TETB’s Brewdays

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Will stay tuned

Cheers Tom

OK 10ml added during the transfer - looks pretty murky at the moment

 

[soupdragon]

OK 10ml added during the transfer - looks pretty murky at the moment
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I'm all excited

Cheers Tom

 

[chopps]

Crikey, that's quite a lot of Kieselsol at 10ml per 5 gallon batch :-)
Really not sure why they put it in an anti-static bag though ... !

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Anti-static packaging because it's silicon sol, obviously.
Got to watch the static around them silicons.

 

[soupdragon]

PNo I used the Starbrite on the brown (worked extremely well)

The “Accidental Lawnmower” is pretty much finished though so I’ll stick some in there tomorrow. I wish I knew the concentration of the Starbrite stuff so I could judge the dose (the new stuff is “30%”)

Not sure about the Starbrite stuff but this

suggests 2.5ml per 5 litres so your dose of 10ml looks about right. That stuff is 30% by the way

Cheers Tom

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Hmmm well it's improved but still pretty hazy... I'll give it another 24h.
Might try adding a bit more of the kieselsol to a sample.

On closer inspection the Starbrite didn't work quite so well on the Brown Ale either... I'm not sure I'll be using that Lallemand 'London' again: very low flocculation

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

I'm all excited

Cheers Tom

Still a bit murky - as this is a bit of a test batch anyhow, I've hit it with another 10ml :-)

 

[soupdragon]

Still a bit murky - as this is a bit of a test batch anyhow, I've hit it with another 10ml :-)

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Good luck

Cheers Tom

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

There we go - much better :-)

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Super F works very well which is another Vegan combo, cold crashed for a few days and then add the finings. Let it settle about 48hours and then transfer.

Belgian golden strong and a pale ale. Bit of condensation on the glass.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Super F works very well which is another Vegan combo, cold crashed for a few days and then add the finings. Let it settle about 48hours and then transfer.View attachment 86667View attachment 86666
Belgian golden strong and a pale ale. Bit of condensation on the glass.

Damn fine looking beers

(and the view ain’t too shabby either!)

 

[RoomWithABrew]

Thanks, the Duvel clone quite fiddly to make with closed pressure transfer and in bottle conditioning with fresh yeast and dextrose as well. But I think it came out perfect.
Weather not too shabby today either considering mid winter, bottling a Dubbel later after some chores.

 

[soupdragon]

There we go - much better :-)

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Just over 12 hours, that was quick

Cheers Tom

 

[Agentgonzo]

Thanks, the Duvel clone quite fiddly to make with closed pressure transfer and in bottle conditioning with fresh yeast and dextrose as well. But I think it came out perfect.
Weather not too shabby today either considering mid winter, bottling a Dubbel later after some chores.
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Your moniker should be brewwithaview

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

I like that hop basket. Did you buy it or make it?

Just out of interest I see that TMM has just got a load of them in (and most likely other places have received a delivery too)
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/tmm-hop-spider-basket/
In reality I reckon it's large enough that it could double up as a mash basket

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Brewed a Cali Common for the first time today.
Recipe from the GH Bible:

• 3.8kg Pale Malt (Crisp 'clear choice')
• 1kg Vienna (BestMalz)
• 300g Medium Crystal (Simpsons)
• 50g Chocolate (Simpsons)

Northern Brewer (11%) 30g @70min, 5g @10, 30g @whirlpool (80ºc)
Yeast 2112 California Lager

Reading something I found about Anchor Steam, I started the mash at 60ºc for 30min and then ramped it up to 70ºc over an hour (1.5°c increase every 10min).

I was really surprised how much conversion I got from the 30min x 60ºc (pH 5.2) which reached 1.060; and the overall mash finished at 1.073 before sparging.

Unsurprisingly I overshot the target OG of 1.052 a bit - currently filtering 3.5L of RO+DI water so I can liquor back.
I've only just pitched it so I don't think the yeast will mind.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

There we go - 1.052 near enough.
I've been over target before but never liquored back. However I remember when I ended up with a keg full of Belgian-style rocket fuel: took me for ever to finish it

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

@Buffers brewery after your very sensible observation about the clean-ability of the small 12v pumps I had a slightly closer investigation of the one I use for circulating and chilling wort.
It's actually a slightly more posh one than the beige variety I use for the hot water circuit; and to my surprise I realised that with a firm twist the whole body just unscrews for cleaning. Very clever design.

 

[Buffers brewery]

@Buffers brewery after your very sensible observation about the clean-ability of the small 12v pumps I had a slightly closer investigation of the one I use for circulating and chilling wort.
It's actually a slightly more posh one than the beige variety I use for the hot water circuit; and to my surprise I realised that with a firm twist the whole body just unscrews for cleaning. Very clever design.


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That looks less "nook and cranny" than the beige pump I used. I remember there was a very small C clip holding the rotor assembly on the shaft and a little brass bearing floating inside the rotor as well. Lots of opportunities for stuff to set up house and fester

 

[RoomWithABrew]

You might enjoy this

https://beerandbrewing.com/podcast-episode-256-tom-riley-and-dane-volek-of-anchor-brewing/

 

[RoomWithABrew]

@The-Engineer-That-Brews

What size are those ? john guest fittings, looks like onto 8mm external tubing but the threaded connector size onto the pump looks about right for some flow meters I have and want to use on my raspberry pints project.