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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 11/25/15 at 8:43 am to LoneStarTiger
Posted on 11/25/15 at 8:43 am to LoneStarTiger
did some back reading and noticed I have basically had this problem since last spring, so 4-5 batches now
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Posted on 11/25/15 at 8:49 am to LoneStarTiger
Is your pre-boil wort the right gravity at the lower volume? Or are you off on both?
Posted on 11/25/15 at 9:06 am to Fratastic423
Several times it was high, so I could top it off with water and it would be the right gravity and volume.
Lately I have been short volume but right on with the gravity, so my mash efficiency has dropped, I guess
Lately I have been short volume but right on with the gravity, so my mash efficiency has dropped, I guess
Posted on 11/25/15 at 10:52 am to LoneStarTiger
Do you mill your grains yourself? If so, maybe your rollers on your mill are slowly moving apart?
Posted on 11/25/15 at 11:59 am to I_heart_beer
no, I order them milled
I tried something a little different than my usual practices last night. Since I was using no-chill for the first time, and had not made a starter, I ran off about 3/4 of a liter of wort into my flask and added boiled water to bring it up to just under 1.5 L and used that for my starter. I'll pitch it later this afternoon.
I tried something a little different than my usual practices last night. Since I was using no-chill for the first time, and had not made a starter, I ran off about 3/4 of a liter of wort into my flask and added boiled water to bring it up to just under 1.5 L and used that for my starter. I'll pitch it later this afternoon.
This post was edited on 11/25/15 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 11/25/15 at 4:00 pm to LoneStarTiger
frick this batch. I guess sometimes it just doesn't go right.
OG is way low, which makes no sense whatsoever. It's 1.063, should be closer to 1.070.
And I broke my hydrometer while checking it
My only hope now is that it attenuates more than expected to get it closer to what I wanted.
OG is way low, which makes no sense whatsoever. It's 1.063, should be closer to 1.070.
And I broke my hydrometer while checking it
My only hope now is that it attenuates more than expected to get it closer to what I wanted.
Posted on 11/25/15 at 4:16 pm to LoneStarTiger
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frick this batch. I guess sometimes it just doesn't go right
Just relax and drink some more.
Some of my best beers have been those that do not seem to hit the numbers perfectly. Really what you are looking at is just under a percent lower ABV. I doubt it will make that big of a difference.
Still frustrating though.
Posted on 11/25/15 at 4:24 pm to Fratastic423
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Some of my best beers have been those that do not seem to hit the numbers perfectly. Really what you are looking at is just under a percent lower ABV. I doubt it will make that big of a difference.
I told my wife this will probably be the best beer I've made
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Still frustrating though.
yep. It's not that I'm worried how it will finish. It will finish as a tasty porter with vanilla and coconut. I'd like to be able to at least come close to what I planned though, and for a while I did, but I'm not sure where I'm regressing.
Posted on 11/29/15 at 8:27 pm to LoneStarTiger
If it's colder where you are, ambient types could be causing you to either lose temps in the mash or have to do a more rigorous boil.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 6:51 am to BugAC
So, my Coffee stout is all kegged up, and it is fantastic. First, can't believe how easy kegging. Second, i don't know if its the beer or the kegerator, but this is easily my best homebrew, IMO, to date. I altered the grain bill slightly from last year and it is perfect. If i can figure out a way to bottle a few without all the carbonation leaving, i'll try and get a few to some of you. 
Posted on 11/30/15 at 9:29 am to BugAC
Yesterday I decided to not drink while I brewed an American Stout. I brewed in the morning, mashing in at about 1015. Brewing is much easier when you aren't drinking. Hell I managed to cut most of my backyard during the boil.
Beer hit numbers across the board. I was using a grain bill that I got from the Brewing Network (Central Coast Brewing I think). I was looking through some books at home to get some ideas for hop amounts when I pull out Brewing Classic Styles. The American Stout recipe in BCS is that same recipe that Central Coast Brewing is using for their stout.
Ground water has gotten cool enough that I can get the beer down to about 84 with just ground water with one pass through the chiller, and since I hadn't put a starter together yet this worked out well due to the time I had to kill anyways. Used some wort to make the starter and pitched this morning at 66. It should cool down a little more to about 63 then I will turn the cooler up some.
