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re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II
Posted on 10/10/16 at 9:53 am to Canuck Tiger
Posted on 10/10/16 at 9:53 am to Canuck Tiger
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:08 am to USEyourCURDS
Where in SELA are you? If in BR, go check out some of the clubs like Redstick, Brasseurs, or Bicycle. Those guys and gals would love to help.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:10 am to BottomlandBrew
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Where in SELA are you? If in BR, go check out some of the clubs like Redstick, Brasseurs, or Bicycle. Those guys and gals would love to help.
Yup, not to mention LA Homebrew does homebrew days at the shop.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:15 am to BugAC
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:18 am to USEyourCURDS
We (Brasseurs a la Maison) have our October meeting this Wednesday at Tiger Deauxnuts on Government. I know meeting at a donut place is odd but the owner is a member and the BYOB aspect not having to deal with permits is great. We typically start around 645.
I'm also happy to show you the ropes.
I'm also happy to show you the ropes.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:30 am to Fratastic423
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:45 am to USEyourCURDS
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I might have to shoot for next month's meeting as I will be out of town this Wednesday. Sounds good though!
Saturday November 5th is the AHA's 'Learn to Homebrew Day'
LA Homebrew is holding an event and they typically have a fair number of people out there brewing for these events.
They try to have a wide variety of different brewing setups on hand so new brewers can see everything from simple single pot extract brewing to more complicated all-grain RIMs / full automated systems.
Unfortunately this year it's the same day as the Alabama game, but if you aren't going to the game, they typically make a party of it and it's definitely worth stopping by.
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:47 am to LSUGrad00
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Unfortunately this year it's the same day as the Alabama game
Surprised that they aren't moving it to Sunday honestly.
I may host a brew session on Sunday if I can get my shite together.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:55 am to LSUGrad00
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 5:08 pm to USEyourCURDS
Haven't been able to brew since early August. Working extra shifts for guys who need to spend time fixing their houses from the flood. Can't wait to give my grainfather and hot liquor tank a try. Whenever that may be.
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 5:32 pm to AvenueBreuxhaus
Took the plunge on a bunch of hops from Yakima Valley hops the other day.
C hops sampler, a pound of Citra, some Amarillo leaf and some experimental grapefruit hops.
Anyone have any experience with those?
C hops sampler, a pound of Citra, some Amarillo leaf and some experimental grapefruit hops.
Anyone have any experience with those?
Posted on 10/10/16 at 7:21 pm to s14suspense
Just beginning to brew and because of space doing small batches. I have converted two 2 gallon Igloo coolers to a mash / lauter tun and a hot liquor tank. My goal is to fly sparge. My specific question is do I empty the the mash tun after I have mashed before I begin to fly sparge or do I sparge beginning with a full tun of wort? Any advice on this issue or all grain small batch brewing would be appreciated.
Posted on 10/10/16 at 8:45 pm to TBoy@LSU
You drain your mash tun to your kettle and from your sparge tank to your mash tun simultaneously. I slowly open up the cmvalve on the mash tun. I try to keep about 1-2 inches of water on top of my grains as I sparge.
I do it slowly, about 20-30 minutes to gather up the required amount of wort. I have a similar setup as you and I fly sparge as well. I typically gather about 7.62 gallons (or more) if I'm doing something with a lot of hops. Beers with less hops I only gather 7.25 gallons before the boil. This is for a 60 minute boil too. Your system and boil intensity, trub, etc... all factor into your final volume amount.
I do it slowly, about 20-30 minutes to gather up the required amount of wort. I have a similar setup as you and I fly sparge as well. I typically gather about 7.62 gallons (or more) if I'm doing something with a lot of hops. Beers with less hops I only gather 7.25 gallons before the boil. This is for a 60 minute boil too. Your system and boil intensity, trub, etc... all factor into your final volume amount.
This post was edited on 10/10/16 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 10/10/16 at 9:03 pm to TBoy@LSU
I use a second pot and burner to keep my sparge water at 170. I manually add water with a pitcher to keep an inch or two above the grain as bug said. Pour slowly over a spoon or something.
Start draining the mash. Start adding sparge water when you see the grain. I don't "mash out" bc I always do 1.3 qt/lb
Start draining the mash. Start adding sparge water when you see the grain. I don't "mash out" bc I always do 1.3 qt/lb
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 10:17 pm to GregMaddux
Thanks for the advice, really do appreciate. In lieu of "mashing out" I intend to increase the temp of the sparge to compensate a bit.
And by the way my "brewery" is The Surfing Bear.
And by the way my "brewery" is The Surfing Bear.
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Posted on 10/10/16 at 11:37 pm to TBoy@LSU
Double brew night this evening. Started heating strike water at 5:45. Finished cleaning up at 11:05. I really should double up on my brew days more often. It's just more efficient to spend a little over 5 hours on two beers than 3 1/2 to 4 on one.
Amber ale that I slightly overshot the OG on. Was supposed to be 1.052. Oh well, doesn't hurt, that's for sure.
And base for my coffee vanilla porter. Also adding pumpkin spices to this one for our Halloween party. Nailed the 1.070 OG I was shooting for.
Amber ale that I slightly overshot the OG on. Was supposed to be 1.052. Oh well, doesn't hurt, that's for sure.
And base for my coffee vanilla porter. Also adding pumpkin spices to this one for our Halloween party. Nailed the 1.070 OG I was shooting for.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 12:29 am to TBoy@LSU
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I intend to increase the temp of the sparge to compensate a bit.
Be careful with this. Raising the grain bed above 170 can extract tannins and lend some astrengency to the finished beer.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 9:10 am to LSUGrad00
My burner came in. This thing is a monster! 22" banjo cooker, cast iron. I'll have my wort boiling in seconds. So glad i got this thing, now i just need to brew again.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 9:17 am to BugAC
What kind of burner have you been using? I've been using a KAB4 for years and it's great. The KAB6 is essentially the same burner, but a different base and regulator. My KAB4 gets things cranked up in no time.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 9:42 am to BottomlandBrew
This one.
It worked fine. Took about 10-15 minutes to bring 8/9 gallons of wort to a boil.
It worked fine. Took about 10-15 minutes to bring 8/9 gallons of wort to a boil.
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