Official Supp Beer Misc v4.0: Do you even hop, bro?

[thefleshlight]

Have to go to Texas tomorrow unexpectedly for work. Gonna stop in to a little liquor store on the way back.

No beer, no care.

[StrongRepublican]

lol wut? As long as there's yeast, sugar will ferment it.

Was in reference to priming sugar for bottling, not fermentation.

Have to go to Texas tomorrow unexpectedly for work. Gonna stop in to a little liquor store on the way back.

Love having my work pay for my gas to go on an out of state beer run!

Work is covering my rental car this entire month while I am in SC and the gas to go with it.

[SpeedCheeser]

lol wut? As long as there's yeast, sugar will ferment it.

lol wut? sugar ferments yeast?

Unless you have unfermentable sugars, like lactose and malto-dextrin.

Was in reference to priming sugar for bottling, not fermentation.

Bottle carbing IS fermentation.

[StrongRepublican]

lol wut? sugar ferments yeast?

Unless you have unfermentable sugars, like lactose and malto-dextrin.



Bottle carbing IS fermentation.

If you go back and read the whole thing you will see that what was being discussed was using the right sugar for bottling. I shared an anecdote where the two guys I brew with used straight malto instead of our normal corn sugar and it wrecked a batch of hefe. To address the second point, technically a minute amount of secondary fermentation does occur when bottling, but it's literally only enough to carb the beer and won't affect a gravity reading at all under normal circumstances.

[thefleshlight]

lol wut? sugar ferments yeast?

Unless you have unfermentable sugars, like lactose and malto-dextrin.

I fukked up, obviously. Thanks for pointing out my yearly error. And I didn't see the maltodextrin post... But ALL sugars are fermentable, it just depends on the specimen (yeast or bacteria or both) in question. Obviously with beer yeast, they are not fermentable.

[StrongRepublican]

More beer drinking talk.... and go. Bottle releases this weekend are gonna keep me busy and traveling. Going back down to Charleston for Mexican Cake and then shooting up to Asheville for Wicked Weed and some others.

[janky]

Straight maltodextrin = definitely wrong haha. Corn sugar is preferred (at least by us).

Is "Corn Sugar" the same as DME and the "priming sugar" sold at homebrew stores?
Dumb question I know, but I feel like I should clarify this

This thread is either Flesh taunting sensitive n00bs or you monk *******s wankin on about tub lids. When do we start talking about white women so I can participate!?

yes, irate

lol.
prefer hispanic women myself, but my fiance broke the streak so I guess... white wimminz crew checkin in

Sorry but you got the wrong guy for that. I only date Hispanic/Mixed chicks lol

^This

Agreed. I'm not a DFH guy, but this was my near the top of my list from them. I enjoyed it.

This is $21 at my local overpriced store...is it worth it or should I shop around?

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Same price here, bro.

[StrongRepublican]

Is "Corn Sugar" the same as DME and the "priming sugar" sold at homebrew stores?
Dumb question I know, but I feel like I should clarify this

Nope, DME is Dark Malt Extract and is primarily used for a base in extract or partial grain brewing and can also be used to make a yeast starter (though I prefer extra light malt extract). Corn sugar is straight sugar, milled extra fine and almost pure glucose.

[ko300zx]

Nope, DME is Dark Malt Extract and is primarily used for a base in extract or partial grain brewing and can also be used to make a yeast starter (though I prefer extra light malt extract). Corn sugar is straight sugar, milled extra fine and almost pure glucose.

DME is Dry malt extract.

Is "Corn Sugar" the same as DME and the "priming sugar" sold at homebrew stores?
Dumb question I know, but I feel like I should clarify this

DME is malt extract or maltose. Corn sugar is dextrose.

Edit: Mostly maltose.

[StrongRepublican]

DME is Dry malt extract.



DME is malt extract or maltose. Corn sugar is dextrose.

Edit: Mostly maltose.

^^^ my mistake, you are correct. Dark and light variant are available though for both Dry and Liquid malt extracts.

[Acal83]

drinking this tonight. I give it two thumbs meh. But I read that I should have aged it a while after I opened.



sorry the pic is so small.

[spak]

I use the True Brew bucket and the lid is pretty solid. You really need to apply some force to get the lid on and off. I bought a second bucket at a local store and it had a pretty flimsy lid.

I wish I could still get those true brew buckets. My LHBS only sells the brewers best with the light weight lid and they suck ass. The lid lets air through the sides because theres no o-ring in there. So I have to smell the CO2 that gathers in my freezer to know if anything is going on. It will still blow off through the tube and not out of the sides though.

[DICE20]

No beer, no care.

Oh there will only be beer purchased. Nothing exciting though, just mostly solid shelf beers that i never see in Louisiana.
Its called "Harleys Liquor".

[janky]

Mexican Cake released Friday, according to WB ********.





Apparently they were selling bourbon and brandy barrels for $30 too... wtf.

[ko300zx]

Mexican Cake released Friday, according to WB ********.

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Apparently they were selling bourbon and brandy barrels for $30 too... wtf.

My paypal is still ready.

[jamm!n]

Mexican Cake released Friday, according to WB ********.

