What I did for beer today

[Dave Sarber]

I was just getting ready to type up a post asking if you were going to do a reiterated mash. Guess that answers my question lol

Hey, it will be ready for Christmas!
Added a pound of rye malt, a pound of carafoam, and a pound of flaked oats. I'll call it kitchen sink barleywine.

 

[bracconiere]

I'll call it kitchen sink barleywine.

you're a man after my heart!

 

[Dave Sarber]

you're a man after my heart!

I'm going to add juniper berries in the boil, so, BIGAZZ Pinetop Barleywine.

Or maybe Turpentine.

 

[JAReeves]

Stopped at the LHBS yesterday to pick up some random stuff. Bottle caps so I can play Santa Claus and drop beer off at friend's houses, and DME so I can finally get around to culturing some of the dregs in bottles I have been meaning to get to. Still have 2 beers on deck, when I empty out some fermenters/kegs.

 

[ba-brewer]

Yesterday kegged my last batch of beer, the hydro sample from one half was good the other tasted like dirt. Took my wlp845 yeast off the stir plate and moved to the fridge to crash.

Today started another starter, this time wlp515 Antwerp ale yeast. Made a few slants from the vial too. Pondering brewing a lager tomorrow and a Belgian pale on Monday or to do a double brew day.

Tried the hydro sample again today and the dirty one tasted fine. The sample was from the bottom of the fermentor and was quite yeasty so I hope that all it was. It was pretty clear today and had a decent amount of yeast on the bottom.

 

[ba-brewer]

Hey, it will be ready for Christmas!
Added a pound of rye malt, a pound of carafoam, and a pound of flaked oats. I'll call it kitchen sink barleywine.

Are you going to bottle the beer or put it in a keg and how will you store it until Christmas?

 

[Dave Sarber]

Are you going to bottle the beer or put it in a keg and how will you store it until Christmas?

It will be bottled. After conditioning, will store at 50°F in my wine fridge.

Want to share your Belgian pale recipe?

 

[bracconiere]

i slept all day.....

 

[Dave Sarber]

I guess you could call that high krausen, about 6" up the blowoff tube. Pitch + 14 hours.

Everybody stand back...it could be a BOMB!

 

[bracconiere]

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I guess you could call that high krausen, about 6" up the blowoff tube. Pitch + 14 hours.

i like the looks of that....

 

[Dave Sarber]

i like the looks of that....

Yeah, I think I should harvest some of that...but I'm skeered to take the lid off...

 

[bracconiere]

Yeah, I think I should harvest some of that...but I'm skeered to take the lid off...

i was talking about the beer! lol, if it's good yeast, it'll flocc good, and you can get it off the bottom.....

 

[ba-brewer]

It will be bottled. After conditioning, will store at 50°F in my wine fridge.

Want to share your Belgian pale recipe?

Thanks. Never brewed a beer that big but knew they need some conditioning time and was wonder how you would do it in your area.

I am not quite sure yet on the pale ale yet, but thinking 90% maris otter, 8% caramunich, 2% pale chocolate and hopped to the mid to upper 20 IBUs with northern brewer. I normally use a 80/20 split of pilsner and munich in place of the maris otter and no chocolate malt. I am changing things up as I have a extra maris otter and the chocolate is for color and to see if it will add a slight chocolate flavor I pick up in fat tire.

 

[Dave Sarber]

+24 hours. Settling down, but still pretty lively. Scooped out a bit of krausen for a mini batch on some unboiled leftover wort (~1.070).

 

[dnr]

Added extra sugar solution to my strawberry maple "wine" which started to test my Baker's yeast, and this is a second yeast starter.

And bottled the second half of my Brew into 10 1lt bottles because I didn't have enough beer bottles. But after adding priming sugar, agitated the fruit sediment. So one bottle looks like this...

 

[JAReeves]

Pulled the trigger on the next project for SWMBO-an unused 5G oak barrel and a red wine kit so she can make her own port.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Pulled the trigger on the next project for SWMBO-an unused 5G oak barrel and a red wine kit so she can make her own port.

I bought 3 of those 5 gallon casks, (bourbon and rye) and use them for aging some of my beers.

 

[THESULLI]

I stared at my fermenter for a good portion of the day. If anyone is familiar with South Park... This was me pretty much all day...https://southpark.cc.com/clips/dxitu0/cartman-cant-wait-3-weeks

Just imagine that instead of the Nintendo Wii, it was beer.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Cleaned and sanitized the 2.5 gallon keg. It had a cold mash experiment that went straight from boil to pitching in the keg with a floating dip tube. Got clogged maybe half way thru. Even with a 1012 OG, too much sediment and yeast in the keg.

Dumped about 3 gallons of a Czech 1030 lager, and cleaned that keg. I under did the hops originally, didn't taste the sample before kegging, after kegging tried to "fix" it by adding a potent hop infusion, and it got kinda oxygenated and not enough hops. Did drink about 2 gallons worth but now no mas.

Kegged 5 gallons of a 1032 OG stout.

After propagating Notty and Windsor (separately), I filled 3 autoclaves each for the yeast bank. Also, used the Notty for the stout.

Started to propagate a Kolsch (Dieter) batch for the Piwo Grodziskie.

Just finishing up 3 gallons Piwo Grodziskie. Did the full mash rests and about 30 more minutes of boil.

