So we have all committed to pay! Great!
Jacob has just sent me a PM about should he do a double brew?
Assuming all 8 of us can brew 20 or so litres then a spare from Jacob will not go amiss.
Is any one NOT intending to brew?
Please update this accordingly:
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob going to brew 40L anyway, can 'donate' it all to our barrell project or keep & bottle 20L at home :)
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob going to brew 40L anyway, can 'donate' it all to our barrell project or keep & bottle 20L at home :)
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob ---- EDIT ---- changed my mind :/ if there wont be a need will brew 23L
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
Once this is in the fermenter I have a Brown Porter to brew also a Rauch bier so no problem with a bit of a late top up! More important is to taste the brews before they go into cask!!
However given our huge skill base in the NCB no need to worry on that score!
I'm going to collect second runnings and brew american stout.
Just because of that would prefer to brew 23l.
When do we need to have brewed by? Rather than asking when we might brew, we should have a planned date to be ready for. That would be the kick up the @rse I would need.
Guys Listen to this - some great tips on brewing our stout
http://www.keane-family.com/Russian%20Imperial%20Stout%20-%20The%20Jamil%20S.mp3
Cant leave it there very long - so download it !
Quote from: Jacob on April 24, 2013, 10:31:07 AM
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob ---- EDIT ---- changed my mind :/ if there wont be a need will brew 23L
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
As Ciderhead has just informed us maybe Jacob would now do a bigger brew!
@Every else one please commit to a volume and date!
Quote from: Will_D on April 24, 2013, 09:06:51 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 24, 2013, 10:31:07 AM
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob ---- EDIT ---- changed my mind :/ if there wont be a need will brew 23L
04. Nigel 23L . Brewing on Sunday :)
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
As Ciderhead has just informed us maybe Jacob would now do a bigger brew!
@Every else one please commit to a volume and date!
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob ---- EDIT ---- changed my mind :/ if there wont be a need will brew 23L
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua 22 L weekend or early next week
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob 27L (Sunday)
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua 22 L weekend or early next week
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob 27L (Sunday)
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua 22 L weekend or early next week
06. BrianC 22L Ordered grain today. Will brew Sun week 5th May.
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9 22 L : Maybe Sunday ?
03. Jacob 27L (Sunday)
04. Nigel
05. Cahalbrua 22 L weekend or early next week
06. BrianC 22L Ordered grain today. Will brew Sun week 5th May.
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
01. Will_D: 22.5 L: Would like to brewing Friday or may be or early next week
02. Partridge9 22 L : Maybe Sunday ?
03. Jacob 27L (Sunday)
04. Nigel 23L . Just milled the grains. Brewing on Sunday.
05. Cahalbrua 22 L weekend or early next week
06. BrianC 22L Ordered grain today. Will brew Sun week 5th May.
07. Ratsathome 23 L. Will be brewing on Saturday
08. ColMack
@ Brian C
If you'd like to get brewing this weekend,I could loan ya the grains and yeast till ya get your delivery,
And we'd all be brewing within 3 days of each other.
Pm'ed colmack to see how he's fixed
@ Cahalbrua
Thanks for the offer Cahal but I won't get a chance this weekend as I am working.
I will do my best to brew next Tue or Wed evening instead.
This will keep them closer together.
Just got the Mash on - ..
Bring it on baby !
If you need yeast (WLP001) let me know
Heating strike water...
Mash is almost done
- as black as coal - black as the darkest night !
Great to hear that guys!
For me Moday is MAsh day!!
As someoneone on another forum mentioned "What are we going to call our cask".
Any ideas?
What was that book set in the middles ages were they used to brew a magical dark bok weissen and mature it in a massive bottemless cask placed over the grave of an Irish hero?
Mash is on. Looks great. Smells yum.
Well - just finished up ...
smells lovely -
ended up with 24l (probably lose 1-2 of trub)
but am 100% good for 22l.
