I brewed today!

I actually brewed a Cream Ale yesterday for an upcoming Club Competition (June). A 4-gallon batch is in the fermenter now at 10 PSI.
 
Alright, I got it done! My first brew day in almost 5 months went relatively smooth. The grains that I bought in late December 2024, double bagged in paper, somehow resisted any insect invasion, though they did taste less than fresh. For this batch, I decided to double mill the grains, yielding a good amount of flour. Another new process was keeping the kettle on our electric stove, with the element at its lowest setting. This proved to keep the mash temperature close to the target. After 60 minutes of mashing, I extended another 20 minutes and managed to extract a point above the recipe projection. With a higher volume of wort than usual, I switched on the fly from a 60 minute boil to 75, but keeping the hops additions in line with the 60 minute plan. For some reason, I elected to skip the usual bag for the hops, and ended up transferring quite a bit of hop sludge into the fermenter. In the end, I got a little more wort than projected, with an additional 2 points of specific gravity, and achieved a brewhouse efficiency of 81%. Now the wort is in the custody of an expired (12/2023) pack of US-05. We’ll see how it all works out.

In the interest of bread making, there are 2 baking trays full of spent grains drying in the oven. Time for a beer.
 
Coffee Porter
Nailed 1063 OG, expecting 6%
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Vallka said:
Hello Everyone.
Well finally cleaned everything up after the winter and Brewed a Amber ale today. Felt good to be back brewing, I'm on a weekly schedule now until I get all 5 taps pouring!
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Good to see you back on the forum, haven't seen you for a while!
 
Craigerrr said:
Good to see you back on the forum, haven't seen you for a while!
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Nice to be back, I don't brew in the winter, my setup is mostly outside in my shop and the water freezes up.
I'll be brewing at least once a week for 5-6 weeks to get the 5 taps back up and running. Brewing Mango Milkshake NEIPA Wed.
 
I brewed a Josh's Smiddicks yesterday. Trying to get every last ounce out of my fermenter. I'll ferment under just enough pressure to suppress the kreuzen. I transferred very little trub so I should have close to 8 gallons (30 L) to transfer into 2 kegs.

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BarbarianBrewer said:
I brewed a Josh's Smiddicks yesterday. Trying to get every last ounce out of my fermenter. I'll ferment under just enough pressure to suppress the kreuzen. I transferred very little trub so I should have close to 8 gallons (30 L) to transfer into 2 kegs.

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I've been having trouble with the floating dip tube staying in the beer for transferring. I picked up some washers but going to see if I can get a bit more beer. The beer that was left got stired up so I could crashed again. What I can't get to I'll open the fermenter put the washer on close it up and drink it as a kellerbier. Am I making sense?
 
Brew Cat said:
I've been having trouble with the floating dip tube staying in the beer for transferring. I picked up some washers but going to see if I can get a bit more beer. The beer that was left got stired up so I could crashed again. What I can't get to I'll open the fermenter put the washer on close it up and drink it as a kellerbier. Am I making sense?
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Perfectly. Good plan.
 
Donoroto said:
Perfectly. Good plan.
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Yeah it hasn't seen oxygen yet so that last bit will, but won't be much, I'll finish it in one sitting only down side is wasting a little Co2
 
Brew Cat said:
I've been having trouble with the floating dip tube staying in the beer for transferring. I picked up some washers but going to see if I can get a bit more beer. The beer that was left got stired up so I could crashed again. What I can't get to I'll open the fermenter put the washer on close it up and drink it as a kellerbier. Am I making sense?
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Does the end have different attachment points like this one?

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Brew Cat said:
I've been having trouble with the floating dip tube staying in the beer for transferring. I picked up some washers but going to see if I can get a bit more beer. The beer that was left got stired up so I could crashed again. What I can't get to I'll open the fermenter put the washer on close it up and drink it as a kellerbier. Am I making sense?
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I have been lucky tilting it at the end to get more. I still don’t get it all but I do most now.
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
Does the end have different attachment points like this one?

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Yes it does
The SS washers I bought slide over the tubing. I have 2 one on the fermzilla which like @Josh Hughes mentioned I tilted it to get it all. Another one is on a converted corny. I did just now put the washers on and it is working. On the keg I actually left the float off thinking it would sink but it floats anyway. If that's the case don't really need the float. I can't see in the keg obviously but the fermzilla can and see. Either way they will both get the washers
 
Brew Cat said:
I've been having trouble with the floating dip tube staying in the beer for transferring. I picked up some washers but going to see if I can get a bit more beer. The beer that was left got stired up so I could crashed again. What I can't get to I'll open the fermenter put the washer on close it up and drink it as a kellerbier. Am I making sense?
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I had the issue once, it was a frustrating process getting that one into the keg, have been lucky I guess the rest of time
 
Josh Hughes said:
I have been lucky tilting it at the end to get more. I still don’t get it all but I do most now.
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I too am a filter, once I thought I would tilt at the beginning of transfer.... guess what the trub did, yep, it started finding it's new level
 
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