Got a snow day off from work, I should have prepared better, and got my ingredients to make it a snow / brew day.
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That's where buying grain in bulk can save you money and time 
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I'm looking forward to stocking up soon not that there will be any snow days on my horizon lol.
. I'm looking forward to stocking up soon not that there will be any snow days on my horizon lol
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How do you store your bulk grains to keep them as fresh and dry as possible, plus I don't have a million yet, it is also a couple weeks away
Grain mill not million
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Gotta get a grain mill. A brewing buddy who lives a couple of minutes from me has a mill, but I'd like to have one so I don't have to haul grain over. I've been keeping good quantities of a couple of different base malts on hand, but I need to stock up on smaller quantities of specialty malts and Crystal. I bought a stupid amount of hops from a blow-out sale online at Yakima Valley Hops so I won't be short of those any time soon. I keep an extra pack or two of dry yeast in the freezer and I usually have some leftover cake to work with too.
A few more grains and a mill would make me pretty much self-sufficient.
A few more grains and a mill would make me pretty much self-sufficient.
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Certainly you have ingredients on hand to make some sort of smash beer?
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I store ahead, but remember all grain needs to be a certain moisture and over time it slowly losses that, all is not lost if that happens you can soak and rejuvenate but the way I keep mine has changed I did have 2 gallon baggies inside a sealed locking tub, now I use the food saver, seal a pound at a time and add to the same sealed tub
I grind my grain right before I mash with a Millars Barley Crusher
https://www.amazon.com/Millars-B3-Barley-Crusher-Grinder/dp/B009601M4I
I grind my grain right before I mash with a Millars Barley Crusher
https://www.amazon.com/Millars-B3-Barley-Crusher-Grinder/dp/B009601M4I
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store your grains in these
https://www.chewy.com/gamma2-vittle...NkvzIkqrvFJg0eP4qmFHEaArkb8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
https://www.chewy.com/gamma2-vittle...NkvzIkqrvFJg0eP4qmFHEaArkb8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
Looks like I got more items to purchase come tax time
I mill my grains in a thermomix pretty much course flour. I biab so I can get away with this if I did a more traditional mash I couldn't get away with just blitzing them in the thermomix.
I store the grains in sealed drum like that dog food drum.
I gave my grain a deep freeze a while ago after discovering some little bugs in it that sorted them out they went from summer to Antarctica in hours.
I store the grains in sealed drum like that dog food drum.
I gave my grain a deep freeze a while ago after discovering some little bugs in it that sorted them out they went from summer to Antarctica in hours
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In a pinch I could easily turn out a good beer without leaving the house. Might have to run the grain through a food processer to keep from wearing out my elbows with a rolling pin.
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Mmmmm .... Snow would be great about now , was still over 38 / 100 F at 9 pm last night here in Radelaide
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Mate the amount of beer you've churned out recently I'm sure that mill will pay for itself
It's next on the list...i just have to be able to sneak it into the lineup so it doesn't rouse suspicion. The dear Missus is impressed that the ingredients for 2 cases of beer only costs $20 or so. Big equipment expenditures are best kept under the radar.
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What 60c Mark that's even too hot for saison! Gee I see Facebook a koala getting a drink from a back yard hose. Yep supposed to be getting your heat wave up here this weekend Mark 40 plus in hinterland luckily high 30s here.
Sunday hottest hay hope you've got some Pilsner left .
. Yep supposed to be getting your heat wave up here this weekend Mark 40 plus in hinterland luckily high 30s here. Sunday hottest hay hope you've got some Pilsner left .
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Air temp was 43 , that was a metal plate thermometer in direct sunlight
Think a frypan in direct sunlight would actually cook an egg though
Think a frypan in direct sunlight would actually cook an egg though
I'll be brewing that saison tomorrow starting ferment temp of 26 c will be a sinch I'll have to regulate the temp in my freezer I'm thinking as minimum will be about that temp. Well I timed it right
