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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:58 pm Post subject: Replacing hoses? |
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Just a quick question for y'all to see how often you replace your hoses.
I keep them clean, but they are getting quite discolored.
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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rcrabb22
Joined: 23 Dec 2010 Posts: 462 Location: Illinois
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Link Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Replacing hoses? |
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SD Endorf wrote: | Just a quick question for y'all to see how often you replace your hoses.
I keep them clean, but they are getting quite discolored. |
I did once but that was due to conversion from old cooler/propane setup to build a copy of Kal's electric brewery. I decided I wanted brand new everything.
If I had not rebuilt I would probably still be using my original hoses. My old hoses also discolored. My new hoses are still new looking but I expect when I brew a few more stouts and browns that will change.
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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Yup! Kal, that's the tubing I bought through your link.
I won't worry about it. Just hard to watch that crisp light pilsner running through brown tubing....
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kal Forum Administrator
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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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kal wrote: | If it's any consolation it won't affect the taste at all. I've done 12% RIS's that are jet black and taste like chocolate and tar on steroids followed by 3.5% "Bud light" lagers that don't taste like anything. I was just sampling one of the light lagers last night after a month of lagering and it's close to clear as water and still tastes like nothing...
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Good to know....
I'm guessing you either brewed a "very hot summer day quaffer".... or this was a friends request for something that doesn't taste "too beery" ??
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kal Forum Administrator
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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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I hear ya..
I've got a Czech Pilsner lagering right now. I added an ounce of black malt, floured into the boil kettle just to Get the SRM to about 9.. It's a summer favorite!
You've heard this a million times, but pictures of your setup are drool worthy. Always enjoy them.
Thanks for the info.!
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Master
Joined: 30 Jan 2016 Posts: 171 Location: Virginia Beach, VA
Drinking: Naked Singularity Stout, Hurricane Bohemian Pilsner, Pineapple Cider, Ich bin ein Berlinerweiss, AbbyNormal Glutton Free Lambic
Working on: Vienna Lager. Witty name to follow.
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Link Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 12:18 am Post subject: |
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kal wrote: |
Making a very light tasting lager has been a real challenge that I've kind of enjoyed as every fault shows up. It's definitely one of the hardest beers to make well!
Kal |
That was the basis of a discussion I had with a friend who is a tad on the hipster side, saying that the makers of Budweiser are fantastic brewers, they just don't make a product I like!
He was beside himself while I explained to him how hard those styles are, and that even with the "Uberbrew" (what the electric system at my place has been named) I don't have the equipment to properly make it on the fermentation side.
I'm still on the five gallon bucket fermentator plan.
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kal Forum Administrator
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dp Brewing Company
Joined: 08 Jul 2013 Posts: 664 Location: Midwest
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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I'm sure this question has came up before, but I searched and couldn't find it.
The tubing I used for my mash tun got a little mold on the inside. Well, I assume it is mold, can't really see through the tubing all that well. I guess I put the lid back on to soon on a previous brew. I pulled the tubing off and have tried to clean it but have had no luck. I've soaked it in OxiClean Free for several hours and then ran clean hot water through. NO luck on cleaning it.
Anyone have any ideas or should I just pitch it?
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kal Forum Administrator
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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I normally use the vac on all the lines and try to suck the water out. I must of got lazy that day.
I do have access to CO2 pretty close. I use a 20# tank so I only have to fill it up every year or two. I could hook up an attachment to blow the lines out with the CO2.
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kal Forum Administrator
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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kal wrote: | I find it works better (and is less messy) to blow instead of suck. If you suck, you fill your shop vac and then have to dump it.
You could use CO2, but why when just regular air is free and you have a shop vac?
Kal |
Not sure my shop vac goes in reverse. Honestly, never looked to see if it does. Plus after I suck out the bottom of the kettles I have to dump it anyway.
On another note, if I used the CO2 I wouldn't have to worry about blowing in contaminated particles.
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kal Forum Administrator
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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My dip tube stops 1/4" from the bottom of the kettle. With a diameter of 17.7" that adds up to about 0.27 gallons. Do you have less water than that after your transfer?
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Both my Boil kettle and MLT get tilted 90 degrees for cleaning so the cleaning water is dumped that way.
My HLT never gets moved but I do lift up the back slightly when it's almost empty from sparging so that there's only a few ounces left. If I forget, there's a 3.5 cups (28 oz) of water because that's the kettle dead space (0.22 gallons). I still use a sponge, it just takes a minute or so instead of a couple of seconds. That said, I rarely forget to tilt the HLT. All it takes is the back lifted by an inch to reduce the amount of remaining water by a lot.
Kal
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dp Brewing Company
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, you gave me an idea.
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JayBo
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Link Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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I just learned another great tip...use a sponge to get the excess water out. I've been wasting my time with these cheap towels I bought that basically repel water..lol
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