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[biometrics]

Kegged the week old Amber Ale, 8-9L or so. In this temperature and no more bubbling I'm pretty sure it's ready. In the fridge cooling off for Fri/Sat.

 

[biometrics]

Brewed a Coopers Draught 23L. It's about the same effort as the smaller Dr Beer cans.

 

[bigAl-sa]

Brewed a Coopers Draught 23L. It's about the same effort as the smaller Dr Beer cans.

and a higher return on input

 

[Papa Smurf]

Yeah effort is effort, thats why i went 2 fermenters at 23 litres each
Now on 3 fermenters but that is where i now draw the line
It's a good half days work every 2 weeks when it comes to bottling and starting another 3 batches.
Luckily this Sunday will be the last time and then 2 weeks later i bottle for the final time
To have just under 350 litres aging in prep for the 3rd wave

 

[biometrics]

Yeah effort is effort, thats why i went 2 fermenters at 23 litres each
Now on 3 fermenters but that is where i now draw the line
It's a good half days work every 2 weeks when it comes to bottling and starting another 3 batches.
Luckily this Sunday will be the last time and then 2 weeks later i bottle for the final time
To have just under 350 litres aging in prep for the 3rd wave

I hate bottling, glad I got a keg.

 

[Papa Smurf]

I hate bottling, glad I got a keg.

One day
Money is tight these days
For me its old black label bottles until i can afford going keg.

What is your total outlay in Rands to go kegging?

 

[biometrics]

One day
Money is tight these days
For me its old black label bottles until i can afford going keg.

What is your total outlay in Rands to go kegging?

 

[spiderz]

Yeah effort is effort, thats why i went 2 fermenters at 23 litres each
Now on 3 fermenters but that is where i now draw the line
It's a good half days work every 2 weeks when it comes to bottling and starting another 3 batches.
Luckily this Sunday will be the last time and then 2 weeks later i bottle for the final time
To have just under 350 litres aging in prep for the 3rd wave

Do one batch each week ...

 

[bigAl-sa]

Yeah effort is effort, thats why i went 2 fermenters at 23 litres each
Now on 3 fermenters but that is where i now draw the line
It's a good half days work every 2 weeks when it comes to bottling and starting another 3 batches.
Luckily this Sunday will be the last time and then 2 weeks later i bottle for the final time
To have just under 350 litres aging in prep for the 3rd wave

How do you handle 3 fermenters in the caravan?

 

[bigAl-sa]

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Too much. I know you and @GreGorGy are into that, but part of the fun for me is waiting for the beer to gas up, and then drink it all!

With bottles, 90% of the work is cleaning the bottles as soon as possible after you have consumed them.

So easy to carry bottles around when you kuier

 

[biometrics]

How do you handle 3 fermenters in the caravan?

That's in his flat in Somerset West.

 

[bigAl-sa]

That's in his flat in Somerset West.

The man has a dual life?

 

[GreGorGy]

That's in his flat in Somerset West.

How does he handle 3 fermenters in a flat in Somerset West?

 

[GreGorGy]

Too much. I know you and @GreGorGy are into that, but part of the fun for me is waiting for the beer to gas up, and then drink it all!

With bottles, 90% of the work is cleaning the bottles as soon as possible after you have consumed them.

So easy to carry bottles around when you kuier

The waiting with a keg is about a day or two. Then, the real fun, drinking it all, begins. I have been considering bottling a couple of cases of lager in my Groslch bottles just so I can have a stored away stockpile to be honest.

Right now, 10L keg is empty and will get the mystery lager. The 20L is half with cider and that one is taking its time getting emptied. If I do a cider again, it will be bottled since I don't drink that kak. The 30L has about 7L of stout in it.

This means the 20L bitter whose fermentation has just completed has nowhere to go. But that stuff is so decent on nitro that it has to get kegged.

 

[biometrics]

How does he handle 3 fermenters in a flat in Somerset West?

Think I missed the joke.

 

[Papa Smurf]

LOL, that one went right over my head

How does he handle 3 fermenters in a flat in Somerset West?

Think I missed the joke.

 

[biometrics]

Yeahbrew 5% discount:

 

[bigAl-sa]

1. Post it on fb or igram
2.Send it to us via wa

 

[biometrics]

1. Post it on fb or igram
2.Send it to us via wa

Seems like too much effort for the reward, but hey, might be worth it to someone buying a keg...

 

[GreGorGy]

Was gonna brew today but I am out of energy. I did some maintenance work on the taps since today I also had to keg my clone:



I bottled a litre of this 3.2% bitter. You know for posterity.