4 gallons of a simple mead (waiting to pitch), 5 gallons of a nut brown ale (wort is coming to a boil).
Just pitched, mead OG 1.090, ale OG 1.055 - right on target. It's a good day.
4 gallons of a simple mead (waiting to pitch), 5 gallons of a nut brown ale (wort is coming to a boil).
10# of Pale Ale Malt (2 row)
.5# Cara 60
Nugget- .75@60 min., .5@10 min., and .5@ 0
1.060 SG
Not sure if it's an APA or an IPA ?
About to dough in on a RIS. Shooting for 1.111! :rockin:
Is your name Nigel Tufnel by any chance? Lol
Is your name Nigel Tufnel by any chance? Lol
That is no reason not to brew. After 4 1/2 years you should have some sort of temp control..You spend more time talking about when you may possibly brew than actually brewing.First it is too cold in the winter now it is too warm.. So you don't brew in the the winter and now you don't brew in the summer... BS
If I waited until the temp was perfect I would have never hit over 200 brews. I may only have brewed a few times like you.
Out of curiousity, why? Is it a system issue? I only ask because I use very little pellet hops due to my system that uses the whole hops as a trub filter so I cannot brew without them.Just wrapped up an Anchor Liberty clone, first time using whole hops. Not sure I'd use them again.
Out of curiousity, why? Is it a system issue? I only ask because I use very little pellet hops due to my system that uses the whole hops as a trub filter so I cannot brew without them.
If I were to guess, you had an auto-siphon or racking cane that got clogged with them.
That is no reason not to brew. After 4 1/2 years you should have some sort of temp control..You spend more time talking about when you may possibly brew than actually brewing.First it is too cold in the winter now it is too warm.. So you don't brew in the the winter and now you don't brew in the summer... BS
If I waited until the temp was perfect I would have never hit over 200 brews. I may only have brewed a few times like you.
My kettle has a ball valve with pickup tube, it clogged up within 2 minutes of starting the transfer. I skipped the siphon as I figured that would quickly clog too. I picked up and poured the contents through a stainless double mesh strainer into the carboy. If I do try whole hops again I'll probably bag them for the boil.
Wow. When I first jumped in here in Fall of 2013, I had no idea about the jabs and snarky back and forth that goes on here on hombrewtalk. Somebody wrote something pretty cutting towards me and I got all offended. It was quickly pointed out to me how we roll here...especially in the "mindless ramblings" area. I climbed off my high horse and started making some friends and enjoying the site a lot more...and learning a lot.
After a year and a half, I have gone from fermenting 2 gallon batches of cider to 2-1/2 gallon batches of extract homebrew to BIAB all grain. And there's plenty yet to learn.
I'm hoping that your comments to @unionrdr were meant to be all-in-fun. It came off as sounding a little holier than thou and kind of mean. We all have different personal situations, and a matter of years may not have any bearing on when we can advance to a new level. I still have no way to regulate fermentation temperature. I try some simple stuff, but really good methods are not in my budget. Also, I adopted two infants through foster care and down-sized my residence several years ago. Space is tight and our priorities are not beer. It's a hobby. I enjoy it at the level at which I can participate, and I make the best beer I can, when I can.
Okay...off my horse again and, if you were just kidding, then cheers!
That is no reason not to brew. After 4 1/2 years you should have some sort of temp control..You spend more time talking about when you may possibly brew than actually brewing.First it is too cold in the winter now it is too warm.. So you don't brew in the the winter and now you don't brew in the summer... BS
If I waited until the temp was perfect I would have never hit over 200 brews. I may only have brewed a few times like you.
I do brew in winter & summer. Bills just get in the way more often as not. The unusually cold winter did slow the yeast down though. I'd like to build a fermenting cabinet to fit on top of my fermenter stand & hook a small air conditioner to it through an STC 1000 or the like. Just being retired makes it tough to spend money on brewing stuff.
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