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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:50 am to LoneStarTiger
Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:50 am to LoneStarTiger
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7.9 gallon buckets with lid and stopper for $13
I've got some of these and use them a LOT. So much headspace and so easy to dry hop or add fruit.
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Posted on 11/29/13 at 9:51 am to s14suspense
I almost pulled the trigger on getting a couple more, and may yet
Posted on 11/29/13 at 11:52 am to LoneStarTiger
Thanks. I needed some new wine buckets.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 11:16 am to BottomlandBrew
Finally (fingers crossed) getting around to brewing my Baltic porter today. My lacto starter has been going for a while now and looks pretty funky but smells nice and tart. I'll mash today, pitch the lacto starter, boil tomorrow, pitch brett, let it go for a bit, toss in oak and the red wine it has been soaking in, toss in raspberries, then dry hop & bottle.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 12:03 pm to rds dc
Good luck! I got all my shite sanitized organized and layed out...fire up the heat of 4 gallons of filtered water and propane ran out...rookie move. At least I hadn't started steeping 
Posted on 11/30/13 at 2:24 pm to LSURoss
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At least I hadn't started steeping
Done that before. Heat water. Steep and run and go get more propane. Come back and boil.
Posted on 11/30/13 at 5:34 pm to s14suspense
Kegerator Pics.....
Had an old fridge with rust on the door but ran well. Sanded, primed and painted. Made a faucet/ backsplash out of some birch plywood I had leftover from some furniture projects. Stained and polyurethaned it. I have a 3 keg system w/ 3 faucets. I think I can get a 4th keg in the fridge so left room to install one more faucet.
First Keg full of Zappa Dust!
Had an old fridge with rust on the door but ran well. Sanded, primed and painted. Made a faucet/ backsplash out of some birch plywood I had leftover from some furniture projects. Stained and polyurethaned it. I have a 3 keg system w/ 3 faucets. I think I can get a 4th keg in the fridge so left room to install one more faucet.
First Keg full of Zappa Dust!
Posted on 11/30/13 at 5:44 pm to Zappas Stache
Looks great! 
Posted on 12/1/13 at 3:40 pm to BottomlandBrew
Brewed a English Winter Warmer today. Pretty easy brewday outside of the baby not feeling well. Ended up at 1074, round about expected og. Going to let it chill a little longer in the chill chest before pitching yeast.
Posted on 12/1/13 at 3:53 pm to Fratastic423
American Pale Ale from Brewer's Best. What ya got??
Posted on 12/1/13 at 5:11 pm to Zappas Stache
Will be building a keezer soon. Just waiting on a deal for a chest freezer to pop up on craigslist
Posted on 12/1/13 at 5:12 pm to Zappas Stache
Good deal. That tall skinny CO2 tank seems real smart for your setup.
Finished with the house projects?
Finished with the house projects?
Posted on 12/1/13 at 5:37 pm to s14suspense
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That tall skinny CO2 tank seems real smart for your setup.
7 lb tank.
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Finished with the house projects?
No. Posted on 12/1/13 at 8:23 pm to s14suspense
Finally got around to mashing my baltic porter today.
But first things first,
Congratulations
Pot with false bottom, BIAB bag, & water treatment
Base grains with some water in the pot, I just fill it up to the water mark and don't bother with measuring anymore
Start adding the grains once the water gets up to around 110 degrees
Keep mixing until mash temp of 151 is reached
Stick in a preheated oven and pull out in 20 min to stir
Pull out every 20 min or so and give it a good stir & check temp
After 45 min, add specialty grains
Setup the mash out station, while heating some additional water
After mashing out, happy with the color and taste
Recycle spent grains as mulch.
I let 7+ gallons cool down to 120 and then pitched one cup of lacto starer. I'll probably boil it tomorrow evening, since I don't want it to get too tart.
But first things first,
quote:
s14suspense
Congratulations
Pot with false bottom, BIAB bag, & water treatment
Base grains with some water in the pot, I just fill it up to the water mark and don't bother with measuring anymore
Start adding the grains once the water gets up to around 110 degrees
Keep mixing until mash temp of 151 is reached
Stick in a preheated oven and pull out in 20 min to stir
Pull out every 20 min or so and give it a good stir & check temp
After 45 min, add specialty grains
Setup the mash out station, while heating some additional water
After mashing out, happy with the color and taste
Recycle spent grains as mulch.
I let 7+ gallons cool down to 120 and then pitched one cup of lacto starer. I'll probably boil it tomorrow evening, since I don't want it to get too tart.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 8:12 am to rds dc
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Congratulations
Thank you sir!
Very interesting process. So many different ways to achieve the same process.
Posted on 12/2/13 at 11:15 am to s14suspense
Is this a good deal for a wort chiller? My mother in law is looking for gift ideas for me. I use a 50qt brew kettle. TIA
Austin home brew link
Austin home brew link
Posted on 12/2/13 at 11:22 am to rds dc
quote:
Finally got around to mashing my baltic porter today.
Very cool process!
I'm really tempted to add a BIAB grain bag to my mash tun to make clean up a little easier.
How do you clean one of these bags after use? Do you just run them through a washing machine?
Posted on 12/2/13 at 11:27 am to LSURoss
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Is this a good deal for a wort chiller? My mother in law is looking for gift ideas for me. I use a 50qt brew kettle. TIA
you might want to look at home depot and see how much you can buy copper tubing for. Those coils are really easy to make, and you can make it to fix your pot better, and probably longer (more coils) for a little cheaper
ETA: I see they are running a special on malt mills, discounting it $50, for those of you that are interested in such things
This post was edited on 12/2/13 at 11:29 am
Posted on 12/2/13 at 11:28 am to LSURoss
Posted on 12/2/13 at 2:27 pm to Zappas Stache
Adventures in Homebrewing is normally pretty cheap on their equipment. I have gotten multiple things from them.
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