beer =[ GM's 1st 16x Batches, and/or 10 mo. Brewing ]=

[grantmichaels]

so anyways ...

amazing what a single drop of Fermcap-S can do for the right problem ...

it was hitting the 2L mark, after FC-S it's down at the 1.5L marking ...

looking forward to this batch, should be an easy brewday ...

 

[tctenten]

The one thing that is goid about the kits is that they are small batches to get your process down. In hindsight I probably should have done 2 kits instead of 4. I will say at this point I am confident in knowing and understanding the basic concepts and steps needed to brew beer. Next step for me will hopefully be to move on from the basic and get more into it.

 

[Ozzy2001]

I actually enjoyed my first couple batches lol.

 

[wheebz]

grant you can always introduce more oxygen into a beer and have the yeast revert to aerobic reproduction as long as their is enough stuff for them to eat, they always prefer aerobic reproduction
 
that being said, I would have let that starter just ferment and pitched it today mid fermentation

 

[grantmichaels]

grant you can always introduce more oxygen into a beer and have the yeast revert to aerobic reproduction as long as their is enough stuff for them to eat, they always prefer aerobic reproduction
 
that being said, I would have let that starter just ferment and pitched it today mid fermentation

 
that's what i did ... i gave it a drop of fermcap-s and opened the stopper to let more air in ...
 
good to know that they'll always revert, though, as a rule ... thanks.

 

[Ozzy2001]

Where's the brew?

 

[grantmichaels]

Where's the brew?

 
planned for after i wrap-up work ... couple of hours of cad/cam, and then i'm off until thursday mid-day ...

 

[grantmichaels]

Wild in the Sacch
 
Batch: 3 gallons
Est. Efficiency: 55%
ABV: 6%
SRM: 9
IBU's: 35.5
 
1200mL Starter of WLP644 Brett Bruxellensis Trois
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 64 oz British Pale Malt (48.25%)
 64 oz Maris Otter (48.25%)
4.5 oz Crystal 60 (3.5%)
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Mash at 147F and 152F for ~10.75 Plato
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Boil for 60 min for ~12.75 Plato
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 .125 oz 11.4%AA Nelson Sauvin @ 60
 .250 oz 11.4%AA Nelson Sauvin @ 30
 .375 oz 11.4%AA Nelson Sauvin @ 15
 .500 oz 11.4%AA Nelson Sauvin @ FO
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      1 oz Citra Dry-Hop
   .75 oz Nelson Sauvin Dry-Hop
 
1 min O2 at 2x L/second, ambient climate (73-74F), fermentation target temp 78-82F ...

 
QFBrewDay

 

[grantmichaels]

pH adjusted to about 5.5 via Citric Acid ...
 
Modified Recipe to drop the wheat and RedX and sucrose to lower gravity per Wheebz call ...

 

[grantmichaels]

Killed the plate, starter was already fermenting a little ...

If I blow smoke on my malt, is it smoked malt?

 

[grantmichaels]

Found something ...

Whole element was black, wasn't seasoning as I'd suspected!

PBW didn't touch it ...

Hmmm ... like creosite from a grill ...

Probably should have noticed that sooner, or the wheat did it fast last batch ... oh well, on it now ...

Too high for no dark grains ...

mashed in ...

Looks good!

Might use it as a body pillow ...

Nelson Sauvin hop series ...

Just dumped the 60 min addition ...

#Brewin'

 

[grantmichaels]

Continued ...

bizarre white proteins ... think it's starch ...

better boil w/ cleaned element =/

cleaned straight-away for Ozzy ...

mise en place ...

sanitizing chiller ...

groundwater is cooler, yay!

yeasties, next ...

OG

bubbled in some pure ... and shielded ...

i think this yeast will be ok w/ only an airlock, but I'll check before bed ...

disappointing Nathan's fries =(

record time, tonight ...

NS hops smelled great!
weird starch thing ...

think it's because i dumped base malts in w/ powdered flour/starches from being milled ...

 

[tctenten]

Looks good. Polar opposite of Mulberara, this will seem like water compared to that.

 

[grantmichaels]

Looks good. Polar opposite of Mulberara, this will seem like water compared to that.


Yeah ... fscking Wheebz ... he likes to piss in my Cheerios!

 

[tctenten]

Yeah ... fscking Wheebz ... he likes to piss in my Cheerios!

Just because I am lazy and do not feel like looking through the whole thread....you completely fabricated that brew pot? You are using an electric burner? What size is that pot?

Found it..around page 20.

 

[grantmichaels]

I bought it w/ only the element installed, so it could be tested w/ the controller before getting shipped ...

I did all the plumbing work etc, for all the parts that came w/ it ...

It's a 24 qt brew pot ...

 

[grantmichaels]

You can brew 2.5 gallons of whatever size you want, and 3 gallons of DIPA-size beer, and probably 4 gallons of session beer (can then split into a pair of two's) ...

It's a stupid system, though ...

It really is ...

 

[grantmichaels]

Speaking of overkill ...

The two 1.5 gallon stackable (hooked up) kegs came ...

I'll be using the shit out of these, and really, w/ portable co2 charger, cool way to take some beer to go ...

10 lbs tortified wheat ...

remember when i realized i had more dark specialty grains than needed? didn't matter ...

 

[grantmichaels]

http://youtu.be/FZw0AoMl9IA

 

[tctenten]

You can brew 2.5 gallons of whatever size you want, and 3 gallons of DIPA-size beer, and probably 4 gallons of session beer (can then split into a pair of two's) ...It's a stupid system, though ...It really is ...

What is stupid? You brew kettle set-up? Looks pretty cool.

Or what I do?