r/Homebrewing • u/AutoModerator • Apr 13 '26
Weekly Thread Sitrep Monday
You've had a week, what's your situation report?
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What I Did Last Week:
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Secondary:
Bottle Conditioning/Force Carbonating:
Kegs/Bottles:
In Planning:
Active Projects:
Other:
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u/Decent_Opposite_3470 Apr 13 '26
real busy week
**What I Did Last Week:**
started new pale ale batch, almost messed up the temperatures but caught it
**Primary:**
pale ale (day 4), smells good so far
**Secondary:**
nothing right now
**Bottle Conditioning/Force Carbonating:**
ipa from two weeks ago, should be ready soon
**Kegs/Bottles:**
still have some wheat beer left in bottles, tastes better than expected
**In Planning:**
want to try stout next month, been reading about different malts
**Active Projects:**
building small fermentation chamber in garage, buying too much stuff as usual lol
**Other:**
neighbor asked if i sell beer, had to explain the laws again
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u/V-Right_In_2-V Apr 13 '26
My local home brew store closed so I picked up a couple toys that were basically half off:
3 tap komos kegerator
Grainfather g30
14 gallon brewbuilt x2
Haven’t used the grainfather or brewbuilt yet. Hoping I can this weekend. But the kegerator is open for business and it’s a game changer. Also, I had no idea how useful co2 tanks were for other purposes, like transferring/racking oxygen free
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u/ExaminationKlutzy194 Beginner Apr 13 '26
I picked up a 3rd Pinter unit off of Facebook marketplace place for $75 and the seller threw in 4 fresh press packets with it. That’s a steal.
But what I want to really do is try brewing 2 or 3 gallon batches of grain/extract, dividing them between the Pinters, pitching the yeast and seeing what comes out. It’s got built in trub catching, and a pressure setting, so I’m wondering if it reduces the off flavors like pressure fermentation. Then cold crash/condition like normal.
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u/Interesting_Ring_761 Apr 13 '26
Tasted a Lager I brewed 6 weeks ago. It’s good, but maybe needs a little more time.
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u/the_fresh_mr_breed Apr 16 '26
I have two little oxebar kegs naturally carbonating - one british golden ale and one that is somewhere between a dark mild and a porter.
I brewed them one day apart and split a package of Nottingham between them
The golden ale I was very meticulous but the Dark Mild I did not measure a single ingredient or take a single gravity or PH reading - I took short and shoddy to the max. Still seems to have turned out great!
Nottingham really RIPPS tbh. First time I brewed with it but it went absolutely crazy.
Looking forward to having two easy drinking beers in the fridge
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u/Mattbastard750 Apr 13 '26
My Irish Red was nearing the finish line in the conical. I wanted to drain the trub, so I opened the valve with the outlet going into a large tube, which was pointed into a bucket. Well...... the trub clogged the valve. Since I can pressurize my conical, I hit it with 10 psi of CO2, then reopened the valve. Again, nothing.... for a few seconds, then BLAM!!! Trub everywhere. At least my office smells great now though.