{"id":586,"date":"2009-05-27T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?p=586"},"modified":"2009-05-27T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T04:32:09","slug":"scenes-from-last-brew-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?p=586","title":{"rendered":"Scenes from last brew day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still brewing on a proto-tier system and taking notes about the height, usability and relationships between vessels so I&#8217;ll know exactly where I want things before I make them static. I used to be somewhat sensitive about that state of my &#8220;brewery,&#8221; until I started looking at other people&#8217;s tiers on the internet. Now the white towel rack from our first apartment no longer embarrasses me. And I know it&#8217;ll be retired soon after a second productive career.<br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-586 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?attachment_id=587'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/prototier0001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-587\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-587'>\n\t\t\t\tMy franken-tier\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?attachment_id=588'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/sparge0001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-588\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-588'>\n\t\t\t\tMy gravity powered sparge &#8220;arm&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>I started heating water in the HLT at 6 am on Monday (it was light and so very nice out) and was really happy working in the quiet and cool morning, and I&#8217;ve grown so very fond of brewing outside, so I&#8217;ve got to make sure this system is still portable and can be broken down to store and transport. As I was setting up and breaking down, I started to realize how many piecemeal items that were added along the way can be made a permanent fixture and save time. I also realized that my wort chiller needs some modification to work in my new brew kettle.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I still dislike pelletized hops. Such a mess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still brewing on a proto-tier system and taking notes about the height, usability and relationships between vessels so I&#8217;ll know exactly where I want things before I make them static. I used to be somewhat sensitive about that state of my &#8220;brewery,&#8221; until I started looking at other people&#8217;s tiers on the internet. Now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?p=586\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Scenes from last brew day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[22,57,70,74,96,116],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear","category-homebrew","tag-brewery","tag-hlt","tag-kettle","tag-mash-tun","tag-prototype","tag-tier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}