I'm thinking of brewing this morning....

As in NOW. What say ye?

 

Giddy up.

 

Go for it! Beat the heat!

 

Sounds great. I'll start heating up my water and move to my laptop.

 

And grains are steeping. This is an extract barleywine. I'm looking forward to this.

 

It's a beautiful 91°F at the moment. I'm waiting on my water to reach 155° so I can steep.

 

Wish I was brewing today, but off to work I go. Have a good one.

 

Enjoy your day and thanks.

BTW, I think I'm done heating steeping water on my stove. I'm at around 140°. This is taking way too long. I guess I just never checked the time before. Next batch and all future batches will be done completely on my propane burner.

 

The sun is coming up and outside of two different cars that drove down the street I've seen no one. I think I'm going to brew at this hour more often!

 

what extract are you gonna be using?
I bet it smells wonderful! Steeping grains in the morning. If I didn't have such a hectic home life I'd want to brew in the mornings too. I'm jealous!

Brew ON :rockin:

 

What were you doing up so early?!

I brew early on my days off, but early to me is like 10am. It usually takes me about 2 hours to get moving enough to want to start.

 

Ah, the mid-week brew day. Loves it!

 

Its called priorities! :rockin:

 

Here in Texas I start my AG brew day at 5:30 to beat the heat. Brewing outside in 105 degree high humidity heat is NOT fun!

 

12 lbs light DME
.5 lbs biscuit
.5 lbs 80L crystal
.75 lbs victory

 

I'm on vacation this week, but most shifts I pull at work I get off at 3am. I usually don't go to sleep until around 6am.

 

And this!

 

No Rest For The Wicked!!

 

Muahahaha!

 

Best to brew early here this time of year to avoid Mother Nature and her huge haboobs!

 

I wish I could brew early, but I work 130-10am. Then I get home and have lack of motivation.

 

Thankfully her second haboob didn't really smother me. Her first one did though!


BTW, OG ended up being 1.112. My biggest beer yet!

 

Do it! Do it Now! :rockin:

 

What was your hop schedule?

 

4.5oz Galena (60 min)
2oz. Centennial (15 min)
2oz. Centennial (dry hop)

Beersmith is reading 158.5 IBUs, but the recipe I got from the kit is reading 89.5 IBUs. I think I still have something to figure out in Beersmith.

 

OK, I REALLY need to go to bed. Catch you guys in the evening.

 

DFC, what part of Chandler do you live in? I'm off Elliot and 101

 

Yep, I work second shift with some flex in the start time. Depending on workload I usually get off between 11:00PM and 4:00AM Bed time for me is usually around 4:00 AM

I have brewed after work a couple times when I get out on the early end of that shift.

 

slightly off topic: I have been thinking of brewing during the late evening hours, 8 or later. Basically after the little ones go to bed.

 

Alma School and Warner. We should grab a beer sometime!

 

Try it. Night brewing is even more relaxing than brewing in general.

 

No kidding. I do all my brewing at my friends house off of Alma and Warner. He lives like half a block north of the fry's/walmart on alma.

 

I'm southwest of the intersection off of Stottler.

 

Back from work, sounds like the brew day went well, and making me thirsty.

 

Oh it was awesome, thanks. Still waiting on fermentation though.

A song for your thirst quenching moment:

 

and I'm off Ray & McQueen....come have a beer at my place. I have 9 on tap right now.

 

Soper makes good brews. He's got a Pac Man machine too. Just saying...

 

Soper's a brewing maniac! :rockin:

 

Didn't realize there were so many people from the east valley on here. I agree that in the summer out here you need to start prior to 6am to not melt while brewing.

 

I've done it midday and suffered. I've come close to literally putting sweat in my brews.