home brewing – Of a Peculiar Character

37

12 Aug

Preparing to bottle batch 37, my wee heavy, Pirate King.

6 Aug

While the stout ferments then ages, spices will infuse in local, over proof rum.

6 Aug

Seeing happy yeast the morning after brew day never gets old.

30 Jul

Chiller connected and running. May still need a little tweaking.

Tired after setting up a new chiller for the home brewery, supply run for next brew day, and bottling some of 1 of 2 recent batches.

Relieved to find my problem keg holding pressure this AM. Problem was a gasket in the PRV, had popped loose during kegging.

Did an emergency CO2 tank fill before work. Tightened everything on the suspect keg, fingers crossed.

TFW you go to pour a beer off your kegerator to find it flat. New keg must not have been seated so didn’t seal, out gassing overnight.

TFW you realize, late a night, too late before brew day, that you forgot an ingredient with no time left to procure it.

9 Jul

Vacuumed, sealed and ready for the freezer.