{"id":787,"date":"2011-09-06T06:16:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?p=787"},"modified":"2011-09-06T06:16:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T14:16:42","slug":"brewing-hoptoberfest-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rooftopbrew.net\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"Brewing Hoptoberfest 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

After some delays, I managed to work in a brew session yesterday to use both some recently dried and some vine-fresh hops. My mom and the two girls picked hops from the neighbors plant and dried them out so I could use them (I didn’t have any set time to brew yet). Then, Michelle suggested that I brew this past weekend, which was slightly delayed due to Michelle’s canning, visitors, and a trip out of town. But we got back late Sunday night and after helping Michelle get some tomatoes in to jars, I started setting up the tower of terror and heating the liquor tank. The brewing process was same as usual, but due to the volume of fresh and dried hops, I actually ran out of kettle-space for more and ended up not using some. So if you want about 1\/4oz of dried Centennials…<\/p>\n

One of the things I do while brewing is take stock of what’s missing from the setup and what needs replaced. I’ve been putting off making a counterflow wort chiller, but may have put it off too long. Just as I was starting up the immersion chiller, I heard a pop, then the sound of cold, unboiled water running in to my hot wort. NOOOOO! The heat weakened a connector on the chiller and a kink down-line caused the pressure to build up until that connecting hose failed. Better fix that.<\/p>\n