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Tickdoc
09-13-2015, 11:25 AM
Finally had a break in the heat, and I've been waiting a few weeks now to brew.

Mashing now, 10 gals of Citra pale ale:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Handgod/733BC653-0AF7-472D-88D5-000417C3CC68_zps3kwsvxmf.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/Handgod/B041133A-AC49-430B-BD2C-A7CAAE5D120F_zpsx7rgkb7f.jpg

Many home brewers here?
oliver1850
09-13-2015, 12:21 PM
Been a while since I brewed any, and I just used extract. I found it a little easier to justify the time involved before the proliferation of craft breweries around the country. Now there's not time to try everything that's available - but I keep trying.
Geeheeb
09-13-2015, 12:40 PM
Haven't brewed since I went back to school, but I was really into brewing "quick sour" beers like an all brett berliner weisse (sour the wort with some grain, then boil again, ferment with brett and hop lightly). I used mash-in-a-bag right in my 9 gallon brew kettle. Also did no-chill right into a stainless conical fermenter. This was about as low maintenance for all grain as it got.
Tickdoc
09-13-2015, 12:55 PM
Haven't brewed since I went back to school, but I was really into brewing "quick sour" beers like an all brett berliner weisse (sour the wort with some grain, then boil again, ferment with brett and hop lightly). I used mash-in-a-bag right in my 9 gallon brew kettle. Also did no-chill right into a stainless conical fermenter. This was about as low maintenance for all grain as it got.

I'm a "teabagger" and all grain only guy. Mainly pale ales, and mostly just a variation on an old family recipe.

This is my first Citra batch. I've used it for dry hopping before, but not in the wort.

I know it takes a long time, but I like the effort involved and the time to bottle ferment.

As long as it tastes good, no matter the method.
Tony T
09-13-2015, 02:30 PM
Looks like the pool at Walter White's old house :)
Jake January
09-13-2015, 02:57 PM
Looks like a great brew in the works.
Back when my bible was Charlie Papazian's book "Joy of home brewing" I followed his recipe for oatmeal stout, I still think of it as one of the best ales I've ever had.
Here in Thailand I've tried brewing mead with mixed results.
rwsaunders
09-13-2015, 03:58 PM
Is that Granny Clampett's still out by the cement pond?
Tickdoc
09-13-2015, 04:01 PM
Is that Granny Clampett's still out by the cement pond?

Absolutely. And to make matters worse, bugtussle is only about an hour away from me:eek:
Lewis Moon
09-13-2015, 04:59 PM
Absolutely. And to make matters worse, bugtussle is only about an hour away from me:eek:

Wow, I thought that was a mythological place...Wiki sez different.
moose8
09-13-2015, 05:57 PM
Brewing is my real passion. Here's my setup.
Tickdoc
09-13-2015, 06:12 PM
Brewing is my real passion. Here's my setup.

Oh my that's a nice setup.

For me it is a link to my ancestors who brewed their way through he depression and prohibition. I'm not a huge drinker, but I find extreme sarisfaction drinking something I brewed, and even more when I get to share it with friends.

I doubt i will progress on to a counter flow chiller, or a pumped setup like that, or even kegging....but who knows.

Would love to get together and share a brew some day.
Geeheeb
09-13-2015, 10:07 PM
kegging is the time saver to beat all time savers
sashae
09-13-2015, 10:42 PM
Brewed my first all-grain batch a couple months back after doing several extract brews, came out great... my efficiency was bad, but I'm fairly sure I understand why. Planning a brew for this coming weekend, can't wait!
Geeheeb
09-13-2015, 11:32 PM
i use beersmith. its great great software. i got it on sale when he first released a linux version, and i see that it goes on sale from time to time. highly recommended for all grain brewing.
Geeheeb
09-14-2015, 10:59 AM
I am totally down to try olive oil instead of aeration next brew:

http://beersmith.com/blog/2015/09/14/olive-oil-instead-of-aeration-for-beer-brewing/
Tin Turtle
09-14-2015, 04:06 PM
I run a 29 gallon system in Beijing. Electric RIMS with a jacketed conical. Getting supplies has become much easier since when I started back in 2012.

http://www.tinturtle.com/images/gallery2/conical2.jpg

http://www.tinturtle.com/image.axd?picture=2013%2f5%2fhlt_1.jpg

It runs through an automation controller and either my iPad or laptop.

http://www.tinturtle.com/image.axd?picture=2013%2f5%2fBCSController_1.jpg

http://www.tinturtle.com/image.axd?picture=2015%2f9%2fSetuponTable.jpg