I decided to brew at the last minute on Saturday and chose to do a brew inspired by good times sipping Maui Coconut Porter on the lanai in that beer’s home town. I’ve brewed this before but seeing as I didn’t plan the brew ahead I had to wing a few things. I didn’t use any Chocolate or Black malt and instead used Carafa Special II and Roasted Barley (which was ground finely in a blender). I also didn’t prepare a yeast starter but had a Dry Stout fermented with WY1968 London ESB that I needed to move to a serving keg. I pitched the slurry into the new beer and expected to see a quick start to fermentation the next morning. There were no signs of life the next day and I had to head out of town.

Curiosity got the better of me and seeing as my netbook running BrewPi is close to where these carboys are sitting, I decided to remote into it and check its microphone. I did this through the command line and used various tools to compress and move data. This is what I got:

I’m pretty sure the heartbeat like sound is CO2 bubbling out of the blow off tubes… but I think I can also hear the damned conspiring the background. Creepy.

Recipe, if you don't mind