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re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II
Posted on 7/14/19 at 1:16 pm to GeauxPack81
Posted on 7/14/19 at 1:16 pm to GeauxPack81
Not opened Sunday but Louisiana fire extinguisher or LA homebrew
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Posted on 7/15/19 at 9:37 am to USEyourCURDS
I have a one of those little travel regulators and co2 cartridges i use that i can use in a pinch if i run out of gas on the weekends.
Posted on 7/15/19 at 9:10 pm to CarRamrod
I hate dealing with this damn CO2 tank. Compressed gasses make me nervous...
What I thought was a leak in one of the lines must not be. I got it filled today at about 1:30. By 5, I got in my car to drive home and the entire tank was frosted. Got home, and there was no CO2 in it at all. Thing must have released 5 lbs of CO2 in my car over the course of 3.5 hrs. I was a little nervous when I saw it frosted so I drove the whole way home with the windows down.
ETA: It's a brand new tank too, idk what happened.
What I thought was a leak in one of the lines must not be. I got it filled today at about 1:30. By 5, I got in my car to drive home and the entire tank was frosted. Got home, and there was no CO2 in it at all. Thing must have released 5 lbs of CO2 in my car over the course of 3.5 hrs. I was a little nervous when I saw it frosted so I drove the whole way home with the windows down.
ETA: It's a brand new tank too, idk what happened.
This post was edited on 7/15/19 at 9:11 pm
Posted on 7/16/19 at 5:54 am to GeauxPack81
quote:don't be.
I hate dealing with this damn CO2 tank. Compressed gasses make me nervous...
quote:hmm. If it was just a small leak it should have been completely frosted. Seems like it was a catastrophic failure. You said you left it in your car for 3.5 hours? Maybe the car go hot enough to expand the liquid and it blew the safety valve. It is that little but on the side of the main valve. If you know the tank is empty you can unscrew it and see if the little sheet of metal is perforated. I have had this happen a few times to freshly filled bottles when I forget and leave them in the garage. Filled bottles shouldnt reach hot temps.
What I thought was a leak in one of the lines must not be. I got it filled today at about 1:30. By 5, I got in my car to drive home and the entire tank was frosted. Got home, and there was no CO2 in it at all. Thing must have released 5 lbs of CO2 in my car over the course of 3.5 hrs. I was a little nervous when I saw it frosted so I drove the whole way home with the windows down.
ETA: It's a brand new tank too, idk what happened.
Gas leaks can be frustrating. But at least it isn't somewhere in your system where you don't know where it is. Your issue should be easily fixed.
Kegs and gas is SOOOO much easier than bottles.
This post was edited on 7/16/19 at 5:58 am
Posted on 7/16/19 at 9:48 am to CarRamrod
I thought it needed to get like 100+ for the safety valve to open. Car couldn't have been but like 90 degrees at the most. Is there something that I need to do to reset it?
I wonder if the safety valve opened when I was re configuring my new setup and the tank was outside the fridge in my garage for a couple hours. Hope that wouldn't have effected the beers that were hooked up to it, after the tank emptied.
I wonder if the safety valve opened when I was re configuring my new setup and the tank was outside the fridge in my garage for a couple hours. Hope that wouldn't have effected the beers that were hooked up to it, after the tank emptied.
Posted on 7/16/19 at 4:35 pm to GeauxPack81
quote:
I thought it needed to get like 100+ for the safety valve to open
130+ I believe
Posted on 7/16/19 at 7:25 pm to BugAC
I was just spit balling. But to frost up the tank it needed to release pressure rather quick. And it it was sitting there soon nothing, I would assume a safety valve failure. BTW I got a air stone corny keg lid for less than 20 bucks.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 3:33 pm to CarRamrod
My British Brown Ale 
Came out pretty good. See if it changes any in the next week.
Came out pretty good. See if it changes any in the next week.
Posted on 7/19/19 at 7:05 pm to BigDropper
I sampled a sour that I made last September and it is tasting great, so I carbed it up an put it on tap. I pitched the Bootleg Biology Funklandia blend. This one was not very sour to start, but it is very sour now. I also have a Mad Fermentationist saison that is one month old. Both are on tap and the blending combinations are endless. The next month of beer drinking is going to be fun. 
Posted on 7/19/19 at 7:16 pm to BigDropper
quote:
My British Brown Ale
It's been a good while since I brewed an English brown. I might need to remedy that soon. Did you go northern or southern?
quote:
The next month of beer drinking is going to be fun.
Most definitely!
I'm finally brewing tomorrow for the first time in a while. Shocker, but it'll be a saison. I meant to buy some wlp565, but somehow got out of the store with wlp568. I've never used that saison blend before, so I'm actually kind of glad I made that mistake. This saison will use some thai basil, lemongrass, and pineapple sage from the garden.
