Popo the Reprobate Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Bearded Burbler said: But don't you need different ones for different coloured brews? Nah, mate. Just the one. Well, as far as my one use knowledge knows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 7 hours ago, Bearded Burbler said: Me too Muzzla! Had a good chuckle at your post mate. But I got one in this last weekend finally woohooo... See I do have a problem as my brew fridge is my keg fridge... but the keg that was resident in the brew fridge was far emptier than I had thought (read I had slurped way too many lovely AG pints already) and after weighing... I knew I could get my brew fridge back Cos the keg was very close to empty Currently the fact that said refrigeration unit is back to being an 18 deg C brew fridge might assist in reducing my consumption somewhat ; ) So what you're saying is, your brew fridge is actually a weight loss wonder-product. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Bearded Burbler said: It'll be Gold mate! With your hop bag sanitising - I just soak the bag in boiling water/boil the bag... what do you do mate? I spray them with StellarSan just before the hops go in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 8 hours ago, MUZZY said: So what you're saying is, your brew fridge is actually a weight loss wonder-product. Gold Muzzy! Ha ha. Yes carefully planned and executed ; ) Mmmm but procuring another refrigeration unit might scotch that beautiful plan and then it will all come back to willpower again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 5:00 PM, PaddyBrew2 said: So finally got around to brewing my Hefeweizen today. All going well. Got to the sparge. The robobrew has a malt pipe with four 'feet' that fit into the top of the kettle, allowing you to sparge. I was 3/4's way through the sparge when one of the feet gave way and SPLASH , malt pipe sinks into the kettle, 4 liters of wart on my window, walls, presses. I was unlucky enough for it to also splash on my bare feet so i had to run into the shower and stand under the cold water for ten minutes. The wort was 95 degrees as i was heating towards the boil. Thankfully im ok, its a bit stingy but i dont think its anything serious. The skin isnt even red and ive been putting ice on it. More importantly i still got 18 litres into my cube. Clean up was great fun as expected Typical Paddy situation... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 8:25 PM, Bearded Burbler said: But don't you need different ones for different coloured brews? Refractometers are for measuring SG not colour. Yes you only need one. I'm happy using the hydrometer though, I have a large 250mL sample tube I use, so I'll take the sample after the bag is drained and false bottom removed, stick it in the fridge and take the reading after half an hour or whatever. Then I pour it back into the urn, minus the small amount of trub that settles in the bottom of it. Probably only wastes about 50mL if that, and half of that amount is shit anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 8:55 PM, Bearded Burbler said: With your hop bag sanitising - I just soak the bag in boiling water/boil the bag... what do you do mate? I spray my hands & bench top with stellarsan, spread the hop bags out then spray them and leave while I get the hops ready and weighed in the sanitised scales bowl. Then wring out the hops bags and fill, add sanitised dessert spoon for weight, tie a knot in the bag top, tie a sanitised string around the bag under the knot and sink the mother in the brew with the string hanging out under the lid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 I do similar if I'm using a container as BB. Just boil the thing, weigh the hops in a glass straight from the cupboard then into the strainer/s and into the fermenter. No sanitiser in sight and have never had a problem doing this. I don't really think it needs to be that full on unless you get a persistent, hard to remove infection. The beer is more resilient than we give it credit for, and considering the presence of alcohol and the acidic pH at the time of dry hopping, it's a lot harder for bugs to take hold than when it's unfermented wort. Otherwise I just throw them straight into the fermenter loose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 57 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: false bottom removed Hey @Otto Von Blotto, How do you remove the false bottom? I tried to fish out with a SS paddle and a plastic one. I gave up after a few goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 52 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Hey @Otto Von Blotto, How do you remove the false bottom? I tried to fish out with a SS paddle and a plastic one. I gave up after a few goes With this piece of stainless rod. I use the end with the small bend to hook the false bottom by one of the side holes and lift it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 35 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: With this piece of stainless rod. In Rod we Trust! