Yeast poop

[Y]ou’ll feel like you were poisoned…which you were. [1] [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx5FoDSc-0U

The difference

The difference between dogs and cats? The dog hovers around you, schnuffling and wagging and wants you to go do stuff. The cat? Pretty much the opposite:

Winter project

Instead of washing yeast, I think this [1] is totally the way to go. Better control up front and gets one step closer to “real” brewery operations. Spreading the $10.99 (retail) cost of a yeast strain across half a dozen brews gets it down into the realm of negligible. I need to find me a…

It isn’t there

I can probably count the number of times I’ve meant to hit the ‘=’ key and actually hit the ‘=’ on the first try on a single hand. This really sucks in my line of work since variable assignment and the subtraction operand are not equivalent. Neither is an equality test the same as a…

Brew report

And here’s today’s brew report: Brewing Steps: 2013B05 Council Tucky 8 Belgian Dark Strong Ale Type: All Grain Date: 10/27/2013 Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer: Nick Hansen Boil Size: 6.52 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pot and Cooler ( 5 Gal/19 L) – All Grain Final Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal Brewhouse…

Making the case

Right about now I’m really loving the school of request management that repeatedly asks “are you sure” to any exhortations that, yes, this thing is absolutely needed. Some folks seem to be able to carry this off for days at a time.