matt6150
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Post by matt6150 on Apr 10, 2020 9:23:11 GMT -6
I'm in the middle of a Oatmeal Porter as we speak. First beer brewed since June of last year. I hope to get an IPA in next when this one is done.
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Post by Ken on Apr 10, 2020 9:28:13 GMT -6
You had some new projects and a neighbor issue, IIRC. How did all of that shake out? I seem to remember you cut down a tree and the dude wanted some unreal amount of money for it. I hope that dissolved away. Good to see you brewing again after a long break. I did not brew from 2/1 until 4/3. I made a sort of "Mexican Vienna Lager" which will be sent to a keg next week and then I have a number of recipes for the WL940 including some 'Caribbean Beer' and other pale lagers for warm weather, a hoppy amber lager and some 'dark Mexican lagers' like Negra Modelo or Indio. That will probably take me through most of the spring/summer. Cheers Matt.
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Apr 10, 2020 9:34:13 GMT -6
At the brewery prepping for a 3 BBL batch of a NEIPA to brew tomorrow morning. It's a 12 hour brew session tomorrow; from set up to clean up. Measuring out hops, grain, etc. Thought I'd show my side job playground.
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Post by drez on Apr 10, 2020 9:41:29 GMT -6
That is a good looking brewery Lefty. Some of the small ones look so cobbled together they just look bad! Not brewing today but I do have some stuff to get ready for tomorrows Oatmeal Porter Brewday.
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Post by matt6150 on Apr 10, 2020 9:46:23 GMT -6
You had some new projects and a neighbor issue, IIRC. How did all of that shake out? I seem to remember you cut down a tree and the dude wanted some unreal amount of money for it. I hope that dissolved away. Good to see you brewing again after a long break. I did not brew from 2/1 until 4/3. I made a sort of "Mexican Vienna Lager" which will be sent to a keg next week and then I have a number of recipes for the WL940 including some 'Caribbean Beer' and other pale lagers for warm weather, a hoppy amber lager and some 'dark Mexican lagers' like Negra Modelo or Indio. That will probably take me through most of the spring/summer. Cheers Matt. He is taking me to court. It keeps getting pushed back, current date is 6/11. He is asking for $3210. Anyway not something I want to dwell on.
Biggest reason I haven't brewed as much is my lack of consumption(and wife's while pregnant) and having a newborn. But wife wants beer and I want to get the taps filled back up. So brewing we shall do. I am rusty though. Already made a few mistakes. Nothing major, just going to cost me some time today. Being unemployed that is something I have plenty of right now.
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Post by matt6150 on Apr 10, 2020 9:47:10 GMT -6
At the brewery prepping for a 3 BBL batch of a NEIPA to brew tomorrow morning. It's a 12 hour brew session tomorrow; from set up to clean up. Measuring out hops, grain, etc. Thought I'd show my side job playground. Nice looking setup Lefty!
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Post by Ken on Apr 10, 2020 10:00:50 GMT -6
At the brewery prepping for a 3 BBL batch of a NEIPA to brew tomorrow morning. It's a 12 hour brew session tomorrow; from set up to clean up. Measuring out hops, grain, etc. Thought I'd show my side job playground. Dude, that is sweet. I'd love to brew on one of these commercial systems. I think I shared this once but I knew a homebrewer who applied for a commercial brewing job once and he somehow convinced the place to hire him. A few days later he asked me to come over to the brewery to look around... why I don't know because I had no idea what was going on. But I met him there on a weeknight and we just tooled around with everything, looked at the ingredients they had, etc. I was completely lost. I wouldn't be able to make a batch of beer on a big commercial system if my life depended on it. Lefty, I'm jealous. Keep us posted on how it goes so we can live vicariously through you.
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Post by Ken on Apr 10, 2020 10:01:50 GMT -6
You had some new projects and a neighbor issue, IIRC. How did all of that shake out? I seem to remember you cut down a tree and the dude wanted some unreal amount of money for it. I hope that dissolved away. Good to see you brewing again after a long break. I did not brew from 2/1 until 4/3. I made a sort of "Mexican Vienna Lager" which will be sent to a keg next week and then I have a number of recipes for the WL940 including some 'Caribbean Beer' and other pale lagers for warm weather, a hoppy amber lager and some 'dark Mexican lagers' like Negra Modelo or Indio. That will probably take me through most of the spring/summer. Cheers Matt. He is taking me to court. It keeps getting pushed back, current date is 6/11. He is asking for $3210. Anyway not something I want to dwell on.