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: With this piece of stainless rod. I use the end with the small bend to hook the false bottom by one of the side holes and lift it out. Looks more like a coat hanger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, Journeyman said: Looks more like a coat hanger. Yeah similar stuff to them I guess but originally it was just a straight piece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: Refractometers are for measuring SG not colour. Yes you only need one. I'm happy using the hydrometer though, I have a large 250mL sample tube I use, so I'll take the sample after the bag is drained and false bottom removed, stick it in the fridge and take the reading after half an hour or whatever. Then I pour it back into the urn, minus the small amount of trub that settles in the bottom of it. Probably only wastes about 50mL if that, and half of that amount is shit anyway. Cheers Kelsey. Well someone has been leading me astray... been a while and a lots more HB learnings... but when I started I thought I asked the micro fellas/HBS regards the Refracto's for SG.... and they had said you needed a range for different colours - unless it was some gadget for actual colour measurement that they thought I was asking about - or they were pulling my leg for a newbie pisssstake? Will be a while but will find me way back there and revisit that with those brewers. In the meantime I too think I will just use my SG device the good old glass hydro... this current black stuff I reckon is a tasty tonic without even fermenting it so you can drink what you just measured and waste nothing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Journeyman said: I spray my hands & bench top with stellarsan, spread the hop bags out then spray them and leave while I get the hops ready and weighed in the sanitised scales bowl. Then wring out the hops bags and fill, add sanitised dessert spoon for weight, tie a knot in the bag top, tie a sanitised string around the bag under the knot and sink the mother in the brew with the string hanging out under the lid. I am with Kelsey @Otto Von Blotto re resilience of the brew... but I do sometimes use plastic gloves and scorch my hands with a sterilise of boiling water - what doesn't kill yer makes yer tough? OR just destroys all the nerve endings in yer hands and you cannot feel anything anymore?! Mmm. Anyway - you could just sterilise your plastic gloves. In all honesty I think sterilising your skin is probably wishful thinking in reality... anyway... I think Kelsey is quite right in suggesting the lower pH, the Alc, the nature of the hops, and the well colonised growth medium (the wort with loadsa yeast in it) is usually pretty forgiving. Yeah I don't use the string... mostly the hop sacs float and I use sterilised (boiling water) tongs for fishing out and wringing with sterile gloves (more scorched hands beneath) as per @Beerlust Lusty's instructions... brewers you must squeeze on the way out... which I think is quite beneficial. I reckon that the Lusty Squeeze method beats my SS mesh hop tube in terms of delivery of hoppiness and hence more happiness ; ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Journeyman said: Looks more like a coat hanger. Mate you are definitely more upmarket than me if your Coat Hangers are 304 or 316 Stainless! Where do you get them? Edited January 22, 2020 by Bearded Burbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Bearded Burbler said: Mate you are definitely more upmarket than me if your Coat Hangers are 304 or 316 Stainless! Where do you get them? Never mind that, I'd be curious as to what he used to BEND SS304 or SS316 like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red devil 44 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Journeyman said: Never mind that, I'd be curious as to what he used to BEND SS304 or SS316 like that. Benders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 14 minutes ago, Red devil 44 said: Benders That'd do it... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Journeyman said: I spray my hands & bench top with stellarsan, spread the hop bags out then spray them and leave while I get the hops ready and weighed in the sanitised scales bowl. Then wring out the hops bags and fill, add sanitised dessert spoon for weight, tie a knot in the bag top, tie a sanitised string around the bag under the knot and sink the mother in the brew with the string hanging out under the lid. Should I be weighing down my dry hops? Mine just float on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 6 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: With this piece of stainless rod. I use the end with the small bend to hook the false bottom by one of the side holes and lift it out. Captain Obvious. Thanks for the reply though. I should have thought of that myself. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 40 minutes ago, Cassius said: Should I be weighing down my dry hops? Mine just float on top. The key is to make sure all of the hop matter comes in contact with the brew wort/beer. If you feel you need to weigh your hop package down to achieve this, then sure feel free to do so. I have not found the need, but do make sure to dunk my chux cloth encased hop package a number of times up & down in the beer when I first add my dry hops to make sure the entire package is soaked & has absorbed enough liquid to hold it just under the surface atop the wort/beer level in the FV. Hops absorb a very high amount of liquid proportionally to base weight so it is important that when you remove them that you squeeze that very potent & highly aromatic liquid housed in your hop package back into your beer before bottling/kegging to gain the most from the hops you have added in this way. I hope that helps. Lusty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozer71 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Hey @Otto Von Blotto, How do you remove the false bottom? I tried to fish out with a SS paddle and a plastic one. I gave up after a few goes There's Otto's method. Or I used to tie some cooking twine to it, then other end onto the handle to stop the twine falling in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBastard Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 @Otto Von Blotto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Journeyman said: Never mind that, I'd be curious as to what he used to BEND SS304 or SS316 like that. Pretty sure the end was just put in a vice and the long section pulled down. It's only like 3mm diameter. Maybe it's aluminium rod I dunno. In any case it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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