beer Being Crafty

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grantmichaels said:
 
Be nice to yourself ... go home and brew a 5G NEIPA ... inside, with 'comforts' ...
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Lol, for sure! I should have shown up at 7 AM. I was already awake, and doing stuff around my house to kill time, since I figured 8 AM would be perfect. I'm seeing license plates from all over the NE in the lot here at the brewery, so people must have made an overnight/super early morning trek to get here.
 
grantmichaels said:
Going to lose the DDH Pico Pale, or at least, have to drink it fast until it's no bueno ...

Loose dry hop clog issues for not using a hop cage or nut milk bag or stocking etc ...

Spear clogged first, then poppet, and then I changed to ClearBeer pickup but there was mad hops up top, too - so it instantly clogged the poppet AGAIN ...

Only move is siphon from middle-height in the liquid column, but meh ...

Tastes great right now, too ... but it took on oxygen today for sure =/
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Kitchen's immaculate ...
 
Back to this ...
 
This tasted *EXCELLENT* yesterday, with all the layered dry hopping ... so I'm sitting here thinking about how to save it, so I can pound on it until it either kicks, or stales out ...
 
I can't think of many choices if I can't use a spear, or the ClearBeer ...
 
Can't push it out with gas ...
 
Can't pour it through a straining funnel - because I've done it with finished beer a bunch of times and it ruins them (muchos oxygenos, lol) ...
 
I could autominisiphon, but it would be having having oxygen the whole time it transfers (slowly) via siphon ...
 
I could try to make a filter for the end of a spear, but it would take a long time to change the poppet and I'd have to open the main lid for part of it (again, again) ... and I think it would clog.
 
There's like 4oz hops worth of solids in this 3 gal keg, with like 2-2.5 gal beer ... and some's on the bottom of the keg (the Mandarina), and a bunch is on top (the EXP Lemon Zest) ...
 
Now I'm thinking - maybe I can put a hop-designed filter bag over the ClearBeer floating pick-up ......................................
 
 
 
Hmmmm ... then maybe BeerGun some bottles ...
 
Thegreenchilemonster said:
Lol, for sure! I should have shown up at 7 AM. I was already awake, and doing stuff around my house to kill time, since I figured 8 AM would be perfect. I'm seeing license plates from all over the NE in the lot here at the brewery, so people must have made an overnight/super early morning trek to get here.
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What's the release? ...

 
 
grantmichaels said:
 
Kitchen's immaculate ...
 
Back to this ...
 
This tasted *EXCELLENT* yesterday, with all the layered dry hopping ... so I'm sitting here thinking about how to save it, so I can pound on it until it either kicks, or stales out ...
 
I can't think of many choices if I can't use a spear, or the ClearBeer ...
 
Can't push it out with gas ...
 
Can't pour it through a straining funnel - because I've done it with finished beer a bunch of times and it ruins them (muchos oxygenos, lol) ...
 
I could autominisiphon, but it would be having having oxygen the whole time it transfers (slowly) via siphon ...
 
I could try to make a filter for the end of a spear, but it would take a long time to change the poppet and I'd have to open the main lid for part of it (again, again) ... and I think it would clog.
 
There's like 4oz hops worth of solids in this 3 gal keg, with like 2-2.5 gal beer ... and some's on the bottom of the keg (the Mandarina), and a bunch is on top (the EXP Lemon Zest) ...
 
Now I'm thinking - maybe I can put a hop-designed filter bag over the ClearBeer floating pick-up ......................................
 
 
 
Hmmmm ... then maybe BeerGun some bottles ...
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I think the filter mesh and bottle gun option sounds the best. I have a fine mesh filter bag that I use for such occasions, where I super aggressively dry hop, and while racking the trub gets disturbed. It works well. I just wrap the bag around the end of the hose, and rack as mormal.
 
Thegreenchilemonster said:
I think the filter mesh and bottle gun option sounds the best. I have a fine mesh filter bag that I use for such occasions, where I super aggressively dry hop, and while racking the trub gets disturbed. It works well. I just wrap the bag around the end of the hose, and rack as mormal.
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Yeah ... I'm having the rest of my coffee and preparing myself mentally for the high-stakes, high-pressure drama of trying to change out hardware on a keg in a hurry ...
 
Sliced the flesh of the top of 1.5 knuckles last night when replacing the ClearBeer ... only to have it insta-clog the poppet ...
 
There's hop debris everything in there - top and bottom ...
 
I don't want to change anything that requires the keg to be open for a wrenching twice ...
 
I think I'll just pre-prepare another ClearBeer pick-up with a nylon bag around it, and fasten it with a small worm clamp ...
 
Our floss is flavored, a garbage tie would likely rust instantly and rust has an uber-low detection threshold as an off-flavor ...
 
Operation Save the DDH Pico Pale.
 
grantmichaels said:
 
Yeah ... I'm having the rest of my coffee and preparing myself mentally for the high-stakes, high-pressure drama of trying to change out hardware on a keg in a hurry ...
 
Sliced the flesh of the top of 1.5 knuckles last night when replacing the ClearBeer ... only to have it insta-clog the poppet ...
 
There's hop debris everything in there - top and bottom ...
 
I don't want to change anything that requires the keg to be open for a wrenching twice ...
 
I think I'll just pre-prepare another ClearBeer pick-up with a nylon bag around it, and fasten it with a small worm clamp ...
 
Our floss is flavored, a garbage tie would likely rust instantly and rust has an uber-low detection threshold as an off-flavor ...
 
Operation Save the DDH Pico Pale.
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Waiting in line for hours sounds easier.
 
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