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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 11/20/13 at 9:26 am to BugAC
Posted on 11/20/13 at 9:26 am to BugAC
No idea, for next year. Just between now and the end of the year I will brew my peanut butter chocolate stout, a smoked brown ale, a hoppy DIPA and something to put in my bourbon barrel, likely an imperial stout or my pecan winter warmer.
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Posted on 11/20/13 at 9:28 am to Fratastic423
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My goal is to get back to 2/3 times a month
I could not do that. I enjoy brewing, but i wouldn't want all my saturdays taken up with brewing.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 9:33 am to BugAC
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but i wouldn't want all my saturdays taken up with brewing.
Understandable. The fact that it gets dark at 5 pm puts a damper on my goal. Considering that I can basically get nothing done in the evening around the house/yard. So that gets first priority on the weekends.
I was going to try to brew on Friday night, but may end up going to the basketball game instead. Which means most likely no time for brewing this weekend or next. Shame, for the first time in a long time I have nothing fermenting/aging at the house.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 9:49 am to BugAC
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So what is y'alls brew plan for next year? What brews do you plan to make?
I haven't the slightest idea about next year. I pretty much come up with recipes in the car parked outside of Brewstock. I just rehab'd my barrel, so I'd like to get that back in the rotation. Equipment upgrades continue on the kegerator. About halfway through on upgrades from generic chrome faucets/shanks to perlick SS. I think my next purchase will be a grain mill. I'm getting real tired of Brewstock's crush. I get crap efficiency from it.
I have a a wild yeast colony I've been keeping fed that I'd eventually like to get going.
We are trying to get a new New Orleans brew club going for the first of the year. Had a meeting with two other guys a couple weeks back. We have a tentative meeting location, but we still have a few details to hash out with the owners to make sure they're on board. We are also currently nameless. Looking to hold our first meeting in January.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 9:57 am to BottomlandBrew
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We are trying to get a new New Orleans brew club going for the first of the year. Had a meeting with two other guys a couple weeks back. We have a tentative meeting location, but we still have a few details to hash out with the owners to make sure they're on board. We are also currently nameless. Looking to hold our first meeting in January.
Sweet, good luck. One of my college buddies just started brewing in NOLA and didn't want to join up with Crescent City since he has heard they are older. So when you get something set up officially let me know and I will pass it along to him.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:06 am to BugAC
Nice info, the 2oz packet that came with the kit is for 5 gallons. I plan in bottling about a 6 pack then racking the rest for a couple more weeks. If I cook up the sugar and water, will it keep til I need the rest of it?
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:15 am to LSURoss
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Nice info, the 2oz packet that came with the kit is for 5 gallons.
2 oz.? I've never used less than 4 to 4.5 oz for a 5 gallon batch.
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I plan in bottling about a 6 pack then racking the rest for a couple more weeks. If I cook up the sugar and water, will it keep til I need the rest of it?
Just measure out, if you have a scale. There are 128 fluid ounces in 1 gallon. So in a 5 gallon batch, you have 640 ounces. You want to bottle a 6 pack of 12 oz. bottles. So that's 72 oz. of beer. So if you use 4.5 oz/640 ounces of beer then....you need .007 ounces of corn sugar/ounce of beer. .007 x 72 = .5 ounces of corn sugar needed for bottling.
Don't know the measurements for table sugar. I only use corn sugar for bottle carbing.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:20 am to BottomlandBrew
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We are trying to get a new New Orleans brew club going for the first of the year. Had a meeting with two other guys a couple weeks back. We have a tentative meeting location, but we still have a few details to hash out with the owners to make sure they're on board. We are also currently nameless. Looking to hold our first meeting in January.
Good Luck!
I've talked to a few members of Crescent City recently and it sounded like they are having some struggles between younger and older members.
It wouldn't surprise me if some of the younger guys are looking for other options.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:24 am to BugAC
Tried our porter for the first time last night.
Alcohol content was lower than it was supposed to be. Not much head and carbonation was lacking. Just two weeks in. I didnt hate it, but it wasnt what I expected.
Alcohol content was lower than it was supposed to be. Not much head and carbonation was lacking. Just two weeks in. I didnt hate it, but it wasnt what I expected.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:34 am to More beer please
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Not much head and carbonation was lacking. Just two weeks in. I didnt hate it, but it wasnt what I expected.
Give it another week or 2. My oatmeal stout, when first cracked, wasn't great. It was too boozy, and too carbonated. After 2 weeks, the yeast has settled down, and it's smooth, roasty, and ideal carb levels. I'm cracking another tonight and seeing if it's ready for sharing.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:40 am to BugAC
Yeah that is what our buddy said. Something about the yeast probably not being kept at the right temp as well
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:42 am to More beer please
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Something about the yeast probably not being kept at the right temp as well
What temps did you ferment at? What temps are the bottles stored?
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:44 am to BugAC
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What temps did you ferment at? What temps are the bottles stored?
Not sure. Maybe room temp? It stays at my friends house
They do all the chemistry behind it. I come up with flavors/types
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 10:45 am
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:50 am to BugAC
Thanks! If you look back a page I got a pic. Good flavor and color so far!!
Posted on 11/20/13 at 10:59 am to More beer please
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It stays at my friends house
Depending on the yeast strain, it should probably be fermenting between 65 and 70.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 11:00 am to LSURoss
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hanks! If you look back a page I got a pic. Good flavor and color so far!!
I really like the color.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 11:24 am to LSUGrad00
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One of my college buddies just started brewing in NOLA and didn't want to join up with Crescent City since he has heard they are older. So when you get something set up officially let me know and I will pass it along to him.
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It wouldn't surprise me if some of the younger guys are looking for other options.
This is exactly what we are trying to do. Nothing against Crescent. Some good guys over there that can make some really good beer, but it's not really a younger scene. The other two guys and myself are in our late 20's. We'd like to see a club located within the city that is geared more towards people our age. Our tentative location is in Mid City, so it provides easy access by bike or transit and the bar we are int talks with is a small bar with a crowd ranging from mid 20's to late 30's.
I'll keep y'all posted so y'all can get the word out to your Nola friends.
Posted on 11/20/13 at 12:01 pm to BMoney
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something to put in my bourbon barrel, likely an imperial stout or my pecan winter warmer.
the only plans I have are for the next pale ale in my single-hop series, since I'm running out of the citra, and another batch of my praline porter before it gets hot. Will probably start brewing saisons next year to learn about them and help with the high fermentation temp issues I have. I'm not likely to go to all-grain soon like I thought I might, and in actuality will probably cut back my brewing since I have cut back my consumption as well
This post was edited on 11/20/13 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 11/20/13 at 12:09 pm to BugAC
I'm about to start my 3rd brew ever( vanilla porter) but my plans for next year include:
Getting a better grasp on the fundamentals
Switching over to kegging(including building a keezer)
Hopefully getting at least one all grain
Entering a competition.
Aiming high!!
Getting a better grasp on the fundamentals
Switching over to kegging(including building a keezer)
Hopefully getting at least one all grain
Entering a competition.
Aiming high!!
Posted on 11/20/13 at 1:05 pm to LSURoss
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Getting a better grasp on the fundamentals
Switching over to kegging(including building a keezer)
Hopefully getting at least one all grain
Entering a competition.
Nice goals.
Mine are to
Enter my first competition in March. The Louisiana Homebrew competition someone on here was talking about. And enter a few more.
Fine tune my brewing.
Maybe buy an aerator.
Brew something i haven't brewed before.
Buy a new burner.
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