My efficency was poor - ended up with 1082 rather than 1090 (63% rather than 68%)
so my beer will be abnout 8%
Quote from: Partridge9 on April 28, 2013, 01:16:39 PM
Well - just finished up ...
smells lovely -
ended up with 24l (probably lose 1-2 of trub)
but am 100% good for 22l.
My efficency was poor - ended up with 1082 rather than 1090 (63% rather than 68%)
so my beer will be abnout 8%
Those of us still to brew should lower are efficiency. Jacob has already mentioned he's usually a few point short.
I'm going to set my efficiency at around 63 better slightly over than under.
Jacob and nigel can you let us know how you got on efficiency wise.
+1 -
Set your efficiency to 63% is a good call - if you get it stronger - it will help
You might have to add a little brewing sugar if your mashtun is overloaded - 400g is ok
I should have done that to be honest.
Was expecting to get lower but not as low. Had to add 0.75kg of muscavado sugar to 'pimp' it back to 1.089.
24L into the bucket. Efficacy was a bit low as well so I added the last 500g of dme from the 3Kg bag i got to bring it up to 1.088. If i had hit my 23L mark i reckon it would have been bang on.
Got my mash on,max'ed out my 33 litre mash tun with 9kg grain.i'm going to mash for 1 and a half hours to help efficiency.I've never added sugar to bring up the OG,do ya just check the gravity after boil and keep ajusting.
Quote from: cahalbrua on April 28, 2013, 05:09:06 PM
do ya just check the gravity after boil and keep ajusting.
Yes
I've got a feeling this is gonna be a messy one. Blow off tube sterilized and waiting just in case.
Did anyone check pre-boil gravity and also what was your estimated pre-boil gravity if your software give it.
Beersmith gave me an est pre-boil of 1.072 and i measured 76 and thats with out adding any sugar.
not boiling til tomorrow but looks like i might be over 1.089
Preboil gravity should be around 1.083 ...
Took a reading of my yeast from the previous batch - its attenuation is about 78%
its bubbling like crazy already (and I am keeping it at 18C) - started bubbling about 3 hours after pitching.
So.. that basically means my TG will be 1018 rather than 1025 - so it gives me 7 points on the other side.
Im at 8.6% now if everything holds true
- but I am paying with a little less body on the beer.
Brewed mine yesterday too. Talk about pressure!
I has affected by low efficiency so hit 1.084. Thought about adding some sugar but didn't in the end.
Should end up with 23L at 8%.
Is there any point adding the sugar into secondary?
I think you have missed the boat on that sugar addition - but I think your fine
- there are 8 brews - if the average is 8.6 rather than 9 - I don't think it makes much difference (IMO)
Also got OG:1.085 with a very slow boil evaporation rate. :(
So this is what I brewed:
So at present I intend to follow the original recipe:
Ingredients:
2500 g Pale Ale Malt
3000 g Light Liquid Malt Extract
1000 g Wheat Malt
500 g Chocolate Malt
500 g Crystal
500 g Roast Barley
500 g Barley Flaked
60 g Magnum (??%) - Upped a bit as mine was not fresh! added during boil, boiled 60 min
200 ml thick trub from IPA
Mashed @ 68C for 90 mins
60 Min Boil, Cooled Pitched at 22C will drop dow to 18 to 22 after 24 hours
Got 24 Litres at 1090 :) :) :)
Tastes brilliant!
So this is what we have so far:
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L :
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ :
06. BrianC 22 L : @ : Next Sunday
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
Now to run some stats:
Based on the 5 that I have vol/OG for we have
116L of wort at 1.0859 Abv: 8.6 % assuming we drop 65 points
Assuming we get the other 71L then we have brewed 187 L or 41.1 gallons
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L : @ 1089 : 28/04
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ :
06. BrianC 22 L : @ : Next Sunday
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
So we may need another brew? To fill and top up barrell.
Chri*st on a bike - my one is going mental -
blow off tube fitted and its doing a lot of blowing off !
