Christmas Brewer Etiquette

[tangent]

You can see my predicament, a new chilled and inoculated Kiwi Mongrel (inspiration partially from Jazman :beer: )
But I couldn't wait until after Christmas, so the smoked lamb and most of the Christmas bevvies are now sitting on about 12C.

Would you drop the temp lower, say fu^k it!, or even wind it up to 14C (thanks to Mashmaster :beer: ) to get her going even sooner?

 

[Finite]

you dont have another fridge? or.... fill your mash tun with ice... makeshift fridge that will last over chrissy

 

[tangent]

for some reason it looks like we're planning on drinking a zillion bottles of white wine in the next 48 hours so other than keg fridge (full of kegs) there's not much room.

Might have to empty the eskys of malt and use them.

 

[Batz]

One of my brewing fridges has been over taken with Xmas tucker as well,it has it's advantages ....."lucky we have a couple of spare fridges honey"
Could do with another hey?


Batz

 

[Screwtop]

One of my brewing fridges has been over taken with Xmas tucker as well,it has it's advantages ....."lucky we have a couple of spare fridges honey"
Could do with another hey?
Batz

Can never have enough fridges eh Batz, even if they don't look nice or maybe have a little rust!

 

[brendanos]

12 degrees is a great serving temperature!

 

[Paleman]

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You can see my predicament, a new chilled and inoculated Kiwi Mongrel (inspiration partially from Jazman :beer: )
But I couldn't wait until after Christmas, so the smoked lamb and most of the Christmas bevvies are now sitting on about 12C.

Would you drop the temp lower, say fu^k it!, or even wind it up to 14C (thanks to Mashmaster :beer: ) to get her going even sooner?

Theres no fish in there Tangent. Wheres the fish !!!!

Fill your bath tub up with ice. Or do as i do and get a 120 litre icebox. Also doubles as a great fishing esky for crabs and snapper !! :beerbang:

 

[MVZOOM]

Tangent, I think you need a fridge for xmas! Somethings just cannot be compromised.

Cheers Mike

 

[Doc]

My cc fridge has the Xmas ham in it on a plate balanced on top of a 5 gal corny keg, with some extra mixer drinks spread around the other keg fridges.
Drew the line at fitting ice in the hops freezer. No way I was emptying hops out of the freezer for ice

Doc

 

[tangent]

i should add, this is one of 4 fridges, all chockers, but this one is the most important!

f^ck the fish, i like prawns!

 

[mobrien]

This year (after last year!) I anticipated the problem - so 2 weeks ago brewed a lager - yesterday it went down to 2 deg for the next 28 days.... and now has a ham, prawns and a box of apricots for company!

Matt

 

[Weizguy]

I agree with Matt.

If you had a CC fridge for lagers, this prob would not have occurred.

I'd highly recommend ice + esky/bathtub/laundry sink to store the other stuff. Give the fermenting beer the best conditions.

If the fridge has a freezer, move beer to it and use it to chill just prior to consumption. A great compromise, if you have a freezer (with space).

Beerz

Seth

 

[tangent]

well, the fridgemate is working like a champ, and the bevvies are sitting at 11C and the fermenter is bubbling away like a champ!

merry christmas brewers!

 

[wee stu]

A "new" beer fridge came my way on Xmas eve - now a 5 fridge and one freezer household

Even the monster turducken found a cold home this year.

 

[sqyre]

Iv'e lost 2 fridges in the last few weeks... :angry:

Presently have one on Life-support..

by cable tying my old temprite coil inside it and pumping glycol through from my chest freezer..

Its struggling but its doing the job...

 

[Screwtop]

Even the monster turducken found a cold home this year.

Hey Stu, how do you get the turkey to eat the duck and the duck to eat the chicken for your Terducken.
You'll be eating till the Hogmana!

Happy Xmas

 

[tangent]

i think there's a possum and a rat and an amoeba in there somewhere too, that's a lot of arse stuffing the night before.

 

[fixa]

that's a lot of arse stuffing the night before.

eeerrrrrrmmmmmmm............... :blink: we're still talking about food, right?

 

[tangent]

they don't feed the rat to the chicken, bite by bite fixa

 

[Brewtus]

A "new" beer fridge came my way on Xmas eve - now a 5 fridge and one freezer household

Even the monster turducken found a cold home this year.

Is that real 'chicken stuffed in a duck, stuffed in a turkey' turducken?
What was it like, please post a piccy as we have only read about such a thing? What beer did you have with it?

merry Xmas...