A case of the first worlds

First post by arkique, 7 years ago

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Too hot to brew. Aircon not keeping up with the heat. What is one to do?

I know!?!

Transport, Bag, Book and bad brown beach towel...

sweat sweat sweat
get comfy and dream about brewing.

repeat in reverse to go back home
reward yourself with a beer.

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hahahahah

The closest I got to snow was dodging the hail as the thunderstorm hit.
On upside I saw a neighbors hit get struck by Lightning.. sooo many sparks.

One button brewing

First post by Brew4me, 7 years ago

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So I was thinking of getting one of these installed into my kitchen refrigerator... :lol:

:think: I wonder what it actually tastes like?

But still would not give up BIAB... ;) I want the ability to make the grain decisions etc.

Pete

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definitely cool. would love to hear about it when you do.

beginners guide

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First post by mally, 10 years ago

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Thought I would post a first attempt at a beginners guide.
If it proves useful, it can be adapted/improved & moved to a more relevant location.

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Bingo!! Mally I may be a little late with this reply but just wanted to say you have really nailed it with your re-worked diagrams. Well done

Iodine - full conversion in 24 hours

First post by Mad_Scientist, 8 years ago

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Like the title says, I used iodine for my no chill container and it fully converted from white to orange in 1 day. :lol: :argh:

Is there another chemical that will help it along to whiten? I used bleach in the past.

MS

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Has it removed the stain though?

Bazooka filter

First post by guapodad, 7 years ago

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Has anyone used a bazooka filter specifically for transferring into fermenter?

Ok, I use grain and hop bags but I've never tried a bazooka filter. I think it should assist when I rank from my kettle to my fermenter... after it's chilled, of course. I think it's 12 , it covers the entire diameter of my 10 gallon ACMCYL kettle.

Any experiences or suggestions? Thanks, y'all.

Salud,
Roberto

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My pot has a ball valve . I use to drain, but , I use a funnel with a screen to catch the large particles.
The small ones go into the fermenter . I think it was Rick (?) who said the trub actually gives the yeast more to eat. I don't remember who it was actually but will try to find it. Don't stress too much about the trub.
J

Cold Crashing Cluster

First post by PistolPatch, 7 years ago

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Desperate times call for desperate measures :).

Three fermenters of same wort with 3 different dry hops. My co-brewer youmustbemellow is unsure whether the malt backbone is strong enough to support the column... Column Cold Crashing.jpg Safety first though!... Jockey Strap.jpg

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Wish you would pressure ferment :drink: You could easily hold 4 kegs in there, for sure, without stacking and also have a shelf above it for rosters and such.

7/5/2013 by Mad Scientist Brewhaus , on Flickr

Smallest BIAB ever!

First post by mally, 7 years ago

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Just noticed these tea bags at work where the bag is made of.... you guessed it, Polyester voile!

Difficult to count but certainly looks like 30-40 threads per cm! :lol:

smallest BIAB.jpg

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:lol: :lol: :lol: Very good guys!

Now that's efficiency, lol

First post by Mad_Scientist, 7 years ago

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Club brew yesterday with lots of food and beer.

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The Real Nonsense and Drunkin Rambling Thread

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First post by Lumpy5oh, 8 years ago

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It's 3:15AM here in SW Ontario and I am currently riding a 28 hr streak without sleep. I have worked 2 8 hr shifts in the last 24 hrs. I generally work midnight to 8AM but today I added a 4PM to midnight shift. Although I don't like the 4-12 shift ;I do love relaxing in front of the computer listening to tunes, surfing the web and enjoying some pops(I've lost count) after this shift.
Anyways; the chat thread is full of beer stuff and I never utilised the chat function. I think we could use a...

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Warning. These things are dangerous.

Home brew Club Melbourne

First post by Wadey82, 8 years ago

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Any suggestions for home brewing clubs in Melbourne, I'm based in the inner west.

Cheers

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They meet once a month in West Footscray

Phosphorus mineral content in finished beer

First post by Mad_Scientist, 8 years ago

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I need to start watching my total phosphorus daily intake. I assume a lighter abv% beer has less. By lowering the OG in BIABacus I see the kj value drop in Section R.

I found one source (in a book) with a range of 90-400 mg phosphorus per liter.

Does anybody have any advise?

MS

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Hi MS,

Hopefully you already got some good answers from your doctor about this... I did a quick internet search (which you probably / may have done as well), and got a couple links you might find helpful.

The Whole Foods info shows 77mg in a Stout vs 27mg in a Pale, with 180g of beer. No idea what brand, etc. Wonder how we calculate this from our ingredients + fermentation process...? :scratch:

Diet and Fitness link has per 12 oz cans of beer with Budweiser (46mg) and Bud light...

Managing the Trub

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First post by Wadey82, 8 years ago

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Hi Guys,

I always seem to lose more wort than I'd like when transferring to my fermenter as I worry about having to much Trub in the fermenter. Is trub in the fermenter an issue or am I worrying about nothing? How do other people minimise trub loss? Whirl-pooling never works for me as I have an immersion heater fitted at the base of my kettle which disrupts whirl-pooling. Are bazooka screens useful or should I just not worry about Trub?

Cheers

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PP I'll pm you re details of grain bag material... Still trying to convince my wife it will save money in the long term :lol: :lol: Great ;). I think men honestly lying to their wives has been going on for quite a while. When my Dad proposed to my Mum, he said, We'll have two children and go on overseas holidays every three years.

The end result was nine children, and, no overseas holiday until they were in their 40's.

:lol:

Bottle labels

First post by Wadey82, 8 years ago

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Does anyone know where you can design and buy bottle labels online in Australia for a reasonable price?

