What are you doing with homebrew today?

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

Had to clean up my keezer last night. Went to the garage yesterday afternoon and the carpet scrap in front of my keezer was soaked and the garage smelled like a spilled IPA. Unfortunately, the PicnicTap 2.0 had a slow leak. It seems the o ring where it attaches to the disconnect was torn and started to leak It must have leaked From Sunday night until it ran out of beer and then ran my CO2 cylinder empty. Leaving beer foam and beer inside the keezer and beer leaking out of the defrost weep in the bottom drain of the keezer spilling across the floor. Probably half of a keg of IPA lost as well.

So Today, I need to go to the LHBS and swap out my CO2 canister

That's awful. One more reason to brew more beer.

 

[Josh Hughes]

Hopefully I can keg my Marzen tonight and harvest the yeast.

 

[west1m]

Had to clean up my keezer last night. Went to the garage yesterday afternoon and the carpet scrap in front of my keezer was soaked and the garage smelled like a spilled IPA. Unfortunately, the PicnicTap 2.0 had a slow leak. It seems the o ring where it attaches to the disconnect was torn and started to leak It must have leaked From Sunday night until it ran out of beer and then ran my CO2 cylinder empty. Leaving beer foam and beer inside the keezer and beer leaking out of the defrost weep in the bottom drain of the keezer spilling across the floor. Probably half of a keg of IPA lost as well.

So Today, I need to go to the LHBS and swap out my CO2 canister

Messy, messy, messy!

 

[Zambi]

I moved my 8 litre keg to the fridge.
She should be carbed by now, but will keep checking.
I was pretty pleased with the clarity of my previous beer, so I'll try to give it plenty time before drinking (hence no picnic tap attached)

 

[Herm brews]

I just kegged my Summer Wheat Ale, and kept a jar of S-04 slurry for future use. It’s too bad that it is so difficult for me to focus on multiple hobbies at the same time. For the past several weeks, fly fishing has occupied most of my free time, while a bag of grain waits to be crushed and brewed into a tasty beer. Carry on!

 

[TerryDowning]

Cleaned some kegs, moved my California Common to keezer for cold crash. restocked my CO2.

 

[Sandy Feet]

I just kegged my Summer Wheat Ale, and kept a jar of S-04 slurry for future use. It’s too bad that it is so difficult for me to focus on multiple hobbies at the same time. For the past several weeks, fly fishing has occupied most of my free time, while a bag of grain waits to be crushed and brewed into a tasty beer. Carry on!

Not a horrible problem I love reading positive posts like that.

 

[Zambi]

I just kegged my Summer Wheat Ale, and kept a jar of S-04 slurry for future use. It’s too bad that it is so difficult for me to focus on multiple hobbies at the same time. For the past several weeks, fly fishing has occupied most of my free time, while a bag of grain waits to be crushed and brewed into a tasty beer. Carry on!

Start tying flies during the mash
And maybe look at no chill. You are still doing small amounts, isn't it?

 

[Herm brews]

Start tying flies during the mash
And maybe look at no chill. You are still doing small amounts, isn't it?

Tying flies might make me go blind, but it does interest me. My late brother was a fly tier.
Yes, my batches are still small - 2.5 gallons fills my kegs.

 

[Sandy Feet]

Shit, getting old sucks. I can't even tie a pompano rig on a surf rod anymore without glasses. Luckily, I can take the old glasses to the beach and not give a damn if they get salty, sandy, or lost in the water. The new ones are a little expensive for that.

 

[Zambi]

Shit, getting old sucks. I can't even tie a pompano rig on a surf rod anymore without glasses. Luckily, I can take the old glasses to the beach and not give a damn if they get salty, sandy, or lost in the water. The new ones are a little expensive for that.

I'm opposite...
I need to take off my glasses

 

[Zambi]

Tying flies might make me go blind, but it does interest me. My late brother was a fly tier.
Yes, my batches are still small - 2.5 gallons fills my kegs.

So, I was thinking...
Maybe look at no chill to reduce active brew time.

Weigh & mill grains
Bring water to temp and mash in
Mash while you do something else. Shopping, tying flies, looking at new fly fishing rods (I generally mash 2 to 4 hours)
Sparge, bring to boil, boil, cover & seal. No chill. Spend the afternoon fly fishing
Next day decant to fermenter & go fish again

 

[Craigerrr]

Not today, Wednesday actually.
With fermentation probably half done, I added a fairly hefty drop hop addition. After popping the lid back on the krausen starting erupting. Worried that it would get into the spunding valve, I popped it off quick. Pressure built back up pretty quick and it settled down, then I put the spunding valve back on, all in a days work I guess!
This is moments before I realized that Mount Krausen was erupting
Edit, actually this after it settled back down

 

[Craigerrr]

Should have noted this is VOSS at 29C (84F)

 

[Sunfire96]

Hoping for a double brew day today, another batch of Golden ale and a Festbier. Fingers crossed

 

[Craigerrr]

Set the fermenter to 5C yesterday afternoon.
It's getting there,

will keg this tomorrow morning.

 

[Sunfire96]

10 minutes into the 2nd brew mash. Who's dumb idea was this hoping to be wrapped up by 7 at the latest tonight. My efforts will be rewarded by 8 gallons of tasty brews

 

[Over The Cliff Brewing]

10 minutes into the 2nd brew mash. Who's dumb idea was this hoping to be wrapped up by 7 at the latest tonight. My efforts will be rewarded by 8 gallons of tasty brews

Double brew days always start out with energy and excitement. Once the 1st batch is cooled and racked, your attitude starts to drop but you plow forward.

 

[Dave Y]

So, I was thinking...
Maybe look at no chill to reduce active brew time.

Weigh & mill grains
Bring water to temp and mash in
Mash while you do something else. Shopping, tying flies, looking at new fly fishing rods (I generally mash 2 to 4 hours)
Sparge, bring to boil, boil, cover & seal. No chill. Spend the afternoon fly fishing
Next day decant to fermenter & go fish again

A friend of mine from the east coast was brewing a partial mash IPA with an aggressive hop schedule with me. After the 2nd or 3rd “Which hop do we put in now” he says to me: “Dave. Humans have been brewing beer for thousands of years now. It’s very unlikely we will find a new way to screw it up"

Double brew days always start out with energy and excitement. Once the 1st batch is cooled and racked, your attitude starts to drop but you plow forward.

At least my brewhouse is also my tap room . I have 4 of 9 taps in the brewhouse. If I were to torture myself that way, at least I could be demotivated with some good beer.

 

[Sunfire96]

Double brew days always start out with energy and excitement. Once the 1st batch is cooled and racked, your attitude starts to drop but you plow forward.

Agreed I did some math while brewing, and assuming $14/6 pack of craft beer, I saved myself $150 today brewing it myself. Plus I like drinking it more than what I can buy at the store.

Even just 2 brews a month saves me quite a bit of money for the whole year, and only costs 6-7 hours of my time and at this point the equipment has been paid off and then some