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[mcbaumannerb]

Ham and cheese omelet, bacon and toast eaten now relaxing with a second cup of café. No way I'm brewing today - too damned cold out. Going to be a lazy one for me.

 

[Qhrumphf]

#1 son is a spurs fan ( he really thinks they'll win it all this year)

Trukke trukke. Shhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[banesong]

Looks like you ran your whiskey through the dryer.

You got dryer in my whiskey!

Okay.... Solutions for a frozen (garden) hose while prepping the boil. Go!

 

[iijakii]

About to take my valentine to the dog park.

 

[iijakii]

Also made breakfast for the wife.

 

[fuzzy2133]

You got dryer in my whiskey!

Okay.... Solutions for a frozen (garden) hose while prepping the boil. Go!

Hot water?

 

[slym2none]

Put the hose in the boil?

 

[banesong]

Put the hose in the boil?

Ever so useful.

Actually, SWMBO is out buying a new hose, the old one has been leaking for a while.

Oh, and you know you are doing it right when the hops sit on TOP of the boil foam.

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[benco]

Also made breakfast for the wife.

I've been valentinen my wife all week, she said I can go play golf today.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Coffee and done cleaning. Son has a game, then inlaws are coming over for beer and dinner.

 

[banesong]

Cold out, needed coffee. Thanks HawgWilde81! At's a good 'un.

Lunch, fat.

Oh, and the boil is STILL going.

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[DisturbdChemist]

Brewing beer for my valentine. Beer.

Batch 1 of 2 today

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[iijakii]

@Gavin just checked on the helles, already down to 1.011 a week in. Bumping it up to give a d-rest even though it tasted great. Shouldve done it a couple days sooner but hadnt gotten around to checking on it. Debating on using gelatin so I can post crystal clear pints as well. Don't like cold crashing in the conical though since I don't have a CO2 feed for it yet. Might anyways though. Could try feeding it at just a couple PSI from my kegerator's tank. Guess I could also gelatin in the keg? Sounds messy though.

Digging the Imperial Harvest yeast I used, gonna harvest some slurry and brew another pils I think. The one I did last month is getting better with age in the keg, but it's still got a slightly estery profile that just doesn't fit a Pils at all. Plus it's too thin despite finishing higher than I'd have liked. Think it's the classic american yeast I'd never used before. Not sure. Want to make a Schwarz or Okto soon as well.

 

[sompls]

Trukke trukke. Shhhhhhhhhhh!

Congrats!
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The kid slept thru the game, he's a bum!

Having a bump while baking some spent grain bread
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[wobrien]

Stout kegged, hydro sample sampled. Carb check on peach wheat with no peach to it, and vourlaf underway.

Trying to unfreeze the hose, too, in prep for chilling.

Brave man brewing in this weather

Ham and cheese omelet, bacon and toast eaten now relaxing with a second cup of café. No way I'm brewing today - too damned cold out. Going to be a lazy one for me.

See above [emoji115]🏻

No brewing for me today, but I am smoking a small pork shoulder. And I'm drinking a HB pale with HB tomato soup
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[hawgwild81]

Cold out, needed coffee. Thanks HawgWilde81! At's a good 'un.

Lunch, fat.

Oh, and the boil is STILL going.

One of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[ChefRex]

Lazy ass day,View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1455475085.650466.jpg

 

[banesong]

Brave man brewing in this weather

Heh... Lambics take time, man. Besides, SWMBO gave leave to brew, who am I to say no?

Finally chilling. Almost ready to dump to the fermenters.

 

[Zekk]

Coffee and pancakes after church. Time for chores and hopefully a run. Taking the 10 month old to valentines dinner tonight. I should carry him around the restaurant while he cries telling the happy couples "This is your future!"

 

[Brizzo]

Lazy ass day,View attachment 337577

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[slym2none]

Major props to my brew-bro. His wife is in town for V-Day, yet they stopped by to see me & he dropped off a 4-pack of DirtWolf.

*wipes away a tear*

 

[wobrien]

Saw this beer posted in the other thread

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/18858/46708/

Wonder if they'll get a C&D from Brewery Vivant like TH did...

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Hopslam post son's hockey game. Kid scored a goal today, giddyup!

 

[Brizzo]

View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1455481248.624992.jpgfinishing kiddos room. She should finally be in tomorrow

 

[banesong]

View attachment 337588ill join you bro

What's with the ewok?

Fermenters full, everything cleaned up within 2 minutes of the hoped for time, and the boy down for nap. Timmermans frambois!

 

[Gavin C]

@Gavin just checked on the helles, already down to 1.011 a week in. Bumping it up to give a d-rest even though it tasted great.

Sounds like a good plan. What was your OG? It was a big Helles if memory serves. Weren't you up at ~1.06?

Doing the same thing myself today 7 days in after a slow start. My WLP833 was too slow.

I think it's junk after too many repitchings so I pitched 2 packs of rehydrated Saflager 34/70 after 2 days of no activity.

SG within 1-2°Plato of expected FG. Upped the setting from 50 to 68F for a gentle rise over the next couple of days. Pils is still bubbling away slowly. I expect it will be 1.007 or 1.008 for a finish.

OG

Ramping SG

 

[Brizzo]

What's with the ewok?

Fermenters full, everything cleaned up within 2 minutes of the hoped for time, and the boy down for nap. Timmermans frambois!

Brought him back with me on my last trip to endor. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1455483373.321103.jpganother of these. Painting ceiling in spare bedroom

 

[Gavin C]

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Sipping on a DEM

HB pipeline is low. Need to fix. Thinking IPA next weekend with some of these.

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Something fast and fresh

 

[Psylocide]

Yuck

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[DisturbdChemist]

Avery - Raja while beer #1 finish boiling and beer #2 mashing.

Cheers all the single guys/gals out there