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Something is wrong with the internal network at work so after physically organizing some papers to scan later I'm just sitting here on my phone
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Okay. Going to go into work and maybe actually sorta put in something like a full day today.
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Oct 4, 2021 02:19
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The mill arrived today. Looks like I'll have my first brew day tomorrow.
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Oct 4, 2021 04:13
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Overall good news. A little nerve wracking, but we're moving forward. It feels a bit sudden, but it probably always was going to be. There are a few things I wanted to get more organized but it just didn't work out that way. I'll be able to get things set up better eventually though.
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Oct 4, 2021 06:12
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The mill arrived today. Looks like I'll have my first brew day tomorrow.
wow that's a fancy mill! i made my own out of a hopper i had laser cut from sheet at my work that i welded (badly) myself and some crown rollers i'm pretty sure. mounted it to a wood board and it sits above a 5 gallon bucket lol
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Oct 4, 2021 13:11
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wow that's a fancy mill! i made my own out of a hopper i had laser cut from sheet at my work that i welded (badly) myself and some crown rollers i'm pretty sure. mounted it to a wood board and it sits above a 5 gallon bucket lol
It's a relatively cheap two roller mill, but it's not bad. I definitely would have liked more time to prepare, but I should be alright. I think I'm going to need to explain the importance of scheduling soon. Today they asked if I could do our second beer the day after tomorrow. Like...why? I know they want to get tanks filled quickly, but I'd imagine at our size it'd be best to stagger releases a bit. I'd also like a day to fix issues I have on my very first day. To be fair, they didn't seem to have a problem with giving me a day in between.
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Oct 4, 2021 14:02
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Brew day!
I'm uh... I'm not really sure how to sparge on this system.
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Oct 5, 2021 01:49
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I think sparging in public is against the law
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Oct 5, 2021 04:01
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I figured out how to sparge on this system without it taking too much time. So many valves! My feet!
No, YOU'RE having a mental breakdown about not having the energy to clean your house because your job has you working 14 hour days running and entire business by yourself when you are paid an embarrassingly low hourly wage.
I'm going to start a fund to make your boss disappear.
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Oct 5, 2021 07:22
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hopefully "My feet!" refers to running around all day and not opening a valve of hot liquor on your feet
Yeah, it's just stress. I got good rubber boots with safety toes! I didn't hot target OG, which is pretty frustrating. This is why I wanted to start out with something more simple. They also ordered me the wrong hydrometer so I had to run around asking people if I could use theirs. Fortunately I found someone.
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Oct 5, 2021 10:29
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They're really trying to rush production, fortunately they're kind of being forced to let me take some time next week because we need to submit recipes to the government before we can make them. I'm going to need to meet with them and tell them that we need to take things slow so I can get things more calibrated. I understand that they want to get things going but this is how it goes
Escape From Noise fucked around with this message at 10:46 on Oct 5, 2021
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I figured out how to sparge on this system without it taking too much time. So many valves! My feet!
I'm going to start a fund to make your boss disappear.
Give me a heads up and I know just the place...
Hey EFN, how many employees does your job have? Like, in general, is a brewery like that a smaller operation? I don't know anything about that world and it sounds like black magic/rocket surgery sometimes lol
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Oct 5, 2021 11:58
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Brew day!
I'm uh... I'm not really sure how to sparge on this system.
oh i see, you're like a BREWER brewer. that's cool too
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Oct 5, 2021 12:47
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Give me a heads up and I know just the place...
Hey EFN, how many employees does your job have? Like, in general, is a brewery like that a smaller operation? I don't know anything about that world and it sounds like black magic/rocket surgery sometimes lol
In the brewery it's just me. You don't really need many people in a brewery until you hit a pretty big volume. I worked at a fairly large place in Seattle that had a head brewer running logistics, paperwork, etc. and two other brewery staff when they hired me. I was hired to increase production. Eventually I was doing cellar work (cleaning tanks, carbonating, dry-hopping, etc.) and running packaging while the lead brewer brewed and did more advanced cellar work, or whatever. Until you're pretty large you don't need a huge number of people. At most one or two people brewing, a couple cellar staff, and maybe a couple packaging techs.
