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I’m really hoping it settles somewhere around 1.026 or so, don’t want it to go much lower than that. Haven’t really looked into it yet, but I’m assuming I can just crash it around that if it looks like it’s going keep going lower? I usually just let them do their thing and crash around 10-12...

Decided to pull a sample when I got home from work to give it a look. 👀 The pic makes it look bigger than it is (that’s what she said!). It’s only a 6 oz glass so it’s about a 1.5 oz sample. I was happy with the color, and I was amazed at how good it smelled for it’s age (or lack there of)...

Will do.. even if it's a flop!

Nice! I'm a supervisor now.. but I still love walking around them and taking in all of their awesomeness!

LOVE IT!!! 🤣

That's one thing I love about this hobby, experimenting and enjoying what I make. It's down to 1.039 now, still a little worried where it'll end up. I under pitched the 3068, found on Wyeast's site that under pitching will help produce more banana esters.

Appreciate the heads up! I did a LOT of research before putting the wheels in motion on this brew, hopefully it'll turn out ok. I found a lot of posts where folks used bananas in their recipe, but they all seemed to use them at different points in the process and none of the posts had pictures...

Appreciate it! I'm an aircraft mechanic by trade, we like having good tools! 😁 Most of it I've traded/bartered for second hand.

Other than the additions, the boil was thankfully pretty uneventful. I did a couple hop additions, but I kept them low on this brew to keep the IBU’s down so they don’t mask the flavors I was after. Ran it through the counter flow chiller (after sanitizing of course), and then transferred over...

Here’s the beginning of the boil. After 5 mins or so, I used my mash paddle to break the bananas up even more until they basically became a mush. Pretty much at the limit of the G40 boil wise, 12gals. 😐

On to the boil. This is when it gets a little interesting. I decided to go for a peanut butter banana brown ale. I read a lot of threads on adding both the banana and the peanut butter flavor. For the bananas, I decided to add fresh bananas during the first 15 mins of the boil, and then go with...

Ok, so when the mash was finished and I had mashed out, it was time to lift the barrel to let it drain. Let’s just say that was “interesting”, and there are no pics available! 😆 That 24 lbs of grain gets pretty heavy when it’s wet, and doing a vertical row with it on the other end is a bit...

Got all of the biscuits broken up, started the mash! 😎

It took the G40 about 20 mins to get the strike water up to temp, 8.56 gals at 159F. Then it was time to dough in. Not a huge grain bill, came in at 24.5lbs.

I know as a noobie, I‘m supposed to stick to simple, straight forward brews until I “get the hang of it“. Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to go with the ”status quo”. Given my resilience to conform, I’ve been contemplating/planning a brown ale with a bit of uniqueness to it. I had an open...

2774.1 + 12 gals of Peanut Butter Banana Brown Ale = 2786.1 gallons

Lol.. they're just a couple runner throw rugs from Costco. I've got a few new spares just in case! 😆

Now we're waaaay off topic! 😆 I’ll reign it back in a little.. I’ve got this one too, but I’m afraid to use it. 😐

Lol.. appreciate it! I was being a bit facetious in my original reply. 😁 I know the bits of equipment I've gathered up for my makeshift brewery pale in comparison to some of the setups I've seen on here! As for the wall of power, you pretty much hit the nail on the head. It's the power/control...

Lol.. pretty sure you warned before my first brew day! Bad thing is, I know I haven’t learned my lesson! Brew day and a cold one (or three) just go hand in hand for me. 😁