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Oh, I was wondering what's the lowest pressure you can run a keg at to keep it carbonated? 55gal drums can take 5psi (so I've read), but at 6 or 7 the end "fill out".
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Just as long as you crank up "redneck piece of white trash" by rebel son while you brew ..Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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ceannt said:
Just as long as you crank up "redneck piece of white trash" by rebel son while you brew ..
My truck don't have no radio, maybes I gets me one down that trash heap before somun start them tire up burnin' gane. -
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At room temp, 5psi equals this. At nearly freezing it'll be really cold almost flat beer."On it. I hate software." ~Cpt Snarklepants -
C_B said:FromZwolle said:
At room temp, 5psi equals this. At nearly freezing it'll be really cold almost flat beer.
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I'm not talking about force carbing, priming sugar and pressure regulator, well a crazy tall air lock: 27" of water displacement ~=1psi
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
I'm perry sure the yeast and a half lb or Norther Brewer hops are on my neighbor's front step (I think the postal guy is afraid of my yard).
I guess my neighbor/landlord is afraid of my yard too.... -
I can't wait for this brew day.
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It seem like this beer has been in the planning stages for at least a year...Oh wait it has. This beer may be the greatest hombrew project EVER.
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jlw said:
It seem like this beer has been in the planning stages for at least a year...Oh wait it has. This beer may be the greatest hombrew project EVER.
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Seems like it'll really happen if I get my yeast & hops.
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Where are all of the pictures?The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny
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Sorry, power outage made that difficult. I was brewing by candle light, but don't worry, I didn't use a Yankee Candle, I made myself a Confederate Candle (wife took this pic):
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brewing by candle light only adds to the lore of this thread.
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jlw said:
brewing by candle light only adds to the lore of this thread.
truly. this is going to be considered a historic moment in homebrewing.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Lakewood said:jlw said:
brewing by candle light only adds to the lore of this thread.
truly. this is going to be considered a historic moment in homebrewing.
Yeah .... they are going to talk about it at the ER for years .....Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. -
Dr_Jerryrigger said:
Sorry, power outage made that difficult. I was brewing by candle light, but don't worry, I didn't use a Yankee Candle, I made myself a Confederate Candle (wife took this pic):
it looks like a candle klan meeting...The pinnacle of lame and awesome in one singular moment. -Lake -
So I now have 10 gal of 1.100 wort, and 5gal of 1.150 wort. Next step it to boil it...
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Well poop. The drum I was going to ferment in is bare steel inside. I really should have looked inside of that sooner... It's the right thing for boiling, but worst thing for fermenting. I'm not sure what I should do now. I've got lots of plastic drums, though none are at all clean (and closed top so hard to clean), I could swing by work and pick up a maple syrup drum that is painted on the inside (but also closed top and hard to clean, but more heat resistant).
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But there shouldn't be much o2 inside post boil..... And the yeast will eat what there is fast anyway...
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
Well poop. The drum I was going to ferment in is bare steel inside. I really should have looked inside of that sooner... It's the right thing for boiling, but worst thing for fermenting. I'm not sure what I should do now. I've got lots of plastic drums, though none are at all clean (and closed top so hard to clean), I could swing by work and pick up a maple syrup drum that is painted on the inside (but also closed top and hard to clean, but more heat resistant).
what about one of those big plastic drums that curly posted about a long time ago. Maybe he found them at walmart? At least it would be clean.
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jlw said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
Well poop. The drum I was going to ferment in is bare steel inside. I really should have looked inside of that sooner... It's the right thing for boiling, but worst thing for fermenting. I'm not sure what I should do now. I've got lots of plastic drums, though none are at all clean (and closed top so hard to clean), I could swing by work and pick up a maple syrup drum that is painted on the inside (but also closed top and hard to clean, but more heat resistant).
what about one of those big plastic drums that curly posted about a long time ago. Maybe he found them at walmart? At least it would be clean.
Yeah, I have about 6 of those, but they are nasty and hard to clean. I can't justify buying a thing i have...
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ceannt said:
For primary .... a big plastic trash can or two is fine .... standard equipment back in the 70s
HA!
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So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.The pinnacle of lame and awesome in one singular moment. -Lake -
FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?
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FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?
on my phone.
Fix that.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?
on my phone.
Fix that.
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Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?
on my phone.
Fix that.
I keep trying to, but this site will not let me. I guess I have to upload them to my computer and use photo shop to reduce their size... yeah that might happen, someday, maybe. -
Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?
on my phone.
Fix that.
I keep trying to, but this site will not let me. I guess I have to upload them to my computer and use photo shop to reduce their size... yeah that might happen, someday, maybe.
just email them to me you wuss.
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Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
So I got everything ready to go and realized my turkey frier regular doesn't work. So I might do a lot of inside boils... but the 99% humidity will make that really shitty for live in here.
bonfire.
Do this.
And where are the pictures?
on my phone.
Fix that.
I keep trying to, but this site will not let me. I guess I have to upload them to my computer and use photo shop to reduce their size... yeah that might happen, someday, maybe.
just email them to me you wuss.
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1) I think the was when I first started to sparge the second mash.
2) I made some sushi wile sparging. It's good with PBR.
3) Infection bucket!
4) Boiling
5) What infection looks like when you boil it.
6) boiling more of it.
7) No chill. Rapped the kettle in shrink rap to keep the buggies out over night.
