What I did for beer today

[lumpher]

Yes i use city water, adjusted my water, but forgot the campden for the chlorine removal. I was trying to get a brew in while getting a bunch of other stuff done around the yard. Maybe it wasn't the best Idea!!

Never brew when you're in a hurry. Who knows what can happen and distract you. For all I... I mean you...know, systems may go down right as you're starting to chill it and you have to turn it into a no-chill because of a work emergency. Wait... who said that... it wasn't me... lol...

 

[broot]

Never brew when you're in a hurry. Who knows what can happen and distract you. For all I... I mean you...know, systems may go down right as you're starting to chill it and you have to turn it into a no-chill because of a work emergency. Wait... who said that... it wasn't me... lol...

Yeah, I know better. the worst part is it happened at the start of the brew when that was all i was doing! I'll definitely have to taste it before adding the peaches. worst case I just dump it.

 

[lumpher]

I doubt it will affect it that bad. May be a bit of a chlorine bite, but nothing a couple beers before drinking these won't fix.

 

[ba-brewer]

Chlorine can give beer a phenolic flavor and aroma and not the good kind.

I use RO water and still give my water a small shot of camden to remove the residual chloramine that makes it through. I use to not add camden to my RO water as I could not taste anything but there were beer judges that could taste it.

edit: I additionally confirmed with a water test kit that there was chloramine present in the RO water. It was barely detectable but still there. I had reduce my RO system output from 75gpd to 50gpd to give more contact in the carbon filters to help reduce it too.

 

[Ayzala]

Finally put together my keg washer! Test run today!

 

[day_trippr]

Getting set up to brew the 17th batch of Julius clone tomorrow.
Decided to freshen up the yeast I built for it two weeks ago with small "vitality" starters...

Cheers!

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Bottled 5 gallons of a Bourbon County Stout clone!

Then I made 2 gallons of sugar-wash for a seltzer that my wife requested -- so easy! Only boiled a cup of water (plus 2 grams of fermaid-K), dumped in a full 2 lb package of sugar, and then 2 gallons of distilled water, plus the yeast. Took a whole 5 minutes!

 

[JAReeves]

Transferred the IPA to keg. Initially just citrusy, we'll see how it goes after a week of carbonation.

 

[day_trippr]

Brewing my 17th batch of Julius and so far so good! Managed to strike before 9 am - a miracle for me

Onwards!

[edit] Fly sparging in progress. Haven't effed up yet!

Ever Onwards!

[edit2] Spent grains carted to next door neighbors chickens, HLT and MLT cleaned, and BK is well into the boil.

Have to boil off a half gallon more than usual to accommodate these two starters instead of my usual decanted pitch. Nbd, the early start helps...

[edit3] Sure got hot here today. I'm going through extra hand towels keeping dry while whirlpooling hops...

Shouldn't take much longer to get done today...

[edit4] Finishing up always takes longer than expected but I got 'er done.

Loading carboys...

Pitched, gassed, hooked up and ready to go...

In almost 20 years of brewing this is the very first time I pitched an uncrashed starter. I'm curious if "lift off" will happen quicker...

Cheers!

 

[mac_1103]

Managed to strike before 9 am - a miracle for me

Some days I consider it a minor miracle if my feet strike the floor before 9 AM.