Posted on 7/20/19 at 9:58 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Did you go northern or southern?
I didn't know this nuance existed. Please enlighten me to the differences. If I achieved either style it was purely by chance and not deliberate.
Posted on 7/21/19 at 6:26 am to BigDropper
southern vs northern
I like drinking both. I haven't tried brewing a northern yet (ex. Newcastle). One of my first homebrews was a southern. Sweet, malty, with an abv around 4%.
I like drinking both. I haven't tried brewing a northern yet (ex. Newcastle). One of my first homebrews was a southern. Sweet, malty, with an abv around 4%.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 9:20 am to mchias1
quote:
2008 BJCP Style Guidelines
Category 11 — English Brown Ale
Based off of what I read, I think I brewed a northern. In the newer BJCP guidelines, British Brown Ale is designated 13b without the northern & southern designations. I think they combined the two styles to streamline things.
Thanks for the link.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 10:56 am to Bleed P&G
quote:
I pitched the Bootleg Biology Funklandia blend.
I started a Solera with this. First thing i noticed from the fermenter was huge pineapple notes. I'm about 8 months in on the solera. I need to oak it soon. Will probably bottle the first pull of the solera in November/December.
quote:
I also have a Mad Fermentationist saison that is one month old. Both are on tap and the blending combinations are endless. The next month of beer drinking is going to be fun.
That's such an awesome blend. I have a couple sours bottled with that, and am on generation 2 or 3 of another one in the fermenter.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:17 pm to BigDropper
I tend to enjoy the northern browns more. Maybe I've just had some bad examples of the southern style, but they've all been too sweet for me, especially when served from a cask at lower CO2 levels.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 7:38 am to BottomlandBrew
I think i may brew this weekend. However, i failed to order anything from Bootleg during the last presale. It's not due to ship until next month anyway, so i'll have to shop for what's in stock at LA Homebrew for my sours.
May try Roselaire blend for the first time. I've never experienced ropy-ness in my sours due to pedio, so i'll be excited to see if i get this. For some reason, i've wanted to get ropy-ness in my sours and let it age out and correct itself.
This batch is going to be part of a blender batch so i'll brew up about 7 gallons. 3 gallons will get Roselaire and will age for 18 months. 3 gallons will get some combination of saison/brett yeast. And the additional gallon will be used to top off my varying sour fermenters.
Or, i may brew up an oktoberfest to have ready to put on tap when the new house is built. I've only brewed one and it was a long time ago. This excellent weather makes me think of Oktoberfest.
ETA: Or, i could do another double brew day...
May try Roselaire blend for the first time. I've never experienced ropy-ness in my sours due to pedio, so i'll be excited to see if i get this. For some reason, i've wanted to get ropy-ness in my sours and let it age out and correct itself.
This batch is going to be part of a blender batch so i'll brew up about 7 gallons. 3 gallons will get Roselaire and will age for 18 months. 3 gallons will get some combination of saison/brett yeast. And the additional gallon will be used to top off my varying sour fermenters.
Or, i may brew up an oktoberfest to have ready to put on tap when the new house is built. I've only brewed one and it was a long time ago. This excellent weather makes me think of Oktoberfest.
ETA: Or, i could do another double brew day...
This post was edited on 7/24/19 at 7:43 am
Posted on 7/24/19 at 3:28 pm to BugAC
Definitely double brew day. I might try and do one soon...
Probably next month or in September I want to brew an imperial stout. Bottle it and slowly drink them over the course of a year or so.
Probably next month or in September I want to brew an imperial stout. Bottle it and slowly drink them over the course of a year or so.
Posted on 7/24/19 at 5:03 pm to GeauxPack81
quote:
Definitely double brew day. I might try and do one soon...
It really does run very smooth. Of course I’m a nerd and I schedule out my double brew day in excel, when I last did it and beat my schedule by 30 minutes.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 5:31 pm to BugAC
I'm brewing a southern brown. Starting to experiment with pH. Hoping to boost efficiency a little and get better flavors.
Drinking my first bottle of a left hand milk stout clone. This brew won't last long. Very tasty.
Drinking my first bottle of a left hand milk stout clone. This brew won't last long. Very tasty.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 5:53 pm to mchias1
My efficiency got way better when I started adjusting water.
Think I'm going to brew an American Pale Ale tomorrow with Cascade, Centennial, and Simcoe
Think I'm going to brew an American Pale Ale tomorrow with Cascade, Centennial, and Simcoe
This post was edited on 7/26/19 at 5:54 pm
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