Quote from: Partridge9 on April 29, 2013, 09:06:27 PM
Chri*st on a bike - my one is going mental -
blow off tube fitted and its doing a lot of blowing off !
I can hear mine fermenting upstairs :)
mmm dont have a blow off so looks like mine will be going in to the press till it kicks off then out to the shed before it gets messy :P
Got a chance to brew today just finished and pitched the yeast.
I have 22L and SG of 1096.
Is this to high.
Will it be ok or Should add water.
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L : @ 1089 : 28/04
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ :
06. BrianC 22 L : @ 1096 : 29/04
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
Don't add any water. What temp was the sample in your hydrometer. Temp will change your results so you may be bang on just not recording sample at the right temp.
I tested it after boil and it was 1090 and after cooling at 20 degrees it was 1096.
Keep it as it is. It will blend nicely with other batches.
Which yeast you've used and what quantity?
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I used 2 packs of US-05
Good stuff. Should help us get back up to the OG we wanted.
Bubbling away
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1096 :o
Outrageous !
Well done - your fermentation will be crazy 1
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L : @ 1089 : 28/04
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ 1090 : 29/04 (with no added sugar)
06. BrianC 22 L : @ 1096 : 29/04
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
187 total. Were short.
187 /4.55 = 41.1 Gallons
Assuming we allow say 1 liter of trub? ( remember in secondary we need the yeasties to do there thing then we may be a litre or two short!
Recommendations:
1. Top up with plain boiled water
2. Top up with a sterile DME wort
3. Top up with our next brews ( I am brewing a brown porter )
4. Buy a few cans of G/B/M and bung them in
I think that once full we will loose little to evaporationion
But at least we have all brewed - Yet another first for the NCBers
Casks are looking great - gentle turning and rolling to keep them wet!
Option #3 looks best. Would really prefer to use proper home brew.
Quote from: Jacob on April 30, 2013, 09:09:07 PM
Option #3 looks best. Would really prefer to use proper home brew.
I agree with Jacob, Proper home brew would be my prefered option.
How much are we short?
Quote from: ColMack on May 01, 2013, 09:30:13 AM
Quote from: Jacob on April 30, 2013, 09:09:07 PM
Option #3 looks best. Would really prefer to use proper home brew.
I agree with Jacob, Proper home brew would be my prefered option.
How much are we short?
Maybe 5 or 10 litres.
Its difficult to say exactly as we have to factor in trub loss when we move from Primary to Secondary to Cask and also the exact size of the cask! I think we fill on the day, if someone can have a few gallons or spare as back then I don't think there will be a problem.
Also as soon as we fill it it will start to ferment a bit more as the oxygen addition caused by the racking will give the yeasts a boost - so it could probably be topped up the next day or so.
This is the beauty of doing Big brews they are more resistant to change than small brews.
Is it a standard US bourbon barrel? 190-200L? I've just been doing some googling.
If we have 187 and each of us loses 1-2L in trub/miscalculations etc. we might end up with about 175ish.
Do we need a volunteer to do another 20L to be safe?
Yes you do and also to top up over 6-12 months
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As I mentioned earlier I am doing a Brown Porter next.
That would be available.
I am out of Stout specialities at the moment.
At worst on the day we could just knock up a kit.
I like the idea of keeping a gentle sloooow fermentation going for at least the first 3 or 4 months
Any ideas - anyone wnats to become number 9 in the project?
Lads, any of ye brew with a 32L mash tun? Any trouble with it or is it ok? Partridge Im using your old set up...Im half thinking of just mashing twice.
I used the 33L mash tun from HBC maxed it out with 9kg grain bill, and it did the job.
Ill give it a go so. Cheers.
Quote from: JoeyD on May 02, 2013, 11:34:23 AM
Ill give it a go so. Cheers.
So Joey are you joing the group cask brew project?
Hope so!!