At my current size (500 liters with 6 fermentation vessels) I can run most things, we're pretty small so I couldn't see more than one other person really working with me. Eventually we may reach a point where that's necessary. We'll see.
Sorry if I'm bad at explaining this. I'm also pretty out of it.
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Oct 5, 2021 13:18
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oh drat yeah that's hella small. what is that size even called in the brewery world - is that even "nano" brewing? "pico" brewing? 500 L across 6 vessels isn't a whole lot more than i have capacity for in my dinky little basement brewery, i do 55 L batches and have 3 fermenters (so 165 L i guess but it's rare for me to have all 3 full)
it's dope that you do it as a job tho, i've considered going pro a few times but i feel like i missed the boat at this point now that there are hundreds (maybe over 1000?) breweries in my province
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Oct 5, 2021 13:24
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oh i see, you're like a BREWER brewer. that's cool too
Just sorta!
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Oct 5, 2021 13:37
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oh drat yeah that's hella small. what is that size even called in the brewery world - is that even "nano" brewing? "pico" brewing? 500 L across 6 vessels isn't a whole lot more than i have capacity for in my dinky little basement brewery, i do 55 L batches and have 3 fermenters (so 165 L i guess but it's rare for me to have all 3 full)
it's dope that you do it as a job tho, i've considered going pro a few times but i feel like i missed the boat at this point now that there are hundreds (maybe over 1000?) breweries in my province
Oh, sorry, I meant it's a 500 liter system with six 500 liter tanks. It's on the smaller side but not quite that tiny. There's a brewery with a 200 liter system not far from us.
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Oct 5, 2021 13:40
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Moved furniture yesterday. Still cleaning up after the art department.
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Oct 5, 2021 14:08
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Oh, sorry, I meant it's a 500 liter system with six 500 liter tanks. It's on the smaller side but not quite that tiny. There's a brewery with a 200 liter system not far from us.
oh okay yeah that makes more sense haha. i actually haven't brewed in over a year, i've been really busy with my new job but also a lot more outdoor hobbies, like this weekend i just bought a dirt bike. but i've been thinking about designing and building a new system from the ground up lately - probably a semi-auto recirculating mash system of some type, with a automation panel and stuff. all my equipment is poo poo i cobbled together over the years and now i have more money and time and tools and i know i could build something way cooler and better
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Oct 5, 2021 14:32
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Morning panic attack thought:
What if I just stopped going, what then?
I know you have a lot of reasons to but... sometimes I really think you should. Because JFC
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Oct 5, 2021 15:18
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Afternoon panic attack thoughts: I could be working 24 hours a day and still not get everything done.
This is very me right now.
Not appreciating people calling with urgent poo poo that must get done before the urgent poo poo someone called about 30 minutes ago that had to get done before the urgent poo poo before that...
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Oct 5, 2021 21:28
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Yup.
I finally just broke down and cried and people are very confused because I Don't Cry.
Ugh. Sorry.
I haven't had a good stress-related work cry in decades. I'm sure it's coming, though.
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Oct 5, 2021 22:04
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I think someone forgot a valve on the HLT and it is causing me all kinds of headaches.
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Oct 6, 2021 02:56
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Just realizing that the boots I bought are too small. I definitely need to pick up new ones tonight.
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Oct 6, 2021 05:30
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...or maybe they aren't?
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Oct 6, 2021 06:00
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What if your feet are too big?
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Oct 6, 2021 13:39
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What if your feet are too big?
I actually have pretty small feet.
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Oct 6, 2021 13:53
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At work wishing I was unemployed and covered in grease with a scraggly neckbeard tbqh
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What if your feet are too big?
That's a matter for fats waller:
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