Also managed to go by my LHBS. They are in a commercial warehouse and categorized as "essential services" (damn straight!) as they are not in a retail space. Practiced proper social distancing but as usual we had a good chat. They have been really busy ever since the Washington State work from home. Have had a lot of folks that haven't brewed for years, dust off the equipment in the garage and are now back at it. Nice spot of normalcy in a covid world.

I've got a mild on deck for tomorrow. Golden Promise and Bairds C160, C50/60 and Chocolate ready to pair with some EKG. Not sure what yeast, but prolly the WLP85 or West Yorkie.

 

[Pkrd]

Kegged my Nelson Saison, then brewed up a Motueka hopped American Wheat.

 

[seatazzz]

Waiting on the boil for what I'm calling KYG (Keep Yeast Going) IPA, so I don't have to go buy more. Once I'm done I'll get dressed (I brew in my jammies and slippers, don't judge me) and run to my former brew boss' taproom to bring home some grain to mill for him; he's too busy with renovation projects to get out here. I get a few pounds of each grain (white wheat and roasted barley) as payment, and get to hang with him for a while. His taproom is closed right now of course, and we haven't had a chance to catch up in a while.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

I'll be cleaning up the brewery from yesterdays brew. Might even make some dog treats for little Cecil.

 

[Dave Sarber]

I'll be cleaning up the brewery from yesterdays brew. Might even make some dog treats for little Cecil.View attachment 675362

Is Cecil an Irish wolfhound?

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Is Cecil an Irish wolfhound?

Cecil is chow hound. He runs to the brewery and scratches on the door because I keep treats in the beer fridge.

 

[JAReeves]

Put the NZ Hop PA into a keg to finish out and carb up, harvested the yeast for the next brew day. Bottled the remainder of the keg of pear cider and already traded a 6pack with a coworker for some fresh bread. Bought some organic honey on sale, almost to a 5G batch of mead. Pulled out a binder and a hole punch-my little pocket folders are no longer going to be adequate to hold all of my fermentation recipes and notes.

 

[Dave Sarber]

I drank a lot of beer. I'm trying to clean out the fridge

Before I started drinking beer, top cropped some Hornindal for drying.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Pitched the Kolsch yeast into the Piwo Grodziskie, and it has started bubbling this evening. Also pitched WLP085 into a mild test of Bairds crystal and chocolate.

5 gallons of a 1030 dry stout spunding in the keg. While I was hoping it hadn't finished, the reality is it had probably reached terminal gravity and isn't carbonating.

Gotta look thru my keeper recipe list to fill up the 30 liter Speidel. Maybe an AK bitter like this wonderful beauty: https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/search?q=1930+AK+bitter

 

[Dave Sarber]

Today, bottling ~6 gallons of tripel, cold crashing 5 gallons of Belgian dark, watching fermenter winding down on a hi octane barleywine, and going to attempt drying some kveik yeast.

 

[user 263363]

I just finished bottling my Monk’s Beer and a cherry dubbel that is practice for this year’s 12 BOC. Both samples tasted great. The dubbel probably could have used more cherries, but there’s a nice tartness there that tells you there’s something extra in the beer.

 

[Immocles]

Brewed a falconers flight pale ale.

And shopping for a new digital thermometer. My favorite one suddenly started showing an error message. Huff.

 

[aharri1]

Brewed a hefeweizen and attempted my first whirlpool hop editions. Did 1oz hallertauer and lemon drop for 15 min.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Brewed a hefeweizen and attempted my first whirlpool hop editions. Did 1oz hallertauer and lemon drop for 15 min.View attachment 675544 View attachment 675545 View attachment 675546

Whirlpool hops with a weizen Bier??

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Finished cleaning the brewery. Tomorrow I'll finish organizing and prepare to shut her down for awhile. I have some landscapes and seascapes to work on. I have about 50 gal of Homebrew plus a lot of commerical beer so I'll drown my sorrows and paint.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bottle primed my non-chewed blue corn and guava beverage it is rather murky, but that is how chicha is. Hubby liked the aroma and hated the flavor. There’s tartness from the fruit and something imparting some bitterness too. I whirlpooled some azacca. Anyway, it was something to do.

 

[Immocles]

Supported the local guys. They were only open two and a half months before having to go pick up only.

 

[brewbama]

Kegged a Czech Pils today. Cleaned the fermenter and ready for the next brewday.

 

[bracconiere]

Added extra sugar solution to my strawberry maple "wine" which started to test my Baker's yeast, and this is a second yeast starter.
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And bottled the second half of my Brew into 10 1lt bottles because I didn't have enough beer bottles. But after adding priming sugar, agitated the fruit sediment. So one bottle looks like this...View attachment 675283

is that a homegrown cigar? the filler looks light.....

 

[user 263363]

I brewed a ‘Carolina Lager’. Named for the Carolina Pilsner I used in the grist. I also used Crystal hops. We will see how it turns out. The gravity sample had a good touch of bitterness on the back end.

 

[dnr]

No. Just doubled up paper towel to keep debris from finding its way in to my starter. From that angle it looks like a cigarette it cigar, heh.

And last night, for beer, I bought 6lb Pilsen LME and 3lb Newport hops pellets!

 

[Robert65]

Spunded a batch. Closed loop gravity transfer to fermentation purged keg, instead of liquid purge and pressure transfer. Been meaning to make these changes anyway, but now seems an especially good time to stop wasting bottled CO2!