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Homebrewing: Because i want to talk about homebrewing

Posted on 6/29/12 at 12:59 pm
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
56991 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 12:59 pm
What's new this week with my fellow homebrewers? I just ordered my first all-grain kit from Autin Homebrew. AHS Summer Crisp Ale. Plan to brew next weekend.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
29273 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:08 pm to
About all I did was stabilize my wine. Always fun to stir a carboy full of wine with a cordless drill. That and I stared at my whiskey barrel, wishing it was full.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138173 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:09 pm to
i need to watch somebody or help them first

yeah, i'm scared to fly solo out the gates
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103527 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:10 pm to
Racking one into the secondary bucket, racking another into the bourbon barrel.

I need to finish off one of my kegs ASAP.
Posted by LakeViewLSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2009
17730 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

What's new this week with my fellow homebrewers? I just ordered my first all-grain kit from Autin Homebrew. AHS Summer Crisp Ale. Plan to brew next weekend.


Don't you mean What's new today? Since there are 5 new threads per day on homebrewing.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103527 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:12 pm to
Oooooh, hyperbole!
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
29273 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

yeah, i'm scared to fly solo out the gates


I always tell people if you can boil water, then you can make beer. It's a lot harder to mess up than you think.

Check out some youtube videos.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
15559 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:27 pm to
Will probably be brewing a Chocolate Hazelnut porter that might end up in our new Bourbon Barrel.
Posted by NOLA Hophead
Quenching my HOP-Receptors
Member since Aug 2010
174 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

Chocolate Hazelnut porter that might end up in our new Bourbon Barrel
Damn, that sounds good!
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103527 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:32 pm to
quote:

s14suspense


Did you ever get the stand for my barrel by chance?
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
15559 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

Did you ever get the stand for my barrel by chance?


I haven't. Have they come in yet?

Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103527 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:39 pm to
Not that I've heard.
Posted by tetu
Ascension Parish
Member since Jan 2011
12269 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:40 pm to
Bottled 5 1-gallon secondary batches. Spilled a half gallon of tequila oak chip beer all over the kitchen.

This was a little over a week ago. Looking forward to trying the beer.


Took a dry hopped ipa and tertiaried it in 1 gal batches:

1.5 gal regular dry hopped ipa
1 gal with oak chips
1 gal with pineapple and kiwi
1 gal with raisens
This post was edited on 6/29/12 at 1:42 pm
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
56991 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:46 pm to
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1.5 gal regular dry hopped ipa
1 gal with oak chips
1 gal with pineapple and kiwi
1 gal with raisens


That's cool. I would like to split up a batch that i plan on using the oak barrel for, when i decide to use it. Just to see the difference in taste.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
56991 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:49 pm to
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tetu


How do you ferment these batches?

I assume you primary the whole batch, then secondary with the different options, correct?

If not, how do you know how much yeast to add into each 1 gallon fermenter?
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103527 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 1:51 pm to
He tertiaried each of those 1-gallon batches, so they are basically fermented out with the same yeast in primary.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
56991 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 2:01 pm to
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so they are basically fermented out with the same yeast in primary.


That's what i thought.
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
Member since Aug 2004
16445 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 2:21 pm to
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Message Posted by Rouge i need to watch somebody or help them first yeah, i'm scared to fly solo out the gates


Head down to Lufkin tomorrow and you can drink beer and watch as I brew my wheat for the blueberry wheat
Posted by tetu
Ascension Parish
Member since Jan 2011
12269 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 2:47 pm to
Boo is correct. I secondaried the whole thing to dry hop it, then i split it into 1 gal batches (actaully two half gallon mason jars).
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103527 posts
Posted on 6/29/12 at 2:49 pm to
You just sealed the jars, right? I seem to remember a thread about it when you were debating whether to seal them or put foil on top?
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