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re: Homebrewing: Extract to All-Grain
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:55 pm to LSUBoo
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:55 pm to LSUBoo
I got lucky that my wife is all about me brewing. She sometimes acts like she doesn't but she likes me having a hobby. As long as I don't complain too much about her shopping sprees she wont complain about the beer purchases or the club events.
I still wish that my stuff was better organized than it is. I seem to be reorganizing every time I brew and it never gets better.
I still wish that my stuff was better organized than it is. I seem to be reorganizing every time I brew and it never gets better.
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Posted on 10/12/11 at 3:08 pm to Fratastic423
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I still wish that my stuff was better organized than it is. I seem to be reorganizing every time I brew and it never gets better.
I'm about to dump a few boxes of random bottles and just keep a few cases of flip-tops and bombers. That will help me get rid of the clutter and reorganize the brewing equipment.
Oh, and I'll have your Black Butte XXIII tonight. Bring $$$.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 3:25 pm to LSUBoo
My wife went from, "No, we're not putting that in here," to "well that's not bad" once I started showing her what it "could" look like. She even starting pointing out ones she liked, and (with this last batch) was getting more excited than me when the airlock started bubbling. It's going to happen, just not overnight.
Some poeple do amazing things with their beer hobby. All I did was show her a few things like this:
For the last one, the guy had a step by step 40 page thread with plans he drew up in autocad and addressed any heating/cooling problems it could have from being covered in wood and tile.
Some poeple do amazing things with their beer hobby. All I did was show her a few things like this:
For the last one, the guy had a step by step 40 page thread with plans he drew up in autocad and addressed any heating/cooling problems it could have from being covered in wood and tile.
This post was edited on 10/12/11 at 3:48 pm
Posted on 10/12/11 at 3:30 pm to tetu
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For the last one, the guy had a step by step 40 page thread with plans he drew up in autocad and addressed any heating/cooling problems it could have from being covered in wood and tile.
Nice, I should probably find the drawings for the one I'll be putting together and do that.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 3:31 pm to LSUBoo
For that last one, i forgot to add this badboy
Posted on 10/12/11 at 3:46 pm to LSUBoo
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Oh, and I'll have your Black Butte XXIII tonight. Bring $$$.
This applies to me too?
Posted on 10/12/11 at 4:01 pm to s14suspense
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This applies to me too?
Nope, sorry dude. I drank yours. It was delicious.
But you can have mine if you bring some money.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 4:11 pm to LSUBoo
Posted on 10/12/11 at 4:12 pm to s14suspense
guess it'll be a party tonight then...or maybe I'm the only one that misses every other month
This post was edited on 10/12/11 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 10/13/11 at 10:45 am to BugAC
Do any of you guys get together and brew? I've always wanted to try my hand at it, but I never have...
Posted on 10/13/11 at 10:53 am to GeauxldMember
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Do any of you guys get together and brew?
A good bit of the time I brew, someone is hanging out with me. If you are in NOLA look up the homebrew club there (crescent city brewmasters or something). If you are in BTR you are welcome to come brew with us one day.
Posted on 10/13/11 at 10:57 am to GeauxldMember
Frat beat me to it.
This post was edited on 10/13/11 at 10:58 am
Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:07 am to Fratastic423
I appreciate the offer, guys. I might take you up on it. Of course, I'd be obliged to bring along some Pliny, Blind Pig, Damnation, or whatever I have on hand... 
Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:15 am to GeauxldMember
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Pliny, Blind Pig, Damnation, or whatever I have on hand
Hell I will bring my equipment to you if you are offering some of those up.
Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:23 am to Fratastic423
quote:quote:Hell I will bring my equipment to you if you are offering some of those up.
Pliny, Blind Pig, Damnation, or whatever I have on hand
seriously. maybe we can make a stop at geauxldmembers house tomorrow Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:24 am to Fratastic423
i brewed a couple of years using a full boil extract method. recently purchased an all grain and kegging equipment.
problem i am having is i can't carbonate my beer enough with the kegs. i may do a couple of batches using bottles again, but would rather use the kegs.
when i pressure up the kegs, there is no leak, so the CO2 is not escaping. if i remember correctly, i would go up to almost 25lbs of pressure. any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?
problem i am having is i can't carbonate my beer enough with the kegs. i may do a couple of batches using bottles again, but would rather use the kegs.
when i pressure up the kegs, there is no leak, so the CO2 is not escaping. if i remember correctly, i would go up to almost 25lbs of pressure. any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?
Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:25 am to beco
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when i pressure up the kegs, there is no leak, so the CO2 is not escaping. if i remember correctly, i would go up to almost 25lbs of pressure. any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?
How long are you letting the beer sit at that level of psi?
Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:27 am to tetu
Brah, if y'all could teach my hopeless arse to brew good beer, it'd be well worth sharing some of my reserves.
Posted on 10/13/11 at 11:33 am to beco
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any ideas why it isn't carbonating correctly?
When you tug on the relief valve, you are getting a release of CO2, correct? At 25 psi it should blast out of the relief valve if tugged only slightly. I'm not sure why you aren't getting carbed at over double the pressure. Could be your regulator is defective and is giving a false reading of higher psi - or it could be a number of other things. What temperature are you carbing at?
Another option is to naturally carb in the keg. Add in sugar like you do for bottles. Just use 1/3 the amount of sugar.
And have you thoroughly checked everything for leaks? Take some soapy water and spray bottle and spray everything down to see if you get bubbles anywhere.
This post was edited on 10/13/11 at 11:35 am
Posted on 10/13/11 at 2:21 pm to BottomlandBrew
i've checked very thoroughly on all three kegs, and had them sent to the CO2 shop to be checked, my neighbor worked there.
i think i may have been keeping the temps around 45. would this be my problem? too cold?
i think i may have been keeping the temps around 45. would this be my problem? too cold?
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