I brewed today!

[Dave Y]

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hard to see but I now have the chiller set up without changing hoses, the only issues with this set up is constant cleaning

Once I get my kettle repaired I’m going to take a stab at plumbing a no hose swapping setup.

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

Once I get my kettle repaired I’m going to take a stab at plumbing a no hose swapping setup.

keep in mind there are 2 types of 3 way ball valves L and T, I have 1 L and the rest T, and its best to pay attention to your arrows, there are times I forget

 

[Craigerrr]

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hard to see but I now have the chiller set up without changing hoses, the only issues with this set up is constant cleaning

That's a lot of valves!

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

That's a lot of valves!

funny when i first started building that this valves were $50 -$60, now the dernord valves are $20

 

[Craigerrr]

funny when i first started building that this valves were $50 -$60, now the dernord valves are $20

I use to have a lot of valves when I had my 3 vessel system. Dernord valves are probably made in China I bet

 

[Megary]

‘26 Barleywine. This one a SMASH with Maris Otter and Pilgrim. WLP028 Scottish Ale licking its chops.

1.107

 

[Brew Cat]

That's a lot of valves!

valves are his hobby

 

[Brew Cat]

‘26 Barleywine. This one a SMASH with Maris Otter and Pilgrim. WLP028 Scottish Ale licking its chops.

1.107

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how low can it go

 

[Dave Y]

I’ll bet that is one hell of a 1728 pitch.

 

[Craigerrr]

‘26 Barleywine. This one a SMASH with Maris Otter and Pilgrim. WLP028 Scottish Ale licking its chops.

1.107

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So it will be much lighter in color than your past Barley Wines, cool!

 

[Megary]

So it will be much lighter in color than your past Barley Wines, cool!

Indeed it will. Much lighter.

Funny you mention this because I stole the idea for this version from this Ron Pattinson historical recipe:
https://www.beerandbrewing.com/recipe-1851-william-younger-xxx-mild-ale

Look at the color of the beer in the picture. No way they got that color from Maris Otter only *unless* they made some crystal malt out of it first or they boiled it for hours and hours. I boiled mine for 90 minutes and also boiled down a quart of wort into a syrup, adding that back to the main boil. Still ended up relatively light in color. My guess is that CB&B just had a cool photo laying around and used it for the article.

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

Brewed my "Spring Cleaner IPA " today. I went old school back when I didn't know about whirlpool hops and no temp control. So this batch has boil hops and dry hops only. Memory lane!