I'm actually on the capital brewers barrel Will. Just sniping information from you guys ;)
Quote from: JoeyD on May 02, 2013, 02:27:02 PM
I'm actually on the capital brewers barrel Will. Just sniping information from you guys ;)
Well at least ye inner city ragamuffins know where to come for great FREE info!!!
More than welcome to help tho'
Joey we are all following the Northside Barrel virgins like flies around a big pile of .... ;D
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L : @ 1089 : 28/04
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ 1090 : 29/04 (with no added sugar)
06. BrianC 22 L : @ 1096 : 29/04
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04 maybe 27L depending on gunk at the bottom
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
Hi lads,
I'm back from holidays which was the reason I didn't commit to the brew in the first place. But if you're short beer I was planning a brew this weekend... What do you reckon? Won't have all the ingredients to hand though....
Colm
Good Man Colm!
I say go for it. If you can brew something in the ball park, that would be great.
I have a few bits left over that I could donate to the cause.
What you really need to hand I think is some DME to help make sure you increase the OG.
Tell us what you're short of and maybe we could all chip in?
Have a fair amount of toasted , crystal and choc malt if your short.
What grains are you short colm.
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OK... So if I take the recipe from Jacob's original post I've everything except flaked barley and roasted barley. What colour crystal did you all use (I've loads btw)?
Can anyone help me out on the flaked and roast barley so that I can brew tomorrow? ;D
Did everyone do a single 60 min magnum addition?
You can use any crystal you want. We don't care about color :)
I can give you some flaked and roasted barley if you want.
Brilliant! Can I collect it off you tomorrow? Can you PM your address please? Thanks again Jacob!!!
PM sent.
For future reference toy can pick up flaked barley in most health food shops. The likes of holland and Barrett do it and if you time it right they do specials. I picked up 500g of flaked rye of about €1.40 and got another 500g for 1c. Worth a look.
+1
Got mine in the health shop in Pavillions.
So after 5 days of vigorous fermentation at 22 C gravity is now at 1.030
So its dropped 60 points so is now at 7.9% abv :)
Will give it a few more days then rack into secondary.
What would be the ideal secondary temperature?
Mine is still fermenting like crazy so will keep it in primary for another week.
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What temperatures are you using? You replied as I edited my post!!
For most of time it was at 18C. Now thermometer is showing 20c.
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Mine is fermenting at 17C - still hammering away ..
Might let if drift up to 19C soon.
Brewed today. Took my time and have just finished cleaning up now (I made quite a mess....). Didn't get the massive gravities most you guys did. Probably could have boiled for longer but I wanted to get 23L into the fermenter. Everything went well :)
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L : @ 1089 : 28/04
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ 1090 : 29/04 (with no added sugar)
06. BrianC 22 L : @ 1096 : 29/04
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04 maybe 27L depending on gunk at the bottom
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
09. ColmR 23L : @ 1082 : 04/05
Well done to all of us!
Here's the stats:
We have 210 litres in primary at an average of 1.086
We should only loose a litre if we are careful going into secondary and less than that going into the cask.
If we drop 65 points then we should be about 8.6% Spot on I'd say
How's everyone's brew looking? Mine is starting to slow down now. Probably going to transfer to 2nd in a day or so. It took off like a rocket. Rather impressive.
My beer I still in the early days of vigorous fermentation. Even though the room it's in is cool the temp of the beer went up to nearly 24c by itself. I've got it sitting in cool water now with a wet towel around it. So it's back under control. I've not brewed a beer this big before. It really is something else.
My is only calming down now - as in - blowoff no longer required. There is still about 3 inches of yeast on top.
I will dial it up to 19 now.
I was keeping it at 17 using a freezer.
Im new to these high gravity beers.
Just transferred into 2nd.
Gravity is down to 1.022 and tastes unbelievable. Its gonna be hard handing it over for 6 months :(
Quote from: nigel_c on May 07, 2013, 06:50:44 PM
Just transferred into 2nd.
