What did you brew today?

[Twostage]

Don't think I'll be continuing this one...


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What's wrong ? Looks like normal pre-boil foam to me.

 

[6Trails]

What's wrong ? Looks like normal pre-boil foam to me.

That's before I started the boil. I'd mashed yesterday and it started to ferment overnight. Lovely smell in the room in fairness before I dumped it.

 

[samale]

That's before I started the boil. I'd mashed yesterday and it started to ferment overnight. Lovely smell in the room in fairness before I dumped it.

That's strange, do you normally mash the day before then boil the next

 

[Twostage]

That's before I started the boil. I'd mashed yesterday and it started to ferment overnight. Lovely smell in the room in fairness before I dumped it.

Crikey. My first thought was that you were using the BZ as a fermenter and ruled that out and gone for boil instead.

Not tempted by a wild ferment?

 

[6Trails]

That's strange, do you normally mash the day before then boil the next

I've started doing it recently and never had a problem but I made a big mistake yesterday in cold sparging, leaving the whole wort at around 45-50⁰. You need hot sparge water if you're going to leave it sit overnight. Live and learn!

 

[Caramel Ox]

That’s quite a performance for a spontaneous fermentation? I guess it was pretty warm - what does it taste like?

 

[6Trails]

That’s quite a performance for a spontaneous fermentation? I guess it was pretty warm - what does it taste like?

I'd say it was sitting there at around 20-25⁰ after cooling down from 45⁰ overnight. To be honest I never even thought to tasted it, all I had in my head was to get it out of the brewzilla and get as much enzybrew into it as I could. I've boiled water in it 3 times since too - I've had a longer day than the actual boil would have took!

 

[Gax]

First crack at a west coast IPA sort of thing yesterday!

 

[Beer Elzibub]

Another Citra Pale yesterday. Changed my mind last minute, was going to be a 11.5 litre all grain batch with a total of 50g hops but I decided to make a bigger batch and use up some leftover pale DME. So after the mash I added that to the boil and bumped up the hops to a whole packet of Citra. All seemed to go ok and it’s bubbling away nicely today.

 

[Twostage]

First crack at a west coast IPA sort of thing yesterday!

What's the black torch thing in the third pic ?

 

[brewhaha]

Yesterday was a 30 litre batch of a clone of Ampersand's Bidon - a 3.9% modern pale ale full of El Dorado & Citra.

This is the beer I bought a beer engine for as it's fantastic on cask so 10 litres will be split into 2 x mini kegs for that & the rest will go in a corny.

Brew day was smooth until a bloody great storm hit & in the ensuing chaos, I managed to get my 10 minute & whirlpool hop additions mixed up. Noticed straight away & stopped the boil & my OG was still fine & it didn't taste too bitter so crisis averted!

Also kegged my rhubarb & preserved lemon Berliners so once this Bidon is kegged I'm going to be well stocked with summer session beers!

 

[Gax]

What's the black torch thing in the third pic ?

The thing in the pot is an immersion circulator/sous vide stick. If that's not what you mean lemme know.

 

[Twostage]

Yesterday was a 30 litre batch of a clone of Ampersand's Bidon - a 3.9% modern pale ale full of El Dorado & Citra.

This is the beer I bought a beer engine for as it's fantastic on cask so 10 litres will be split into 2 x mini kegs for that & the rest will go in a corny.

Brew day was smooth until a bloody great storm hit & in the ensuing chaos, I managed to get my 10 minute & whirlpool hop additions mixed up. Noticed straight away & stopped the boil & my OG was still fine & it didn't taste too bitter so crisis averted!

Also kegged my rhubarb & preserved lemon Berliners so once this Bidon is kegged I'm going to be well stocked with summer session beers!
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Looks a bit damp.

 

[Twostage]

The thing in the pot is an immersion circulator/sous vide stick. If that's not what you mean lemme know.

Googled it. Fancy gadget. I'm assuming you use it to maintain mash temp ?

Interestingly (and the other way round) I spotted that Brewzillas can be used as sous vide devices. Never thought of that.

 

[Gax]

Googled it. Fancy gadget. I'm assuming you use it to maintain mash temp ?

Interestingly (and the other way round) I spotted that Brewzillas can be used as sous vide devices. Never thought of that.

Yeah bud. I work in really small volumes for now and it basically functions like an all in one.

 

[foxy]

I've started doing it recently and never had a problem but I made a big mistake yesterday in cold sparging, leaving the whole wort at around 45-50⁰. You need hot sparge water if you're going to leave it sit overnight. Live and learn!

Not so much the cold sparge but the pH. The boil lowers the pH further making it a little more undesirable for bacteria to take the opportunity to feast on the wort. Better to boil first sanitise the lid and the rim of the kettle and leave overnight, still not a 100% safe but a lot safer than leaving the wort overnight after mashing.

 

[rybinss]

21l of NZ hazy pale, motueka and nelson sauv, high hopes for this one ...

 

[6Trails]

Take 2 at the west coast IPA I messed up last week.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

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What an awful view....

Although I did think that Laos was more forested. Then I realised i'd read it wrong.

 

[WillFrites]

Set off a gallon of elderflower wine and a gallon of rose petal wine. Both should come out around 8%.
The yeast is old, so not sure it will work but hey a bit of foraging with the dog in order to collect means its not wasted.