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Post by RubberToe » Fri Jun 28, 2013 11:11 am

TimG wrote:No peppers this year 'hotpepperdaddy'? :D
I have been terribly negligent in that area... :(

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:25 am

Strike water heating for a wet brew day. Image

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Post by canuck » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:46 am

Derek, you're definitely getting an early start!! :cheers:

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Post by GAM » Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:47 am

Younger kids will do that to you.

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:02 am

canuck wrote:Derek, you're definitely getting an early start!! :cheers:
Double brew day today. And I held off for an hour so I wouldn't freak out the neighbors! Appears I get a downpour every time I venture outside. Oh well. It's only water!

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Post by canuck » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:22 am

GAM wrote:Younger kids will do that to you.

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I certainly know that all too well. :? :D

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Post by canuck » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:24 am

LeafMan66_67 wrote:
canuck wrote:Derek, you're definitely getting an early start!! :cheers:
Double brew day today. And I held off for an hour so I wouldn't freak out the neighbors! Appears I get a downpour every time I venture outside. Oh well. It's only water!

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Nice, what are you brewing today? I brewed a RIS yesterday, and since the weather is going to be shitty all weekend I may brew again today or tomorrow. Was thinking about brewing the Atomic Smashbomb clone.

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:46 am

Shane,
I doing kind of a mysrery mild this morning, some leftover grain from a milling incident I had a while back. Weight and proportion should make a nice mild, and I'm using up a bunch of American hops I had in the freezer - so no real style, but a 3.5% hoppy mild.

Later will be an IPA I like to keep on hand and tomorrow will likely be Jeffs Bees Knees Pale Ale.

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Post by jacinthebox » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:57 am

glassgiant wrote:Jacinthebox:
Would pasteurization work with flip top bottles, or would they have to be capped?
How many bottles would you guess you'll need to open before you find the carbon level is right?
I've heard that the flip top bottles may be an issue...the gaskets slipping and gas escaping.

I'll bottle in beer bottles, cap them and let the carb up for 3 days at room temps...I guess the guys that have done this are having them fully carb'd in 3 days.

I plan to place them in my cooler, adding 180-190 degrees water for 10 min.

It's all finished up now...SG 1.067, FG 1.002. I'll let ir sit for a few more days, them bottle...If all goes well, the will be taking a hot bath Thursday night, and I'll be sampling them Friday night at Stan-Fest.

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Post by glassgiant » Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:08 pm

I hope you'll keep us updated. Losing 3 bottles is not so bad. I was picturing a dozen! I'd love to do a hard lemonade, but I've got a white and RIS fermenting right now, that I don't have bottles for. The summer would be nearly over by the time it was ready. Maybe next summer. :)
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Post by jacinthebox » Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:54 am

some pics from brew weekend...

Fri...Belgian Blonde
Sat... Roggenbier & Vanilla Porter

For Sat, we tested out brewing with 2 full sets of gear..worked out well...Mashed in @ 3pm....done and all cleaned up by 7:30pm

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Post by jacinthebox » Sun Jun 30, 2013 11:58 am

glassgiant wrote:I hope you'll keep us updated. Losing 3 bottles is not so bad. I was picturing a dozen! I'd love to do a hard lemonade, but I've got a white and RIS fermenting right now, that I don't have bottles for. The summer would be nearly over by the time it was ready. Maybe next summer. :)
It take less than two weeks to bang this out, and 20 min to brew...grab some bottles from the recycle depot
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Post by jeffsmith » Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:36 pm

Think it might be time for a bigger kettle. Even with fermcap this freaks the fuck out of me every brew day.
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Post by canuck » Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:03 pm

Racking my pale ale onto 6 pounds of blueberries.

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Post by mr x » Fri Jul 05, 2013 2:54 pm

That color will be sweet.

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Post by canuck » Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:06 pm

I made it last summer as well, and it was a little odd at first drinking a purple beer. Not the manliest looking beer. lol I much prefer using real blueberries over extract, such a much more natural taste to me. I upped the amount of blueberries this time around from 5 pounds last year to 6 pounds this year.

This is last year's batch.

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:18 pm

canuck wrote:I made it last summer as well, and it was a little odd at first drinking a purple beer. Not the manliest looking beer. lol I much prefer using real blueberries over extract, such a much more natural taste to me. I upped the amount of blueberries this time around from 5 pounds last year to 6 pounds this year.

This is last year's batch.
How long do you leave it on the blueberries?

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Post by canuck » Sat Jul 06, 2013 11:57 am

LeafMan66_67 wrote:
canuck wrote:I made it last summer as well, and it was a little odd at first drinking a purple beer. Not the manliest looking beer. lol I much prefer using real blueberries over extract, such a much more natural taste to me. I upped the amount of blueberries this time around from 5 pounds last year to 6 pounds this year.

This is last year's batch.
How long do you leave it on the blueberries?

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I leave it on the blueberries for 10 days or so.

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Post by ethier.sc » Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:06 pm

A little hump day brewing action with 2hands1mouth Image

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Post by LiverDance » Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:32 am

Getting the fruit ready for my lambic :mmm:
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Post by jeffsmith » Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:16 pm

Grain bill for tomorrow's brew: Pils, Rye and Vienna (and some clear candi sugar).
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Post by dean2k » Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:33 pm

Bottling a test mild that uses abbey malt. Messed up my boil and got a little too mild at 3% so mixed results it seems.
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Post by jacinthebox » Thu Aug 08, 2013 5:00 pm

glassgiant wrote:I hope you'll keep us updated. Losing 3 bottles is not so bad. I was picturing a dozen! I'd love to do a hard lemonade, but I've got a white and RIS fermenting right now, that I don't have bottles for. The summer would be nearly over by the time it was ready. Maybe next summer. :)
2nd batch is bottled, just need to carbon for 3 days, and then a hot water bath. I used 8 cups of sugar to back sweeten it this time. Tastes really good, even tho it's flat.
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Post by GuingesRock » Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:43 pm

I got my son a magnifying glass at Dollarama last weekend. I've absconded with it....I do let him borrow it from time to time though.

Hard to take a good picture, but it really helps with taking the reading.
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