Food So Has Anyone Brewed Beer Before?

[fly]

Do you guys get your ingredients online?

We have a quality brew supply store but it's 45 minutes away and I'm never out that way otherwise.

And Beersmith software?

I would not recommend online, especially for yeast. For one, Northern Brewer is now owned by Big Beer. And while dry yeasts might be okay, they're boring. All the good shit is liquid yeast, and you want that *very* fresh and kept cool.

And I use https://www.brewersfriend.com. Beersmith is great, but it's software with a UI created by a developer - so its fucking horrible. The newest version might be better (I actually bought it), but I haven't found a need to switch back.

 

[Valve1138]

Everything is all hooked up.

Had to go to Home Depot and piece together parts for a pot filler.

Time to boil some water and see how the burner and hood work.

 

[Valve1138]

Crap.

Forgot a 1/2” stainless coupling for the Therminator output.

Hopefully Home Depot has them.

 

[Valve1138]

@fly @APRIL

Take you whizz to the next level with this thing.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/All-Americ...476347?hash=item3f83e0a17b:g:62gAAOSwnt5anJlc

 

[fly]

@fly @APRIL

Take you whizz to the next level with this thing.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/All-Americ...476347?hash=item3f83e0a17b:g:62gAAOSwnt5anJlc

I've seen that those are all getting cheaper! They used to be SUPER expensive.

 

[Valve1138]

I've seen that those are all getting cheaper! They used to be SUPER expensive.

The catch is that the cheaper ones are hand cranked.

 

[Valve1138]

DO WANT

https://spikebrewing.com/pages/flex

 

[Valve1138]

Measuring the boil off rate here at Heeb Brewing.

 

[Valve1138]

Therminator works great, no leaks on any of the tubing.

And my pump-in-a-bucket drain works great. 5 Gallon bucket Neve got more than 1/3 full when I was trying out the Therminator.

I think there will be some beer brewed tomorrow.

 

[fly]

Therminator works great, no leaks on any of the tubing.

And my pump-in-a-bucket drain works great. 5 Gallon bucket Neve got more than 1/3 full when I was trying out the Therminator.

I think there will be some beer brewed tomorrow.

Well, what beer?

And the Therminator is our best investment ever.

 

[Valve1138]

Well, what beer?

And the Therminator is our best investment ever.

I'm going to run a stout extract kit we have to just go through some of the process. When I fuck something up, it won't be a big deal.

Not sure what I'll do for my first all grain. I have to gap the grain mill properly too.

And yes, the Therminator, fuck ice baths.

Brewers Friend had a discount running so I signed up for the year.

 

[fly]

I'm going to run a stout extract kit we have to just go through some of the process. When I fuck something up, it won't be a big deal.

Not sure what I'll do for my first all grain. I have to gap the grain mill properly too.

And yes, the Therminator, fuck ice baths.

Brewers Friend had a discount running so I signed up for the year.

Sadly, we still have to use an ice bath cause our water comes out of the tap at like 70F. Assuming you have well water, that won't be a problem.

 

[Valve1138]

Sadly, we still have to use an ice bath cause our water comes out of the tap at like 70F. Assuming you have well water, that won't be a problem.

Yep, very happy filtered well water.

I was also thinking, if I needed to, I could use my chipped dutch oven as a cold water tub and park a cold plate in it, if I needed colder tap water.

Aquarium pumps work well too supposedly.

 

[Jehannum]

Yep, very happy filtered well water.

I was also thinking, if I needed to, I could use my chipped dutch oven as a cold water tub and park a cold plate in it, if I needed colder tap water.

Aquarium pumps work well too supposedly.

If your tap water is corrosive enough to blow up copper pipes, you're probably gonna have a bad time with yeast.

 

[Valve1138]

If your tap water is corrosive enough to blow up copper pipes, you're probably gonna have a bad time with yeast.

That's not what happens.

 

[Jehannum]

That's not what happens.

That's not what you said before.

 

[Valve1138]

That's not what you said before.

We never have trouble with yeast.

 

[fly]

Yep, very happy filtered well water.

I was also thinking, if I needed to, I could use my chipped dutch oven as a cold water tub and park a cold plate in it, if I needed colder tap water.

Aquarium pumps work well too supposedly.

We run the water through copper tubing in an insulated ice bath. With a bit of adjustment, it will come out a balmy ~70F.

 

[Valve1138]

We run the water through copper tubing in an insulated ice bath. With a bit of adjustment, it will come out a balmy ~70F.

LOL Florida

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

We run the water through copper tubing in an insulated ice bath. With a bit of adjustment, it will come out a balmy ~70F.

Bout two months back I saw a temp regulated water bath in the school's engineering recycling bin. Would have grabbed it if I had known you could use it.