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What are you doing with homebrew today?
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Yeah I have 4 kegs now....I also hate the thought of bottling unless is something like a Christmas ale or @AHarper ’s piss
as for me today just watching temp and gravity. Pitched yeast last night before bed. It sat at 63-64 all day is 67 now and churning down 15 points. I’ll probably put a corny lid and spunding valve on it tomorrow or Sunday depending where gravity is.
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Well bottling tomorrow - and a mini keg I think - with the Piwo Grodziskie finally brewed. A polish friend of mine had not tasted it before and neither had I. Will look forward to it in a couple of weeks time when it has carbed enough. This time I will not overdo the sugar.
Your CURRENT plan, next you'll be wondering "what if I..." and it'll be a conical, or a tilt, or a plaato, or a ferm chamber, or a brite tank, or....it's a problem really.
Could be worse, I have the same problem with DJ/Karaoke gear for my side gig. JUST ordered a new mixer!
Yea true, that's why I'm trying to buy bigger than what I currently need. "Future-proof" my equipment, as they say
Sure...
@Sunfire96 @Bulin's Milker Bucket Brews my latest keg was a “just In case” and it’s full lol. The slope is slippery my friends.
Put on the spunding valve and other corny lid. Temp was up to 73 and it was going nuts. Gravity was 1.021.
Put on the spunding valve and other corny lid. Temp was up to 73 and it was going nuts. Gravity was 1.021.
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To future-proof, buy smaller. I know it sounds strange but as you brew more and your stock starts to build up, I find that most brewers end up looking to downsize. If you're going pro, that doesn't apply... Last night I kicked a gallon keg of English Brown, first beer im a long time I thought dang, I wish there was another pint in therr...
So I should be good staying at 2.5 gallons and bottling, right?
Yeah, let's have a look in a year and see how that went...
If I had the space I'd have a keg army like @HawkboxYeah, let's have a look in a year and see how that went...
Brewed 5.5 gallons of Shady Bohemian this morning, cut my yeast pitch down to 10 grams of 497. Testing a theory I read about pitch rate and phenols in green beer.
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Yes. My sweet spot is three gallons and I don’t see myself moving to larger volumes or kegging. Bottles allow me great flexibility. I like variety and my current inventory contains 10 batches of 6 different styles. I also like to hydrate the neighbors from time to time and they appreciate the selection.
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Brewed a batch of " Blue Moon Clone" today. The recipe called for 1.5 teaspoons of Coriander at 10 min boil time. OOps , I forgot to add the Coriander. sooo... popped off the air lock and just dumped it in. I'll see how that works out for me.
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I bottled an 80 Shilling based on Alan's 80 shilling recipe. Sample tasted pretty good. A little sweet but, that's to be expected for an uncarbonated Scottish ale. By the time of the monthly Brewer's Friend meeting it should taste great. The only problem was that it's rather cloudy because I could not find my Whirlfloc tablets on brew day. I know I have them somewhere darn it!
darn it!
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I am honoured. I hope it turns out well. Don't worry about it clearing - just close your eyes when you drink it... a prayer may help also.I bottled an 80 Shilling based on Alan's 80 shilling recipe. Sample tasted pretty good. A little sweet but, that's to be expected for an uncarbonated Scottish ale. By the time of the monthly Brewer's Friend meeting it should taste great. The only problem was that it's rather cloudy because I could not find my Whirlfloc tablets on brew day. I know I have them somewhere
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I crafted a recipe to use a tiny little bit of the half kilo of Azacca hops received as a reward for early renewal of my AHA membership, and posted my recipe in associated recipe thread.
Continuing to lower temps for the cold crash/lagering of beers in the fridge. Even though I have kegs incoming soon, I will probably bottle these batches and do a couple azacca batches to test out the new kegs with
Finally brewing that coconut porter. I've had ingredients for a couple of weeks, but my schedule just didn't work for Brew day. Until today. Here's the mash:
And here's the boil:
And here's the boil:
Looking good.
