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Ed wrote:db, I've only had a fridge for a few months so have only done 1 lager so far. Pitched in the 20's and just kept the fridge on constantly for 24 hrs and then set it on timer. Took 2 days before the brew settled down to under 14C. Like to try doing some more at these lower temps, but I agree it would be much better to start in the desired range. The lager tasted ok out of the fermenter (didn't seem fruity), so I've my fingers crossed for the first bottle sampling
Cheers, Ed
sadly i don't have a brew fridge (yet).. & i don't have much experience with lager brewing. but i've read/heard about the benifits of pitching at colder temps.. http://www.brewboard.com/index.php?showtopic=26969 is an interesting read.. i am keen to give it a try. Although I think you'd want to get some big starters happening Ed
Thanks for the link db, that's interesting. Seen something along similar (but not the same) lines here in an interview with the proprietor of Wyest http://www.lemis.com/grog/brewing/yeast-talk.html . We all seem to start a brews at higher temps and then work at getting them down to range
As an aside, I also make some breads and pizzas. On several occasions, I've made bread starters the night before and kept them slow in the fridge. When getting them up & going again in the morning, they do seem to take off very well, and this is within what would be a quite small temp climb.
About time you got yourself a fridge me thinks
Cheers and thanks for the link, most interesting, Ed
So the bartender says to the horse "Why the long face?"
I think running a full 5 gallons through a jockey box will drop the temp to pitchable in about 5-10 min
I was doing boiling to pitchable through 3/8 copper in 15 min through an ice bath.
I know Grab likes his Chillzilla and nothing against it but I have gone back to an imersion chiller. Two reasons, 1 I don't need to worry about the insides
2. I leave the cold break and spent hops behind
Dogger
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
Ed wrote:Gee Shaun you do have some temp probs there, huh (read that thread). Like an uphill battle when already starting close to undesirable temps. One of my brothers spent most of his years in the NT and was doing HB's, reckons the same, difficult to control temp, but still managed to get some good brews out.
Ed that beer is now in the keg and is drinking just fine. It needed to be lagered longer though for the flavour to clean up. With the next one I am going to see how close I can get to lager temp range (if possible) with pre-cooled water at 5-8 deg.
Shaun, you have a keg set-up, you rotten bugger
I'll get around to that some day, one day
That's what I like to see, a man battling the elements "With the next one I am going to see how close I can get to lager temp range (if possible) with pre-cooled water at 5-8 deg."
Cheers, Ed
So the bartender says to the horse "Why the long face?"
Ed wrote:Shaun, you have a keg set-up, you rotten bugger
I'll get around to that some day, one day
That's what I like to see, a man battling the elements "With the next one I am going to see how close I can get to lager temp range (if possible) with pre-cooled water at 5-8 deg."
Cheers, Ed
5 kegs, 2 taps, 1 gun and 4 kegs cold at any one time
Link to pics on here some ware have a look for macabresbrewery.
Shaun, frickin WOW . I knew you guys in the territory took your beer seriously but .............
That is a ripper keg/fridge set-up. I'm saving the link for if I ever get around to kegs. Also love the portable modded esky. What do you do for a crust? I expect whatever it is has come in handy here, it's tidy exact work. Thanks for the link.
Cheers, Ed
So the bartender says to the horse "Why the long face?"
Yeah, real nice work grab. I now remember viewing those a week or 2 back, I've a long way to go Thanks for the offer, and yes I'd love to take a look. When's the best?
Cheers, Ed
So the bartender says to the horse "Why the long face?"
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave Barry.
Hey SCBlack, hydrogen & oxygen are ELEMENTS, not chemicals
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave Barry.
Hey SCBlack, hydrogen & oxygen are ELEMENTS, not chemicals
Why tell me? Go tell Dave Barry, whoever the hell he is.
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave Barry.
I thought you were like the coolest guy going down in Oz quaoting Mr Barry
Dogger
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
Ed wrote:Shaun, frickin WOW . I knew you guys in the territory took your beer seriously but .............
That is a ripper keg/fridge set-up. I'm saving the link for if I ever get around to kegs. Also love the portable modded esky. What do you do for a crust? I expect whatever it is has come in handy here, it's tidy exact work. Thanks for the link.
Shaun that explains it then. I've a mate who does the same. Can never understand half the stuff he yaks about . Electronics and me just don't mix. Printed a few resists for circuit boards, had no idea what I was doing, but they worked out well
Cheers, Ed
So the bartender says to the horse "Why the long face?"
I thought you were like the coolest guy going down in Oz quaoting Mr Barry
Dogger
He's a newspaper writer or something isn't he? Seen his name around something's occasionally. I come across his quotes more often, but I forget where I came across this one.
I know enough to know what he does for a job.
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer." - Dave Barry.
"Listening to someone who brews their own beer is like listening to a religous fanatic talk about the day he saw the light" Ross Murray, Montreal Gazette
. I knew you guys in the territory took your beer seriously but ............. 
Thanks for the offer, and yes I'd love to take a look. When's the best? 
. Electronics and me just don't mix. Printed a few resists for circuit boards, had no idea what I was doing, but they worked out well 