What's everyone brewing?

[Keith]

Just checking in, lots of great pictures and brewing action! Once I drink a few cases from the cellar, I'll get back to brewing.

What ya have planned for next sat?

[chalmers]

Just checking in, lots of great pictures and brewing action! Once I drink a few cases from the cellar, I'll get back to brewing.

What ya have planned for next sat?

Drinking, why do you ask?

[Keith]

Just checking in, lots of great pictures and brewing action! Once I drink a few cases from the cellar, I'll get back to brewing.

What ya have planned for next sat?

Drinking, why do you ask?

I figured over the week you'd clear a case or so from the Cellar. Was wondering what you were brewing.

[McGruff]

Brewing an ordinary bitter with just Pearl malt with Target hops. Using up my malt and hops as I am fermenting a Helles which is slowwwwwwwww.

[mikeorr]

I brewed an ESB and made a try of a Gose over the weekend.

[the-mailman]

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Got a new beer pillow. Nah just kidding, it's wort for making beer. A Festa Lager. Should be ready in about a month.

[BasilD]

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Got a new beer pillow. Nah just kidding, it's wort for making beer. A Festa Lager. Should be ready in about a month.

little trick to make your life easier, leave it in the box. Sanitize a knife and just cut through one side of the plastic, then drop in your auto siphon. so easy!

[the-mailman]

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Got a new beer pillow. Nah just kidding, it's wort for making beer. A Festa Lager. Should be ready in about a month.

little trick to make your life easier, leave it in the box. Sanitize a knife and just cut through one side of the plastic, then drop in your auto siphon. so easy!

Thanks, I'll try it next time. 23 KG is a challenge to handle and pour.

[RubberToe]

I just open the box, cut the flaps off, open, and pour from in the box. Less risk of infection too.

Sent from the brew timer

[Keith]

I just open the box, cut the flaps off, open, and pour from in the box. Less risk of infection too.

Sent from the brew timer

I tuck the flaps in myself and pour from the box, just lift the spout over the side, and put the box on it's side on a chair and let it pour into the fermenter. It's also a great way to aerate your wort.

[BasilD]

I just open the box, cut the flaps off, open, and pour from in the box. Less risk of infection too.

Sent from the brew timer

I tuck the flaps in myself and pour from the box, just lift the spout over the side, and put the box on it's side on a chair and let it pour into the fermenter. It's also a great way to aerate your wort.

very true, I like to have a free hand for drinking though lol.

[the-mailman]

Any of these methods must be better than wrestling a wobbly bag. Thanks for the tips.

[Jimmy]

I always took it out of the box, sat it on top of another bucket and then poured it into the fermenting bucket while it was still resting on the support bucket. No wrestling or cutting holes.

[GAM]

Leave it in the box, open the plastic top and siphon to the fermenter.

Sandy

[GuingesRock]

Getting ready for a new Blonde Ale tomorrow afternoon with Australian Summer hops only. First time I used them. Double batch and 1 keg of it will have raspberries in the secondary.

[Keith]

I just ordered 11lbs of falconers flight and centennial type. Going to be using those in my IPA's moving forward for the next while haha. Looking forward to it. However that's a ton of hops.

[Keith]

I'm planning on doing a 10 gal dipa after this rye beer.

[dean2k]

Testing out induction brewing tonight with my contribution to the March exchange. Generic category 7 Amber hybrid w/ rye malt cluster, NB hops, and S-05

[GuingesRock]

Testing out induction brewing tonight with my contribution to the March exchange.

Neat! how was it? Did you hold mash temperatures with the thermostat in the induction heater or isn't it accurate enough to do that? Did you have to buy a special pot?

[dean2k]

I didn't use it for the mash, this time around. The wimpy little boil looked worrisome at 1800w, but the byo article I'm trusting to see me through this says it's all you need

[RossBee]

In the midst of a Double Bock and a Pilsner. Doing parallel 10 gallon batches sure is fun.

[Celiacbrew]

12 gallons of ESB done in a fifteen gallon kettle. I think the next brew will be 10 gallons even. Too nerve racking to see wort bouncing around that close to the lip of my kettle.

[jtmwhyte]

I didn't use it for the mash, this time around. The wimpy little boil looked worrisome at 1800w, but the byo article I'm trusting to see me through this says it's all you need

What volume were you doing at 1800w?

[kenny10]

Just mashed in on an APA....using all FF for hops...should be tasty.

[dean2k]

I didn't use it for the mash, this time around. The wimpy little boil looked worrisome at 1800w, but the byo article I'm trusting to see me through this says it's all you need

What volume were you doing at 1800w?

This particular batch was 3 gal. But based on the BYO article below, a 4 gal. batch is quite feasible with 1800w:

https://byo.com/videos/item/2967-induction-heat