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First post by sault_brew, 1 year ago

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I'm a lurker on this site from many years back, took a couple year break from brewing and now I'm getting back into it again.

I know alot of people here already know this but the spreadsheets available here still blow me away, I'm sitting here with them getting things all tuned up for brew day and I'm amazed. I've been working in database administration and GIS data warehousing for 20 years plus, so I'm deeply ensconced in databases and spreadsheets. The degree of effort in making these...

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Very nice of you to say.
We unfortunately recently lost the man responsible for the Biabacus. It was a man named Pat Hollingdale (Pistol Patch) who worked to create the sheets as well as being one of the creators of the whole Biab process. He was a great friend and mentor to a lot of us here and is missed.

Sheltering in Place

First post by shetc, 2 years ago

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Hey Guys! Been sheltering in place, like forever. I just wanted to say hello to you all and hope you are in good health!

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Hello to you too Sheltering in Place. Hope you and yours are safe and well
cheers
Jimmy

Same to you, Jimmy!

Anyone Brewing in Coronavirus Shutdown...?

First post by Scott, 2 years ago

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Has anyone been brewing lately? Most of the bars and taprooms throughout the world are shut down right now. Almost nowhere to get fresh beer on tap unless you have some good homebrew on tap!

I brewed a Hazy IPA two weeks ago and kegged it yesterday. My front 5 taps are still full with other beer, but my Rauchbier and APA are almost gone, and the Hop Head Pale Ale is just behind them. For now I set the Hazy IPA up with a picnic faucet and out CO2 on it. I did not force carbonate it so it’s not...

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Am33106 interesting that you and ShorePoints are both playing with that Norwegian Voss Kveik yeast strain. Yeah, in the next couple months we should have more info from both of you. Bob has had some successful brews already with it.

I brewed again (second time in the shutdown) 2 weeks ago tomorrow...so that would have been April 25th. Yeast again was super aggressive and blew over top of fermenter like the batch did last time, and jhough had last time. It seemed to finish early... Left in...

Big gap in brews

First post by Muggy Dawson, 2 years ago

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My biggest time in between brews since I started, but I’m back into it....sort of.
So much has happened in my life during the down time.
Today I set up to get back in the game with my favourite brew. I was so stoked to go through the planning, the set up, the milling, the checks, the mash. Just this process was a big part of my happiness for so long.
Anyone reading this might think, “Bloke, you don’t have much in life if that’s all that makes you happy”. But there’s plenty of other things that...

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Great to hear form you Muggy Dawson and thank you for the posts above. Good on :salute:

Those bloody urns have no sympathy do they? :roll: Maybe get two? :)

Best of luck on the next go. We'll be thinking of you :peace:

Kegged vs. Bottled Beer

First post by Scott, 2 years ago

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When brewing beer I normally brew extra beyond the 5-gallons that fits in the Corny keg. Normally will have between 1 and 3 gallons in PTFE containers (to top off the keg when getting low). Also bottle some beer for competitions and mostly gifts. Sometimes will bottle in larger 1-liter or 1.25 liter Coke (etc) bottles. Anyway, that’s why I always try to brew over 9-gallon batches, not the 5-gallon batches that I did at the start. Always drink more, and 5-gallons that tastes great can be drained...

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Thanks for responding mally

Meant to say hoppier. As in too many hops. (Spell correct or typo mistake).

The third paragraph I was saying that only a couple days previous I had been blending it with a less hoppy Helles to make it easier to drink. Was planning to take the crazy step of opening up newly bottled beer to blend them so I does not get massacred in beer competitions... Want my bottled beer to taste good - as is.

My last couple glasses were from the keg, once again. Is it...

New Gear Acquisitions and their impact on your brew

First post by Dreadpiratewes, 3 years ago

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So I think it would be fun to discuss the success (or failure) of newly added elements to our brew process. For if not here where else can we geek out about our brewing toys?
I recently acquired a chest freezer that I converted to a fermentation fridge with an inkbird temp controller. I live in Florida so this has long been my #1 priority gear acquisition to improve my beer quality. The COOLEST room temperature one can reasonably afford to keep in their house in these parts is 75°F and it's far...

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That sounds like an excellent piece of equipment to add, especially with living in Florida! :thumbs: I have one where I live in Oregon and it enables me to brew lagers at cold fermentation temperature in summer. I have a large rubber band that fits around my fermentation and a small piece of bubble wrap that sandwiches the temperature probe next to the fermenter. It works well for me. A pro brewer once told me the #1 thing I could do to improve quality of my beer was to control fermentation...