Cheers

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What I have done the past two times is fix up a design of some sort of photoshop, print the labels out at kinko's, and adhere them to the bottle using a gelatin mixture. Its super simple. The hardest/most tedious part is cutting out the labels.

Here's the beer and wine I used doing it this way:

MS goes to Bonita Springs Florida USA

First post by Mad_Scientist, 8 years ago

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Another annual trip with my girl to visit friends that come from England every year to the states. They rent a place for 1 month.

So here we are at Pincher's crab shack.

Rick and Sue are from Hythe Kent England.

Oh, and I scored a Fuller's ESB in British Open Pub in Bonita Springs... :)

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Okay, that makes all the difference. I'm in the middle. :lol: Front or back middle bottom?

Happy Hard Liquor day to you Richard :drink:.

For your brewing pleasure.

First post by PistolPatch, 8 years ago

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Did an IPA today with a fellow brewer.

Manage to chill to about 26°C (69F). Wanted to pitch at 18°C (64.5C) so transferred and put the fermenter in my brewing fridge. In the interests of the new site being written, I also did some experiments of which most failed.

My final experiment was to line my fermenter with a completely boiled, washed and sanitised BIAB bag as we're dry hopping this one and I thought, How cool would that be if you could use the BIAB bag as a dry hop sock as well!!!

I...

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Putting the Re in Research. It is what happens.
The bag obviously overhangs the rim of the bucket in your first photo. What kind of seal does the lid provide, and if not airtight, why would a blow-off tube help reduce the mess? Even if the lid fits, doesn't the bag allow air to pass through? And if air could get in (or CO2 out) is that not the lowest point for liquid to escape, followed by capillary action? Obviously you never brew drunk SP :lol:.

I did quite a few equipment experiments on...

Recipes from brewing classic styles

First post by Wadey82, 8 years ago

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Hi everyone,

I purchased brewing classic styles this weekend, I've noticed that the receipes list the extract required, specialty grains and then AG grain bill. Regarding the speciality grains I assume these are just mashed along with the rest of grain and the steeping step is removed.

Cheers

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BCS is a fantastic book for Brewers. The recipes are really solid and give you a great starting point to work from for your own tastes.

All the recipes o have brewed from the book have turned out great.

The New Site

First post by Pat, 8 years ago

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I'm posting this in the General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles forum as it is a bit of a ramble.

I've been working on the new site a lot recently but am worried I am missing something obvious. The new site will have an official section designed in such a way that any brewer, regardless of their experience or equipment, should be able to find the right info, for them, within three clicks. Designing a structure that is so simple has been extremely difficult and is still going to take many more...

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Mally, sorry for the slow reply. Hopefully, I privately said thanks for it in an email?

I also think the local thing would be a big bonus, but, once that is done, having someone like yourself on board would be a great bonus!

:)

Cheesestradamus 2015. Green Bay Packers and Beer.

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First post by BobBrews, 8 years ago

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:champ:

The pre-season (practice games) are set to begin on August 13th 2015.

Previous years players and new players are welcome to compete for big, BIG prizes!
You don't have to know anything about American football at all! Nothing! The fun is trash talking to your fellow brewers here on this post! We have sent prizes all over the World so don't let your location stop you! Join up with your fellow brewers!

Cheesestradamus 2015 . Predict the results of the Green Bay Packers game each...

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Sounds like a top idea Bob!

Let's just find a time when that bloody Mary doesn't have a hold of you :o.

:thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

Best Microbreweries from Orlando, Florida Area???

First post by Scott, 8 years ago

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Help Guys,

I know at least some of you are from Florida? Are there some good microbreweries in the Orlando area?

I live in the great state of Oregon. Great in that we have great nature ...along with great breweries, and great wine, (as long as you like the best Pinot Noir :drink: , and great Pinot Gris). ;)

Well...I have a daughter...who decided it would not be success if she did not get with an athletic scholorship to play volleyball in either California or Florida...someplace with warm...

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ST Pete and Dunedin have a bunch of great breweries. You could make a week of doing pub crawls and still not hit them all . I saw 3 new ones today in Odessa & Temple Terrace..

AG brewing

First post by Oldgit, 8 years ago

Just got back from a AG brewing social
Learnt lots sampled lots can't wait to get brewing
I may have been converted from bottling :argh:

Is this the biggest BIAB in the world?

First post by Irishbrew, 8 years ago

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More info here:
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Those guys are great, I'm signed up for email updates on anything they write about.

Beer Geeking

First post by Brew4me, 8 years ago

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Thought I would share some beer science geeking - thank god the guiness did not go to waste...

Physics of Guinness

Oh in case you feel the need to correct someone that may suggest you are drunk the following link provides some alternatives such as I am not drunk I am just loose in the hilts .

Franklin

and if you were wondering I do like the open culture site...

Pete

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HAHAHAHA TOO GOOD PP. Pete thanks for the link. Franklin twas a wise man .

Corny kegs?

First post by Hoover, 8 years ago

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Been reading about cornies etc. And just wondered how long beer will last in one? I'm only a 6 pint a week lad lol.

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Cheers for that, anwsers all my questions :)

Oops?

First post by Hoover, 8 years ago

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Downloaded the biab excel thingy and on my laptop it appears to be just a JPEG?
Windows 10 lappy though and Apache office.

Help! :argh:

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Yep, sorted now thanks. Was something to do with software needing updating?
Still trying to get my head around it though lol :headhit:

A drink with Sam

First post by shetc, 8 years ago

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Sam Calagione and me, drinking some of his Immort Ale at the Funky Buddha, last night.
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That's awesome Steve.

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