Gravity is down to 1.022 and tastes unbelievable. Its gonna be hard handing it over for 6 months :(
Just imagine it twice as good as now :)
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Mine slowed right down today. Still fermenting though and still a raised airlock. But do you reckon that after three days that's sooner than ideal? I've not brewed a high gravity beer like this before. I'm wondering if it was too warm at the start and fermented too quickly? Any thoughts? I'm certainly not worried or even tempted to take a sample. Just wondering...
Racked mine to secondary today.Down from 1.085 to 1.018
So most are heading into secondary so when will be be thinking of actually moving to the barrell?
Towards the end of the month would be a nice amount of time in 2nd I reckon.
We can talk about it more on Tuesday so get thinking.
Just checked mine Down to 1026 from 1090 So a few more days in primary.
Took out a Lucozade bottle to firm up and taste at next meet!
I took a sample when in transferred but I didn't want to share it. So far its really good.
Racked into secondary today gravity 1032 from 1096 and at 18 degrees.
looks very good black as coal, smells and tastes good.
20L in secondary.
Transferred into secondary. 25L left :/ Gravity from 1.089 to 1.022. ABV ~9.08%
stuck fermentation at 43,still in primary whats my best option. if time was on my side i'd just leave it but its not.
are your temperatures right?
Quote from: cahalbrua on May 12, 2013, 01:58:43 PM
stuck fermentation at 43,still in primary whats my best option. if time was on my side i'd just leave it but its not.
Gently stir & warm it up to 22C. If that wont help, add more yeast.
Quote from: Ciderhead on May 12, 2013, 02:15:08 PM
are your temperatures right?
Yeah 18 to start and 20 when the bubbles slowed right down
Gently stir & warm it up to 22C. If that wont help, add more yeast.
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OK,
What about gently stiring up some of the yeast at the bottom.
That's exactly what I meant.
Sent from my engineering tricorder.
Your yeast on the bottom may be shot or one of Wills "Super Mutants" 7 legs, 4 arms etc :o, best to start with fresh packet.
Did you use 2 USO5 to start with?
Any sign of life?
Ok I messed up with my refractometer reading.it was my first time using it. I knew their was calculators to tell SG from brix but as my refractometer gives a SG reading I thought their didn't need to be any other adjustment. So that's where I got 1.043.
Anyway hydrometer reading SG 1.090 and FG 1.016 beersmith gives me 9.8 abv
Beersmith refractometer calculator using hydrometer SG and refractometer FG gives me a FG 1.014
and 10.14 abv
Will have a sample of it with me tomorrow
Uufffff. Glad to hear that!
Jeasus -lads your flying - I'll put mine into secondary tomorrow - expecting good performance from the yeast as I used a shit load.
Mine down to 1.020 a few days ago, so should be ready for secondary now. Down from 1.084. Really roasty with a nice bitterness, can't taste the alcohol at all.
I'll be transfering this evening or tomorrow.
Just stole this of off another cask thread:
I'm getting way ahead of myself talking about the bottling but I did see this on The Mad Fermentationst Blog. It might be useful come the time.
Quote
A bigger issue than the lack of bottling yeast (although that may be part of the story) is the lower residual/dissolved carbonation in barrel-aged beers. Priming calculators assume that there is already a fair amount of CO2 in a beer even before priming (~.8 volumes, depending on the temperature). In the case of barrel aged beers that amount is often much lower, say .4 volumes. As a result we over-prime barrel-aged beers targeting a level of carbonation about .4 volumes higher than we actually want. You probably want CO2 in the low-2s for a big beer like that, but you'll need to add enough sugar for mid-2s to get there. Pro-brewers have meters that allow them to measure the amount of CO2 in a fermented beer, and many will force in some carbonation to get the young beer part way before getting the last bit from bottle conditioning.
It doesn't take much yeast to adequately repitch, just a gram or two in five gallons, rehydrated in warm/sterile water, and then stirred in with the priming sugar. Luckily wine yeast isn't good at fermenting complex sugars, so as long as primary fermentation finished as a result of nothing for the ale yeast to eat and not too much alcohol, you'll be fine.
