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Isolation brewing

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Who's taking advantage of our disadvantage and brewing while stuck at home? Surely some of you are in the boat as I am and have to stay home.
Even though I'm good on beer, I'm going to brew soon just because I can. It does take real discipline not to drink alot while stuck at home but at least it'll take off a bit of the boredom.
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Nothing has changed for me. Wife and I are retired, at home anywayz. Only thing it affected was our travel plans, no visit to daughter/family in Washington, family in Indiana, campgrounds closing so can't go camping in commercial parks. But yea, I'm going to use this time to brew, catch up on house repairs, do some wood-working and when the lakes thaw, get some fishing in.
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I'm probably going to brew a 2.5 or 3 gallon batch tonight and then go on a continuous 2.5 to 3 gallon weekly rotation once my big batch of porter is done fermenting. That will give me something to do to pass a bit of time 2-3 days a week every week between the brewing, the fermenting (next day since I slow chill), and bottling/cleaning of used bottles.
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I wish I could brew. My tap water is terrible for brewing so I’ve got to dilute with distilled or use 100% distilled water and add stuff back in. The stores are limiting water to 2 gallons per purchase. And I’m not going to run back and forth to the store 5 times just for water. So my brewing, along with most everything else in the country, is in temporary hold.

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I brewed on Sunday and as long as my LHBS has supplies to put something together I would like to brew again later in the week. I think my Double Pale Ale sounds about right.

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Got some Motueka and Ella so I'm going to brew a Pacific Pale Ale and dry hop it with HBC 692. No idea how it will turn out but if it wards off evil, I'm going for it.
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I haven't brewed in months. I've got a batch in the fermenter that I'll try to keg tomorrow. 1 keg of cider that's almost full (I don't like cider much) in the kegerator. No kegs of beer to tap.

I've been buying beer to make my home brew last longer, but I've only got 18 left and I have no intention of going to the store to get more for quite a while.

I've got plenty of two row, several packets of yeast, and a freezer full of yeast. I just need to carve out some time. With the mash and boil, I should just set up the night before (or even do an overnight mash) and brew while I'm working.
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I have an order coming from MoreBeer on Thursday. I'm brewing up another batch of Berliner Weiss.

It's nice to have as a drinking option at 3%.

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BlackDuck wrote:I wish I could brew. My tap water is terrible for brewing so I’ve got to dilute with distilled or use 100% distilled water and add stuff back in.
Might be a good time to get RO stuff?
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The big boat is out of the water, which is very rare, so every decent weather day will be dedicated to the boatyard. I should be in pretty good shape for homebrew, especially if Easter family dinner is cancelled. I'll brew after the boat splashes in mid-may.
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Can't work on a boat at a yard here, because we have a Stay Home order. Seems like NY has the same order...

I brewed in late January, then again in late February. With our Stay Home order, my LHBS (Adventures) closed to retail Monday night. Just as well, while we'll have to make a food run soon, adding an extra stop adds extra risk. Could of course pay for shipping mail order, but we have plenty right now.
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Do you have a boat?
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I just got my shipment from MoreBeer and the ice packs did in fact keep the yeast chilled, which was always my main concern.

Looks like I can dial up my Berliner again.
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John Sand wrote:Do you have a boat?
I do in fact have a boat. It is in the garage at our cottage. Given our cottage is 80 minutes away, I will not be going there to do anything because it violates our Stay Home order, which right now goes through April 13th. Our order requires us to suspend activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life, so driving to work on a boat would fall into that.

Because people are clueless, our governor had to add that golfing isn't essential when asked, because people were thinking it's ok to go golfing. Stay home means stay home, at least here in Michigan (and in Ohio). I think the NY order is similar.
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Bell's Best Brown clone
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Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout

Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.

Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
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Fortunately or unfortunately I am working as our business of material handling is considered essential to keep medical, manufacturing and the food and beverage infrastructure going, in Ohio there is NOT a stay at home order it is a social distancing order, in other words a common sense order, don't gather in groups, only go to public stores when absolutely necessary, business deemed non essential to sustain life are closed. Haven't brewed since May of last year, have made some wines since, 2 bathroom remodels and one bedroom makeover nearly complete and I can straighten out my brewing area and get a few kegs filled soon!
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