8) My starter and fermenter... and foot
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How the hell am I going to get the beer out of the fermenter? I'll have to do it a few times. I don't want to bottle it all at once. I could scoop it out with 5gal buckets, but my basement is nasty. I don't know if I could pull that off without causing problems. I could set up a siphon, but could I leave that in and still keep the bugs out?
Also, how long should I ferment? A 7Bbl batch in a conical takes about a week and a 5gal home brew takes 3. Should I split the difference, or just err on the side of caution and go with 3?
Longer is fine.
I would probably have stuck a valve on the side.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
How the hell am I going to get the beer out of the fermenter? I'll have to do it a few times. I don't want to bottle it all at once. I could scoop it out with 5gal buckets, but my basement is nasty. I don't know if I could pull that off without causing problems. I could set up a siphon, but could I leave that in and still keep the bugs out?
Also, how long should I ferment? A 7Bbl batch in a conical takes about a week and a 5gal home brew takes 3. Should I split the difference, or just err on the side of caution and go with 3?
Longer is fine.
I would probably have stuck a valve on the side.
Valve in the side was a plan at some point, but I ended up using a drum I hadn't planned on using.... So I'm thinking hole in the side near the top and a siphon tube pressed through it. Valve at the end of those hose, some chewing gum sealing the hole....
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:Lakewood said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
How the hell am I going to get the beer out of the fermenter? I'll have to do it a few times. I don't want to bottle it all at once. I could scoop it out with 5gal buckets, but my basement is nasty. I don't know if I could pull that off without causing problems. I could set up a siphon, but could I leave that in and still keep the bugs out?
Also, how long should I ferment? A 7Bbl batch in a conical takes about a week and a 5gal home brew takes 3. Should I split the difference, or just err on the side of caution and go with 3?
Longer is fine.
I would probably have stuck a valve on the side.
Valve in the side was a plan at some point, but I ended up using a drum I hadn't planned on using.... So I'm thinking hole in the side near the top and a siphon tube pressed through it. Valve at the end of those hose, some chewing gum sealing the hole....
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get ready to bottle 4000 beers.The pinnacle of lame and awesome in one singular moment. -Lake
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just an idea..... run by the junkyard... see if you can get one of them faucets from an RV.... the are a hand pump type deal... so basically a "beer engine"
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and put that stuff in the big PET soda bottles.... red neck growlers....Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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ceannt said:
and put that stuff in the big PET soda bottles.... red neck growlers....
PET? Who was the last redneck you met (not Jerry) that knew what PET meant? For that matter who was the last redneck you met that could spell "pet"?
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C_B said:ceannt said:
and put that stuff in the big PET soda bottles.... red neck growlers....
PET? Who was the last redneck you met (not Jerry) that knew what PET meant? For that matter who was the last redneck you met that could spell "pet"?
odds are they use it all the time... and just don't know what its made out of.... so... they don't have to spell it, just drink mountain dew out of it.... and as one red-neck I know has on his bumper sticker.....
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I'm lost, what happened to the barrel boiling tire fire?
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Benvarine said:
I'm lost, what happened to the barrel boiling tire fire?
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Awesome, we will certainly want photos of that. Might be problems with scorching however, but don't nobody got time to worry about that.
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jlw said:
How did the sample taste at bottling?
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It is lighter than it looks in that pic. It's a light brown/ dark red.
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looks fantastic.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny
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So you went with the soda bottles .... coolNever attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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So you went with the soda bottles .... cool
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:ceannt said:
So you went with the soda bottles .... cool
It was very quick and it's not like I'm bottle aging this. I'm going to pop open the first on right now....
AND?
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Not that bad... It'll be better with some carbonation. I wish it was dryer, but some of that is priming sugar. The sour level is really good, more would be okay but make it leas drinkable, m
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C_B said:
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:C_B said:
If you can stomach drinking it I'd call this whole thing a win.
Total cost about was about $100.
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Now I need to drink it all.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
If I dink nothing but this for 4 or 5 weeks I'm in the black on the olde booze budget
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just show them this thread. they'll understand.
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FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
ThisNever attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. -
FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
Understand that they don't want me on their property ever again.
DuhThe only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Dr_Jerryrigger said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
Understand that they don't want me on their property ever again.
or they'll promote you.The pinnacle of lame and awesome in one singular moment. -Lake -
They would put you in charge of the whole operation .... all that ingenuity and resourcefulness ...Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
Understand that they don't want me on their property ever again.
ceannt said:Then again .... they might just fire your ass
ceannt said:And put out a restraining order
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C_B said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
Understand that they don't want me on their property ever again.
ceannt said:Then again .... they might just fire your ass
ceannt said:And put out a restraining order
Good thing this thread is behind the wall.
ummm.... yeah. pretty sure User Builds is an open area topic.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Lakewood said:C_B said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
Understand that they don't want me on their property ever again.
ceannt said:Then again .... they might just fire your ass
ceannt said:And put out a restraining order
Good thing this thread is behind the wall.
ummm.... yeah. pretty sure User Builds is an open area topic.
D'Oh!
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Ha!The pinnacle of lame and awesome in one singular moment. -Lake
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jlw said:Lakewood said:C_B said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
just show them this thread. they'll understand.
Understand that they don't want me on their property ever again.
ceannt said:Then again .... they might just fire your ass
ceannt said:And put out a restraining order
Good thing this thread is behind the wall.
ummm.... yeah. pretty sure User Builds is an open area topic.
D'Oh!
Yeah .... this....Never attribute to malice, that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.
Redneck 1.5bbl brewery