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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:28 am to LoneStarTiger
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:28 am to LoneStarTiger
I don't have separate taps because I just have a two tap kegerator. I do generally try to keep clean beer on the right tap and ciders, Brett, and sours on the left tap when I can though and do a thorough line cleaning when I swap back to clean beer. I've never tasted an issue
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Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:35 am to Canuck Tiger
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I do generally try to keep clean beer on the right tap and ciders, Brett, and sours on the left tap when I can though and do a thorough line cleaning when I swap back to clean beer. I've never tasted an issue
that's basically what I do. One side is clean beer, the other side is "funky". What I do need to work out is what to do when my fruited sour is ready to drink. I don't think it will be something that I go through very quickly, so I'm not sure I want it taking up one of the two kegs, but I damn sure ain't going to bottle it, at least not in the traditional manner. I never could get carbonation right in the bottles. I'm somewhere between getting a third keg and kegging it in one of my two, carbing it up and bottling from that.
If only getting a new keg was as simple as just getting a new keg. I'd have to redo my co2 set up also though.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:39 am to LoneStarTiger
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If only getting a new keg was as simple as just getting a new keg. I'd have to redo my co2 set up also though.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:46 am to BMoney
and the hoses and ball lock connection, but, I mean, yeah, it's not that it's complicated, I'm just cheap and lazy
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:49 am to LoneStarTiger
I have 5 kegs and 2 taps. I buy them when I see good deals and then get new o rings. So I bulk age things like barleywines and quads in the keg under co2, carb them up and tap then just pull them off and rotate if I'm tired of them. I've bottled with a picnic tap and a wand before from the kegerator and it worked fine but you need skrong bottles for sours and Belgians if you like them highly carbed
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:54 am to Canuck Tiger
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carb them up and tap then just pull them off and rotate
this is the most likely route I end up going. I have a picnic tap I don't use that I can serve from when I want the occasional glass.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 9:02 am to LoneStarTiger
I need to switch to a 4-5 keg keezer but that's a project for another day. I'm remodeling a bit of my house to be a brewery but it's a couple months from being done enough to install a keezer.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 10:28 am to Canuck Tiger
I ended up adding the Cal Ale slurry to the lactic sour beer last night. Hopefully I will see some activity when I get home after work today. I am going to be pretty pissed if I spent that much money on yeast and this beer is a bust.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 3:06 pm to Fratastic423
Even with a big pitch of yeast you don't get a healthy looking krausen with a strongly acidified wort.
This is about as much activity as US-05 could muster:
I bet you'll be fine; RDWHAHB and all
This is about as much activity as US-05 could muster:
I bet you'll be fine; RDWHAHB and all
Posted on 4/5/16 at 4:11 pm to Canuck Tiger
I impulse bought 4 random pounds of hops. We'll see what they give me in the mix. I figured it'd be a good way to make me branch out some.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 8:28 pm to BottomlandBrew
I pulled faucets and cleaned them and replaced my kegerator beer lines tonight. This is the only time I'll be happy with only 2 taps.
Posted on 4/5/16 at 9:28 pm to LoneStarTiger
Today I dumped trub/harvested yeast and cold crashed my Nelson hopped saison in my Chronical, made a starter of wyeast 1214 to brew a tripel tomorrow afternoon, star san'd a keg, and did a monthly tasting of all my secondaries that are aging Brett/slow sour beers.
Strangely, the no boil sour I dry hopped 2 days ago has no signs of hop aroma yet. That's really weird to me as it got 2.5 oz Amarillo, 1oz mosaic, and 0.5 oz citra into the keg and it's not detectable that I did any hop additions to this beer. I'll wait a few days and give it a bigger dose if need be. That's weird tho!
Strangely, the no boil sour I dry hopped 2 days ago has no signs of hop aroma yet. That's really weird to me as it got 2.5 oz Amarillo, 1oz mosaic, and 0.5 oz citra into the keg and it's not detectable that I did any hop additions to this beer. I'll wait a few days and give it a bigger dose if need be. That's weird tho!
Posted on 4/6/16 at 12:49 pm to BottomlandBrew
My hop grab bag ended up being:
Jarrylo
Summit
Mt. Hood
Liberty.
Decent selections. I don't have any known experiences with Jarrylo, but it seems somewhat versatile.
Jarrylo
Summit
Mt. Hood
Liberty.
Decent selections. I don't have any known experiences with Jarrylo, but it seems somewhat versatile.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 1:12 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I don't have any known experiences with Jarrylo, but it seems somewhat versatile.
Me either, but I'm going to use it in a Grisette that I brew either tonight or tomorrow night. I hear it's a good one for saisons. Yakima Valley Hops sent me a couple ounces with one of my orders over the winter.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 1:35 pm to BMoney
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I hear it's a good one for saisons
You have my attention.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 1:44 pm to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 4/6/16 at 1:56 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I hear it's a good one for saisons
You have my attention.
Ha, I've still got some from when AHA gave away hops with a membership renewal.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 7:50 pm to s14suspense
My dreg culture is a beast. Dropped my table beer to 1.000 in only 12 days.
Posted on 4/6/16 at 9:07 pm to LoneStarTiger
Homebrewed APA
Posted on 4/6/16 at 9:28 pm to BMoney
I assume you are sending this to Shreveport? Im not sold on mine. I think it scores well but it's not really good. My stout is still strong though so hopefully I get some good news from nhc on that this week
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