Discuss making up beer kits - the simplest way to brew.
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graemet
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by graemet » Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:07 pm
I had a quick brew day today. Since the carpet in here is coming up in a couple of weeks, i'm tempting fate and not bothering with putting my FV in something.
I've knocked up a batch of coopers stout which i expect to make a mess, and a couple of demijohns with different attempts at turbo cider for SWMBO.
it's the last chance I'll get at brewing before I move house in April i think. Good news is, i get a brew room in the new place
Fermenting: Russian Imperial Stout experiment, Raspberry turbo cider, Wilko Rose wine, Plum wine
Keg1: Coopers Euro Lager
Keg2: Empty :(
Keg3: Empty :(
Keg4: Empty :(
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by Geezah » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:28 pm
I'm sure the SWMBO will still be pissed at you when the stout spews.
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by graemet » Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:48 pm
nah, i'm safe in that regard. this is my place, we're moving in together. she didnt complain about the oil on the hall carpet from tinkering with a scooter, so a little stout on the carpet won't matter much
i just hope the same rules apply in my "mancave" when i move.
Fermenting: Russian Imperial Stout experiment, Raspberry turbo cider, Wilko Rose wine, Plum wine
Keg1: Coopers Euro Lager
Keg2: Empty :(
Keg3: Empty :(
Keg4: Empty :(
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by Geezah » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:01 pm
Check out the cooking posts in the forum and get some practice in to win her over with beer = good food
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by graemet » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:53 pm
well, she already loves steak in ale, and prefers it with homebrew over shop bought ale, so that's a bonus. I will definitely be doing more cooking with beer or cider when i move. the things i rarely use are already boxed, and i'm not unpacking to repack. not quite at takeaway and ready meals stage yet but getting to that point if i dont stop packing things. i had to brew today so i had an excuse to not pack the brewing stuff
Fermenting: Russian Imperial Stout experiment, Raspberry turbo cider, Wilko Rose wine, Plum wine
Keg1: Coopers Euro Lager
Keg2: Empty :(
Keg3: Empty :(
Keg4: Empty :(
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by millemg » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:23 pm
The stout doesn't actualy spew, it's a myth
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by graemet » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:35 pm
well, if SWMBO complains, it's your fault now millemg
"but he told me it wouldnt actually make a mess"
Fermenting: Russian Imperial Stout experiment, Raspberry turbo cider, Wilko Rose wine, Plum wine
Keg1: Coopers Euro Lager
Keg2: Empty :(
Keg3: Empty :(
Keg4: Empty :(
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by Geezah » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:55 pm
millemg wrote:The stout doesn't actualy spew, it's a myth
Aye
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by Pinto » Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:59 pm
Only ever had that happen once to me, it was a brewferm tripel that I tried to get smart with and brew 9l in a 10l fermenter (...yeah, 1l of headspace will be
fine.... 
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Primary 1: Nonthing
Primary 2 : Nothing
Primary 3 : None
Secondary 1 : Empty
Secondary 1 : None
DJ(1) : Nowt
DJ(2) : N'otin....
In the Keg : Nada
Conditioning : Nowt
In the bottle : Cinnamonator TC, Apple Boost Cider, Apple & Strawberry Cider
Planning : AG #5 - Galaxy Pale (re-brew) / #6 - Alco-Brau (Special Brew Clone) / #7 Something belgian...
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by graemet » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:22 am
the krausen is almost to the lid. and i short brewed it to just under 20l. i think i may just move it into a bucket like the pic above...
no sign of life from either cider yet though.
Fermenting: Russian Imperial Stout experiment, Raspberry turbo cider, Wilko Rose wine, Plum wine
Keg1: Coopers Euro Lager
Keg2: Empty :(
Keg3: Empty :(
Keg4: Empty :(
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by Geezah » Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:20 pm
Pinto wrote:Only ever had that happen once to me, it was a brewferm tripel that I tried to get smart with and brew 9l in a 10l fermenter (...yeah, 1l of headspace will be
fine.... )
He he
I have a Grand Cru 9l in a 25l fermenter that I started yesterday. The krausen is already up to the 15l mark
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by graemet » Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:56 pm
it's spewing. not badly but it is spewing. it's in a bucket now, so it's safe, but meh. maybe i should leave my mark on this house before i leave
Fermenting: Russian Imperial Stout experiment, Raspberry turbo cider, Wilko Rose wine, Plum wine
Keg1: Coopers Euro Lager
Keg2: Empty :(
Keg3: Empty :(
Keg4: Empty :(
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by millemg » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:28 pm
Geezah wrote:
Aye
Ive done several, never done that
And always turn out good.
You must be doing it wrong somewhere
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by Geezah » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:47 pm
All my Coopers stouts, brewed short to 20l & made with 1kilo DME and 100g brown sugar end up something like that.
Always tase superb too, I guess you cant really make a Coopers go wrong.
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by millemg » Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:57 pm
Geezah wrote:All my Coopers stouts, brewed short to 20l & made with 1kilo DME and 100g brown sugar end up something like that.
Always tase superb too, I guess you cant really make a Coopers go wrong.
I do the same, but dont get the spew
