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Equipment and Software / Re: Plastic bucket vs. glass carboy

« on: February 09, 2012, 06:56:53 PM »

Buckets cheaper.
Buckets stack.
Buckets nice.
8 Buckets bubbling as we speak.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Always label your starters

« on: February 09, 2012, 06:51:29 PM »

Welcome to old age.

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All Grain Brewing / Re: Mash Temps.

« on: February 09, 2012, 06:48:53 PM »

What color is it?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Brew-a-thon

« on: February 09, 2012, 06:45:20 PM »

Just got done with the last cleanup. As I walked from the barn to the house I noticed a nice full moon in a winter sky.....this MAY have had something to do with this.....

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General Homebrew Discussion / Brew-a-thon

« on: February 09, 2012, 05:46:38 PM »

OK, so I was down to my last three kegs in the keggerator, and now it turns out we are going to be at an SCA event in Mississippi in March, so Beer Cart I will be deployed which means I need beer........lots of it, soon.

So in the last 30 hours I have brewed 4 10 gallon batches..... German Ale, Imperial Stout, IPA and a Belgian Triple.

Phew. 

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Equipment and Software / Beer Machine

« on: February 06, 2012, 01:05:02 AM »

Probably been seen before here.......but this would be PERFECT in an RV or boat.

http://www.williamswarn.com/

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Equipment and Software / Re: Perlick Brass Faucets

« on: February 06, 2012, 01:04:21 AM »

I've had them on my beer cart in light "off road" conditions for about 8 months now, and they are holding up perfectly. YMMV.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: fermenter beer loss

« on: January 29, 2012, 09:26:10 PM »

0.496783342 gallons.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Yes, we have no bananas......

« on: January 29, 2012, 09:25:00 PM »

For some reason I am not getting the "banana notes" I would like in my Belgian. So..........how about I make a banana tincture and adding that.....?

1 Good idea yes no?

2 How does one make a banana tincture? Just soak bananas in vodka?

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Carbonation Experiment......

« on: January 29, 2012, 07:48:29 AM »

Well, I can unequivocally say that this was the shnitz. The beers were fully and richly carbonated, probably in no small part due to the horrendous pavement conditions in the roads leading to and from the GW bridge......

They (the kegs) are also gone.... In fact the crowd consumed three kegs in about 5 hours......

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Carbonation Experiment......

« on: January 27, 2012, 07:31:07 AM »

And of course you can also point out that yeast farts are some of the best. 

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Carbonation Experiment......

« on: January 26, 2012, 07:26:06 PM »

It's cloudy anyways....... Being marketed as "fresh"......

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Carbonation Experiment......

« on: January 26, 2012, 12:44:15 PM »

Not really, a market day at Birka.

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Kegging and Bottling / Carbonation Experiment......

« on: January 26, 2012, 09:11:51 AM »

So, I'm heading for this hotel this weekend with about 500 of my closest friends and of course I am bringing beer. Need three kegs to load Beer Cart II.... Have one Kölsch ready to go......and then I got a little behind.... I have an American Stout and a Belgian strong in the buckets, brewed 1-8-12 in the fermenters at a perfect 65ºF since then and down to 32ºF for the last 24 hours....

Will keg tomorrow, stick them in the back of my truck, hook up to service pressure plus a little bit and drive 339 miles.....

I've heard this works, I will let you know.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Pressurized Fermentation in a Cornie

« on: January 23, 2012, 07:09:34 PM »

So, what bout the yeast cake in the bottom? You just transfer out to another keg and it stays behind? Or most of it?