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Old 05-17-2010, 12:54 PM   #241
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After a long discussion with Tristan this weekend, I'm commencing the Keggle build this week.
I figured I'd start simple and just do a 1/2" x 4" stainless welded nipple and I could add a sightglass or anything else later.
I'll post up some pics as I progress or finish.
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Old 05-17-2010, 02:20 PM   #242
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Ah awesome some homebrewers!

I used to brew at home aswell. But well seeing how i now brew beer for a living the homebrewing has become a little less intresting lol.
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Old 05-17-2010, 05:05 PM   #243
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Old 05-17-2010, 07:39 PM   #244
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Un stuck my wheat stout (which I am told is a heavy duty version of a dunkelwzn) and it started bubbling almost immediately.
A- made a starter yeast out of an Ale yeast pkt I had, let sit for 5 hours (smelled like bread)
B-mixed/pitched in W/yeast energizer ans stirred up the bottom.temp at 72 df
C- recovered
This is by no means the "correct" way (although maybe it is, I dunno) just the way I did it based on various info I have gathered.
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Old 05-18-2010, 08:31 AM   #245
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I would probably be doing closer to a 2 liter starter, and I use a stirplate.
He never said what the OG of the beer in question was, or the date on the yeast pack, so that could be overpitching. But one pint is probably too small for a Propagator, you are correct (forgot how small they are, I think I have only used them with Brett and Pedio cultures as that is the only way they come, and in those cases they were not used for primary fermentation so I didn't care what size the starter was).
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I brewed the American IPA kit from AustinHomebrew last night. 4 ounces of hops and smells wonderful so far!
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Old 05-19-2010, 08:46 AM   #247
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Old 05-27-2010, 11:31 AM   #248
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Im brewing a Centennial Blonde tonight in order to have on hand for the family at 4th of July. Perfect for the BudLight crowd, yet good enough for the microbrew crowd.
Here is the Very Easy & Simple extract recipe:

5.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 83.3 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.7 %
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (45 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (20 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (10 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
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Im brewing a Centennial Blonde tonight in order to have on hand for the family at 4th of July. Perfect for the BudLight crowd, yet good enough for the microbrew crowd.
Here is the Very Easy & Simple extract recipe:

5.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 83.3 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.7 %
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (45 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (20 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (10 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
Love those kinds that are good for all crowd and sometimes it brings em over to t he dark side. I may have to try this.
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Ya know. It's been a few months since I brewed. I've been looking at the Austin Home Brew Six Malt Amber.
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Im brewing a Centennial Blonde tonight in order to have on hand for the family at 4th of July. Perfect for the BudLight crowd, yet good enough for the microbrew crowd.
Here is the Very Easy & Simple extract recipe:

5.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) Dry Extract 83.3 %
1.00 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 16.7 %
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (45 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
0.25 oz Centennial [9.50%] (20 min) Hops 5.1 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (10 min) Hops 2.5 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [7.80%] (5 min) Hops 1.4 IBU
1 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale
Been a long time since I used dry yeast, but Nottingham gives great results for a no/low-profile yeast. I think I'll be making a stop at my HBS this weekend!
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Old 05-28-2010, 12:42 PM   #252
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Default Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter?

I recently brewed Midwest Supply's "Liberty Cream Ale" kit, and it would be another good one for folks who typically drink "Big 3" beers. Very similar to BA's recipe above, with a bit more hops. After a few weeks conditioning in the bottle it really tastes excellent. This is one I can see keeping around pretty regularly.

6 lbs Light LME
.5 lbs Carapils
1 oz Cascade - 60 mins
1 0z Cascade - 2 mins

SG: 1.042-1.046
FG: 1.010-1.012
IBUs ≈ 33.4
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Old 05-30-2010, 09:08 PM   #253
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I'm just finishing up a batch of Best Bitter. I fiddled with a recipe I found on line. I want this to be an "authentic" Bitter. Here's the recipe I made:

3.3 lbs Light LME
3 lbs Munton & Fisson Light DME

Mini mash:
1 lbs Maris Otter
1 lb Crystal 40
.5 lbs Oat Malt

1 oz Challenger - 60 mins
1 oz UK Fuggles - 20 mins
1 oz Kent Goldings - 5 mins

1/2 teaspoon Burton salts
1 Whirlflock tablet
Wyeast British II 1335

The calculator on BYO says this should clock in at 4.7% abv, 35 IBU's, and a color of 14.7 SRM. But I messed up somewhere, because the OG = 1.056. BYO's calculator says it should have had an OG of 1.049. So I'm either going to have a higher abv, or a sweeter beer. Any ideas where I might have gone wrong?
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Im in the middle of making some Bavarian Hefeweizen from AHS.
I love a good Hefe in the middle of summer!
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Hefe's are great anytime but especially in ths summer.

Bottled my wheat stout and cracked open one after a day and it's developing nicely. Don't see much wheat body smmoothness more of a stout but good stuff.anyway Might have to do with the extra grains and DME I threw in because they were collecting "dust"

This is the batch that I had to re pitch. It started at 1.060 and ended at 1.018.after gettin stuck at 1.030 So if U do the calculations that makes it about 6 prcnt ABV and yielded 2 cases and a 6'r.
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That is really neat. Thank you for posting it.
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Always looking for a good way to lug around my homebrews and had an empty banana box lying around. They fit 7 6-packs very neatly just have your friends save their 6pack holders. Not quite an entire batch but almost and thay're cheap and readily available too.
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I brewed a Bells Two Hearted Ale clone, yesterday for Fathers Day.
Also kegged a Bavarian Hefe, should be ready to go for 4th of July!!!
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