I brewed today!

Herm_brews said:
I buy grains from 2 different lhbs. At the old lhbs (Phantom Ales), customers are allowed to weigh and mill their own grains, but they do not permit gap adjustment. There, I always run my grains through twice. At the new lhbs (Windsor Home Brew Supply) they do the weighing and the milling of the grains. Their mill is fancy, and has a setting that is great for BIAB, so I request that setting. Either way works for me, and beer gets brewed.
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Most places I've been they mill it themselves. My favorite place we get to weigh out and mill our own grain. I love being able to sample some of the grain as I go
 
The first homebrew shop I dealt with would let you weigh and mill you own, with their Corona mill :eek:
Not that I have anything against corn grinders, but kind of low budget for a retail outlet.
 
Ward Chillington said:
I brewed a stout today and I have my fingers crossed since I'm using some Kveik slurry that's second generation and about 4 months old...if the little buggers are doing their job come morning, I'm gonna be thinking about a fall back plan,,,what's the consensus group? Sprinkle some S04 on the top??
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Did it take off?
 
Cascade and Chinook pale ale. I didn't strain the proteins out on the way to the fermenter, like I have been lately
, to see what happens. I left behind about half a quart of hop trub and Irish moss/coagulated things at the bottom of the BK (whirlpooled with a spoon and then autosiphoned to the ferm). I added hop pellets directly to the wort this batch. My past few hoppy beers have been a little lacking in punch since I started using a "hop spider," aka a paint strainer bag lol
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Sunfire96 said:
Cascade and Chinook pale ale. I didn't strain the proteins out on the way to the fermenter, like I have been lately
, to see what happens. I left behind about half a quart of hop trub and Irish moss/coagulated things at the bottom of the BK (whirlpooled with a spoon and then autosiphoned to the ferm). I added hop pellets directly to the wort this batch. My past few hoppy beers have been a little lacking in punch since I started using a "hop spider," aka a paint strainer bag lol
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Now you're talkin'. Sounds like my kind of beer. The trub & hop debris will settle out and compact with the yeast. May even contribute some nutrients for the yeast.
 
BOB357 said:
Now you're talkin'. Sounds like my kind of beer. The trub & hop debris will settle out and compact with the yeast. May even contribute some nutrients for the yeast.
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I even used Liberty Bell yeast! You inspired me on this brew Bob :)
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
If there is room in the fermenter, I always dump the whole BK, minus whatever the double-mesh strainer filters out. The times I have left as much trub as in I could in the kettle, I didn't notice any difference in the beer.
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That's usually how I do it, but I used hop bags or spiders to keep the hop pellet trub out. Maybe next time I'll go whole hog and put everything in the kettle AND the fermenter :)
 
jmcnamara said:
You better believe it! They've been curbside pickup only, so haven't been in the store in a long time
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Oh yeah...Chris and Company are good people for sure. I started using them when Westminster House of Brews closed down and I was uncertain at first but they have earned my loyalty especially with how they have been so responsive over the last year.
 
Friday night brew session
6% 4 SRM NEIPA
Just shy of a pound of hops (430 grams). VOSS yeast was chugging away after a couple hours, added first dry addition shortly after that, after this coffee going to add the second dry addition. Should have this kegged and pouring by next weekend.
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