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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 1/2/14 at 4:06 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 1/2/14 at 4:06 pm to Zappas Stache
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New 15 gallon Stainless Steel Pot just delivered.
Nice.
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Have to drill it out and install weldless valve.
Heard that can be a PITA on Stainless.
Helping a friend brew his first batch of all grain this weekend.
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Posted on 1/2/14 at 4:14 pm to s14suspense
Posted on 1/2/14 at 6:26 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Fermentation Porn
Geez, have they never heard of Fermcaps?
Posted on 1/2/14 at 8:18 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Fermentation Porn
I love me some open fermentation
Posted on 1/2/14 at 11:35 pm to s14suspense
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Heard that can be a PITA on Stainless.
Helping a friend brew his first batch of all grain this weekend.
Just did this this past week. Not that bad if you have a step bit.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 7:17 am to SouthOfSouth
Morning fellas. My wife got me a wooden mash paddle for Christmas and I was curious if it needs to be treated or anything before use.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 7:45 am to LSURoss
not sure if I would do anything to it. I know you are supposed to put oil on wooden spoons and such, but I don't know if any would leech out into your beer. I guess if any did it would probably be a negligible amount.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 8:31 am to LSURoss
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Morning fellas. My wife got me a wooden mash paddle for Christmas and I was curious if it needs to be treated or anything before use.
Do Not treat your paddle. It will eventually leach off the paddle and into your wort and become toxic.
I say this, because i initially used a treated wooden pole as a measuring stick to see how many gallons were in my brewpot. The I noticed a slight sheen starting to form as i was getting my mash water heated. Luckily i noticed it and did not brew with it.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 8:39 am to BugAC
Thanks for the replies! Next present I got was a wort chiller. I have read online that I put it in the wort with about 15 minutes left as so avoid any sanitation issues. Any truth to that?
Posted on 1/3/14 at 8:46 am to LSURoss
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Thanks for the replies! Next present I got was a wort chiller. I have read online that I put it in the wort with about 15 minutes left as so avoid any sanitation issues. Any truth to that?
You can, it the boiling wort kills any bacteria or anything on the chiller.
I just clean it though. Soak it in PBW, then soak it in starsan, like i do all my equipment. I need a new wort chiller. Mine isn't getting the job done fast enough anymore. I initially bought it for my 5 gallon brewpot.
I've been using a 10 gallon brewpot all of last year.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 8:50 am to LSURoss
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I have read online that I put it in the wort with about 15 minutes left as so avoid any sanitation issues. Any truth to that?
yep, immersion chillers are pretty low maintenance.
You will want to scrub/rinse the hop crud and break material off the chiller after you brew, but that's about all you really need to do.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 8:55 am to LSURoss
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I have read online that I put it in the wort with about 15 minutes left as so avoid any sanitation issues. Any truth to that?
yup, it's as easy as that. However, I usually mix up a bucket of sanitizer to use for the fermenter and things I need post-chilling, and I throw the chiller in there for a while before using it. The last time I put it in the boil, I had the tubing wrapped around the top and the fittings on the end of the tubing were hanging out of the kettle, and the heat from the burner warped them.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:02 am to LoneStarTiger
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yup, it's as easy as that. However, I usually mix up a bucket of sanitizer to use for the fermenter and things I need post-chilling, and I throw the chiller in there for a while before using it. The last time I put it in the boil, I had the tubing wrapped around the top and the fittings on the end of the tubing were hanging out of the kettle, and the heat from the burner warped them.
Yep, I think I'm going to start doing that as well, only because it was a PITA to keep the tubing away from the burner. I'll just put it in the bucket of Starsan with all the other stuff.
Brewed our beer (well, half of it) for our club's Iron Brewer competition last night. Did a 10 gallon batch, and will do another 10 gallons on top of that yeast cake once it ferments out. It's an American Wheat with passionfruit grean tea. Thinking this is gonna be pretty good, after some testing research.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:07 am to BMoney
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Brewed our beer (well, half of it) for our club's Iron Brewer competition last night. Did a 10 gallon batch, and will do another 10 gallons on top of that yeast cake once it ferments out. It's an American Wheat with passionfruit grean tea. Thinking this is gonna be pretty good, after some testing research.
We are brewing our first half on Sunday. Excited about ours as well after the test batch tasting we had this past week. Going for a Tiramisu Porter - Rum soaked Cacao Nibs and Vanilla and Espresso added the to finished beer.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:10 am to Fratastic423
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We are brewing our first half on Sunday. Excited about ours as well after the test batch tasting we had this past week. Going for a Tiramisu Porter - Rum soaked Cacao Nibs and Vanilla and Espresso added the to finished beer.
That's not gonna suck.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:20 am to Fratastic423
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Tiramisu Porter - Rum soaked Cacao Nibs and Vanilla and Espresso added the to finished beer.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:28 am to BMoney
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That's not gonna suck.
The event as a whole should not suck either. Still kind of looming but everything should fall into place.
Will be excited to officially advertise to everyone on the board once we get full confirmation on the date from the venue. Posted on 1/3/14 at 9:39 am to BMoney
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our club's Iron Brewer competition
how does this competition work?
Posted on 1/3/14 at 10:00 am to BMoney
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We are brewing our first half on Sunday. Excited about ours as well after the test batch tasting we had this past week. Going for a Tiramisu Porter - Rum soaked Cacao Nibs and Vanilla and Espresso added the to finished beer.quote:
That's not gonna suck.
Nope. That sounds REALLY Good.
We knocked out 20 gallons at one time with two different 10 gallon setups.
That poor beer is in the low low low 60's though at my house right now. I need a heater for it instead of a refrigerator. Never had this problem before now.
Good thing the next beer I'll brew will be a lager.
Posted on 1/3/14 at 10:28 am to LoneStarTiger
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how does this competition work?
Competition is a misnomer really. It is more of a club festival/fund raiser that ends with a team being declared a winner by popular vote.
This year we have 11 teams of 4/5 brewers who were each assigned a specific style to brew. The challenge is each team had to use an ingredient that is defined as an aphrodisiac by someone. Hence passion fruit, cacao, vanilla, etc. On Feb 15th (most likely, hence not really advertising yet) everyone will get together, invite the public, public donates food to the food bank then gets to sample all 11 beers, vote on favorite, everyone has a great time and hopefully raise a literal ton of food for the food bank.
Last year with virtually no advertising we had 500 people show up and raised 1300lbs of food. So we are going all out this year.
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