The Chaos that is a Buffers Brewery brew day

[Buffers brewery]

As the old saying goes "make beer while the sun shines". I took advantage of today's fine weather and an empty fermentation bucket to do a repeat brew of the APA I brewed back in February. No change to the recipe or the equipment so no pics today (you've seen them all before ). Wort is currently chilling on the patio. I'll transfer to the fermentation bucket and pitch the yeast tomorrow.

 

[Buffers brewery]

Well, a busy brewing day today! It's been a week fermenting in the brew fridge so it's time to dry hop the APA.

Well, that's me done for today

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

time to dry hop the APA.
Well, that's me done for today

Bombs away, Ginger! Time to head home for tea and medals

 

[Buffers brewery]

Just moved the NEIPA I brewed at the end of March in to the barrelator. Couldn't resist a quick pour to check for the dreaded oxydation

Looks good and tastes

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Can't be too careful

 

[Buffers brewery]

The APA I brewed earlier this month has finished fermentation. FG 1.012 so time to cold crash ready to transfer to a barrel in a couple of days time. As I'm busy tomorrow, wifies birthday, I decided to prepare the barrel today. After cleaning and sanitising time to prime with CO2. Fortunately another barrel had just finished so I used the remaining pressure to start displacing the water...

Managed to get half the water out. Just needed my cylinder for the remaining water. N.B. the barrel in the sink is the empty one and the barrel on the drainer is full of water.