re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II

I usually redirect hot water from my immersion chiller into either pbw or star San and then use it over the course of a week to clean everything thoroughly. I usually fill a keg maybe 1/4 full and shake the shite out of it. Carboys same thing but swirl. Conical and brew bucket I fill to the brim and soak in 2x star San to passivate them whenever they're not in action (maybe once every six weeks)

Not really I think a true passivation is 1oz/gallon for 30 mins or so and should be done any time you scratch the ss or every yearish. However, I figure a nice strong soak for a day or two can't hurt anything and it's a good time to disassemble the ball valves, swap o rings where they are found, and generally make a fresh start for whatever series of beers I'm brewing.

I usually brew 3-4 beers in series with the same yeast and then do a deep clean. My most recent WY1214 (Chimay) yeast let me brew a patersbier, tripel, and a quad in my chronical, while my brew bucket had a saison, a farmhouse dubbel, another saison, and then a kettle soured stout on it using WY3711. I did a long double strength clean and breakdown of all the TCs/connectors/gaskets and now I have wy1318 in the chronical for a NEIPA, which will then be a dipa next. The brew bucket is going to start up hefeweizens (classic, Miami style, and then dunkel) next week.

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For sanitizing carboys, fermenters, kegs. Do y'all make a full 5 gallons batch of sanitized water to run through them? Or do you make less and give a good shake? How many times can you run this solution through different vessels?(same sanitized water for fermentor, keg, and equipment?

How long can sanitized solution stay in a spray bottles?

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I use my bottling bucket for star san these days, and keep a spray bottle of it for other things. I will make a new batch occasionally, but save it for anything that comes up between batches, and reuse it if I don't feel like making a new batch

Brewed for the first time in 6 weeks yesterday. APA with hops I had on hand in the freezer. Thought I could do a single hop beer with Comet, but only had 6 ounces of it, and that just won't do. So I went with a combination of Comet and Nuggetzilla, an experimental hop. Easy brew day, overshot my OG by a touch (1.058, planned for 1.055), but oh well.

TSP is used to get the machine oil off. Then you need to passivate with starsan.

Ok. To passivate it says one oz to 1 gallon. That's a ton of starsan. I know it is rather cheap but that's a lot.

does kickstarter supply funds to make the advertisements? cause it seems now on kickstander every single project has this professionally made video with the same type of rhythmic music.

I'd look at the Grainfather if I were going to distill. It allows more flexibility than the pico k-cup things and can do much larger batches.

That looks badass!

Simple, yet effective
I like it.