Do you get those bottles back for reuse?
What are you doing with homebrew today?
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I am brewing my Amber Ale today. After 40 minutes of mashing, sg is at recipe projection, but I will shoot for more. Double milling might be to my benefit.
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After a thorough cleaning, leak testing and sanitizing, I put that fermenter to use yesterday. It holds my Amber Ale, fermenting with Wyeast 1056. It will be worth my while to harvest/reuse slurry from this batch, given the $14 cost. Gotta stretch things out, get multiple uses out of ingredients, equipment where possible.
I hope you get them back relatively clean - that helps a lot.
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Checked on my fermentor this morning and it's bubbling away less than 12 hours after pitching. This is a "strongish" bitter (1.052 OG) that I brewed with a friend yesterday afternoon. I've made starters for the last few batches (most were lagers), but decided to just go with the pouch alone and I'm happy with how quick things are kicking off. Used Imperial Pub A09, which I've never used before.
Mostly they are pretty well rinsed. I've also found that the more people I share it with, the more I concentrate on just brewing a really good drinkable beer and not hitting any real "style". Wind up brewing easy drinking ales, although the next one will be a bit bigger.
Checked the new (used) fermenter filled yesterday with Amber Ale, and the airlock is bubbling vigorously. The fermenter holding Best IPA still shows airlock pressure, and will be dry hopped on Tuesday and kegged next Saturday.
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I used to have 2 dozen 1 liter flip tops. Down to about 10. Once I gave away a case of regular bottles and said I would like them back. Months later got them back un rinced full of crap. Threw them out they were gross.
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Boy do I miss bottling beer... NOT!
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I have been doing a few PET bottles from the keg to take up to the breweries. Amazon has the quick connect adaptor that will fit on a PET bottle to force carb. I keep thinking about getting one of the toys somebody posted some time ago that would replace the Picnic tap with something a little more predictable to pour.
I have a pet bottle adapter, and besides beer I also use it for my Tonic bottles to keep them fizzy.
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How does that work? Do you need to spike the psi?
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It is a quick connect. You hook up the CO2 the same way you hook it up the the keg. I go up to about 20PSI on a one liter bottle, shake the bottle, and let it sit overnight.
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https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Ca...ck+connect+for+pet+bottle,aps,879&sr=8-2&th=1
It actually screws on top of the bottle like a regular cap.
It actually screws on top of the bottle like a regular cap.
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Researching some homebrew recipes for some testers. Looking at ideas from Europe in hopes of bringing some ideas from there. I am headed to Paris and London for 10 days for a family vacation. I am hoping to find some good ideas when back in Paris to bring back and slip into a beer recipe,
@Brew Cat The tonic goes flat after a week or two, so exactly as @Sandy Feet wrote, I can help it stay carbed.
@FleetingSmoke London may offer better beer ideas than Paris.
@FleetingSmoke London may offer better beer ideas than Paris.
