I just kicked the last keg of my pale ale. The belgian blonde isn't my type of beer at all. My wife likes it though. That means I'm down to odd-and-end bottles of what-not, much of which I like to save for a rainy day or company visiting. I brewed tuesday night, though, and it's already at high krausen, so I may just nudge it along and be drinking it by this time next week!
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I just kicked the last keg of my pale ale. The belgian blonde isn't my type of beer at all. My wife likes it though. That means I'm down to odd-and-end bottles of what-not, much of which I like to save for a rainy day or company visiting. I brewed tuesday night, though, and it's already at high krausen, so I may just nudge it along and be drinking it by this time next week!
I'm down to less than a couple cases myself. Still waiting for my Maori IPA to knock off the last couple points & clear up more so I can dry hop a week before bottling. Gotta check it in a while. I got two PM Berlin Wheat beer kits from midwest to brew up as well,but I can only do one this weekend. Have to wait for the IPA in the other fermenter to get done & dry hop. So maybe brew'em a week apart...
I don't think I could keep track of numerous bottled batches. I'm always in a hurry, brewing late at night or off to a soccer game afterwards, etc. I can hardly keep up with my yeast storage. The other night a neighbor needed some S-05 and I opened the mason jar to taste it, just to make sure it wasn't a belgian...
tre9er said:
I currently have 8 different batches bottled. Each bottle is labeled on its cap with 1 or 2 letters and the # for when it was filled.
I've been getting really inconsistent carbonation so I've been numbering and taking detailed notes, trying to find a solution.
UNIbrewster
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When you try to open Homebrewtalk on your iPhone then notice it's already open on your iPad.
That is not your home screen. You're on panel three.
kombat
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When you struggle with whether or not to buy a 6-pack of a craft beer that you really like, because the bottle caps are twist-off.
fuzzy2133
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Is that like why I prefer drinking Lagunitas for the bottles only having one label to remove.
A twist off on craft sounds like a holy sin.
That is not your home screen. You're on panel three.
This isn't an iPhone. Panel 3 is my home screen. When I hit the home button that's where it goes.
Get a good bench capper, then you too can enjoy twist-off craft beer.
Johnnyhitch1
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When you have 3 fridges in the house.
1 fermenting chamber
1 kegerator
1 for food/bottled beer.
1 fermenting chamber
1 kegerator
1 for food/bottled beer.
I have 3 fridges as well. I could use another.......
fuzzy2133
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Lol I have one of these with me or at least near by:
http://www.niteize.com/product/S-Biner-Ahhh.asp
On a side note; I thought the whole bench capper being able to cap twist off was a joke here on HBT or a myth that it could be done?
They do say a bench capper can,but I have yet to put it to the test...
It can, and has been done.
The only problem is that twist-off's have thinner glass in the neck and don't hold up to repeated reuse as well as thicker pry-off's.
The only problem is that twist-off's have thinner glass in the neck and don't hold up to repeated reuse as well as thicker pry-off's.
SlowDrains
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When a bug flies in your beer while working outside and you refuse to dump it! Pluck the bug out and drink on!
Monster Mash
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It's gnat season around here so I'm plucking 6 or 7 out at a time. I don't put my beer on a coaster, I put a coaster on my beer.....
SlowDrains
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Yeah it was a damn nat I was filling my pool they are everywhere
funkadelicturkey
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McBrewskie
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When you take the day off to have guys come work on the house and you take the opportunity to brew with all these guys coming through.
Bostonbrewin63
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When you buy a beer just to compare to your homebrew an simply tell yourself.... "Ummm. Yea just what I thought, mines better"
Almost all of my beer is twist off. I use a bench capper, and I "double tap" for a good seal. By "double tap" I mean I pump the handle twice to make sure I get a good seal. You can tell it's well sealed when your bottle caps are a little bit concave on the top.
I mostly use easy-cap "grolsch" style swing-top bottles for my beer when I bottle, but if I run out it's all twist off.
I bought those 2 glass & pewter steins from Germany so the bugs can't get through the lid!
Bostonbrewin63
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yay! So I guess I'm not the only one then! hah!
Nope your def. not the only one. Hahah.
WilliamSlayer
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Yup, been there...
Guilty as charged on this one...
Beernik
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Just discovered that I don't have enough bottles for wine bottling. So I double checked how many almost empty liquor bottles I have to see if it would make up the difference.
...when you get into philosophical discussions on the finer points of yeasts.
When you just spent a week in Jamaica...
(...view from the bar, Ocho Rios...)
...and had to admit that fresh Red Stripe is pretty good when its hot and you need a break from the sun and the rum, but still couldn't stop thinking about that Vienna Simcoe SMaSH carbing up at home!
Finally drinking the SMaSH now, and while I miss the beach, the homebrew isn't disappointing!
(...view from the bar, Ocho Rios...)
...and had to admit that fresh Red Stripe is pretty good when its hot and you need a break from the sun and the rum, but still couldn't stop thinking about that Vienna Simcoe SMaSH carbing up at home!
Finally drinking the SMaSH now, and while I miss the beach, the homebrew isn't disappointing!
Where is that in Jamaica? Heading there in Oct for Honeymoon myself. Nigrel.
Ocho Rios is about halfway down the northern coast from Montego Bay. Negril is out on the western tip of the island...we're already thinking about going back, and will probably check out Negril next time...
davekippen
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When you are baking like a potato on the patio but find some shade for your beer cuz you don't want it to skunk in the sun!
Beernik
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You use your bike locker at work to store bottles your coworkers donate to you.
davekippen
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Im with you!
1 fridge for bottled beer
1 fridge for fermenting
1 fridge for food (boo hiss)
1 Keezer
:rockin:
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worksnorth said:
I got my boss to make me hop scented candles.
you draw mash paddles & hop cones on the sidewalk in front your house with your 5 y/o.
