beer Begin! : May TD: Golden Stout

grantmichaels said:
I'm definitely still brewing NEIPA's next ...
 
I mean, I shouldn't have to send as many next time, so I can try to send it faster ...
 
I was avoiding USPS, because it's the only shipper who has an actual 'authority' and the only one that declares shipping alcohol to be somewhat illicit etc ...
 
Is anyone familiar enough with the dimensions of the SFRB to share whether a bubble-wrapped 12oz long next fits? ...
 
That would be a 2-3 day delivery period, cheap, and not brown truck ...
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I used a USPS Priority Mail Regional Rate Box - A1 box.  Its dimensions are 10" x 7" x 4-3/4".  It had plenty of room for 2-12 oz bottles and packing material.  Plus, for me, it was about $1.50 less than it cost me to send 1 bottle via FedEx.  Order some for free at USPS store and you can just schedule a pickup and they come and pick it up for free.  You are most likely aware of this but to me, it is the best option.  Why would USPS ever need to know what you are shipping?  It should be fine as Wheebz said he got mine today
 
jbeer32 said:
 
I used a USPS Priority Mail Regional Rate Box - A1 box.  Its dimensions are 10" x 7" x 4-3/4".  It had plenty of room for 2-12 oz bottles and packing material.  Plus, for me, it was about $1.50 less than it cost me to send 1 bottle via FedEx.  Order some for free at USPS store and you can just schedule a pickup and they come and pick it up for free.  You are most likely aware of this but to me, it is the best option.  Why would USPS ever need to know what you are shipping?  It should be fine as Wheebz said he got mine today
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Cool, will look into that ... thanks!
 
Dye Job...(Golden Stout)
 
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 71.4 % 
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 2 14.3 % 
8.0 oz Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 3 7.1 % 
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 7.1 % 
0.35 oz Nugget [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 27.6 IBUs 
0.15 oz Nugget [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 9.1 IBUs 
0.55 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 - 
Added 2ozs Hershey Cocao powder @15 mins
Added 1oz of Cracked coffee beans to whirlpool
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 8 - 

 
Secondary:  Added 1/2 Vanilla bean split open, 1 oz of cocao nibs to 1.5oz of vodka 3 days before dumping contents into secondary and then racking beer onto it.  Left it in the secondary for 1 week then added gelatin and cold crashed it for 4 days and kegged.  
 

 
SG 1.058 
FG 1.011 
ABV 6.17%

 
Mashed at 151F

 Fermented at 68F
 
i was wondering about the beer, since it never posted departing Jax ...

it's in York now, so you'll have them tomorrow =)
grantmichaels said:
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grantmichaels said:
Little side prep ...

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"Golden"

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Muddled ...

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Roasted a little ...

Into the boil ...
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grantmichaels said:
Kiss With A Fist #StoutInfusion

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Mise en place ...

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Almost forgot - going light for Wheebz ...

It's a lightly-flavored bean, like say Kona ...

Last minute change to the straight SK Rum ;) ...

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Bounty ...

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Tasty! ;)
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grantmichaels said:
Ok, after a day circa 32F, I took a sample and forced it in a PET ...

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Not too shabby, a bit more porter than stout so far, is all ...

A few mins ago, I wanted to rack onto biofine, and work on the stout flavor a bit, now that the beer is cold ...

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One more vanilla bean, sectioned into 1/2" segments, 1 oz cacao nibs, and a healthy handful of whole sidamo coffee beans - loaded into the dry-hopper and suspended ...



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I flushed the target keg, released the pressure on the donor keg, threw the spunding valve on the target keg, and jumpered the kegs ...

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No problems ...

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With the spunding set to 6 psi, I pushed the liquid with 10-12 psi, and it only took like 4-5 mins ...

Tomorrow I'll throw a picnic on and grab another sample to force, to see how the flavor is developing ...
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grantmichaels said:
I purged the pool filter and 304 mesh with the BeerGun and loaded it with the rest of the Sidamo and another ounce of cacao and the lady charred oak mini-spiral ... and Randallized the golden during bottling last night ...

BOOM!
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Afrin before bed the 1st night, brand-name Ocean Spray all throughout the next days, and another Afrin use on the 3rd night if not better ...
 
If you are prone to them, never stop the Ocean Spray at all, and don't buy knock-off's because their nozzles suck ass ...
 
grantmichaels said:
Afrin before bed the 1st night, brand-name Ocean Spray all throughout the next days, and another Afrin use on the 3rd night if not better ...
 
If you are prone to them, never stop the Ocean Spray at all, and don't buy knock-off's because their nozzles suck ass ...
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What is this for? Stuffed nose? Ocean Spray a brand of nasal spray?
 
tctenten said:
What is this for? Stuffed nose? Ocean Spray a brand of nasal spray?
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Yeah, it's important to be open overnight, because your body temp changes and your breathing slows and it increases the advantage of the critters ...
 
I've never had a sinus infection in 10 yrs, because the CPAP blow mad-humid-air through, but before that, I got them regularly (and worked in medicine) ...
 
You use the Afrin to get the mucous to retract and to dilate the passage etc, and then the Ocean Spray is a saline spray and it helps with the consistency of the phlegm and keeps it from getting dry and irritated ...
 
Overusing Afrin will lead to rebound inflammation and nosebleeds, though ...
 
You can use it two days in a row if you haven't been using it at all for a while, but you really don't want to just keep bangin' the Afrin ...
 
The third level is to add Mucinex ... which will turn the phlegm more liquid and make it easier to clear, too ...
 
It basically always works.
 
I have used Afrin or whatever nasal spray I have had on hand daily for the last 30 years or so. At this point it is probably a mental thing, never had a nosebleed.
 
tctenten said:
I have used Afrin or whatever nasal spray I have had on hand daily for the last 30 years or so. At this point it is probably a mental thing, never had a nosebleed.
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that is bad. don't do that ...
 
switch to ocean spray ...
 
wheebz said:
dude
 
afrin every day is f**king HORRIBLE for you
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I know....but so are a lot of other things...and I do not do them. I have always had allergies and very sensitive sinuses. My seasonal allergies have gotten better as I have aged.
 
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