#granted+brew Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Got another 'session IPA' in my FV at the moment. Just using up all my stock so no real plan to go with this recipe. Made a few rookie errors again... Failed to chill my water sufficiently, then over shot the 21 litres I wanted and finally forgot to take my O.G. anyway I suspect I'll get beer!! hopefully.... Thomas Coopers Brew A IPA 1.7kg Light Liquid Malt Extract 1.0kg Dextrose 200g Made to 23 litres 180mls slurry from previous IPA batch (ipa kit yeast) Dry hop on day 4 or so 10g each cascade and galaxy 30g mosaic Krausen started after 8 hrs and reached 2cm now about 48hrs post pitch. Cheers, Lee 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Nothing has been in my fermenters since October but I have a plan, bwahahaha. I did something similar last year and it worked out OK. Avoid brewing in summer and brew enough in the cool months to last summer (reverse squirrel?). 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elLachlano Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 35 minutes ago, Marvin said: (reverse squirrel?). I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 55 minutes ago, Marvin said: reverse squirrel I asked my wife to do this tonight and she had no idea what it was......... Am I missing something?? 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Beer Baron said: I asked my wife to do this tonight and she had no idea what it was......... Am I missing something?? That’s where she doesn’t hide the nuts for the winter???? Not sure that’s something you want? Edited January 29, 2019 by The Captain1525230099 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 15 hours ago, Marvin said: Nothing has been in my fermenters since October but I have a plan, bwahahaha. I did something similar last year and it worked out OK. Avoid brewing in summer and brew enough in the cool months to last summer (reverse squirrel?). Always have a plan and on the brew day a check sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I have the Smokey Baltic Porter on the go. Not worried about the brew, just the technology. Have my Plaato airlock on this and the fermentation activity drops so much at various points. Im putting this down to the temperature change in the fv. My thinking is when the temperature drops, it has a suck back effect. Not enough to suck the liquid from the airlock but enough to slow and even stop the flow of bubbles.i have spent all morning trying to rectify but if this is the norm then a Plaato is not a great option. Did not notice this last brew in SS fermenter. Now using plastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elLachlano Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 7 hours ago, Titan said: Im putting this down to the temperature change in the fv. My thinking is when the temperature drops, it has a suck back effect. @Titan - I assume you've got temp control given all your gizmos etc. I also know you're from NSuburbs Melbs. How are you getting temp drops ATM? Very interested in your Plaato and Tilt posts - as someone who is too ghetto for such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 9:07 PM, Marvin said: Nothing has been in my fermenters since October but I have a plan, bwahahaha. I did something similar last year and it worked out OK. Avoid brewing in summer and brew enough in the cool months to last summer (reverse squirrel?). Marvin, you are a genius. I'd never thought to get a second FV and do 2 batches at once. Seriously. Got any marriage counselling advice for me once I whack 2 FVs in the kitchen though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 12 hours ago, elLachlano said: @Titan - I assume you've got temp control given all your gizmos etc. I also know you're from NSuburbs Melbs. How are you getting temp drops ATM? Very interested in your Plaato and Tilt posts - as someone who is too ghetto for such things. Yes in a temperature contolled freezer. Temperature swing is not much maybe +/- 1 from set point. Still under investigation. I have 3 temperature readings. Inkbird on side of vessel, Platto, which measures temperature of the airlock liquid and the Tilt hydrometer measuring directly in the wort. Will add a data logger to the mix later today and adjust the tilt to report more frequently. This is what the plaato is seeing over the last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 13 hours ago, MUZZY said: Marvin, you are a genius. I'd never thought to get a second FV and do 2 batches at once. Seriously. Got any marriage counselling advice for me once I whack 2 FVs in the kitchen though? Is the laundry a possibility? If you use two fermenters it gets the brewing done in half the time, there will be no fermenter and lovely aroma in the kitchen at all for half the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Wow, fermentation has just dropped off a cliff. I was expecting fg at 1.024 on this one. Time to take a