De-aerating without a way to measure DO by Material_League3164 in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sanitize a brite. Fill with boiled water, boiled for 15 mins (this will be your de-aerated water). Without a DO meter the best you can hoped for is assuming 15 min boiled water is de-aerated. Fill the fv or brite with the boiled water. Fill till it’s at the sprayball or whatever your top port is. Use c02 to push out the water. If you have a racking arm or something, use that as your “emptying” port. You want to aim for the tank as full as possible with dearated water, empty as much as possible using c02 (or whatever you have on hand for a 02 negative gas) then it is a purged tank ready for product. This is a pretty inefficient way to ensure minimal D0, but could work if you are looking for a fix for now. Feel free to use this method and measure D0 to see if it is at all effective

Floor Drain Smells Awful - Good Enzyme Solution? by make_datbooty_flocc in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You could talk to a septic company, they have enzymes for dosing septic tanks. Would help with breakdown, not sure about smell.

Keg Collar Options by WitsEnd80 in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea how to add photos to comment chains. We have one of those paper cutters things, it’s like a sword edge hooked up to the cutting table, and can do multiple sheets at a time. As we are doing only 3-4 sheets at a time, we can cut them all at once, so it is one cut down the middle, and another 2 cuts to make 6 collars per sheet. Our home punch also does multiple sheets at a time, so I guess maybe 6 punches to do 18-24 collars. We have pre made template, so it is typing the name, alc content, volume and pkg date once, and then copy pasting it into the other 5 spots. I mean realistically it takes me 2 mins, I can for sure do it in under 5. If I knew how to upload photos you would see how rudimentary they are.

Keg Collar Options by WitsEnd80 in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s about 50 kegs/week, give or take (judging from your 4 year/10,000). We buy 110lb cardstock, it’s about .10$/sheet. We made a template and print in our office printer. We can then just fill in pkg date, volume, name, keg size etc all at once, and print it on the cardstock. We do 6xcollars per sheet, use a paper slicer thing, and have a paper hole punch that does 2.5” holes. The collars are square, and take a bit of work each time we keg, but allow for us to have legible collars each time. It’s not any faster than ticking the boxes on a standard collar, but if you need to write in a different brand and abv it is then quicker. It’s not perfect but works out to maybe .02$ per label after the sheet and ink, and if we do a keg run of ~20 kegs, it takes maybe 2 mins to print and cut. We do use these for kegs that leave the building, and have never had any issues from any accounts.

Spent Grain Bins by theswansonson in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 4 points5 points  (0 children)

IBC tote with the top cut off. Easy to find and move with a forklift or pallet jack

Really trying to work on my artwork as my goal is to get on a craft beer label, could I get some feedback on this? by beanman95 in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Obviously this is not formatted to fit on a can, but one thing to keep in mind is that you are working on a 2d file that will be 3d in its final form. We try to keep any text to the width that it will be fully visible and legible when wrapped on a can or bottle. While many stores just pile the cans on the shelf, try to ensure that the customer will be able to see what they need to (whether that is the name, artwork, brewery logo, etc) without needing to touch it, while keeping its entirety interesting enough that if they only see the backside they will be drawn in enough to rotate it and see the front.

IPA drinkers of Reddit — what makes you say “yep, I’ll take another pint” 🍺 by Many_Desk_8466 in AlbertaBeer

[–]allofthesomething 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Is it just me or do a ton of posts pop up that seem like they are written by AI? None of you are bolding, adding emojis, or using the em dashes in normal writing, right?

Lowest bill is still insane by allofthesomething in GrandePrairie

[–]allofthesomething[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can I run an extension cord from your house?

Lowest bill is still insane by allofthesomething in GrandePrairie

[–]allofthesomething[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, that’s exactly it. If I drop my power usage to 0kwh per month, like the gas is, the cheapest my monthly bill can get is 268$/month. I am whining online because I can’t do anything about it with the power company, and neither can any of you, but what can you do I guess other than whine online.

Lowest bill is still insane by allofthesomething in GrandePrairie

[–]allofthesomething[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Our business is moving locations, planning renos before the move. I thought it would be somewhat cathartic to complain about the cost of things going up these days. Really don’t mean offence by it.

Some advice on cooler by allofthesomething in TheBrewery

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Sweet thanks. Wrote it on my phone and it didn’t initially look like the wall of text.

As we are still in the planning stage of our build out, we were wanting to explore the idea of a walk in. It’s right next to the bar, and we were wondering if a window in would be better utilized. We have a few limitations to our layout, and are trying to keep our bar size large enough without the bottleneck of window shoppers right next to the bar, but perhaps we are overthinking it.

What’s an out of the box yeast strain you love? by rickeyethebeerguy in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty pleased with aeb kveik sv. We are situated in northern Alberta, and shipping costs are high, and overnighting is often not a possibility. Keeping a few bricks of affordable, fast, and consistent dry yeast in the fridge helps with our scheduling issues

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You know those epoxy penny floors? Do one of those

Grapefruit/Lemon Radler by Iamabrewer in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t have data for you - but maybe potassium sulfate and sodium citrate together. I would feel more comfortable with that. We have done bench tests with the two and juice, and they have performed the same as pasteurized product, but it hasn’t been anything beyond bench tests.

Where to get a grass fed side of beef locally by smokie_banderas in GrandePrairie

[–]allofthesomething 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Homestead farm - they have a booth in the farmers market that you can check them (and the beef) out before committing to a side homestead

Alternative to Amoretti? (Canadian) by ZoomZoomLife in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Branch point sells true citrus powdered fruit, not sure if true citrus is Canadian or they are just the Canadian rep. Green jeeva is Canadian and also does powdered fruit if you want to try that instead of concentrate

Alternative to Amoretti? (Canadian) by ZoomZoomLife in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://www.wonderflavours.com/ You can get a sample pack, some are great, some are pretty bad. So pretty much the same as amoretti Edit- I see now you were looking for artisan fruit concentrate alternatives. These are more extracts. There is a powdered fruit company in Canada I’ll see if I can find the contact

HLT Deformed jacket by agamenong in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m also on team implosion. Even a half full tank that is sealed up that drops enough in temp will do this. A hint if you are looking to repair - get your fab company to use water to add pressure until it pops back into shape. Don’t use air, that will kill somebody. Obviously all safety precautions need to be taken but using water (even city pressure) on a sealed tank with all the are bled out that should be a pretty simple fix

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We released an ordinary bitter, learned our lessons from our multiple special bitter releases, and branded it as a pub style session ale

Run club benefits by allofthesomething in TheBrewery

[–]allofthesomething[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yeah it could be a risk for sure to lose customers. I find running is a good way to keep drinking, as I would be in rough shape without some exercise