Very clever beer ad by Heineken

First post by Pat, 4 years ago

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Just stumbled across this today. Pretty clever #BeersWithoutBorders :)

Heineken's #OpenYourWorld campaign ad

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Just stumbled across this today. Pretty clever #BeersWithoutBorders :)

Heineken's #OpenYourWorld campaign ad

This is really an interesting ad. Gotta view it again. :)

Royal Perth Beer Show 2018

First post by PistolPatch, 4 years ago

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Meant to post this way earlier sorry. Anyway, if you have or can brew a beer over the next three weeks then put it in the show. That way you'll get to come to the Exhibitor's Tasting and other fun stuff. I've never missed a year :party:
Full details are here . Key dates as follows...

Friday 4pm (in four days!) : Decide what style you want to enter and fill in the online entry form .

Tuesday 26th June : Make sure you've brewed your beer and then deliver it. Deliveries accepted the day...

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Sorry you missed it Muggy Dawson . Another fun day at the show. I think our group was last to leave ;)

Congratulations to lukasfab for his bronze wheat, stevem01 for his silver brown ale and sinkas who topped the fruit/veg class with a silver mulberry belgian (carefully fermented at my place :) )
(Results here . Did I miss anyone?)
I scored a personal best this year - first year I've put an entry in and didn't get a medal. Most expensive beer I've ever brewed too - lol.

Hope you enjoyed the...

General Discussion on Site Quality of Commercial Malt, Hop and Yeast Suplies

First post by PistolPatch, 4 years ago

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One thing I do know about this site is many hours and dollars are poured into it by a few silly members such as myself :). This is not a commercial site so we have no income or profit. That's beside the point though on this particular topic. What concerns me is...
I'm at a total loss at why some commercial sites are so badly written and others so well-written. Here are some examples...

Yeasts

Look at the Lallemand site: For me, the info it offers there is excellent. Notice the flavour/aroma...

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YEP! they just need to do it with all hops :thumbs:

GMO yeast to provide hop flavors

First post by ShorePoints, 4 years ago

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The future is coming in the form of Genetically Modified Brewers yeast that makes hop flavors.
See

Bittering hops would still be needed early in the boil, but hop flavors can now be created by the yeast. Cool! :clap: As the article says, year-to-year variations in crops of hops would be overcome by consistent flavor production via the action of the yeast. I suppose that is important for commercial brewers who want to make the exact same beer over and over again.

It is still early - I have...

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Think you are talking about the wide use of RoundUp right before harvest in wheat fields all over the world. Someone I talked to that seemed very knowledgeable told me that at least 95% of those that think they are allergic to glutens are actually allergic to RoundUp! That’s bad for all of us. Scary...

I hear what you are saying. I still am uneasy with GMOs. And you might be right, fortunately (or unfortunately), time will tell...

Cheesestradamus 2016. Green Bay Packers and Home-Brew.

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First post by BobBrews, 6 years ago

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The American Football Exhibition (practice)games are set to begin on August 7th 2016. :champ:
The Packers play in the Hall of Fame game. This game is a extra Exhibition game right after the new members of the Hall of fame are inducted.

This game is a shambles of unready new players and a few 2nd year players. The real players are on the sidelines watching because they are to valuable to be risked. The coaches use this game as a extra chance to evaluate and train the new kids. With huge...

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I may have Alzheimer's, but at least I don't have Alzheimer's!

Well spoken or typed? :think:

Aussies develop toot tracker

First post by Mad_Scientist, 4 years ago

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Feel free to break wind, now there's an app for that, lol.

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PistolPatch , my mention from you only produced a normal email like all the others.

15 flavours from one tap.

First post by Clackers, 4 years ago

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Is this possible? 15 flavours? this was in the local paper and found it on the net thought I`d share it.
I wont be going, 90 minute wait time. Did that once for some noodles over here and was hugely disappointed.

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Sounds more like a very good marketing strategy than a reality :P (For example, if you are only allowed 2 beers, no one is going to be able to prove that you could have had 15 different ones from the same tap.)

However, there is one germ of truth in there...

The article says, once a glass has been filled with beer, only froth is poured in the second time. If you want to taste/focus on the hop flavour of a beer (rather than , bitterness, aroma and malt), pour the beer with a substantial head...

Diacetyl as a Flavour rather than a Fault

First post by PistolPatch, 4 years ago

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Diacetyl, that butterscotchy/toffee flavour. It's pretty much always mentioned as a fault (correct me please if I'm incorrect on that) however, I often really like that flavour.

A few batches ago, on one brew day, I brewed an APA and IPA, that, for reasons I still can't work out, were really heavy on diacetyl. Besides not being able to fathom what caused that diacetyl in those beers (I have very good temp control), the other amazing thing was that some non-brewers thought it was the best beer...

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:lol: :lol: :lol:
No, I'll never reproduce that one. I can't even remember if it was the APA or IPA that had it. I think it actually increased over time too! Very poor record-keeping by me :P

Cooking with beer

First post by Mad_Scientist, 5 years ago

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I had my first ever bad brewday (Premature Mashout). The FG is at 7.6 °Brix after two weeks in the fermenter and am looking at about a 3% ABV.

