What are you doing with homebrew today?
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Collected some 34/70 slurry
Was gunna pitch my Schwartz lager onto this cake but I need to work on the ferm chamber its gunna have to wait.
Was gunna pitch my Schwartz lager onto this cake but I need to work on the ferm chamber its gunna have to wait.
Transferred the Irish Stout to a serving keg.
Bottled a batch of Oatmeal Stout that I tweaked with cocoa nibs. Even raw and uncarbed, the sample (last partial bottle) is VERY promising for when it's ready. Gonna try to protect it from myself by getting another batch or two of something else on the shelf. I want this one to age a bit and see how much difference that makes. OG started at 1.055, and FG finished up at 1.015. Would have liked it a little lower, but it is what it is after 35 days in the fermenter. The last few days have been pretty close to 70F in my fermenting room, too. Looks like it's also going to have excellent head retention, unlike my go-to, the Rapier Wit. Every bottle formed about 1/4" of foam AFTER I pulled the bottling wand out. It's a partial mash with lots of oily toasted grains, and has a very short boil (30 minutes). Almost like a bowl of porridge and a steaming cup of coffee beside it. This batch added some chocolate chips to the porridge. YUMMY.
Looks like you’re at (or very close to) FG on some good looking beers. That is a lot of beer to sacrifice for samples, though.
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Brewing Manchester Gold, which is my take/compromise on some different Boddingtons recipes. Just mashed in
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Just waiting on temp to drop a few then I’ll pitch yeast. Using verdant for the first time. Going to use an airlock a few days then put on a spunding valve. @Trialben if it doesn’t clear I’ll have a halt English bitter lol. My PG was 7 points higher than expected. I started “sparging” the bag and I’m guessing I got a lot of extra sugar.
I see that kegmentor there as well aye Wes?
yes and it needs to be filled soon. i entered something in a competition i havent even made yet, or before...LOL
Down the rabbit hole she goes, be careful down there.Ordered a kegging kit and 2 kegs
You betcha and I can't wait!
Just ask @Josh Hughes how slippery that slope gets. But you'll learn to loathe bottling eventually.Ordered a kegging kit and 2 kegs
I'm sure there will be more equipment to add in the future (like a spunding valve and floating pickup tube), but I've bought 2 five gallon kegs and a regulator with a wye splitter, so I should have some wiggle room to grow into
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just an FYI my cool spunding valve does not work on the 14 gallon Anvil fermenter, top seal pops and material is too light weight
Uhhh what? I'm confused. My plan is to ferment and serve from a 5 gal keg
