Kegged my Franconian lager and got a good amount of slurry for today’s Helles.
What are you doing with homebrew today?
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I dump mine into a 2 gallon bucket lined with 2 plastic grocery store bags that I have verified have no holes in it. In fact that is what I am doing right now.
Helles in the fermenter
Testing the brewer today. Assuming there are no problems, I’ll pick up my materials from the brew shop and brew tomorrow. I’m going with white labs 550 yeast, mashing single step at 149f, and fermenting at 68f. If anyone has a concern to point out I’d appreciate it. Thanks @Sandy Feet for pointing out that the yeast I was looking at was for dark Belgians, so waiting for the right yeast to be delivered at the brew shop.
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Battening down the hatches for a blustery brew day. Winds currently gusting over 40 mph (64 kph) and will get worse over the next couple hours. I'm brewing in the garage screen porch so I am somewhat out of the worst of the wind. I'd hate to have to move inside the garage due to all the crap that the wind gusts would blow around and drop into my kettle.
I can't postpone my brew day due to the coming snow that @west1m cursed us with by putting his snowblower away
. The next open brew window is two weeks from now and that is too late. I am brewing @Tim Bulin's Shady Bohemian and need to have it ready by mid-April for a visit from my brother-in-law. So, I need time for it to lager for at least 3 weeks.
I can't postpone my brew day due to the coming snow that @west1m cursed us with by putting his snowblower away
. The next open brew window is two weeks from now and that is too late. I am brewing @Tim Bulin's Shady Bohemian and need to have it ready by mid-April for a visit from my brother-in-law. So, I need time for it to lager for at least 3 weeks.
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damn the German Ale yeast repitch took off within 1 hr
jar right out of the fridge and warmed to about 60F
pitched at 70F wort temp
thermal well probe now at 62F
using a 17" wide fermenter 13'" deep with no pressure
jar right out of the fridge and warmed to about 60F
pitched at 70F wort temp
thermal well probe now at 62F
using a 17" wide fermenter 13'" deep with no pressure
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Not a bad smell to haveCleaning the fermenter AGAIN. because after 2 washings with 160F water and pbw through the CIP ball, it still smells like hops !
@Craigerrr bathes in hops
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All I can say about the weather is...Battening down the hatches for a blustery brew day. Winds currently gusting over 40 mph (64 kph) and will get worse over the next couple hours. I'm brewing in the garage screen porch so I am somewhat out of the worst of the wind. I'd hate to have to move inside the garage due to all the crap that the wind gusts would blow around and drop into my kettle.
I can't postpone my brew day due to the coming snow that @west1m cursed us with by putting his snowblower away
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Eventually everything just smells like hops, I often say "honey, you smell great today", then Barb says why are you talking to your beer?
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Use a blow off tube for Belgian yeasts. Those things go a little too crazy for an airlock.
Seriously, those yeasties go nuts.
