"Jeff-God-of-Biscuits" (Jeff-God-of-Biscuits)
05/11/2014 at 02:20 • Filed to: None
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"Jeff-God-of-Biscuits" (Jeff-God-of-Biscuits)
05/11/2014 at 02:20 • Filed to: None | 4
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Couldn't find my good capper, so I had to use the junk one. Feel like I need to go back and do the caps all over again. But, it's been sitting in secondary since mid December, so I figure it needs to be a bit more portable. 2 more weeks and I will have to pop a top and see if it's bubbly. It's times like these when I stop and think... Man I wish I had a kegging system! So, in celebration, have some Lego.
ddavidn
> Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
05/11/2014 at 02:56 |
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I shall patiently await my bottles. Or I could just make my own.
Squid
> Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
05/11/2014 at 07:27 |
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I bottled a batch 3 weeks ago and I am getting no carbonation. I'm really sad and upset at this batch of beer. It is my first one that I haven't had good carbonation. But I do feel you on wanting a keg system. I would love to just keg a batch and throw it in the kegerator and have it ready to drink the next day. Eventually I'll get a keg system as it just makes more sense, although I still haven't learned about the whole cleaning process for kegs. . . None of this changes the fact that I have 5 gallons of flat beer. . .
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Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> Squid
05/11/2014 at 09:09 |
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Pour it all back into the bottling bucket and try again with more sugar? This one was taken from a pretty clean secondary, so I have been worried that I might not have enough yeast in suspension. The bottom of the bucket was pretty much "particulate free" when I was done. Tasted pretty decent, although not the big heavy Russian I was hoping for. My fault though, I accidentally over diluted after the boil. But it has a somewhat sweet, creamy taste and I think it would have been good on Nitrogen.
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Jeff-God-of-Biscuits
> ddavidn
05/11/2014 at 09:10 |
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It's pretty hard to truly screw up. Believe me, I have tried.
MadPiglet
> Squid
05/11/2014 at 17:52 |
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Kegs can be relatively inexpensive if you buy them used, and you can check out a welding supply or similar for CO2 tanks. Sometimes beer stores/distros that offer kegs will be willing to "lease" or swap out a CO2 tank for you, as well. If your local homebrew store doesn't know anything about kegging, that's a shame and should be remedied immediately.
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Squid
> MadPiglet
05/11/2014 at 18:13 |
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I'm sure my local shop knows about kegging. I just haven't learned all about it yet. Once I have enough money to put together a fridge I'll be more concerned about getting a keg to use. It really just seems like the most efficient and least wasteful way of serving up your brew, not to mention that you can drink it pretty damn quick. Hopefully after summer I'll be able to build a tap rig.
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MadPiglet
> Squid
05/11/2014 at 18:16 |
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Oh, it's quick, all right. You'll pour a glass, drink a little bit, think "hmmm, I should top this off" and the next thing you know, it's Tuesday morning and your pants are missing.