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I am finally getting to the AHB Fat-Tire Clone Mini-mash kit I got in a couple of weeks ago.

Going to brew tonight 3/2 and have a few during the process I will be having Full Sail IPA (I am still waiting for my ESB to bottle condition, that's why I am going commercial).

What is everybody else brewing/bottling/drinking?
 
I think I'm going to visit a newer HBS not far from me and I'm going to attempt my 1st all grain either this weekend or next. I'll probably go with a simple brown ale - like the one Palmer suggests in his book
 
Hopefully I'll brew my Midlife Crisis Pils this weekend. I might even go for broke and do another batch too if my Chaos Love Magnet is ready to rack.
 
I've got 2 batches planned this weekend. Another batch of Hopocalypse Now Double IPA and a Blackberry Sage Porter.
 
Tonight I'm brewing my second test batch of fruited Saison. I may brew a full batch of something on Sunday, but I haven't anything planned for sure.
 
Oktoberfest for me! Won't crack it until our annual party - if I can really wait 8 months. This will be my first true Oktoberfest lager, instead of the typical Oktoberfest ale. I'm going to try bittering with my small crop of homegrown hops (1st year plants).
 
No brewing here, but I have to bottle my first AG and transfer my second (Walker's IPA - can't wait to try it) to secondary.
 
rdwj said:
I think I'm going to visit a newer HBS not far from me and I'm going to attempt my 1st all grain either this weekend or next. I'll probably go with a simple brown ale - like the one Palmer suggests in his book

You going to Fox Valley Brewing?

I'm brewing something new tomorrow - a Wild Rice Lager.
 
pjj2ba said:
Oktoberfest for me! Won't crack it until our annual party - if I can really wait 8 months. This will be my first true Oktoberfest lager, instead of the typical Oktoberfest ale. I'm going to try bittering with my small crop of homegrown hops (1st year plants).


Woohoo!

Oh yeah, I might do one of these too. SCORED A BUNCH OF GRAIN! ;)
 
ayrton said:
No brewing here, but I have to bottle my first AG and transfer my second (Walker's IPA - can't wait to try it) to secondary.

Let me know how this is. I am brewing something similar this weekend if all goes well...
 
We're brewing my Independence IPA tomorrow since we have plans on Sunday.

Recipe is as follows :
2 pounds extra light DME
6.6 pounds pale LME
2 pounds Crystal Malt 20L
1 pound Munich Malt 10L
2 ounces Summit hops (60 mins)
1.5 ounces Simcoe hops (45 mins)
1.5 ounces Centennial hops (30 mins)
1.5 ounces Cascade hops (2 mins)
1 ounce Cascade (dry hopped 14 days)
1 ounce Centennial (dry hopped 10 days)
Pacman yeast
Estimated O.G. 1.068
Estimated F.G. 1.017
Estimated ABV 6.6 %
IBU 95.0
SRM 12.3

Kicking around the idea of doing the Centennial 30 minute add a little at a time over the final 30 mins. :rockin:
 
It's All Grain Kolsch Time at my house this weekend.

6.5 # Pils
2.5 # Wheat
1 oz. Perle 60 min.
1/2 oz. Spalt 45 min.
1/2 oz. Spalt 5 min.

WL 029 German Kolsch Yeast.

Whoooo Yeahhh
 
A Pete's Wicked Ale clone tomorrow. I'm not too excited about it but it's for a party in April and I figured this was a good brew for the common folk.
 
Rhoobarb said:
You going to Fox Valley Brewing?

I'm brewing something new tomorrow - a Wild Rice Lager.

Ya, I need to go to a b-day party for my nephew near there and figured I'd check it out
 
Now here is the email you want to get on a Friday afternoon...

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At local FedEx facility

7:24 AM
On FedEx vehicle for delivery


4:07 PM
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That's IT! My Belgian Wit All Grain ingredients waiting for me at home... :ban:

I'll be on-line tomorrow while brewing and keep y'all posted.

Brew baby, brew! :rockin:
 
Evan! said:
Uh, let's see...I'm currently scheming on a hefe, because I'm almost out of my previous one.

Ditto for me, will go more wheat DME this time, may steep some grains to keep it from being all-extract, first brew didn't quite have the flavor I was after.

