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From another thread in the Garage Forum:
I'm going to have a room in the garage that I can control right down to freezing in the winter months. I've got a favorite pilsner recipe that i've been brewing with ale yeast that should be awesome when its lagered.
I'll probably leave the main garage part either unheated or just above freezing.. I'll get some photos soon
Originally Posted by Beemer Nut
Your up north so your lager's should work out great.
Add extra stub ups in the slab for future added items to your garage, sounds great post pictures of project in progress so I can cry. I'm limited in space so the L shaped garage will be 32' x 19 1/2' max or the wife will make me live in it.
.....=o&o>.....
Add extra stub ups in the slab for future added items to your garage, sounds great post pictures of project in progress so I can cry. I'm limited in space so the L shaped garage will be 32' x 19 1/2' max or the wife will make me live in it.
.....=o&o>.....
I'll probably leave the main garage part either unheated or just above freezing.. I'll get some photos soon
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From: Florida Hill Country
Originally Posted by Fordzlla
I'm going to have a room in the garage that I can control right down to freezing in the winter months. I've got a favorite pilsner recipe that i've been brewing with ale yeast that should be awesome when its lagered.
I'll probably leave the main garage part either unheated or just above freezing.. I'll get some photos soon
I'll probably leave the main garage part either unheated or just above freezing.. I'll get some photos soon
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True words there rlh.
I'm getting ideas thur other people like http://hbd.org/mtippin/2tier.html and www.morebeer.com on fermenters.
I want to build my own 3 tier system for 10 gallon batches.
Might as well put the Tig welder to use.
.....=o&o>.....
I'm getting ideas thur other people like http://hbd.org/mtippin/2tier.html and www.morebeer.com on fermenters.
I want to build my own 3 tier system for 10 gallon batches.
Might as well put the Tig welder to use.
.....=o&o>.....
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Originally Posted by Beemer Nut
True words there rlh.
I'm getting ideas thur other people like http://hbd.org/mtippin/2tier.html and www.morebeer.com on fermenters.
I want to build my own 3 tier system for 10 gallon batches.
Might as well put the Tig welder to use.
.....=o&o>.....
I'm getting ideas thur other people like http://hbd.org/mtippin/2tier.html and www.morebeer.com on fermenters.
I want to build my own 3 tier system for 10 gallon batches.
Might as well put the Tig welder to use.
.....=o&o>.....
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From: "Islander"
Rob beg or steal but get your hands on it as these commercial fermenters are crazy asking $500 for a "economy" 12.2 gallon unit.
I'm thinking of building a 3 tier with 15.5 gallon SS kegs heated by electric. I will add cones to SS 5 gallon Cornelius tanks for fermenters with SS trub drains. I was lucky to find a Cornelius refrigerator that just holds one 5 gallon tank. Many Tig projects planned for my future.
Got Bier? .....=o&o>.....
I'm thinking of building a 3 tier with 15.5 gallon SS kegs heated by electric. I will add cones to SS 5 gallon Cornelius tanks for fermenters with SS trub drains. I was lucky to find a Cornelius refrigerator that just holds one 5 gallon tank. Many Tig projects planned for my future.
Got Bier? .....=o&o>.....
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Originally Posted by rlh
O.k. If you are using ale yeast, you aren't making lager. Ale yeast is top fermenting and lager yeast is bottom fermenting.
What size batches do you make?
Bottle or keep in 5 gallon stainless containers?
I make 5 cdn gal batches ( 23 litres). I keg them in cornelius kegs (5 US gallons or 18 litres. No more bottling for me!
I age the leftovers in gallon jugs and every 3rd batch I keg a "Mongrel brew" as long as the batches arent so different that they wouldnt work together.
Right now I have a canadian style ale, a cran-apple cider, and cherry cola on tap.
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From: "Islander"
I heard that!
In the still of the night one can hear a bottle opened at 100 yards.
I would rather be called a hop head than a pot head.
Time for another horn.
Keg (n), crunchy on the outside yummy on the inside.
.....=o&o>.....
In the still of the night one can hear a bottle opened at 100 yards.
I would rather be called a hop head than a pot head.
Time for another horn.
Keg (n), crunchy on the outside yummy on the inside.
.....=o&o>.....
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Originally Posted by Fordzlla
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What size batches do you make?
Bottle or keep in 5 gallon stainless containers?
I make 5 cdn gal batches ( 23 litres). I keg them in cornelius kegs (5 US gallons or 18 litres. No more bottling for me!
I age the leftovers in gallon jugs and every 3rd batch I keg a "Mongrel brew" as long as the batches arent so different that they wouldnt work together.
Right now I have a canadian style ale, a cran-apple cider, and cherry cola on tap.
What size batches do you make?
Bottle or keep in 5 gallon stainless containers?
I make 5 cdn gal batches ( 23 litres). I keg them in cornelius kegs (5 US gallons or 18 litres. No more bottling for me!
I age the leftovers in gallon jugs and every 3rd batch I keg a "Mongrel brew" as long as the batches arent so different that they wouldnt work together.
Right now I have a canadian style ale, a cran-apple cider, and cherry cola on tap.
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If Anchor Steam can make a lager at ale temperatures, why can't you? Call it a hybrid if you want, eh. There are plenty of other examples too (Kolsch). Whatever tastes good...
I've got a basement closet that gets down to about 48F in the winter. It's about time to start up lagering season! You going to post that recipe, Fordzlla? Hopefully it'll be a partial extract 5 gallon recipe, since that's all I do.
I've got a basement closet that gets down to about 48F in the winter. It's about time to start up lagering season! You going to post that recipe, Fordzlla? Hopefully it'll be a partial extract 5 gallon recipe, since that's all I do.
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Originally Posted by spikedog
If Anchor Steam can make a lager at ale temperatures, why can't you? Call it a hybrid if you want, eh. There are plenty of other examples too (Kolsch). Whatever tastes good...
I've got a basement closet that gets down to about 48F in the winter. It's about time to start up lagering season! You going to post that recipe, Fordzlla? Hopefully it'll be a partial extract 5 gallon recipe, since that's all I do.
I've got a basement closet that gets down to about 48F in the winter. It's about time to start up lagering season! You going to post that recipe, Fordzlla? Hopefully it'll be a partial extract 5 gallon recipe, since that's all I do.
yeast and temperature are 2 separate variables.
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Greetings all,
I followed this thread over to here. I brew as well. Have done about 50 extract batches and am in the process of going AG. Mostly I need to finish up the MLT plumbing, everything else is ready. To finish, I need to make it over to the hardware store to get a valve and few connections, that's all. No big hurry though as there is no money to buy grain right now. It's all going towards the truck!
I followed this thread over to here. I brew as well. Have done about 50 extract batches and am in the process of going AG. Mostly I need to finish up the MLT plumbing, everything else is ready. To finish, I need to make it over to the hardware store to get a valve and few connections, that's all. No big hurry though as there is no money to buy grain right now. It's all going towards the truck!
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To hell with the beer I grew up on the hard cider that my mother didn't find in time. I didn't know what it was but I knew how to make it. 
It is surprising I didn't kill myself. After a few hits on that I was Evil Knievel on a bike... For some odd reason I don't like "beverage indulgence" anymore.
It is surprising I didn't kill myself. After a few hits on that I was Evil Knievel on a bike... For some odd reason I don't like "beverage indulgence" anymore.
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