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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1440 on: September 15, 2016, 09:22:10 am »
  Cordless drills aren't designed for the kind of continuous duty that grinding grain requires, most don't have the battery capacity and such use dramatically shortens the service life of the batteries. Fifty bucks will buy you an adequate, new, corded drill. If you decide to go that route something with a max RPM in the 500 to 700 range is preferable to the drill/drivers which usually are around 1,500 to 2,000 RPM.
   Sorry if I'm too far off subject here.

I appreciate that. My cordless drills are old and less than adequate to begin with...
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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1441 on: September 15, 2016, 09:37:15 am »
Brewing None More Black IPA this weekend...full low DO, new stainless chiller...ready to rock, in the night!!!
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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1442 on: September 15, 2016, 09:51:32 am »
My efficiency headaches continue as it unpredictably goes up or down 10 points with every batch...


Do you mill your own grain, out of curiosity?

Good call. I do have an old corona mill with drill adapter but stopped using it because my drill would lose charge before getting through. My LHBS is very good with only one mill so I guess I just assumed they keep it properly set. I kind of got lazy and ignorant so I will have to revisit it.

I was being a bit dramatic regarding consistently seeing 10 point shifts however my efficiency is definitely inconsistent...



Definitely sounds like the culprit. You could always ask them to double mill it. I used to do that.
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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1443 on: September 15, 2016, 11:39:57 am »
Brewing None More Black IPA this weekend...full low DO, new stainless chiller...ready to rock, in the night!!!

Man, you are full boar!  I love it. Please share your results, especially with the longevity of your hop aroma.

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1444 on: September 15, 2016, 01:23:27 pm »
Brewing None More Black IPA this weekend...full low DO, new stainless chiller...ready to rock, in the night!!!

Man, you are full boar!  I love it. Please share your results, especially with the longevity of your hop aroma.
Aye, will do! The pale ale I did it with last stayed fresh tasting till the end of the keg. Kegged it 2 gravity points before it was finished. But I think it lasted 3 weeks from tapping to kicking and was in the keg for maybe 5 or 6 weeks total. One of the best beers I've ever brewed. All Vienna malt is a great idea for many styles!
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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1445 on: September 15, 2016, 05:18:41 pm »
Just finished prepping for tomorrow's big brew day. A Dopplebock is in store. Havent made one of those in way too many years.

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1446 on: September 15, 2016, 07:27:41 pm »
I am hoping to sneak in a batch of my Rydin on a Flat (Rye Fat Tire) this weekend.

5 lbs   Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM)   Grain   1   37.7 %
5 lbs   Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)   Grain   2   37.7 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz   Rye Malt (4.7 SRM)   Grain   3   11.3 %
12.0 oz   Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM)   Grain   4   5.7 %
8.0 oz   Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)   Grain   5   3.8 %
4.0 oz   Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)   Grain   6   1.9 %
4.0 oz   Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)   Grain   7   1.9 %
1.00 oz   Willamette [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min   Hop   8   17.1 IBUs
1.00 oz   Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min   Hop   9   5.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg   Denny's Favorite (Wyeast Labs #1450) [124.21 ml]   Yeast   10   -

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1447 on: September 16, 2016, 12:26:53 pm »
Got my Dopplebock out of the way today. Hit a 1.090 OG. Pitched some 5 day old WL 833 slurry and a ton of O2. Got it chilled to 48F prior to pitching.


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What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1448 on: September 17, 2016, 09:19:14 am »
back in the game after the summer hiatus!!!

Going with my vienna mandarina IPA.  8-kegs empty and clean.....sad but true and hope to change that over the next few months.

Happy brewing this weekend  ;D

Ahh good to be back brewing. All went as planned and looking forward to having fresh homebrew back on tap.

Especially with 1/2 # of goodness thrown in ....cascade,Amarillo,mandarina



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Serving:        In Process:
Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1449 on: September 17, 2016, 11:21:33 am »
Nice, fatty pellets!

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1450 on: September 17, 2016, 04:37:20 pm »
back in the game after the summer hiatus!!!

Going with my vienna mandarina IPA.  8-kegs empty and clean.....sad but true and hope to change that over the next few months.

Happy brewing this weekend  ;D

Ahh good to be back brewing. All went as planned and looking forward to having fresh homebrew back on tap.

Especially with 1/2 # of goodness thrown in ....cascade,Amarillo,mandarina



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Aw man, that sounds great. Glad to see you're back. Have missed seeing you post around here. Cheers, buddy.
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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1451 on: September 18, 2016, 01:20:55 pm »
Just finished bottling up a round of 6 entries going into my next competition. The wife just absolutely "loves" how obsessed with beer I am.  ;)

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1452 on: September 20, 2016, 05:11:27 pm »
Either dort or pils this weekend.....torn so we will see where the beer gods take me.


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Serving:        In Process:
Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest

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Re: What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1453 on: September 23, 2016, 08:48:54 pm »
Oktoberfest on deck this weekend.  I've got a Porter, Kolsch, and Hoppy Amber on tap no so that seems like it would round out the group nicely.

I'm going to use a bunch of Maris Otter in it since I have a sack of that I'm trying to finish off.  I have read a few things about people using MO in an oktoberfest, so I'll see how that goes.  Basing the recipe on what I have seen in Brewing Classic Styles and Gordon Strong's recipe book (name escapes me for some reason). 

6.5 lb Maris Otter
3.5 lb Munich Dark
1 lb Melanoidin Malt
0.25lb Caramunich II

1oz Super Styrian @ 50min

Wyeast 2308

I was going to use 34/70 but the LHBS didn't have any, in fact they only had 2308 left for lager yeasts.  Must be popular right now, fortunately 2308 was my second choice.  Starter is growing now.
Risk of failure should be no deterrent to trying.

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What's Brewing this Weekend? 01/18/2014
« Reply #1454 on: September 24, 2016, 07:05:15 am »
Either dort or pils this weekend.....torn so we will see where the beer gods take me.


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got squirrely and went off the reservation....ended up with new recipe of 62.4% pils, 27.9% light munich, 2.3% carahell, 2.3% munich 1. 26.6ibu of merkur and 4 ibu saaz. wlp830. steam step mash 143F for 60min, 163F for 60min.
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Ken- Chagrin Falls, OH
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https://www.facebook.com/pages/Harveys-Brewhaus/405092862905115

http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=The_Science_of_Mashing

Serving:        In Process:
Vienna IPA          O'Fest
Dort
Mead                 
Cider                         
Ger'merican Blonde
Amber Ale
Next:
Ger Pils
O'Fest