fleshyorgans

Saw this on the way back from Tennessee, in a Kentucky gas station. Kind of a bizarre conglomeration of stuff for sale, together.
Bottom shelf had toy tractors and doo-dads. Next shelf up had scented gel things and tchotskys. The next shelf up had beer cozies and tiny flasks. The next shelf up had […]

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I just thought of the greatest idea for homebrew: a glass fermenter with a fake baby in the middle.
Alternately, hundreds of tiny, plastic babies to toss into the fermenter. When primary fermentation gets going, can you imagine the churning of all the plastic fetuses?
I’m trying to figure out a way that these could be somewhat […]

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This photo isn’t that interesting I guess. However, the date on it is the 18th of August. As of this typing, the wheat beer it is supposed to produce is still fermenting in the carboy.
I dumped it in the fermenter, pitched the yeast, saw bubbles a few days later. It kept up […]

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Started a new batch of beer, this evening.
Two things:

Degrees Celsius ≠ Degrees Fahrenheit
5 gallons of water takes a long-ass time to come to a boil, even starting at 150° F

TIA

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Notes about the 7 Bridges Red Ale I’m finishing up:
7/7/7:
Followed instructions exactly. Wort chilling took 1 hour.
Pitched yeast at 1am 7/8/7
OG (adjusted) 1.045, 75F
7/9/7 at 9am:
Prefermentation (patches of yeast on the surface, stationary bubbles around edge)
7/9/7 5:30pm:
fermentation has started.
7/10/7:
fermentation going strong, churning, etc
7/14/7:
Fermentation slowed down.
Light bubbles at edges.
Huge swath of […]

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