What's everyone brewing?

[pet lion]

If you could design, or find a design, maybe we could make one.

One of my pals who went on our apple picking trip today is considering making one but not soon enough for this year's harvest.

[spuds]

Gonna give this one a try, a bud of mine had it as his house brew, we shall see.
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050
Colour (SRM): 6.8
Bitterness (IBU): 45.7

81.22% American 2-Row
10.2% Munich I
8.58% Melanoidin

0.8 g/l Northern Brewer (10.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
0.8 g/l Perle (6.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
1.2 g/l Cascade (5.9% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes

Fermented at 20°c with american ale 11

[Stusbrews]

Im looking forward to brewing the BCS black forest stout this weekend, as soon as the meeting idea beer is done in the freezer.
Just bottled the wake n bake stout, and damn! That is tasty!

[Jimmy]

Im looking forward to brewing the BCS black forest stout this weekend, as soon as the meeting idea beer is done in the freezer.
Just bottled the wake n bake stout, and damn! That is tasty!

The BFS is intriguing..I've looked at that recipe a few times

[jeffsmith]

Brewing the single hop experiment beer Saturday morning. Looking forward to a simple brew day after the 43oz homegrown hop shitshow.

[akr71]

Brewing the single hop experiment beer Saturday morning. Looking forward to a simple brew day after the 43oz homegrown hop shitshow.

Doing mine tomorrow afternoon.

[Tim Gregory]

Me too.

[Dirt Chicken]

Me Threee!!

[Tony L]

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[Stusbrews]

I did up the black forest stout last nite, and as the instructions warned, it looks like goopy sludge in the bucket. (8oz cocoa at 0min to sanitize- might want to do that differently!) What it didnt say was that it was gonna be DEAD goopy sludge! There was no foaming at all while aerating it. Im not all that confident in this one, but it did taste pretty good, and came out at 1.077, so pitched the yeast this morn, and we'll see what comes of it in a months time...
Secondary could be a little tight as well... to keep all the cocoa in the fermenter, had to keep all the trub as well, so have 23L, and still gotta fit 6 lbs of cherries in there...

[Jimmy]

I did up the black forest stout last nite, and as the instructions warned, it looks like goopy sludge in the bucket. (8oz cocoa at 0min to sanitize- might want to do that differently!) What it didnt say was that it was gonna be DEAD goopy sludge! There was no foaming at all while aerating it. Im not all that confident in this one, but it did taste pretty good, and came out at 1.077, so pitched the yeast this morn, and we'll see what comes of it in a months time...
Secondary could be a little tight as well... to keep all the cocoa in the fermenter, had to keep all the trub as well, so have 23L, and still gotta fit 6 lbs of cherries in there...

Go to wine kitz and pick yourself up one of these puppies:

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They are all I use now, love em.

[Stusbrews]

WHOA!! now THATS a bucket! lol Thanks for that! Will definitely look into it ...no more blowoffs...long as it still fits in the freezer.

[Jimmy]

WHOA!! now THATS a bucket! lol Thanks for that! Will definitely look into it ...no more blowoffs...long as it still fits in the freezer.

I can fit them in my mini fridge fermentation chamber, they're a tight fit though.

Here's a better bottle in the fridge for size reference. The better bottle is pushed as far back as it can go, the bucket comes all the way to the front:

[canuck]

WHOA!! now THATS a bucket! lol Thanks for that! Will definitely look into it ...no more blowoffs...long as it still fits in the freezer.

Other than the SS conical, that's all I use as well Stu. Like Jimmy, I love em as well. I've installed spigots on all of mine for easy transfer to the kegs.

[Jimmy]

WHOA!! now THATS a bucket! lol Thanks for that! Will definitely look into it ...no more blowoffs...long as it still fits in the freezer.

Other than the SS conical, that's all I use as well Stu. Like Jimmy, I love em as well. I've installed spigots on all of mine for easy transfer to the kegs.

I've never had a spigot on any of my buckets/carboys. How do you prevent transferring trub?

[canuck]

WHOA!! now THATS a bucket! lol Thanks for that! Will definitely look into it ...no more blowoffs...long as it still fits in the freezer.

Other than the SS conical, that's all I use as well Stu. Like Jimmy, I love em as well. I've installed spigots on all of mine for easy transfer to the kegs.

I've never had a spigot on any of my buckets/carboys. How do you prevent transferring trub?

I drill the hole and install the spigot around the 5L mark, which is always above the trub line.

[Stusbrews]

I didnt realize they came bigger than 23L.. not that I need one that big usually, but good to know. My issue is the height in the chest freezer I use for a chamber. I think Ive got about an inch clearance with a normal 23L bucket and a short airlock, but I suppose I could put a collar on if I needed to. Plus, this ones just for secondary, so room temp (70) would probly be fine.
Just talked m'self into it!

[Jimmy]

I didnt realize they came bigger than 23L.. not that I need one that big usually, but good to know. My issue is the height in the chest freezer I use for a chamber. I think Ive got about an inch clearance with a normal 23L bucket and a short airlock, but I suppose I could put a collar on if I needed to. Plus, this ones just for secondary, so room temp (70) would probly be fine.
Just talked m'self into it!

Height on these is the same as my Noble Grape bucket. You should be good to go.

[canuck]

I didnt realize they came bigger than 23L.. not that I need one that big usually, but good to know. My issue is the height in the chest freezer I use for a chamber. I think Ive got about an inch clearance with a normal 23L bucket and a short airlock, but I suppose I could put a collar on if I needed to. Plus, this ones just for secondary, so room temp (70) would probly be fine.
Just talked m'self into it!

Stu, I just measured mine and it's 15.5 inches high.

[jeffsmith]

Just finished my Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale for the hop experiment. The plate chiller from Brewhardware is bad ass, shaved 30 minutes or more off my brew day. The Chugger pump is a huge upgrade too. No priming issues at all today.

[RubberToe]

+1 to the pump and chiller, they really do make the brew day easier.

I made 23 litres of 1.038 starter wort. I'm winding down my second batch of mason jars through the pressure canner.

[GAM]

Just finished my Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale for the hop experiment. The plate chiller from Brewhardware is bad ass, shaved 30 minutes or more off my brew day. The Chugger pump is a huge upgrade too. No priming issues at all today.

Show us some pic's of your set please, up and I may get to building something.

Sandy

[jeffsmith]

Just finished my Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale for the hop experiment. The plate chiller from Brewhardware is bad ass, shaved 30 minutes or more off my brew day. The Chugger pump is a huge upgrade too. No priming issues at all today.

Show us some pic's of your set please, up and I may get to building something.

Sandy

I'll try and snap a pic of my pump/chiller box today. Basically just made a platform out if some pine I had kicking around. Mounted the pump right to it and the chiller on small angle brackets.

[jeffsmith]

Chiller/pump station. Threw some cheap gate pulls on the side to make it easier to haul from the basement to the shed for brewing.

[GAM]

Nice. I have some work to do.

Sandy