I think that I'll force carb mine and then bottle it.
So lets update this a bit.
Firstly whos's paid €5:
01. Will_D 24 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
02. Partridge9 22 L : @ 1082 : 28/04
03. Jacob 27 L : @ 1089 : 28/04
04. Nigel 23L 24 L : @ 1088 : 28/04
05. Cahalbrua 22 L : @ 1090 : 29/04
06. BrianC 22 L : @ 1096 : 29/04
07. Ratsathome 23 L : @ 1085 : 28/04
08. ColMack 23 L : @ 1084 : 28/04
09. ColmR 23L : @ 1082 : 04/05
The provisional filling date is Sat 8th of June from say 12 onwards at Colin's.
Colin will PM us his address and contact details.
So now the second list. If you can't make the date please say so and someone of us who are going up will pick up from you before the day.
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob
04. Nigel 23L
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome no problem
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC
07. Ratsathome no problem
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR In
Also I did pay the fiver yesterday.
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9
03. Jacob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC No problem for Sat.
07. Ratsathome no problem
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR In
I didn't pay €5 for cask will pay next time I see you.
Im good for that day -
In other news - mine moved to secondary - roughly 21 litres @ 1021 ABV 8.25%
What are you all planning for transporting the beer. You all happy using a standard fermentation bucket? Or kegs (only 19L)?
I've never moved beer like this before.
Quote from: BrianC on May 15, 2013, 11:03:00 PM
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
I can deliver yours on the Saturday. Its best if all brews go in together and then we blend whats left into the "Toppy-er-Upper" (see I'm assimilating the north side lingua franca at last) and the trial bottles.
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9 No Problemo
03. Jacob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua
06. BrianC No problem for Sat.
07. Ratsathome no problem
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR In
That would be great Will thanks. Ill know closer to the day.
Quote from: ColmR on May 15, 2013, 11:15:03 PM
What are you all planning for transporting the beer. You all happy using a standard fermentation bucket? Or kegs (only 19L)?
I've never moved beer like this before.
Hi all. In case you missed this. What do you reckon?
Mine will be in a 5 gallon pressure barrel with a solid cap for the trip.
A corney would be no problem
People from Tog brew days have driven home with 5g in a 32 L fermeter with an airlock - Teaches fuel efficient driving!
i.e. Drive carefully, don't be agressive, no hard braking or acceleration else the car smells like a brewery for weeks
I chilled mine to 30 whilst ringing a taxi and brought glass carboy back home along with all equipment and a sealed up small beer. Unloaded taxi, pitched yeast.
My driver was excellent though-turns out his mate homebrews and was talking about us, so very safe driving!
As Will would say, simples.
Quote from: CARA on May 17, 2013, 12:12:08 AM
I chilled mine to 30 whilst ringing a taxi and brought glass carboy back home along with all equipment and a sealed up small beer. Unloaded taxi, pitched yeast.
My driver was excellent though-turns out his mate homebrews and was talking about us, so very safe driving!
As Will would say, simples.
This why we need the buisness cards ASAP
I meet all sorts of peeps with a HB family connection!
Lets get this thing going! We could grow another 100 or so members in next 6 months
Quote from: Will_D on May 17, 2013, 12:26:21 AM
Quote from: CARA on May 17, 2013, 12:12:08 AM
I chilled mine to 30 whilst ringing a taxi and brought glass carboy back home along with all equipment and a sealed up small beer. Unloaded taxi, pitched yeast.
My driver was excellent though-turns out his mate homebrews and was talking about us, so very safe driving!
As Will would say, simples.
This why we need the buisness cards ASAP
I meet all sorts of peeps with a HB family connection!