Beer hit numbers across the board. I was using a grain bill that I got from the Brewing Network (Central Coast Brewing I think). I was looking through some books at home to get some ideas for hop amounts when I pull out Brewing Classic Styles. The American Stout recipe in BCS is that same recipe that Central Coast Brewing is using for their stout.
Ground water has gotten cool enough that I can get the beer down to about 84 with just ground water with one pass through the chiller, and since I hadn't put a starter together yet this worked out well due to the time I had to kill anyways. Used some wort to make the starter and pitched this morning at 66. It should cool down a little more to about 63 then I will turn the cooler up some.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 2:01 pm to Fratastic423
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Brewing is much easier when you aren't drinking
I got pretty lit on some barleywine during my last brew. I still haven't mopped up my garage.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 3:40 pm to Fratastic423
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Brewing is much easier when you aren't drinking
I agree 1,000%. I know this, I know I'm going to forget a hop addition, or forget to close a valve, and yet it just seems wrong to brew beer without drinking beer
Posted on 11/30/15 at 3:50 pm to I_heart_beer
How much more difficult is a pin lock keg compared to a ball lock?
Just wondering why they are roughly half the cost of a ball lock.
Just wondering why they are roughly half the cost of a ball lock.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 4:08 pm to BugAC
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How much more difficult is a pin lock keg compared to a ball lock
There is very little difference. I do not know why ball locks became the popular choice. The issues I have had with pin locks: shorter and fatter, which causes space issues and that sometimes there is no pressure release valve on the lid. Other than that they are extremely similar.
Posted on 11/30/15 at 4:25 pm to Fratastic423
The whole pin lock vs ball lock popularity has shifted over the years largely as product of supply of kegs/part and thus price.
Coke was the first to go away from syrup kegs. So a lot of homebrewers who have been kegging for 10 plus years use pin lock bc initially that was what was available. Not all old coke syrup kegs went to the domestic market, a LOT went over seas where they were still used.
Pepsi followed suit a few years later so when I started kegging in 2007 ball lock kegs were much more abundant, cheaper, and parts were more regularly available than pin lock.
In the past few years a lot of kegs that were shipped overseas (particularly China) by Coke are starting to be shipped back to the states specifically for the homebrew market.
I use both... only thing I dislike about some of my pin lock kegs is a lack of pressure relief on the lid. Other than that I don't really have a preference to either.
Coke was the first to go away from syrup kegs. So a lot of homebrewers who have been kegging for 10 plus years use pin lock bc initially that was what was available. Not all old coke syrup kegs went to the domestic market, a LOT went over seas where they were still used.
Pepsi followed suit a few years later so when I started kegging in 2007 ball lock kegs were much more abundant, cheaper, and parts were more regularly available than pin lock.
In the past few years a lot of kegs that were shipped overseas (particularly China) by Coke are starting to be shipped back to the states specifically for the homebrew market.
I use both... only thing I dislike about some of my pin lock kegs is a lack of pressure relief on the lid. Other than that I don't really have a preference to either.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 12:21 am to LSUGrad00
Anybody pick anything up during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales? I got a new kettle I'm going to set up to do electric BIAB. I love my 3 vessel system but it can be a PITA to clean. How many of y'all do BIAB?
Posted on 12/1/15 at 6:38 am to I_heart_beer
I ended up buying three thieves, autosiphons, and hoses. I've had some cross contamination issues, so I'm trying to keep my sacch, sach/brett, and sach/brett/bacteria beers on different equipment.
I almost picked up a kettle to attach an electric element to for a HLT, but held off as I need to do a little more research.
I almost picked up a kettle to attach an electric element to for a HLT, but held off as I need to do a little more research.
Posted on 12/1/15 at 7:55 am to I_heart_beer
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Anybody pick anything up during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales?
Wife got me a Chugger pump and quick disconnect kit for my birthday/anniversary. So I've got some tooling and figuring to do on all of our equipment.
No more picking up 10g of hot liquid in a keggle!
Posted on 12/1/15 at 1:00 pm to s14suspense
Any tips for a first time camlock and chugger pump user?
Anything to be cautious of?
Anything to be cautious of?
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