The Complete Bliss of Homebrewing

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Looks good LC, can't wait to see the pics

[LC stogiechat homebrew gnome]

ask and ye shall recieve my friend!

This was a really enjoyable brew to make.  In fact, here we are about 14 hours after I set the batch, and the activity is unbeliveable.  This is the first time I have put a batch in the glass carboy for primary, and I am loving all the activity, the krausen in beautiful, thick, and the beer below is dancing all over the place, it's really amazing. 

One thing that was frustrating, I forgot to get C-Brite sanitizer whan I was at the store, and didn't realize I was out here at home.  So, I used bleach, and just made a point to use a decently weak solution, and rinse out afterwards. 

 

 

 was very glad to find this, though I was looking for Arrogant Bastard.  i will review at a later time, but VERY good beer.

 

the set up.  NO, I don't use all the corn sugar in the batch, but just wanted to have enough to go around since I needed some in the batch, and some for priming this and the next batch.



 ahhh, the grain, this was a lot of grain for me, this sock is bigger than I think it looks, and it was great using that much, and yes, i am having dreams of false bottoms, how did you know?

 



  This was my first time doing any straining.  Went pretty well, had a lot of stuff from the almost 3 oz of hop pellets that went in there.

 

 OK, so these two I took after an hour of setting the batch here.  No, it is not as dark as it looks, but it does look wonderful.



 

Now these next two are this morning, only 14 hours after pitching, I wish I could load up video, hmmm, maybe I can.

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Look great LC,  I just love to see those grains!!!!!!!

[Irishcelt]

Looks good LC.

[LC stogiechat homebrew gnome]

I took some video of the activity, but it doesn't really come out very well, not a well lit area.

The foam is starting to get up there, I think I may need to actually put a hose on that puppy tonight, it's getting pretty active.

[LC stogiechat homebrew gnome]

Look great LC,  I just love to see those grains!!!!!!!

now these tasted REALLY good!  I'm not real keen on chewing the husks, but the grains themselves were extremely sweet, twas a pity to toss them out. 

[Bungalowbill]

well done, lc! and as always, great pics! looks like the yeasties are being well taken care of.

[LC stogiechat homebrew gnome]

well done, lc! and as always, great pics! looks like the yeasties are being well taken care of.

finally got the temp up to where it should be in that room, and almost a little too high.  Took a reading yesterday evening- 74 F.  this morning it was down to just under 71, so I put a towel in the dryer for a minute and wrapped it around the carboy, just to make things cozy.  the krausen is starting to settle today, after getting pretty high up there last night.   Definitely a pale ale, even the color in the carboy is very different.

I initially took a temp reading in the room I keep the bottles, carboy etc, and it had been down to 65 F, and I was a bit concerned w/ this, and kinda wondered if it was a OR the culprit in the uncarbonated beer scandels of recent.  After just a few days of having the temp a bit higher, I did notice some more carbonation in a Brown ale bottle I opened this morning (no, I didn't drink it, but one way or the other, I need to make room for this batch that's coming out).

so, hoping to bottle this on Sunday, as well as set the batch of the Strong Brown again.  I am somewhat disapointed that I am using a nuetral tasteing yeast on the Brown ale, but  ithink I will be happy with the outcome regardless. 

i am also realizing I didn't make sure there was 5 gallons of Wort when I set the batch for the Brown ale before, just had 2 gallons in the boil and 3 in the fermentor, didn't make up for anything that dissolved during the 60+minute boil, so I think that was a bit of a mistake a well.        

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Make sure you take notes on the things you do with each brew so you can look back to any mistakes you may have over looked.

[LC stogiechat homebrew gnome]

Make sure you take notes on the things you do with each brew so you can look back to any mistakes you may have over looked.

I figure I'll buy a binder and then just print out this thread.