Biggest reason I haven't brewed as much is my lack of consumption(and wife's while pregnant) and having a newborn. But wife wants beer and I want to get the taps filled back up. So brewing we shall do. I am rusty though. Already made a few mistakes. Nothing major, just going to cost me some time today. Being unemployed that is something I have plenty of right now.
Ugh, sorry about the neighbor. Get back on the brewing and you'll feel good, I think. Then your wife will feel good because there is good, fresh beer and that will make you feel good too. Cheers.
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Post by bklmt2000 on Apr 10, 2020 10:27:30 GMT -6
Looking at next week for another brewday, either the Cascade-inspired IPA I posted in the recipe area, or a saison with some 3711 I need to resurrect (been in cold-storage since January).
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Post by poptop on Apr 10, 2020 10:55:49 GMT -6
Going to try and set up for bottling the Saison tomorrow. Not too psyched but am going to forge through (I hope).
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Post by Leftympfrmde on Apr 10, 2020 21:37:08 GMT -6
At the brewery prepping for a 3 BBL batch of a NEIPA to brew tomorrow morning. It's a 12 hour brew session tomorrow; from set up to clean up. Measuring out hops, grain, etc. Thought I'd show my side job playground. Dude, that is sweet. I'd love to brew on one of these commercial systems. I think I shared this once but I knew a homebrewer who applied for a commercial brewing job once and he somehow convinced the place to hire him. A few days later he asked me to come over to the brewery to look around... why I don't know because I had no idea what was going on. But I met him there on a weeknight and we just tooled around with everything, looked at the ingredients they had, etc. I was completely lost. I wouldn't be able to make a batch of beer on a big commercial system if my life depended on it. Lefty, I'm jealous. Keep us posted on how it goes so we can live vicariously through you. I see where your coming from becoming lost in the sauce on a bigger set up. The first day of showing up, #2 in the company was brewing. Everything was a disaster; stuck run off, boil overs,super low efficiency, the works. place looked like a warzone. After watching that catastrophe, I scaled the recipe using the known efficiency, and up to the target pre-boil/post boil volumes. Running the pumps nice and slow with a restricted flow. (#2 just put everything on full bore). Honestly, and I say this as a guy who couldn't pass Algebra II, it's all math and knowing your system. 5 gallons or 50 gallon batches, it all works the same on that scale. Said this on the other forum,Went it comes to math, I'm not very good. Beer math? I'm spot on.
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Post by Ken on Apr 11, 2020 8:25:40 GMT -6
LOL. I think it's just getting used to the equipment. I'm sure that if I watched you do it, we would equate what was happening with what I might be doing on my simple, modest system at home. But I just remember looking at all of that high-end equipment thinking that I wouldn't even know how to begin. I would also be concerned about what you mentioned... problems, figuring it out to avoid them or correct them and also how to use the system the most efficiently. I'm impressed, my brother. I hope it's everything you want. Cheers.
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Post by jkor on Apr 11, 2020 12:49:34 GMT -6
I'm going to clean out the lower level of the barn today. that should expose enough brewing equipment that i *theoretically* could do some brewing. I have a couple of liquid yeast packs in the fridge that are a bit past expired. I should be able to revive them with much issue.
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Post by Ken on Apr 11, 2020 14:17:43 GMT -6
I'm going to clean out the lower level of the barn today. that should expose enough brewing equipment that i *theoretically* could do some brewing. I have a couple of liquid yeast packs in the fridge that are a bit past expired. I should be able to revive them with much issue. Get after it. What kind of beer would you make?
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Post by jkor on Apr 11, 2020 14:53:33 GMT -6
session IPA or APA. It's essentially all I drink anymore. Anything over about 5.5% gets me too buzzed. I don't know if I'm etting old or it's just years of ramping down consumption but my sweet spot nowadays is 3.5%-4.5% IPAs. A session rauchbier might be a cool brew, too.
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