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In typical my fashion I freaked over nothing. All is fine. I went to Homebrew and bought the proper swill flare fittings for hose Barb of regulator.

The beer is likely over carbed a bit. Put to 5 psi to.chill out. But it's got BUBBLES.

I still have 10lb of co2. No real leaks. The needle went down cause in friddge. Cold gas less pressure. Duh.


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It's coming together well. Should be good by weekend. Image

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firing up the ole IPA brewing this weekend. :fuckyeah:
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Put this together. Will dry hop in 5 days or so. It's bubbling away.

OG came in right at 1.061 at 86 degrees.

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One day I shall brew again. It’ll probably be a while from now though.


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update:

after correction for my higher than calibrated temp: OG should be at 1.063 so ~ 6.6-6.9% beer. :drunk:

Alcohol By Volume:
6.96%
Apparent Attenuation:
83%
Calories:
205.9 per 12oz bottle
Original Gravity:
15.44 °P, 1.063
Final Gravity:
2.56 °P, 1.010
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after this go I'll be looking into making smaller batches and getting more control. Researching smaller kegs now.
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This.hazy ipa is coming along nicely. Currently at a FG of 1.018 which makes it a 5.9% beer. Smells fantastic. And taste is nice. Will carb on Wednesday most likely. I dry hopped up with citra and centinnal yesterday.

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dubshow wrote: Sun Mar 11, 2018 12:23 pm This.hazy ipa is coming along nicely. Currently at a FG of 1.018 which makes it a 5.9% beer. Smells fantastic. And taste is nice. Will carb on Wednesday most likely. I dry hopped up with citra and centinnal yesterday.

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dubshow wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2018 1:47 pm after this go I'll be looking into making smaller batches and getting more control. Researching smaller kegs now.
Just use 5 gal Cornies :iono:

Worked great for me and 3 gallon batches
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got me a basic bitch belgian pale ale bubbling right now.

I will make some coolcumber this weekend with a recipe mod for the dubshows crawfish boil in 3 weeks.
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Updating this bitch.

Made 2 batches 2 weekends ago. An APA with some cane syrup and a Belgian Tripel all grain. Both primary were done in 3-4 days. All grain takes FOREVER and my Brew day was 12 hours for both batches.

The Belgian had a very aggressive primary fermentation. Use 2 packs of yeast. The OG came out to 1.057 and my target was 1.0579. Didn't take an FG before secondary.

The APA was right on money and finished with a perfect 1.010 for 5.52% ABV.

Both were racked to secondary after 7 days. The Belgian was controlled at 67 degrees. The APA was just hanging in the house at 75 degrees. I'll probably let the Belgian go for another week. Then keg condition.
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dubshow wrote:Updating this bitch.

Made 2 batches 2 weekends ago. An APA with some cane syrup and a Belgian Tripel all grain. Both primary were done in 3-4 days. All grain takes FOREVER and my Brew day was 12 hours for both batches.

The Belgian had a very aggressive primary fermentation. Use 2 packs of yeast. The OG came out to 1.057 and my target was 1.0579. Didn't take an FG before secondary.

The APA was right on money and finished with a perfect 1.010 for 5.52% ABV.

Both were racked to secondary after 7 days. The Belgian was controlled at 67 degrees. The APA was just hanging in the house at 75 degrees. I'll probably let the Belgian go for another week. Then keg condition.
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Very nice.

I hope to brew again when the kiddos are older. Every a partial takes half the day, and I just don’t have that time anymore.


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Do one of you want to explain the gravity thing to a :derp: like me and how that tells you what the ABV is?
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SAWCE wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:26 am Do one of you want to explain the gravity thing to a :derp: like me and how that tells you what the ABV is?
its just measuring specific gravity.

sg=1 is water

sugar in solution is much heavier, alcohol is lighter, fermenting is the process that makes alcohol

[ original gravity (OG) - final gravity (FG) ] x correction factor = alcohol by volume
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Calvinball wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:19 am

Very nice.

I hope to brew again when the kiddos are older. Every a partial takes half the day, and I just don’t have that time anymore.


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:wtf: kind of extract brews you do, it takes me 3 hours, tops
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:32 am
SAWCE wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:26 am Do one of you want to explain the gravity thing to a :derp: like me and how that tells you what the ABV is?
its just measuring specific gravity.

sg=1 is water

sugar in solution is much heavier, alcohol is lighter, fermenting is the process that makes alcohol

[ original gravity (OG) - final gravity (FG) ] x correction factor = alcohol by volume
Gotcha. Thanks. Pretty cool.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote:
Calvinball wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:19 am

Very nice.

I hope to brew again when the kiddos are older. Every a partial takes half the day, and I just don’t have that time anymore.


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:wtf: kind of extract brews you do, it takes me 3 hours, tops
Stovetop partial mash, with prep and clean-up yeah, 4 hours give or take. That’s basically half a day.


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SAWCE wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:42 am
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 11:32 am

its just measuring specific gravity.

sg=1 is water

sugar in solution is much heavier, alcohol is lighter, fermenting is the process that makes alcohol

[ original gravity (OG) - final gravity (FG) ] x correction factor = alcohol by volume
Gotcha. Thanks. Pretty cool.
yeah, the bigger the difference the more work the yeast did in making alcohol.
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Sooo. I brewed a nice winter spiced ale. Will be in the 8.5% range. OG was 1.074 and the batch was just under 5 gallons. It's sitting g at 63 degrees and the yeast are doing their magic slowly.

I went to pour out the Belgian Tripe from 3 months ago. I never was overly impressed with it. I decided to try it before dumping. Holy hell. It's totally changed. It's been sitting on gas at 40 deg for the last 2 months. It's like a glorious Chimay. It really needed to age. I thought it was crazy at first but it super clear and clean. :mindblown:
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Pics from the winter ale. Took about 7 hours all in. All grain really is time consuming. Should have collected for liquid volume to make a 5+ gallon batch. I didn't account for the one gallon of waste settlement in boil pot. ImageImageImage

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no updates in here in a long time.

I made a blue moon clone. its delicious.
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:57 am no updates in here in a long time.

I made a blue moon clone. its delicious.
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dubshow wrote: Tue Dec 11, 2018 11:21 am Sooo. I brewed a nice winter spiced ale. Will be in the 8.5% range. OG was 1.074 and the batch was just under 5 gallons. It's sitting g at 63 degrees and the yeast are doing their magic slowly.

I went to pour out the Belgian Tripe from 3 months ago. I never was overly impressed with it. I decided to try it before dumping. Holy hell. It's totally changed. It's been sitting on gas at 40 deg for the last 2 months. It's like a glorious Chimay. It really needed to age. I thought it was crazy at first but it super clear and clean. :mindblown:
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