I'm planning on kegging it all and see if this will make an enjoyable drink and if anything else just cook with it. Anybody have any input?

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I cook with beer all the time, have consumed four bottles of my latest IPA while cooking tonights curry and watching the first day of the
ashes. Happy day.

The zen of bottling.

First post by Muggy Dawson, 5 years ago

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I've now got my bottling procedure down to a shade under one hour. 24 bottles clean and marked. I realised this morning how much I enjoy it, and find it is a bit like meditation. A little bit of deep breathing, relaxed movements, patience for each bottle to fill.
Even washing bottles doesn't feel like a chore. Just enjoying the ride, and looking forward to the bounty from each batch....

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I'm doing about 16 cases tomorrow (with a friend), hopefully I find some zone like this.

Hurricane Irma

First post by jhough, 4 years ago

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To all the brewers in Florida USA ...Please be safe !!!!! This is a devastating storm ....Supposed to be a direct hit to us here in the Tampa Bay area .
Please have your house & belongings taken care of...This one is no joke !!!
I've got the house boarded up & sand bags where needed . Plenty of 5 gal water jugs & carboys filled. 2 cylinders of propane, 20 bags of ice ....
I have a ton of camping lanterns and batteries.
Of course plenty of homebrews in fridge till we lose electric...We WILL...

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Oh BTW....My Gulf Coast IPA turned out pretty good...Strong Grapefruit ...Bad news ...It didn't have the rest of flavors my notes talked of...Unfortunately lost the original notes on this brew.. Think I swapped Mosaic with Simcoe :think: :think: :think:\
j

BIAB - the problem

First post by aamcle, 6 years ago

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Now we all know BIAB makes beer, it you do it all right it will be good beer but it's killing my inner geek.

My poor geek is heartbroken looking at my shinny bits, pumps and valves, weeping over my Arduino n Ras pi.

I got a huge amount of pleasure from building stuff for my brewing but stuff means extra cleaning and I don't like cleaning but then who does?

So I'm errrr. stuffed!

My cold side runs on STC1000s so that's done all I'd like to make now is a boil proof auto siphon and that's...

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my inner beer geek got killed first time I had to clean up my HERMs system

this is just to easy to deal with that again

well it happened again

First post by Jamato, 5 years ago

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we all know that we take meticulous notes when we brew

we know this because when we do not, it never fails, but, we brew a fantastic beer we cannot relicate.

So for her birthday, every year my wife has me brew up what I call a Desert Honey Ale.

it is just a normal american style red ale with Honey I source locally, usually I help a few neighbors get rid of a wild bee hive or two each spring (spelled killer bee) face it if it is my area they have been Africanized. European honey bees have a...

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Oh I plan on finding out the right recipe, like i said IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
I will take better notes next time, I also plan on converting over to metric as it seems a lot of guys here do metric
Being American, I am used to our system, but I have spent a career having to convert in my mind so it will be rather easy to tweak them up to metric.
As mentioned I do remember he additions, but just not exact amount. I think it is just a matter of doing a few brews to nail it.

This site is a major PITA :)

First post by Clackers, 5 years ago

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Yep that's right, I`ve only been around here for a week or so and I have come to the conclusion that this
site is a major pain in the A..neck. Mainly for beginners I think.

Keep that anger in check, not finished.
It is a PITA and that's what I like about it.
When I first discovered that BIAB existed and found this site. I was stoked.
Whats a PITA.
Well as a beginner I need a lot of reading/ understanding. I am yet to do a BIAB.
So I`d be reading somewhere and be totally enthralled in what I...

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What I have noticed in my few weeks here

this site has great information and no BS

If you want BS there is a big website that you can go to and post whatever you want, they specialize in making sure everyone feels just at home and no one can say your wrong. And it gets pretty funny reading the results. Most of which are, you do not have to do that, just do the minimum instead.

OK I want real information, stuff written by old hands, I have been over the hump and do not need guidance in areas...

Australian Sparkling Ale

First post by Brew4me, 5 years ago

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Hi all,
I am doing a little research into American pre-proabition beer recipes, right now focus is on cream ales (not surprisingly different tasting then the type out today) and I came across a reference to the Australian Sparkling Ale as having a similar history as the American Cream Ale.

So of course I thought about the biabrewer site and figured I could maybe get some more info straight from some Aussie beer brewer blokes. ;)
Anyone have input on this type of Australian ale, is it still...

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Ha - well don't I feel silly, sparkling ale is Cooper's pale ale... That's what I get for not doing a quick Google. Thanks for showing restraint and not blasting me on my question.
Pete

Uh oh! Things that go wrong.

First post by PistolPatch, 5 years ago

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D8gub0NrEIo

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That last one looked so sad  :nup:

A case of the first worlds

First post by arkique, 5 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.