indica
Serial flasher
But we only buy twice a year, makes it worth it.
Home Brew
- Thread starter LEX
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How many is the split with?
indica
Serial flasher
Around 10 give or take.
scblack
Leucocholic
Have a look at www.liquorcraft.com.au as I just got a reminder email about free shipping until March 30th.
indica
Serial flasher
Sure can. Just a touch lighter than an ale.
Just bought a little bar fridge, can squeeze the fermenter in so all good.
Looking at buying a temp controller, but the LBS one is 75 dollars and that's more than the fridge.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/240V-DIG...071087?hash=item51e360026f:g:5EsAAOSw5L9XDjoY
This would work but means I would have to wire it up. Not hard but still kind of dodgy.
Thoughts?
Looking at buying a temp controller, but the LBS one is 75 dollars and that's more than the fridge.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/240V-DIG...071087?hash=item51e360026f:g:5EsAAOSw5L9XDjoY
This would work but means I would have to wire it up. Not hard but still kind of dodgy.
Thoughts?
Finally after a bit of Gumtree fuck arounds and driving around late at night, I have the fridge on the boil.
Very excited to try this beer when it's done. Lots of galaxy and moteuka, should turn out alright.
I am amazed how handy milk crates are in brewing. They are the new ziptie. I chopped that one down to make it flat with the compressor hump. Love it.
Anyway, watched a video on YouTube from craigtube where he talks about pitching your new brew straight into the fermenter with yeast cake, directly after bottling the last batch.
Will be trying next week so excited to see how that goes. Will save lots of time, And a little money.
What has everyone been up to?
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scblack
Leucocholic
Great idea, my brew fridge has a weighed down wire shelf at the bottom struggling with my fermenter - chopping a milk crate might be a great way to stabilize it. Cool!
Hmmm, an interesting idea, please let us know how it goes. Yes, a small cost saving but some excellent time benefits.
And to confirm - does that mean NOT pitching with any yeast at all?
Re Milk Crate- If you need to chop it to correct height the strength is going to be compromised. So when you take the thick lip off the top keep it and zip tie it on again getting the right height and also adding strength back. Even with it being cut down the middle and height reduced it is super strong and the 25ish Kg of a brew doesn't worry it. I can get extra photos at another time.
Re Yeast savings-Yes, no extra yeast. simply retain yeast cake and pour your wort straight in. It has other benefits so I have read: Yeast health, fermentation kicks off with full pace very rapidly. Providing you are doing a similar beer I can't really see what could go wrong. Saves mucking around with rinsing yeast.
Will keep posted.
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Quick update on the wort-on-yeast cake experiment.
There is a lot of yeast cake now, probably 4cm from memory. That's after one day as well. Not really a big deal though, first taste I had I though it was infected because of the incredible of funk of all that yeast in my sample. I then binned a glass full until it was a little clearer and took another sample, a lot less funk so I don't think it has spoiled. Fingers crossed.
Anyway it's my first attempt at an IPA but I don't thin the IBU's got there. Put it into the IBU calculator with about 65 IBU's and yet it wasn't very bitter, upsetting. Should be a cracker regardless, was a bit of a brew to clear up the freezer, Ella, Amarillo and Cascade.
There is a lot of yeast cake now, probably 4cm from memory. That's after one day as well. Not really a big deal though, first taste I had I though it was infected because of the incredible of funk of all that yeast in my sample. I then binned a glass full until it was a little clearer and took another sample, a lot less funk so I don't think it has spoiled. Fingers crossed.
Anyway it's my first attempt at an IPA but I don't thin the IBU's got there. Put it into the IBU calculator with about 65 IBU's and yet it wasn't very bitter, upsetting. Should be a cracker regardless, was a bit of a brew to clear up the freezer, Ella, Amarillo and Cascade.
indica
Serial flasher
I am lazy.
First brew with a yeast I generally brew something light on the hops and low gravity.
Bottle the beer.
Save a few 1/3 full bottles of the shit at the bottom of the FV for the next brew.
Make brew, pitch slurry....
I used that shit lazy method and have had 10 brews from 1 pack of WYeast Biere De Gardw without loss of quality.
I attempted to do that last brew with US-05. End of the brew loaded up a very well cleaned longie of yeast cake. Sat uin a cool place for a few weeks.
I remembered about it and attempted to pitch, cracked the bottle open and it spewed its guts all through my kitchen, reaching the roof with serious oompf.
The beer I stole the yeast cake from had been sitting for a month as well so it had definitely finished.
Maybe I will have another go.
That's two brews worth of savings with yours.
scblack
Leucocholic
indica
Serial flasher
In the fridge
Sad day.
My first infection has occurred and it has really bummed me. Not going to let it beat me though. Hurts to throw 23 litres of beer out on the lawn but I suppose it's part of the process of learning to be a better brewer.
Anyway, scrubbed fermenter with a soft cloth with dish washing liquid. Then filled it entirely with a strong mix of napi-san soaked for over two hours. Then soaked and shook up with bleach solution. just before I brewed I threw a pot of boiling water in and then did the regular filling of Iodine sanitising solution. Hopefully that was enough to get it sorted.
I've decided to go back to basics for this brew in case there are still pathogens hidden in the plastic. Not too basic though coopers Pale Ale can with Ella hops and Pilsen malt.
If there is a higher being, please control your creatures on earth and only let US-05 populate my fermenter.
My first infection has occurred and it has really bummed me. Not going to let it beat me though. Hurts to throw 23 litres of beer out on the lawn but I suppose it's part of the process of learning to be a better brewer.
Anyway, scrubbed fermenter with a soft cloth with dish washing liquid. Then filled it entirely with a strong mix of napi-san soaked for over two hours. Then soaked and shook up with bleach solution. just before I brewed I threw a pot of boiling water in and then did the regular filling of Iodine sanitising solution. Hopefully that was enough to get it sorted.
I've decided to go back to basics for this brew in case there are still pathogens hidden in the plastic. Not too basic though coopers Pale Ale can with Ella hops and Pilsen malt.
If there is a higher being, please control your creatures on earth and only let US-05 populate my fermenter.
indica
Serial flasher
I had a bad run once and dumped a full FV in the bin and two boxes of full bottles.
I almost gave up.