Random brewing pics

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:43 pm

misterdalliard wrote:

Shined up my keg with a paint stripper disc. Just ordered some polishing compound to get a mirror finish.

Why. Mine looks abused, and will look the same for years to come.

Sandy

derek · Post by **derek** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:49 pm

gm- wrote:Few of my latest labels
...
Wheat ale and Gooseberry Wheat

I think I prefer the gooseberries to the goose berries...

And then this one is coming up: Alt Pachino, altbier

Brilliant!

canuck · Post by **canuck** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:48 pm

Bohemian Pilsner

Post by **mr x** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:36 pm

I used one can of Oregon and some organic pure juice, probably a little.

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Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:57 pm

Draining the bag - 13.5" stainless collander fits great on top of the keggle. I can push straight down with my lid to extract all the wort.

Homemade thrumometer made it easy to dial in the temperature from the chiller.

HappyHopper · Post by **HappyHopper** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:27 pm

canuck wrote:Bohemian Pilsner

Holy cow! Sooo when can I come over and see thst

Post by **chalmers** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:23 pm

Canuck loves having guests, you just need to get to Quispamsis first.

Tony L · Post by **Tony L** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:40 am

chalmers wrote:Canuck loves having guests, you just need to get to Quispamsis first.

Definatly on my list of to see places.

derek · Post by **derek** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:57 am

chalmers wrote:Canuck loves having guests, you just need to get to Quispamsis first.

All roads lead to Quispamsis...

derek · Post by **derek** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:51 am

LeafMan66_67 wrote: Homemade thrumometer made it easy to dial in the temperature from the chiller.

That's pretty clever

Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:26 pm

I can't take credit for it - saw it somewhere in internet searching. Cost me less than $4 to make though.

derek · Post by **derek** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 2:21 pm

LeafMan66_67 wrote:I can't take credit for it - saw it somewhere in internet searching. Cost me less than $4 to make though.

Shhh. None of us have original ideas anymore, but no need to tell everyone!

Tony L · Post by **Tony L** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:23 pm

LeafMan66_67 wrote:I can't take credit for it - saw it somewhere in internet searching. Cost me less than $4 to make though.

I know BYO had it here.
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CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:45 pm

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Wort cooling.

Tony L · Post by **Tony L** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:13 pm

Hell of a lug to get it there though.

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:19 pm

Tony L wrote:Hell of a lug to get it there though.

I've bought all the elbows and fitting for the immersion chiller but haven't assembled it yet!

Tony L · Post by **Tony L** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:41 pm

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:
Tony L wrote:Hell of a lug to get it there though.
I've bought all the elbows and fitting for the immersion chiller but haven't assembled it yet!

I was half thinking about getting a plate chiller, but I thought a little about it and am getting good results from my IC, so why should
I go the extra expense and have so much fooling around to keep it clean and sanitized?
I think I'll just keep what I got and save myself a hundred.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:28 pm

Tony L wrote:
CorneliusAlphonse wrote:
Tony L wrote:Hell of a lug to get it there though.
I've bought all the elbows and fitting for the immersion chiller but haven't assembled it yet!

I was half thinking about getting a plate chiller, but I thought a little about it and am getting good results from my IC, so why should
I go the extra expense and have so much fooling around to keep it clean and sanitized?
I think I'll just keep what I got and save myself a hundred.

Super easy to clean and sanitize, Tony. Bake it in the oven and flush it out when you need to give it a thorough cleaning. I only do that every four or five brews, other than that, hot PBW does the trick. Sanitizing is as easy as firing it in a bucket of StarSan for a few minutes or just recirculating boiling wort through it for the last 10 minutes of the boil.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:38 pm

Like the sucker for punishment that I am, I'm going to brew an 11 gallon batch of an all Simcoe IIPA tomorrow with a newborn and 2 year old in the house. Got the starters going this evening—WLP001 and 051.

canuck · Post by **canuck** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:56 pm

Well, you sure didn't stay away from brewing long did you? Nicely done buddy! :spilly:

I brew an all Simcoe DIPA recipe as well, care to post what you'll be brewing? It would be interesting to compare both of our recipes.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:02 pm

The recipe I'm going with is pretty similar to LD's Comfortably Numb IPA, but I added a bit of Carapils and some sugar to dry it out and I'll be mashing at 149°F.

I'm actually using the hop bill from your recipe as I had it sitting in BeerAlchemy and liked the looks of it. Jus switching the 90 minute addition to FWH since I'm only doing a 60 minute boil.

I'll dry hop one carboy with Simcoe and will hit the other with something different likely. Maybe some Mosaic.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:21 pm

And yeah, some brewing hiatus.

Had some friends and family over last night for UFC and almost kicked my last keg of IPA and finished off the last few bottles of Pale Ale I had kicking around. Figured if I brewed something big it might last a bit longer than something you can throw back by the pint.

LiverDance · Post by **LiverDance** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:12 pm

Hopslam

Post by **mr x** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:32 pm

Amarillo lager fg.

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Post by **mr x** » Sat Mar 23, 2013 7:33 pm

Cleaning carboy.

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