Beer brewers check in

[davedamage]

I have two of the Spike Flex + buckets which are AMAZING but freaking expensive for a fermenter. They're not lying, though -- the equipment will outlast your liver. Those guys are making art with stainless steel. It also helps that they're local (MKE). I have some older glass big mouth bubblers and some newer plastic ones but the Flexes beat out everything. Once you get used to pressurized fermentation with tri-clamp everything, including a rotating racking arm, it's very hard to go back. The only issue I have with them is that with the full butterfly valve and racking arm in place, it's near impossible to get them into my keezer to cold crash them. I want to get one of their bigger conicals to do 10-15 gallon batches but the fully electric basement brewery has to be finished before I can justify it, as I am NOT carrying one of those up and down stairs.

 

[davedamage]

I waiver over getting a conical. It would be nice but not really serve much of purpose when doing 5 gallon batches.

Only one purpose needed: yeast dump. I would brew a half gallon batch in a 45 gal conical just to be able to dump the dang yeast.

 

[Vinman]

Is it the 22nd cuz I couldn't wait I had to taste them all

 

[davedamage]

That looks like a good night.

 

[litenyaup]

This is something i have been really thinking hard about getting into and creating brews for my fire dept and naming it after my fire dept union local. I need to pick the Brains of you creators and make my dream a reality!!!!!

 

[davedamage]

You absolutely should. It's easier than you think. And it's beer that you made. I'll give you any advice I can. One suggestion from my personal experience is if you can, go all grain from the start. I have never been able to make an extract beer that I liked. People say they have, but all grain is where I finally turned the page on really enjoying the beer I made.

 

[Sailingeric]

This is something i have been really thinking hard about getting into and creating brews for my fire dept and naming it after my fire dept union local. I need to pick the Brains of you creators and make my dream a reality!!!!!

If you can boil water then you can make beer. Beer wants to be made! It is hard to make a bad beer. A lot of good info on Homebrew Talk https://www.homebrewtalk.com/ and feel free to PM me, I can walk you throw a brew.

 

[Vinman]

The main thing when brewing beer is Sanitation and cleanliness start with that and you'll be successful

 

[Vinman]

so the IPA is finally bottled all 8.5abv
4g Columbus hops
4g Centennial hops
4g Simcoe hops
4g Citra hops
5g grapefruit honey
Total of 21 gallons had a lot of Sandbar at the bottom
Born on 10/13/19

 

[davedamage]

Just kegged and carbed the first beer I've done in months, a double IPA with Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra. The grain bill was mostly 2-row, some honey malt, a bit of cara-pils and two pounds of some unknown, unlabeled malt from Northern Brewer, hence the "super secret limited edition." Of course, it tastes great and I have no idea what the mystery grain is.

 

[davedamage]

And I just realized I post more about beer in R2R than I do HBT...

 

[Vinman]

Beers make great Christmas presents

 

[Sailingeric]

 

[Vinman]

Finally Friday

 

[davedamage]

Making the trip back to Indy from MKE this weekend to share the love with some of the boys.

 

[Vinman]

So you bottle your keg beer and bring it with you how long does it last have you ever had one of your bottle beers a month out 2 months out who are you asking 3 months out? Just wondering

 

[davedamage]

It's usually for immediate consumption. the "BM" bottle is actually a year old kegged and bottled blood orange dipa and I will let you know how it fared after we get back from the bar tonight.

 

[AquariumLam]

I thought Beer brewers is a new term in the aquarium filed. lol
cheers!

 

[Vinman]

Sorry about part of that message people were talking in the background while I was talk to texting the reason I was asking was I bottle all the time but if I could keg and then bottle some off the keg that will last that would be cool

 

[ScottR]

I used to brew about 10-12 years ago. Was in Hawaii where it’s warm year round so I could only brew ales and only in the winter. I believe ale yeast ferments from the bottom. I forget. But even with mildly warm temps, my whole batch would brew really fast and I always ended up with 7% abv. Kind of crazy to get tipsy off your own stuff. Even crazier to experience the headache the day after.