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re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II
Posted on 5/16/17 at 8:10 am to CarRamrod
Posted on 5/16/17 at 8:10 am to CarRamrod
Impromptu brew night last night. Brewed an IPA (go figure) using Nelson and Citra. Opted for a 30 minute boil since I wasn't using any bittering hops yet still hit my target OG of 1.061.
Nights like last night remind me that I should always brew after work instead of wasting my weekend time brewing. Started heating the strike water at 5:40 and was all cleaned up at 9:05. Very efficient brew day.
Nights like last night remind me that I should always brew after work instead of wasting my weekend time brewing. Started heating the strike water at 5:40 and was all cleaned up at 9:05. Very efficient brew day.
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Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:09 am to BMoney
Yeah, but will it be hazy?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:11 am to LoneStarTiger
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Yeah, but will it be hazy?
The clarity will fall squarely between a pilsner and pea soup.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 10:17 am to BMoney
#juice
#sauce
#baw
#sauce
#baw
Posted on 5/16/17 at 11:54 am to BMoney
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Very efficient brew day.
I'll say! That's getting on with the program. I never had a 3 1/2 hour brew day even with my 5 gallon system. I'm running about 5-6 hours right now, including cleanup, depending on length of boil and how many rests in my mash. [The one thing I don't like about a HERMS system is how long it takes to go from one rest to another.] That makes it pretty tough for me to do an after-work brew unless I'm willing to postpone cleaning the kettle until the next day.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 12:53 pm to MountainTiger
im looking at upgrading my mash tun. how long does your herms take? i have some extra SS coils i was thinking about making a removable herms by just dropping it in my HLT and pumping the mash water through it.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 1:05 pm to MountainTiger
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I'll say! That's getting on with the program. I never had a 3 1/2 hour brew day even with my 5 gallon system. I'm running about 5-6 hours right now, including cleanup, depending on length of boil and how many rests in my mash. [The one thing I don't like about a HERMS system is how long it takes to go from one rest to another.] That makes it pretty tough for me to do an after-work brew unless I'm willing to postpone cleaning the kettle until the next day.
Yeah, I'm still using a 10 gallon cooler mash tun, batch sparging and boiling in an 8 gallon kettle. I'm able to clean up as I go, which helps save time as well. A lot of little things add up to a shorter brew day.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 1:18 pm to BMoney
ive never watched someone else brew. I bet it would be interesting to see things they do differently.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 1:30 pm to CarRamrod
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ive never watched someone else brew. I bet it would be interesting to see things they do differently.
It's pretty boring, actually.
Heat water, add grains, wait. Drink beer. Drink another beer. Drain mash tun. Heat more water. Drain mash tun some more. Heat wort. Drink another beer Add hops. Chill wort.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:03 pm to BMoney
well i know it is boring if you arent sociable. but there are little things i have just started doing cause it is more efficient, i wonder if other people have things like that that i could benefit from. I usually end up drunk by the end of my boils.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:18 pm to CarRamrod
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im looking at upgrading my mash tun. how long does your herms take? i have some extra SS coils i was thinking about making a removable herms by just dropping it in my HLT and pumping the mash water through it.
That ought to work.
Mine depends on how big of a mash I have. Bigger the mash, the longer it takes. On my system for a "normal" beer (1.050-ish) there is about a 10-15 minute delay before the temperature starts rising and once it starts, it goes up about a degree every 2 minutes.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:22 pm to CarRamrod
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ive never watched someone else brew. I bet it would be interesting to see things they do differently.
Group brewing events like Big Brew are a good chance to scope out other folks' systems. Our club encourages brewers to host group brews where a few brewers bring their systems over to somebody's house and they all brew up some beer together. We also have a program called brew-with-a-buddy where a rookie will invite a more experienced brewer over to brew with him (or vice versa) and impart some knowledge. There are a lot of ways to skin this particular cat so it's always interesting to see how someone else has solved a problem you might be having.
This post was edited on 5/16/17 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 5/16/17 at 11:26 pm to BMoney
well i brewed my wheat sour tonight. Like you i got it down to 3.5 4 hours. started at 7-715 everything was up at 1045-11. thats with a 90 min mash and with a buddy coming over and BSing.
looking at at a 6%abv which is rather high bit this is my first and ill see how it goes it is rather dark, with the honey malt i hav in the grist but im hoping for the best. ill keep yall posted on how it goes. Gonna pitch in the morning or afternoon once it reaches ambient temp.
looking at at a 6%abv which is rather high bit this is my first and ill see how it goes it is rather dark, with the honey malt i hav in the grist but im hoping for the best. ill keep yall posted on how it goes. Gonna pitch in the morning or afternoon once it reaches ambient temp.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 8:06 am to CarRamrod
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Like you i got it down to 3.5 4 hours. started at 7-715 everything was up at 1045-11. thats with a 90 min mash and with a buddy coming over and BSing.
Now your weekend is free. Best part about weeknight brewing.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 8:14 am to BMoney
I like Friday evening brewing. Makes the hangover the next day okay.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:01 am to BMoney
well if i had another fermenter i would brew something else.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 9:35 am to CarRamrod
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well if i had another fermenter i would brew something else.
Plastic carboys are cheap. LA Homebrew opens at noon. Just sayin'.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:30 am to BMoney
I am finally getting back to brewing on Saturday. Only brewed once this calendar year which is ultra depressing when you think about it.
Going to brew a Belgian Saison with Riverbend Malt House Pilsner malt as the backbone. Probably just see what other malt I have lying around the house to add addition complexity to the grain bill. Hops will be the same what, whatever I have left over in the freezer. Will probably use the White Labs Saison II yeast strain.
I used to brew saisons consistently but have moved away from those over the past two years or so. Need to get back to brewing simple yet satisfying beers. Too many of the beers I have brewed recently have sat around for far too long in the kegerator.
Going to brew a Belgian Saison with Riverbend Malt House Pilsner malt as the backbone. Probably just see what other malt I have lying around the house to add addition complexity to the grain bill. Hops will be the same what, whatever I have left over in the freezer. Will probably use the White Labs Saison II yeast strain.
I used to brew saisons consistently but have moved away from those over the past two years or so. Need to get back to brewing simple yet satisfying beers. Too many of the beers I have brewed recently have sat around for far too long in the kegerator.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 10:42 am to BMoney
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Plastic carboys are cheap. LA Homebrew opens at noon. Just sayin'.
Anybody else have issues keeping rubber stoppers in plastic carboys? My 3 gallon plastic carboys can't keep the rubber stoppers in. They slowly lift up. While they are still seated at the neck, i don't feel confident they provide as good of a seal as using glass carboys and rubber stoppers.
Posted on 5/17/17 at 11:05 am to BugAC
I use these for my plastic carboys. Makes the transfer easy as well.
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