Homebrewing - Part 3

Wilfy said:
If they were stored in the cold, I was thinking it could be chill haze. If it's not clearing somewhere warmer, might just need time.
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Yeh, can just leave them no bother - these were the 5 batches I was making for other people, so its been a big of bugger telling them "nope, they're not ready"

DoctorMick said:
They’re more likely to clear in the cold than the warm. How long have they been in the bottle?
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First 2 batches were bottled on 28th August - so 3 months now, other 3 were 1st October - they all have the same problem (my 2 batches before this don't have the problem at all, they were bottled a month earlier and have been clear for at least a month now). They were left in the garage until very recently
Its a 5.5% brew using liquid extract and fresh hops. The first 3 batches were crash cooled, but my electrics died on me, and I couldn't cool the last 2 batches, and just left them in FV overnight before pitching the next day.

Could it just be a case of time?
 


My golden ale just didn’t clear at all. Bottled/legged in June and finished drinking it in November.

Other than the fact I forgot the Protafloc then fermented too hot I have no idea why.
 
My fridge broke the other week so I can’t crash cool anything...current brew is a black ipa which shouldn’t be a problem as long as the hops have naturally settled to the bottom.
 
DoctorMick said:
My fridge broke the other week so I can’t crash cool anything...current brew is a black ipa which shouldn’t be a problem as long as the hops have naturally settled to the bottom.
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Can you not leave it outside somewhere, the temperature must be getting down on a night now.
 
Ok. Here it is - all my kit is for sale:


Here's what I have and what it cost:
Stainless Steel Pan (32 litre) + tap and hop strainer
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/32l-stainless-pan.html
£81.00
Counter Top Capper (Colt- Black)
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/counter-top...olt-black.html
£31.49
Bottle Rinser (45 drainer)
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/bottle-rinser.html
£17.10
Bottle Drainer - 45 bottle / Rotating (Red)
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/bottle-drai...ating-red.html
£20.98
Young's Auto Syphon and clip 23 Litre
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/young-s-aut...-23-litre.html
£14.63
A Gas burner stand for the boiling pot
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Cast-...gAAOxySoJTSprM
£17.49
A copper wort chiller
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Immersion...4AAOSwSRlZ3kxH
£35
Total before the ancillary stuff: £218
Plus
~5 FV buckets with bungs and airlocks
A load (hundred or so I guess) bottle tops, and I think there's a hand capper somewhere as well in case you don't like the table top one, or you find a volunteer to help out on bottling day!
A drawfulls of stuff you'll find handy, like pipes, tubing, muslin bags (for hops / speciality grains), half a tub of PBW and half a bottle of Star San
I had 2 years use of this lot and made some cracking beers. This year I was making extract brews with steeped speciality grains, and then dry hopping it. If you add a cheap mash tun, you'd have a full all-grain setup.
Make me an offer?
 
PTR said:
Ok. Here it is - all my kit is for sale:


Here's what I have and what it cost:
Stainless Steel Pan (32 litre) + tap and hop strainer
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/32l-stainless-pan.html
£81.00
Counter Top Capper (Colt- Black)
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/counter-top...olt-black.html
£31.49
Bottle Rinser (45 drainer)
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/bottle-rinser.html
£17.10
Bottle Drainer - 45 bottle / Rotating (Red)
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/bottle-drai...ating-red.html
£20.98
Young's Auto Syphon and clip 23 Litre
https://www.brewuk.co.uk/young-s-aut...-23-litre.html
£14.63
A Gas burner stand for the boiling pot
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Cast-...gAAOxySoJTSprM
£17.49
A copper wort chiller
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Immersion...4AAOSwSRlZ3kxH
£35
Total before the ancillary stuff: £218
Plus
~5 FV buckets with bungs and airlocks
A load (hundred or so I guess) bottle tops, and I think there's a hand capper somewhere as well in case you don't like the table top one, or you find a volunteer to help out on bottling day!
A drawfulls of stuff you'll find handy, like pipes, tubing, muslin bags (for hops / speciality grains), half a tub of PBW and half a bottle of Star San
I had 2 years use of this lot and made some cracking beers. This year I was making extract brews with steeped speciality grains, and then dry hopping it. If you add a cheap mash tun, you'd have a full all-grain setup.
Make me an offer?
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Would you sell the bits separately, and would you post stuff out? My wort chiller snapped last night so could be interested. Your eBay link doesn’t work.
 
Wilfy said:
Been allowed to play with me grainfather early so currently mashing a hoppy APA. Very impressed with it so far.
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I dry hopped my APA today, hope to bottle next week. What was your recipe?

I went with 4kg pale malt, 1kg Vienna, 100g med crystal. In the boil I used only Falconers Flight, and dry hop was 50g Simcoe.
 
Wilfy said:
Don’t think I’ve ever used it before. Need to start planning some recipes as I reckon I’ll be brewing every fortnight now.
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I’ve got stocks to do me until about February now so apart from bottling the APA I’m done for the year.

I’m considering giving a Framboise a go, probably in the springtime. Not sure if it’s brave, stupid or a bit of both.
 
Wilfy said:
Impressed as fuck with the grainfather. Cooled to 18C in about 20 minutes.
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Is that quick? That's about how long it took me with my copper cooler, and a 12V water pump in a bucket - I'd assumed it would be miles quicker if I had mains water instead
 
PTR said:
Is that quick? That's about how long it took me with my copper cooler, and a 12V water pump in a bucket - I'd assumed it would be miles quicker if I had mains water instead
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I think it’s quick, used to take ages with my immersion chiller. The clean up time is much better with the grain basket compared to a mash tun anarl.
 
Wilfy said:
I think it’s quick, used to take ages with my immersion chiller. The clean up time is much better with the grain basket compared to a mash tun anarl.
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Grainfather looks brilliant mind. The only issue I have with it is that you can't make big batches with it. The next thing I buy, I want to be making 4x more than I am at the moment. One big batch, one big condition, one big bottling day. If I get back into it, it has to be about reducing the amount of time compared to the amount of beer made. It was working out at about 4hours for 40btls as I am, which is bonkers from a financial point of view
 
PTR said:
Grainfather looks brilliant mind. The only issue I have with it is that you can't make big batches with it. The next thing I buy, I want to be making 4x more than I am at the moment. One big batch, one big condition, one big bottling day. If I get back into it, it has to be about reducing the amount of time compared to the amount of beer made. It was working out at about 4hours for 40btls as I am, which is bonkers from a financial point of view
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I’m only brewing on a personal scale so it’s great for me. The Bluetooth aspect is class anarl. You looked at the 50L braumeister? Pricey like.
 

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