What're you all brewing today or this weekend?

Getting ready to mash-in a Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye clone myself. I love the smell of rye malt, and couldn't ask for a more beautiful day here in the usually rainy northwest.


-D

I did a Maple Brown Ale yesterday. The sap all ran a couple weeks back and I got gifted a couple gallons of the stuff. Soon berries will be in season and then its time for some nice wheats.

I'll be trying my hand at my second AG with BierMuncher's Blue Balls Belgian Wit.

When I get my hops in I'm going to brew a Kolsch.

I'm making a pale ale using all DME for the first time. It's also the first beer where I actually designed the recipe myself. Bought a brand new immersion chiller today as well.

Since I brewed a czech Pilsner last week I think I'll brew a vienna or an alt. Maybe an IPA, but I think I'll go with a vienna or alt like beer Sunday.

Though my plan to add a sight utbe to my boil keggle was scuttled so I have to do that first. I was changing a connector on the air compressor and noticed that there was a crack in the manifold. Those small compressors all seem to use a cheap cast one pice manifold/regulator. So I either plug off one end with epoxy or buy a regulater and manifold and rebuild it all.

Hmm.. I think I need a beer..

I put an Arrogant Bastard clone into the keg, transferred my blackberry Melomel to the secondary (15%, damn), and brewed 10 gallons of porter.

I've been needing to do this **** for a while.

I'm brewing a Blonde on Monday or Tuesday...just waiting on the stuff to arrive from AHB.


Dan

Brewed a DFH 60 min clone today. BREW DAY ROCKS! See here.

Yuri_Rage said:

Brewed a DFH 60 min clone today. BREW DAY ROCKS! See here.

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very nice...love the high tech hopping
Looks like me and you got the same pot.


Dan

Willsellout said:

very nice...love the high tech hopping
Looks like me and you got the same pot.


Dan

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If I remember correctly, it's the 20 gal stainless version from Northern Brewer. Fitting and valve were DIY.

Well mines 10 gallons. I took the valve and bazooka screen route. Of course now that I spent the money on the pot I have a line on a couple kegs that will be getting converted. for the past three months I couldn't find a keg to save my life...thats how it goes

Willsellout said:

Well mines 10 gallons. I took the valve and bazooka screen route. Of course now that I spent the money on the pot I have a line on a couple kegs that will be getting converted. for the past three months I couldn't find a keg to save my life...thats how it goes

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You and I have a lot in common. I, too, have a (legal) keg in the mail right now. I had given up on one until Dude lent an awesome helping hand.

Well, added a sight tube to my boil kettle so I could see where the damn 40L mark is at. Hockey game on at 5pm so I will be brewing tomorrow instead.

Damn. I just remembered what the other two projects I wanted to work on regarding my brew setup were. Damn memory. I need to rebuild my grinder. I bought a new roller and want to replace one of thr rollers I have now, but I have to build a new case for it. The other was fly sparge arm.

Bottled an IPA and brewing another. (The second one is a bit of a mish mash of leftovers - but BEER IS BEER!!!!)

Here's the recipe:

4lbs LME
3.5lbs DME
3/4lb Crystal 15L
1/4lb Crystal 75L
1/4lb Carapils
1oz Chinook @ 60min
1oz Chinook @ 40min
1oz Willamette 10min
1 3/4oz Cascade 1min
CA Wyeast (My first attempt at a harvest - not to hard to do!!!)

Should be pretty tasty!!!

I LOVE HOPS!!!!

Drinking and brewing and watching baseball is the way to go!!!!!!

Whirlpooling a Munich Helles right now. I've been brewing a bunch of ale lately, the lagerator's been lonely.

I did a 10-gallon version of my SNPA clone "Nierra Sevada". Smells great and the gravity has already dropped 26 popints in 48 hours.

Brewing a Belgian Honey Blonde Ale on Saturday. Probably bottling my heffe too. I may bottle on Wednesday instead, depends on the gravity and my ambition.

still torn between an Alt vs Vienna (and now) vs IPA-Like-Amber

I did a Mild on Saturday morning and now I'm stressing about the lack of bubbles.
I think I will be doing starters or dry from now on just to reduce the stress.

Craig

Dennys Fine Consumptibles said:

still torn between an Alt vs Vienna (and now) vs IPA-Like-Amber

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I vote IPA-like amber. My best beer ever was an IPA with a bunch of Munich malt that gave it a real nice malt backbone and a great color, without being too sweet. I love hoppy reds/ambers.