Time to refill some fermenters and kegs - one of my tap lines is dry, and 3 others ready to kick any day now. Damn you work travel for cutting into my brew time.
I brewed 10 gallons of mild (OG 1.036) to function basically as a starter yesterday. Pitched 5 gallons with notty and 5 gallons with US-05 - both are bubbling away happily this morning at 64 degrees.
Next Sunday - those will get kegged and the yeast washed for 35 gallons to be brewed. I've done 3 batches back to back a few times, I figure why not tack on a 4th. I've gotten pretty efficient with my process and set up - so adding on an additional batch only adds about 1.5 hours to the day.
Still finalizing recipes, but thinking I'll go with:
10 gallons American amber
10 gallons Oatmeal Stout
10 gallons IPA of some sort (debating between my go to New Zealand IPA(~6.5%ABV), a low ABV session IPA, or something designed around centennial hops)
5 gallons of Nut Brown or perhaps a hoppier Irish Red.
Currently, I'm restricted to 35 gallons as I can only fit 5 carboys/buckets in my main chamber, and 2 in a spare chamber area but I've got 5 big mouth bubblers on order from NB - if it turns out they are narrow enough to fit 6 in the main chamber, I'll likely bump that last 5 gallon batch up to 10.
It's just Monday, and I already can't wait for the weekend.
I brewed 10 gallons of mild (OG 1.036) to function basically as a starter yesterday. Pitched 5 gallons with notty and 5 gallons with US-05 - both are bubbling away happily this morning at 64 degrees.
Next Sunday - those will get kegged and the yeast washed for 35 gallons to be brewed. I've done 3 batches back to back a few times, I figure why not tack on a 4th. I've gotten pretty efficient with my process and set up - so adding on an additional batch only adds about 1.5 hours to the day.
Still finalizing recipes, but thinking I'll go with:
10 gallons American amber
10 gallons Oatmeal Stout
10 gallons IPA of some sort (debating between my go to New Zealand IPA(~6.5%ABV), a low ABV session IPA, or something designed around centennial hops)
5 gallons of Nut Brown or perhaps a hoppier Irish Red.
Currently, I'm restricted to 35 gallons as I can only fit 5 carboys/buckets in my main chamber, and 2 in a spare chamber area but I've got 5 big mouth bubblers on order from NB - if it turns out they are narrow enough to fit 6 in the main chamber, I'll likely bump that last 5 gallon batch up to 10.
It's just Monday, and I already can't wait for the weekend.