An Ankoù
Landlord.
This is exactly my problem @DocAnna . When I was a 16-year-old +, I'd brew any old rubbish, the stronger the better, made of extract boiled with locally picked hops when in season. Canning? More often than not it didn't make it out of the fermenter as we'd plunge in our glasses as soon as it started to taste like beer. I used to love that beer!I've an interesting problem. I've too much beer.
Thing is that I have committed to drinking a lot less, not that I drank a lot to begin with, but after a glass or two I get nibbly and end up eating crisps or crackers, and it has been making dieting difficult. Not that I'd consider myself huge by any means, but shifting the weight post COVID and home working is proving harder than it used to. So I'm not drinking at all during the week and less at the weekend, which is working. It does mean I've nicely conditioned beers to drink when I do but they may be there for quite some time. Why is this an issue, well I enjoy the process of brewing and the outlook is that I won't have a free keg for months at this rate.
My plan is to refocus on design of my brewing space that has to cohabit with bikes, tools and storage boxes in the garage. In particular wall mounting my new regulators and properly fitting the CO2 tubing to the walls. A couple of months ago I sourced a can filler - just the one fill point version, which will also need a mounting point and CO2 supply. This will mean I can set up a proper canning station rather than my Heath Robinson set up I have now. This will allow me to commit to properly canning in slightly larger amounts, and I can clear out more beer sending out larger parcels/cases to friends and family. It's going to mean a new focus on process for labelling, packaging and schedule, all of which makes me happyas it's still 'brewing' and means I can make more beer too. This feels like a natural progression but is going to take a while to get right.
So a couple of questions about CO2 piping:
- Is it better to have one long pipe with a curving corner, or use JG fittings and a right angle bend, if there is space to do either?
- I've some condensation in one of my clear longer CO2 pipes - should I replace the tube, is there some way of drying it out, or should I leave alone? Thanks x.
Now I brew because I love brewing and beer, in some respects, is an inconvenient by-product. Well, that's an exaggeration, but you get my drift. I've a list a mile long of beers I need to get on with, and the ingredients ready to do it.
I really must try harder to drink more.
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