Also considering doing a batch tomorrow - got an Irish pub draught ale kit from Northern Brewer along with some extra 1 lb bags of specialty grains, just to have some stuff to tinker with. If anyone has tried this NB kit please let me know if I should leave it alone or ok to tinker.
 
not brewing anything this weekend. but i have been busy:

fermenting:
spring ale
alt
kolsch
brutal bitters

on tap:
kolsch
esb
pale ale
ipa
imperial ipa
 
I'm brewing my third batch ever, and my first mini-mash. I'm using Ed Wort's Haus Ale recipe, with a minor substitution for to make it a partial mash instead of all grain.

I'm excited!
 
Big Jake Rye (Big Tom Rye v2.0):

Big Tom Rye II

A ProMash Brewing Session - Recipe Details Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 11.63
Anticipated OG: 1.051 Plato: 12.72
Anticipated SRM: 5.8
Anticipated IBU: 41.5
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
----------------

Evaporation Rate: 20.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 7.33 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.039 SG 9.64 Plato


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68.8 8.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2
17.2 2.00 lbs. Rye Malt America 1.030 4
8.6 1.00 lbs. Flaked Rye America 1.034 2
3.2 0.38 lbs. Crystal 20L America 1.035 20
2.2 0.25 lbs. Biscuit Malt Great Britain 1.035 35

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
28.00 g. Cascade Whole 5.80 7.2 First WH
22.00 g. Chinook Whole 12.80 34.3 60 min.
28.00 g. Cascade Whole 5.80 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
-----

WYeast 1056 Amercan Ale/Chico


Mash Schedule
-------------

Mash Name:

Total Grain Lbs: 11.63
Total Water Qts: 14.53 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water Gal: 3.63 - Before Additional Infusions

Tun Thermal Mass: 0.10
Grain Temp: 75.00 F


Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Saccharification 5 60 153 153 Infuse 168 14.53 1.25
Mash out 5 5 169 169 Infuse 210 6.58 1.82
 
AHS FatTire, just like the OP. I'm also enjoying a wheat that's been in the bottle for a couple weeks, it's getting very good!

Before Is tarted brewing I always disliked flat and warm beer.. now I'm like pavlov's dog, I start to salivate when I get a whiff of wort boiling or a swig of flat/warm beer... I know what's coming! lol :p

My FatTire isn't doing so well at the moment though, I'm watching it like a hawk infact. It's blowing out and it ain't pretty. :-(
 
The Pete's Wicked clone is done and I had no AG problems!!!! :ban:

I actually ended up with too much wort, I dumped about 1/2 a gallon. Is that what most people do with leftover wort? I don't have a growler or anything like that for a mini-batch.
 
todd_k said:
The Pete's Wicked clone is done and I had no AG problems!!!! :ban:

I actually ended up with too much wort, I dumped about 1/2 a gallon. Is that what most people do with leftover wort? I don't have a growler or anything like that for a mini-batch.
It wouldn't fit in your fermenter?? I always just let it ride...
 
I didn't even think about freezing it.

It wouldn't all fit, I already had about 5 1/2 gal in there and it flowing so I cut it off.
 
Freezing it is pretty cool...you can use it for starters like the_bird said, or you can even kraeusen with it (prime your beer with wort instead of dme or corn sugar)...The Kaiser wrote a primer on it somewhere around here.
 
Brewing steam beer from a BB kit-tonight :rolleyes: after the eclipse- but using Saflager S-23 (instead
of the Nottingham in the box).
-batch
 
Brewing this:
Recipe Tennessee Jed's Extra Pale Style American Pale Ale
Brewer John Batch 20.00 gal

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.050 OG Estimated FG 1.013 FG
Recipe Bitterness 38 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.0%
Recipe Color 5° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.9%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Use
35.00 lb American two-row mashed
2.00 lb Crystal 10L mashed
2.00 lb CaraPils mashed

Quantity Hop Form Time
2.00 oz Perle whole 60 minutes
2.00 oz Cascade whole 15 minutes
2.00 oz Cascade whole 5 minutes
2.00 oz Cascade whole 30 minutes
1.00 oz Cascade whole 60 minutes

Quantity Misc Notes
4.00 unit American Ale yeast safale-56 package
 
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