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I finally got off my ass and got the first brew session done since the move.

Congrats on the first brew!

Looking good!

Very jealous of your spacious garage! Also, 'Crazy Grouse' is a solid name!

I love that the first pic is of a Grouse.

It looks like a great place to brew, I'm looking forward to next weekend.

Darkside Earl wrote:'Crazy Grouse' is a solid name!

and it's not too far from ' crazy house'

Do you ever host guest brewers? I may be able to get up that way for a day some time.

KMcK wrote:

Darkside Earl wrote:'Crazy Grouse' is a solid name!

and it's not too far from ' crazy house'

Do you ever host guest brewers? I may be able to get up that way for a day some time.

Of course! I'm hoping to tap some maples this spring (hint, hint). Though that may have to wait until next year - now that there's some snow on the ground I'm having a hard time remembering which ones I can tap. I gotta get out there with some flagging tape

Guest brewers are always welcome (as long as you give me a heads-up)!

Sweet set-up, especially the grain mill. Love the name as well.

Good luck!!

Good to see you're brewing again!

I see you're using the pump to drain the kettle..do you use any type of filtration in the kettle? I'm still experimenting with my kettle and looking for ideas to filter out hops/break.

Jimmy wrote:Good to see you're brewing again!

I see you're using the pump to drain the kettle..do you use any type of filtration in the kettle? I'm still experimenting with my kettle and looking for ideas to filter out hops/break.

Nothing this time round. I used hop socks and didn't worry about break material. I had some issues with a dried out/leaky gasket on the kettle valve - by the time I got that sorted out, I just wanted to get brewing. I have a couple ideas to test - SS hose braid or steel wool clamped to the pickup tube.

I have 100' of tubing and the plan is to pump straight from the kettle to a carboy in my basment, but I had issues getting that length of tube sanitized. I bought the pump to save my back from lugging full kettles/carboys. Now, if I just had running water out in the shed...

akr71 wrote:

Jimmy wrote:Good to see you're brewing again!

I see you're using the pump to drain the kettle..do you use any type of filtration in the kettle? I'm still experimenting with my kettle and looking for ideas to filter out hops/break.

Nothing this time round. I used hop socks and didn't worry about break material. I had some issues with a dried out/leaky gasket on the kettle valve - by the time I got that sorted out, I just wanted to get brewing. I have a couple ideas to test - SS hose braid or steel wool clamped to the pickup tube.

I have 100' of tubing and the plan is to pump straight from the kettle to a carboy in my basment, but I had issues getting that length of tube sanitized. I bought the pump to save my back from lugging full kettles/carboys. Now, if I just had running water out in the shed...

Running water to the shed would be at most a weekend project. For a few homebrews I could help with the install, but you will probably need to run some wires with it to keep it from freezing up unless you want to dig a really big trench. I did a smiler project at a buddies cottage a few years back, running water from the lake to the building. It wasn't hard, even for a half dozen drunk guys. The hardest part was setting the intake level in the lake, but that's not a problem for you unless you plan on drawing your water from that wetland out back (Might make an interesting house flavor ).