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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 3/5/16 at 8:34 pm to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 3/5/16 at 8:34 pm to BottomlandBrew
I know. It was the cheapest pH meter I could find. Ended up settling to 5.3 later on. Who knows.
My efficiency was better than normal so I must have been doing something right this time.
My efficiency was better than normal so I must have been doing something right this time.
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Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:26 pm to s14suspense
That reminds me to check the berliner weisse! It's starting to get sour yay 
Posted on 3/5/16 at 9:46 pm to Canuck Tiger
There you go. Checked some finished beer pH and they were similar.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 2:15 pm to s14suspense
Omg I'm feeling like a genius today. Lacto generates enough CO2 in the keg that you can just do a direct pressurized transfer from the keg to carboy with no risk of contamination. Then just swirl the residue and you've harvested your lacto for next time.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 7:04 am to s14suspense
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Am I doing this right?
That's the same ph meter i have in my saved cart on amazon.
Just got my gram scale and sterile siphon starter in the mail over the weekend. Used the siphon starter to transfer my ipa to the keg. Tasted the wort. This ones going to be good.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 8:10 am to Canuck Tiger
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That's the same ph meter i have in my saved cart on amazon.
It looks like the one he is using is probably better.
This post was edited on 3/7/16 at 9:06 am
Posted on 3/7/16 at 2:55 pm to s14suspense
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s14suspense
How did the new mash tun system work out this weekend?
Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:43 pm to Fratastic423
Seemed to work well. Tried to get a little stuck on the first drain for some reason but wasn't a big deal.
Probably because I was pumping too fast on it.
Probably because I was pumping too fast on it.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 3:52 pm to s14suspense
Cool cool.
I brewed 3 times with my old mash tun and it was so much easier than my current system is and while I wouldnt do it for 10 gallon batches it would be nice to have the cooler mash tun to bust out once in a while. Which means that I need to refashion one. I don't feel like purchasing the big false bottom again.
I brewed 3 times with my old mash tun and it was so much easier than my current system is and while I wouldnt do it for 10 gallon batches it would be nice to have the cooler mash tun to bust out once in a while. Which means that I need to refashion one. I don't feel like purchasing the big false bottom again.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 4:01 pm to Fratastic423
Yep, rectangular 70 qt cooler re purposed into a mash tun and can still be used as a cooler for pretty cheap.
Had the cooler on hand. Should have had enough hardware to put it together but I needed a valve and if I was buying a valve might as well buy the Male Camlock fitting
Had the cooler on hand. Should have had enough hardware to put it together but I needed a valve and if I was buying a valve might as well buy the Male Camlock fitting
Posted on 3/7/16 at 4:03 pm to s14suspense
I have a round cooler with a valve in it, that I use for pumping ice water through the chiller, so the only thing I need is a method to separate the grain from wort and I should be good.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 9:57 am to Fratastic423
This morning I pitched a 1L Brett starter that I started on Friday afternoon, into the sour base I brewed on Sunday. Sunday night I pitched a Giga Yeast pack of lacto and let that ride for 36 hours or so. For those who use Brett a good bit for primary, how long should I wait before panicking and pitching some sach?
Posted on 3/8/16 at 10:31 am to Fratastic423
A good bit. Your starter probably barely got going before pitching, and then you threw it in an acidic environment. I'd give it to the end of the week.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 10:33 am to BottomlandBrew
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A good bit. Your starter probably barely got going before pitching, and then you threw it in an acidic environment. I'd give it to the end of the week.
I knew that my starter was going to be on the struggle bus, but I didnt want to give lacto that big of a head start by holding off on it.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 10:42 am to Fratastic423
Brewed a batch Saturday (well, the wife did really)... first time using the new plate chiller, it definitely didn't work as well as I expected, but still got the wort low enough to let the fridge do the rest of the work and pitched on Sunday. Will have to increase ice next time and probably run the wort off slower.
Or I'm going to have to buy a bigger pump.
Or I'm going to have to buy a bigger pump.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 10:49 am to LSUBoo
The one thing about plate chillers is that they only work as well as your water source will allow them.
All three beers I have brewed in the last week I just ran ground water straight through and got the beer down to 78 or so on one pass, going really slow into the carboy.
All three beers I have brewed in the last week I just ran ground water straight through and got the beer down to 78 or so on one pass, going really slow into the carboy.
This post was edited on 3/8/16 at 10:50 am
Posted on 3/8/16 at 10:59 am to LSUBoo
Took a very long time to get down to 70s this last 10 gallon batch which was surprising considering the cool groundwater and ice in the pre-chiller. I know I need a lot more copper in the beer but I've been holding off altering the chiller because it's pretty simple and easy to manage right now. I thought I could extend its life by whirlpooling with the pump but apparently not so much.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 5:54 pm to Fratastic423
Lag from 100% Brett is normal. My starters don't get going until three days on a stir plate, and then again a couple days later. No fear as the pH is already down from your lacto ferment.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 7:27 pm to s14suspense
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s14suspense
Are you sure you were running the water and the wort in opposite directions? I made that mistake the first couple of times I was using the chiller.
Posted on 3/8/16 at 7:33 pm to Fratastic423
Immersion chiller here. You must be talking to Boo.
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