Brewhemoth
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Hi all,
we are trying to get a good rhythm going for our brewing month but are having trouble conceptualizing - any ideas on how to go about this or even how to think about this?
we are currently fermenting in a 400L chest freezer with a temp. controler on it. the freezer has room for 2 20L fermentation buckets and about 3 - 4 5L glass carboys. We are currently running on a schedule of 3 batches of more or less 15L each per month, brewing once a week for 3 weeks out of the month.
That means that we can do 2 "big" batches in the freezer and 1 final big batch split between the carboys. I want to figure out a schedule that would allow us to maximize the use of the freezer so that it can be set for all beers. the problem is we would prefer to cold crash before bottling/kegging and need to figure out how we can optimize the use of the freezer.
Right now, we are letting the first brew out of the month sit for about 2 - 3 weeks in primary and then sticking it in a clearing tank - this is the point where we would like to cold crash. however, that means that we also have another 2 batches that are still in primary - one which is 1 week into primary and one that is 2 weeks into primary.
I guess the question is a lot less clear than i expected in my head, but was hoping for some general feedback/advice/experience from other people who have similar issues. how do you plan your brewing month, how does style (eg. high grav. vs. low grav) play into it, and how to you take each individual batch the the necessary temp ranges without upsetting the rest of your brews.
we generally brew ales, but am open to suggestions on how to combine/stagger ale and lager batches in order to get the scheduling x fermentation temp. issue dialed.
thanks
we are trying to get a good rhythm going for our brewing month but are having trouble conceptualizing - any ideas on how to go about this or even how to think about this?
we are currently fermenting in a 400L chest freezer with a temp. controler on it. the freezer has room for 2 20L fermentation buckets and about 3 - 4 5L glass carboys. We are currently running on a schedule of 3 batches of more or less 15L each per month, brewing once a week for 3 weeks out of the month.
That means that we can do 2 "big" batches in the freezer and 1 final big batch split between the carboys. I want to figure out a schedule that would allow us to maximize the use of the freezer so that it can be set for all beers. the problem is we would prefer to cold crash before bottling/kegging and need to figure out how we can optimize the use of the freezer.
Right now, we are letting the first brew out of the month sit for about 2 - 3 weeks in primary and then sticking it in a clearing tank - this is the point where we would like to cold crash. however, that means that we also have another 2 batches that are still in primary - one which is 1 week into primary and one that is 2 weeks into primary.
I guess the question is a lot less clear than i expected in my head, but was hoping for some general feedback/advice/experience from other people who have similar issues. how do you plan your brewing month, how does style (eg. high grav. vs. low grav) play into it, and how to you take each individual batch the the necessary temp ranges without upsetting the rest of your brews.
we generally brew ales, but am open to suggestions on how to combine/stagger ale and lager batches in order to get the scheduling x fermentation temp. issue dialed.
thanks