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  • Danscraftbeer
    What to bottle for Vic Case Swap. Draught from keg needs a week cold chill pre transfer. BoPils? Karingalager? Vic Case Swap July Stout?
    Danscraftbeer
    Danscraftbeer
    Or Tooths 1917 Pale Ale? damb I need more fridges.
    technobabble66
    technobabble66
    I'd vote Stout or Tooths.
    Fwiw, i'll probably submit an Aussie Bitter. So it might be interesting to compare the finer differences between ours & DJ's 059 Bitters.
    Danscraftbeer
    First Bohemian Pilsner. First day chilled on tap. Now why havn't I made these before? Cracker of a good beer.
    droid
    droid
    cool - what yeast did you use Dan?
    Danscraftbeer
    Danscraftbeer
    WLP802 Czech Budejovice Lager. 2nd brew onto the whole yeast cake I usually don't do that but overpitching makes for great crisp Lagers.
    droid
    droid
    I love that yeast! Good stuff!!
    Danscraftbeer
    Has this column gotten confused? Cant elaborate, 140 characters error! doesnt cut it grrrrr
    Danscraftbeer
    Updated Google Account. Blown away. Alt TV that knows me. Irma live with scrolling live chat. Oh, Fake fanatics! What is with that? hehe
    Danscraftbeer
    No mashing, no sparging, no boiling, no chilling. Still I managed to spend 5+ hours doing brewing stuff on a rainy windy day.
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    Danscraftbeer
    Danscraftbeer
    Its progress. Replaced rubber washers for the thermowell. Heat treating the kegmenter. Pressure tested. Ready to go!
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    Mardoo
    Mardoo
    It's become one of the pleasures of brewing for me. There's always something to do. Never, not once, have I gone out to the brewery and sat around wishing for something to do. When I started back in after a 15 year break I committed myself to cleaning, "Boy, if you can't get into cleaning, find another hobby." It's made it much more enjoyable, weirdly. That and an ace pair of gumboots.
    M
    Moad
    just came back in from 4 hours of cleaning, such a good feeling when its all done...until I brew again this weekend and it starts all over again!
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    Danscraftbeer
    Bitsa recipe greats. Only imposible to reproduce. Bummer. I have this Imperial Stout thing made of home canned leftover assorted worts and total mungrel mix of ingredients and it is soooo good. Yet imposible to reproduce another one. Oh well.
    Judanero
    Judanero
    I know the pain, for me she was an American Brown created in the keg
    Danscraftbeer
    Old hops taste like soiled socks.
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    Yob
    Yob
    hmmm.. Ive still got hops in my freezer 3+ years old and are fine.. not sure why you have this issue.
    Danscraftbeer
    Danscraftbeer
    2014 Hallertauer Mittelfrueh so I guess its just the lesser storability of that type. Tested Altbier with old hops compared to new. Big difference. The old hops taste stale, astringent and smell a little off.
    klangers
    klangers
    Very big difference storing cool and storing sub-zero. I also have old hops, but they smell as fresh as the day I put them in the freezer
    Danscraftbeer
    Picking Hops. Lots of Cascade. Engulfed in Lupulin.
    Adr_0
    Adr_0
    Are you walking through a garden, like a scene from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?
    Danscraftbeer
    Danscraftbeer
    Nah its more like walking through a forest with Gandolf and the air is somewhat calming and euphoric
    Danscraftbeer
    Dont yu hate that. Perfect brew day yesterday finshed ahead of scedual, no chill. Pre prepared for next weekend easy brewing and find cap on one of the cubes has split.
    Danscraftbeer
    You know your on good track when you pull apart your ball valve of your keggle and that chocolate brown stain muck inside smells like yummy concentrated malt.
    Danscraftbeer
    Ok. I never new how my AD11 PH probe would end its shelf life that I was advised about. Now I know.
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    Mr B
    Back in my day, a probe was a probe, you know? The problem with probes these days is that they need special attention, not a walk through the snow to get to school without gloves or shoes or underpants. In fact......
    Danscraftbeer
    Danscraftbeer
    With a whimper. I realise after I shouldn't have used the word probe. The sensor! All of a sudden I cant calibrate it. Trying in the 7 solution its reading 8.5 followed by WRNG!
    Its farked isn't it? I think I got more than 12 months out of it and now I know how to mash right.
    rude
    rude
    I got the AD12 hope mine doesnt meet the same fate
    Brun gets you very close so no biggy
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