brewday 14/3/8 MOVIES

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Gurgeh

brewday 14/3/8 MOVIES

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:04 pm

Well some part of me decided to get the movie camera in on a brew. I wouldn't recommend trying this without a mate to help... knackering!

I've recorded the whole process from harvesting some yeast, bottling & kegging, mashing, boiling, cooling, pitching, aerating etc... It's crap camera work and poor lighting but hey...

I invite all criticism of my process, in the hope of making better beer

So here's the first vids - I'll edit this post as more are available, rather than string out along the whole thread...

Preparing to brew - Yeast Harvesting

Keg & Bottle sanitising

Kegging & Bottling

getting the mash on

next up... 'batch sparging'
Last edited by Gurgeh on Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:41 am, edited 1 time in total.
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stevezx7r

Post by stevezx7r » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:15 pm

Nice vids Gurgeh, just a question - Have you ever had any problems with oxidisation? Seeing the way you filled your corni and bottles I would have thought that would be a sure way of introducing O2. :?
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:37 pm

no - no problems :)

the yeast scavenge the O2 pretty much immediately. there's not a lot of splashing going on.
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Post by Garth » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:13 pm

hey great work Gurgeh,

whether it's right or wrong, it's good to see some one take the time to do something like this

btw nice crown capper, looks like a sturdy one, my flimsy placcy one WILL break on the next batch, I just know.
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AT

Post by AT » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:25 pm

stevezx7r wrote:Nice vids Gurgeh, just a question - Have you ever had any problems with oxidisation? Seeing the way you filled your corni and bottles I would have thought that would be a sure way of introducing O2. :?
Exactly what i thought when i looked at the video, i'm so careful not to introduce any o2 when i'm kegging but hey if it works for ya that's good enough for A T :D Great videos by the way :wink:
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:12 pm

With kegging I have previously done the whole fill up with water, purge with co2 and then introduce the beer via the out-post thing... with dried yeasts i can see that that would be worth doing, but as Stonechat will probably agree, this crouch vale yeast is a fierce beast and i havn't noticed any oxidation problems....

HOWEVER...

The point of this video was not to show off but to see what i can do to improve (plus give some noobs some pointers i hope), so i will revert to the above routine and see if that makes a difference.

okay... time to edit the next vid
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:14 pm

Garth wrote:btw nice crown capper, looks like a sturdy one, my flimsy placcy one WILL break on the next batch, I just know.
bizarrely it has taken the neck off two spitfire bottle so far...
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AT

Post by AT » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:25 pm

DaaB wrote:it'll 'ave your arm next :lol:
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Post by Stonechat » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:39 pm

Totally agree with Gurgeh about the viability and hard working nature of this yeast.
Where I would differ is that I do the skimming after just 2 or 3 days, as it's done most of its work by then. After that into a closed FV, just for the beer to ferment by another couple of degrees and for the yeast in suspension to drop to the bottom.
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:24 pm

it's interesting seeing the different stages of the krausen with this yeast. you'll see what i mean after the next two videos, but i'm just popping out with the camera now to show you what stonechat usually harvests...
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:17 am

Looking forward to seeing the vids G :wink:

The Mrs is in bed at the mo so it'll have to wait t'ill the morrow :cry:
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Gurgeh

Post by Gurgeh » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:46 am

mash vid now up
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Post by Stonechat » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:54 am

Excellent videos Gurgeh. Thought the mash one very instructive. Is this the first time anyone has done this on JBKHF?
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stevezx7r

Post by stevezx7r » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:14 am

These vids are getting better! Keep it up!

Like the yard stick method :wink:

I must get me some elastictrickery and pipes, oh, and somewhere to put it all....
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Bryggmester

Post by Bryggmester » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:42 pm

Smashing set up Gurgeh, reminds me of a micro-brewery where I used to help out, but on a smaller scale. My brewing is confined to kitchen/bathroom during the week when swmbo is out at work. Keep up the good work.
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