Jul
05
Completing the incubator
I reconnected the incubator compressor to power so I can use it to cool, too. Too cool.
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Paul Middleton
Jul
03
Brew 3 and 4 first tastes
Tasting of the stout leads to tasting of the amber ale to check for clove flavours
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Jun
30
Brew 5 Dry Hopping
With trub collection finished, I'm now ready to try dry hopping via the collection bottle.
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Jun
28
Brew 4 Bottling, Not Bottling Day
Where I started bottling but ended up kegging the homemade Pale Ale.
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Jun
26
First Trub Collection
First time trying to drop the trub into the collection bottle.
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Jun
20
Spigot disaster for homemade Pale Ale
How a spigot leak cost me 1/3 of my brew
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Jun
15
Brew # 5 - Morgan's Amber Ale
New brew, new fermenting vessel, new process. This time I'm brewing Amber Ale in my new Fermentasaurus.
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Jun
14
Racking and the Fermentasaurus
I created a priming solution and racked to a Fermentasaurus for bottling.
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Jun
12
Roller coaster brew
Like the pheonix rising from the ashes, brew # 4 is bubbling again.
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Jun
09
Delayed reaction
I was really worried that my first homemade wort was going to be a time-wasting failure, but brew #4 has finally started fermenting.
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