reading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joolbag Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 @Titan I love this gadgetry! My mate is building me an iSpindel so I'll be tracking this as soon as he finishes it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 9 hours ago, Marvin said: Is the laundry a possibility? If you use two fermenters it gets the brewing done in half the time, there will be no fermenter and lovely aroma in the kitchen at all for half the year. Our laundry is far too small and temperature control is an issue there also. However, our son is moving out soon so all the crap he leaves lying around the kitchen will make a lot of space available. If I tell the missus if I have two FVs going at once it'll mean it only clutters up the kitchen for half the time, it might just work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerdeluxe Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just did my first Lager! 250g caramalt steeped 70c - 20 mins 1.7kg Coopers LME 15g Pride of Ringwood boil- 45 mins 15g flameout Pride of Ringwood - 15 mins OG - 1.041 (10 litres, mini fermenter) pitched Saflager yeast (rehrydrated) at 18c, going into the outdoor fridge which is set for 10c (max it can do). Gonna give it a week in there then get it to Ale temperatures in my laundry sink for a few days rest. Im really hoping it works out but the batch isn’t large enough to be a complete failure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, beerdeluxe said: Just did my first Lager! 250g caramalt steeped 70c - 20 mins 1.7kg Coopers LME 15g Pride of Ringwood boil- 45 mins 15g flameout Pride of Ringwood - 15 mins OG - 1.041 (10 litres, mini fermenter) pitched Saflager yeast (rehrydrated) at 18c, going into the outdoor fridge which is set for 10c (max it can do). Gonna give it a week in there then get it to Ale temperatures in my laundry sink for a few days rest. Im really hoping it works out but the batch isn’t large enough to be a complete failure Should work fine mate. Do a similar type beer for family parties as i have two drinkers who love POR beers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, MUZZY said: Our laundry is far too small and temperature control is an issue there also. However, our son is moving out soon so all the crap he leaves lying around the kitchen will make a lot of space available. If I tell the missus if I have two FVs going at once it'll mean it only clutters up the kitchen for half the time, it might just work. Every kitchen needs more bench space. You build your wife a two fermenter long bench on wheels. Nobody wins unless everybody wins. Edited January 31, 2019 by Marvin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 56 minutes ago, Marvin said: Every kitchen needs more bench space. You build your wife a two fermenter long bench on wheels. Nobody wins unless everybody wins. Me build? Definitely no winners there, Marvin. I'm about as handy as a man with no arms. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 45 minutes ago, MUZZY said: Me build? Definitely no winners there, Marvin. I'm about as handy as a man with no arms. Ikea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBastard Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 More like .....what’s yer fermenter in? long story, enroute to my ferment fridge. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyBrew2 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Will make for an interesting story if you’re pulled over for an RBT 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 Safety first I see 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, MitchBastard said: More like .....what’s yer fermenter in? long story, enroute to my ferment fridge. Reminds me of a story from NT a few years back: A bloke gets pulled over by police for having his kids in the back seat unrestrained but he did buckle up his slab of beer in the front seat. Edited February 1, 2019 by MUZZY https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-08/driver-charged-over-buckled-beer-near-broome/7309306 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 I pitched yeast into my Oaked Imperial Black Saison a little earlier tonight. It is sitting in my Cool Brewing Bag at 26C with a couple of ice bricks to bring the temp down overnight. This recipe comes to 1.080 OG and 48 IBU when made up to 11 litres in the fermenter. I have some Samuel Willard's French Oak blocks that I'll be soaking in vodka to kill the bugs, then adding into the fermenter in my stainless hop tube in about a week's time. 1.5kg Coopers Dark LME 1.16kg Coopers LDM 50g EKG (4.6% AA) at 30 minutes Wyeast 3726 slurry Cheers, John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Holy crap John! What a freaky beer. Please post a pic & descriptors of this once done. Good luck with it mate, Lusty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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