Lets get this thing going! We could grow another 100 or so members in next 6 months
+1
+5 in a normal week at the pub
Quote from: Will_D on May 15, 2013, 11:30:41 PM
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9 No Problemo
03. Jacob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua should be ok Saturday
06. BrianC No problem for Sat.
07. Ratsathome no problem
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR In
01. Will_D Bringing cask/stillage and mine
02. Partridge9 No Problemo
03. Jacob No prob
04. Nigel Don't think ill make the sat. Sunday yes.
05. Cahalbrua should be ok Saturday
06. BrianC No problem for Sat.
07. Ratsathome no problem
08. ColMack No problem Here!!
09. ColmR In
So what's the plan for Saturday? :P
I think Colin may still be on holiday.
But remeber its Sat the 8th!
Quote from: Will_D on May 30, 2013, 10:28:19 AM
But remeber its Sat the 8th!
:/ Was sure that it'll be this weekend ...
I'm back from holidays but it is the 8th we agreed on.
I'm available for the whole day but I think the plan was to arrive at about 12 onwards.
Weather permitting I'll throw a few snags on the barbie for lunch.
I tidied up the garage a bit last night and have a pallet in place in the darkest corner. Another pallet on top of that should lift it up enough. I'll PM directions in the next few days to those on the list.
Really looking foreward to this!
Will try to be up first with the cask and nigel's and my offerings!
I've PMed you all the directions to my house. Any problems, send me a PM.
I'll also send you all my phone number in case you get lost but it's quite straight forward.
Incidentally, are ye doing some car sharing?
What time are we getting together?
I'd prefer early afternoon.
Quote from: ColmR on June 04, 2013, 03:21:53 PM
I'd prefer early afternoon.
From 12 onwards? That's as early afternoon as we can get! :P
I might have a match in the morning so wouldn't get there til 2 ish if that's ok???
@Nigel: When can you get yours over to me or do you want me to collect?
Im around Friday so I'm sure i can get it over to you. PM me you address. ( again, really need to save these things) and we can arrange a drop off time.
Will_D, can you bring some decent sized syphon tubing to speed up the transfer? All mine is too small.
Also, James you mentioned that you might bring a pump, I think that would make life very easy for us.
This would allow me do less work and drink more beer! Looks like it's going to be another hot one on Saturday, need to stay hydrated!
Good News - Collected the pump last night
I have some very long (4-5 meters) tubing with the pump - so we are good to go.
What I was thinking - was to make 5 litres of star san and pump that round the pump / pipes for 10 minutes - a CIP (Clean in Place) effort.
Do you have CO2 ? Probably a good idea to flush the barrel
I need to get up early - have to be home by four - so I might leave the pump with you and you can return it to me Tuesday at the meetup.
Looking forward to it !
Yes I have some CO2 left in my cylinder (not sure how much - though it's reading much higher now with the warm weather). I've a full cylinder of mixed gas 50/50. so if anyone has a regulator for it we could use that either?
I have starsan too, was planning on making up 10 - 20L of the stuff for general sanitising anyway.
Thats Grand - I dont think you will need too much to flush the barrel - Just enough to cover the bottom (as Co2 is heavier than air) and prevent the beer touching too much air.
Looking forward to it.
I will bring my syphon, plus a mixed gas reg, Oh and the cask and a few brews!!
Now what about some food?
We should aim to coordinate some snacks!
Can't believe thi sis only 28 hours away or so!
What's the plan for D-Day then? At what time are we planning to start Donore invasion? :)
Hi I am planning on leaving Swords around 12.30 or 01.00 if anyone would like a lift.
I would be more than happy to oblige.
We should really organise our cars - no need for everyone to drive !
Quote from: BrianC on June 06, 2013, 10:26:15 PM
Hi I am planning on leaving Swords around 12.30 or 01.00 if anyone would like a lift.
I would be more than happy to oblige.
Shotgun!
How did the day go lads? raging I couldn't make it.
Quote from: nigel_c on June 08, 2013, 10:44:33 PM
How did the day go lads? raging I couldn't make it.
Hi Nigel
Have just started a new thread for this.