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in after ko

[janky]

My paypal is still ready.

I dunno if I'm gunna be getting any, tbh. I'm broke as fuk and looking for a second job. not doing any trades for a while, unless something crazy like this popped up for a good deal

[StrongRepublican]

Mexican Cake released Friday, according to WB ********.





Apparently they were selling bourbon and brandy barrels for $30 too... wtf.

Yup, I got you. Apparently the barrels sold fast as fuk too, which is not surprising - that's a steal.

[janky]

Yup, I got you. Apparently the barrels sold fast as fuk too, which is not surprising - that's a steal.

I know, right? The mini ones sell for like $120!
I mean, I don't have room for them in my apt, and they'd be massive overkill for the small scale stuff I brew... but chit man, I'd pick em up just to hang on to em, at that price lol

in after ko

You get around to that Huna yet?

[thefleshlight]

Mexican Cake released Friday, according to WB ********.
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Apparently they were selling bourbon and brandy barrels for $30 too... wtf.

In for cakefarts

[janky]

Jamm!n and Spak...

knowing what you know now, say you wanted to build a small, decent, production quality brewing system.
Assuming you were ballin-on-a-budget, what's the cheapest you could build such a system for?

[thefleshlight]

Jamm!n and Spak...

knowing what you know now, say you wanted to build a small, decent, production quality brewing system.
Assuming you were ballin-on-a-budget, what's the cheapest you could build such a system for?

You really can't make much money lower than a 10-15bbl system.

[jamm!n]

You get around to that Huna yet?

got an early flight out tmrw morning so unfortunately it will have to wait until the end of the month. gonna smoke a few racks of spare ribs and enjoy fuuu outta that Huna.

Jamm!n and Spak...

knowing what you know now, say you wanted to build a small, decent, production quality brewing system.
Assuming you were ballin-on-a-budget, what's the cheapest you could build such a system for?

im prob the wrong person to ask - i spend money on brewing crap yolo style

i'd say go eBIAB. build yourself a 220v PID system, get a cheap pump and a big pot. just build a long cord to your controller so you can plug in from your dryer's outlet.

Here is the diagram for the controller. I've built a couple of these - it's very doable.

edit: ohhh - didn't realize you're trying to go nano. i'm with flesh on that. i have seen small start up breweries get going off of half barrel systems and corny kegs with a tasting room. they were busy as heck and working full time to pull it off though.

[thefleshlight]

round two, hunapoopoo: http://cigarcitybrewing.com/the-make...ied=5b5e509fe7

[ko300zx]

got an early flight out tmrw morning so unfortunately it will have to wait until the end of the month. gonna smoke a few racks of spare ribs and enjoy fuuu outta that Huna.




im prob the wrong person to ask - i spend money on brewing crap yolo style

i'd say go eBIAB. build yourself a 220v PID system, get a cheap pump and a big pot. just build a long cord to your controller so you can plug in from your dryer's outlet.

Here is the diagram for the controller. I've built a couple of these - it's very doable.

edit: ohhh - didn't realize you're trying to go nano. i'm with flesh on that. i have seen small start up breweries get going off of half barrel systems and corny kegs with a tasting room. they were busy as heck and working full time to pull it off though.


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I thought the wiring diagram for temp controller I did was a mess....good lawd.

[MrSilverback]

round two, hunapoopoo: http://cigarcitybrewing.com/the-make...ied=5b5e509fe7

Flesh, NJ magazine did a review on brews of summer. They actually did a review of Kane and Carton. Interesting. They didn't mention Boat Beer and the Head High (i think thats what its called) though. I am pretty sure Carton is happening this weekend.

I was really surprised that it wasn't just Flying Fish, River Horse, East Coast, etc.

[DasBiceps]

Flesh, NJ magazine did a review on brews of summer. They actually did a review of Kane and Carton. Interesting. They didn't mention Boat Beer and the Head High (i think thats what its called) though. I am pretty sure Carton is happening this weekend.

I was really surprised that it wasn't just Flying Fish, River Horse, East Coast, etc.

Lol at river horse. That stuff is everywhere.

[MrSilverback]

Lol at river horse. That stuff is everywhere.

Yup.

The most prolific crafts here really are those three...FF, RH, and some East Coast.

A brand new brewery opened like 15 min from my shore house. Going to be checking that out this weekend.

[thefleshlight]

Lol at river horse. That stuff is everywhere.

I shared an 09 Tripel Horse last night... was okay if you like that style of beer.

Flesh, NJ magazine did a review on brews of summer. They actually did a review of Kane and Carton. Interesting. They didn't mention Boat Beer and the Head High (i think thats what its called) though. I am pretty sure Carton is happening this weekend.

I was really surprised that it wasn't just Flying Fish, River Horse, East Coast, etc.

nice.

[ko300zx]

jamm!n, how long do you dry hop your hop bombs? Most recipes I see call for like 7 days or so. I think you mentioned a few pages back that veg flavors can develop after 48 hours. I normally leave beers in the primary for 2-3 weeks to allow yeast to do a bit of clean up, then bottle. I've been just dry hopping about a week before bottling.