Home Beer - oops

[FLBuff PE]

No - I put it off for a few weeks, and if I brew anything now, it will be ready just as I'm moving. Probably not the smartest idea to move 5 gallons of sticky liquids under pressure. I kept all my nice self-sealing bottles, but most of the regular bottles I collected over the years.
Though I could just leave it in the fridge here and consume it in the 2 weekends I'll be back here. Once for the wife's graduation, when I'll have 6-7 people over to drink it, and the following weekend when we will do the final cleaning here. Beer and housework just go together.

I've also got all weekend to myself to make some...

I've got 12, 32 oz. self sealing bottles and 12, regular 22 oz. bottles I kept. That's just right for a batch. Hmm...what to make?

I made a saisson last year for the summer. Very good and refreshing ale. I got the kit from Midwest, but I would bet that you could find a recipe for all-grain.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

BTW, Cappy: Carbon burning bastard!

Quite true, but if I can afford it, I will continue to do so.

Last August it was 100 or over for the whole month. The AC shut down for a grand total of 6 hours one night, but it ran non stop through the rest of the month. Barely held 77 during the hottest part of the days. Electric/gas bill was $383 that month. :true:

 

[FLBuff PE]

Quite true, but if I can afford it, I will continue to do so.
Last August it was 100 or over for the whole month. The AC shut down for a grand total of 6 hours one night, but it ran non stop through the rest of the month. Barely held 77 during the hottest part of the days. Electric/gas bill was $383 that month. :true:

Well, I must confess that I run my natural gas furnace all winter here, but we get lows of -15 F. Being a native Floridian, I can understand your plight, Cappy. However, I still bestow the bastard badge to you. Wear it proudly (as you always do)!

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I even have the Bastard t-shirt! (too lazy to dig for the image right now).

BTW, I am having a CAB.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

I used a window unit in my bedroom about 15 times last year. Mainly turned it on during the mid-day of a weekend or in the evening before I went out for a run/ride so I would have a cool place to come home to. I think I ran it overnight maybe 3-4 times.

Then again, I live in northern New England.

 

[FLBuff PE]

I even have the Bastard t-shirt! (too lazy to dig for the image right now).
BTW, I am having a CAB.

I'm about an hour from one, so I will let this time slide.

 

[mudpuppy]

No, you either get a "Treehugger Award" (for not contributing to the mass burning of fossil fuels), or a "Scrooge Award" for being greedy!

Can I get the scrooge award? I keep my place at 62 when occupied and 60 at night. I would go lower than 60, but I started having problems with pipes freezing in the utility room.

However, summer is a different story. I have a hard time sleeping if it is over 70.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

However, summer is a different story. I have a hard time sleeping if it is over 70.

We do, too. At night, I drop it to 60 during the winter, and 69 during the summer.

 

[FLBuff PE]

... and 69 during the summer.

Is this after the mass consumption of CABs? :eyebrows:

 

[FLBuff PE]

So I cracked open my first bottle of Java Stout last night. I think Mrs. FLBuff said it best. "It's like alcoholic, carbonated coffee!" Needless to say, I am extremely happy with the results! If anyone else cares to try it, I got the kit from Midwest.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I've been drinking my English Pale Ale for about a week now. My dad's comment on it was "I didn't want to finish it because it was so good, and I would be sad when it was gone". That pretty much sums it up. It tastes exactly like St. Peter's Golden Ale which is what I was hoping it would taste like. I REALLY hope my Fat Tire clone turns out this good, but I probably won't crack open the first one of those until July 4th.

 

[mizzoueng]

Brewed a batch of beer this weekend to commemorate the expected birth of our first child. For those of you who live on the West coast, it is an IPA inspired by Pliny the Elder. An insanely hoped IIPA that will make hops grow on your chest and will leave a residue on your teeth.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

So, I went downstairs to check on my fermenter this morning, and I've had a blowout. There is wort, yeast, and hops all over the lid and inside of the airlock. I got some sterilizing water, and cleaned it all up and reinstalled the airlock. I worked out, then checked on it again. Some of the airlock water had already blown out of it again. I replaced the airlock with my racking tube run to a glass of water. This yeast is ACTIVE!

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Back before my liver started acting up...I used to homebrew a few batches every year. I made peach mead one time, and the yeast was so vigorous that the bottles would explode from the internal pressure. Every once in a while you'd just hear what sounded like a window breaking in the basement.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I'm kegging this batch, so I won't have to worry about that, thank goodness.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

The only other batch I bombed when was when I tried to make a lager that had maple syrup added to it midway through fermentation. I must have screwed something up from a sanitary standpoint, because when it came time to bottle it, it tasted like a cross between bandaids and bananas. So it was a dirty batch that didn't ferment completely.

I ended up just pouring it out on the lawn, there was no salvaging it. I was pissed because maple syrup is expensive even when you live in Vermont.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I'm kinda worried about this one being contaminated because I used ice from my fridge to cool the wort...plus, it was exposed to air between the blowout and when I discovered it. I haven't had to flush one yet, but this one probably has the highest probability.

 

[mizzoueng]

I'm kinda worried about this one being contaminated because I used ice from my fridge to cool the wort...plus, it was exposed to air between the blowout and when I discovered it. I haven't had to flush one yet, but this one probably has the highest probability.

1) how far did you have to dig to find this thread? THe last post was 2 years ago!

B) Don't worry about it. I've used ice to cool the wort and have had blowoffs that I didn't notice until the night after it happened. No infected batches yet. Usually when you get a blowoff, there is still enough CO2 sitting on top of the beer to protect it.

Mead bottles blowing up??? Did you make sparkling mead? When I made some I let it ferment 1 week longer than normal and I was sure it was done. Then I added 3/4 cup honey to prime it.

 

[Supe]

I love this footnote on one of the all in one kits from Midwest:

"*Well, almost everything - You'll actually need about 6 more empty beer bottles. We figure if you'd have trouble emptying 6 beer bottles, you should consider a different hobby. "

 

[wilheldp_PE]

I'm kinda worried about this one being contaminated because I used ice from my fridge to cool the wort...plus, it was exposed to air between the blowout and when I discovered it. I haven't had to flush one yet, but this one probably has the highest probability.

1) how far did you have to dig to find this thread? THe last post was 2 years ago!

B) Don't worry about it. I've used ice to cool the wort and have had blowoffs that I didn't notice until the night after it happened. No infected batches yet. Usually when you get a blowoff, there is still enough CO2 sitting on top of the beer to protect it.

Mead bottles blowing up??? Did you make sparkling mead? When I made some I let it ferment 1 week longer than normal and I was sure it was done. Then I added 3/4 cup honey to prime it.

I just searched for "homebrew" and this thread popped up.

Yeah, I haven't had any problems with infected beer batches yet either, but I have a lot of friends that brew that have horror stories. I would just be really disappointed if this one was ruined since I'm brewing it for the family for Christmas.