock, how many kegs will you have hooked up? if i might be able to hook my 2 kegs up to that. As itll work much better then a bucket of ice.

I was planning on bringing a 20oz CO2 as well. Plus my #20 as backup.

I'm only bringing 2 kegs. Tristan is also going to bring one or two that I know of.
You are more than welcome to use the boxes.
We'll just make sure that it is hooked up so that we don't have the same stuff on tap.
Only exception would be that Tristan and I both brewed a session IPA... I'd like to tap those at the same time to do a side-by-side.

Devanmc 07-23-2011 07:14 PM

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sounds fine to me. Ill bring enough to keep my beer cold in-case i cant hook up to the box. I planned on using large buckets and ice, should work pretty well. If needed.

do you have a manifold to split the CO2 multiple ways? That way we can use just 1 tank. If not i can look at borrowing/getting one. :sh

where will be able to chain/tie up the tanks so they dont fall?

St. Lou Stu 07-23-2011 07:21 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Devanmc (Post 1347834)
sounds fine to me.

do you can a manifold to split the CO2 multiple ways? That way we can use just 1 tank.

I'll bring an 8-way manifold too. I forgot about that.

Besides beer, I'm bringing:
1 - #2.5 CO2 tank
1 - Dual regulator
1 - 8 way manifold
2 - 2 tap jockey boxes
1 - half barrel ice tub
assorted tools for regulators, poppets, hose clamps, spare liquid and gas line...
bungees for tanks...

Devanmc 07-23-2011 07:23 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu (Post 1347844)
I'll bring an 8-way manifold too. I forgot about that.

Besides beer, I'm bringing:
1 - #2.5 CO2 tank
1 - Dual regulator
1 - 8 way manifold
2 - 2 tap jockey boxes
1 - half barrel ice tub
assorted tools for regulators, poppets, hose clamps, spare liquid and gas line......

awesome. ill bring my equipment just for backups then. :tu

we will have a place to chain up the tanks from falling and being damaged though right? cuz i dont want to leave my#20 in the car on its side all weekend.

St. Lou Stu 07-23-2011 07:25 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Devanmc (Post 1347846)
awesome. ill bring my equipment just for backups then. :tu

we will have a place to chain up the tanks from falling and being damaged though right? cuz i dont want to leave my#20 in the car on its side all weekend.

Yeah, if we don't tie 'em to a table, I'm sure we could stash them in the shed away from trouble! ;)

Devanmc 07-23-2011 07:27 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
perfect. im gunna bring a some chain :tu

Devanmc 07-23-2011 07:52 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
if you think of anything youd like me to bring. just LMK

Matt-N-Ga 07-24-2011 03:30 PM

Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?
 
Awsmith4 and I transferred his Birthday brew into the secondary earlier last week. It's a clone of Kate The Great. We are letting it sit on Port soaked Oak chips.

We also transferred our own concoction off the second runnings of the KAte the Great mash. We added into primary, Coffee beans, Vanilla beans and chocolate. It sits alone in secondary with no additions.


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