A friendly place for friends who drink

[Psylocide]

Love it.

Gotta teach them the important stuff while they're young.

 

[BGBC]

Bottling. Pale ale sample. Between the wheat and the Conan, it's a cloudy mofo. Nice and juicy tho.
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[Ridire]

Bottling. Pale ale sample. Between the wheat and the Conan, it's a cloudy mofo. Nice and juicy tho.
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Bottled my blonde today, after only 7 days in the pit. Similar cloudiness, different reasons.

 

[geoffey]

F'ing idiots at local Apple Store... Long story made short: they "helped" me a couple weeks ago by removing my hard drive for data retrieval since it wouldn't boot. Turns out they decided to discard the hard drive bracket in the process and now I have no way of installing the new HD in this thing.

 

[blizzard]

Psh ya. Too much sugar at wine and chocolate event. Also way too many people there but wife had fun. Castle was cool but too preserved to feel authentic. Keezer should be here any minute. Stressing over dishing out that much cash, need get it over with.

Worth it. You're gonna love it.

Or the winner can blend all the beers they receive into the first friendly solera project

Now I really want to win.

Fun day on the slopes.
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[Psylocide]

This is nice.

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[ChefRex]

Bottling. Pale ale sample. Between the wheat and the Conan, it's a cloudy mofo. Nice and juicy tho.
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[BGBC]

Bottled my blonde today, after only 7 days in the pit. Similar cloudiness, different reasons.

8 days here, so yea, that too.

 

[Ridire]

This is nice.

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Considering it was probably fermented at 120 degrees in a discarded toilet bowl...

 

[BGBC]

Doesn't bother me,View attachment 340574

Did I say I was bothered???

 

[Psylocide]

Considering it was probably fermented at 120 degrees in a discarded toilet bowl...

Are we still talking about fins here?

 

[Ridire]

Are we still talking about fins here?

Yes

 

[BGBC]

Bottling fuel, dirty glass, blah blah
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[1977Brewer]

Oh boy I can grab some gravity samples. It's not day drinking, it's brew science.

 

[slym2none]

OK, finally adjusted the recipe in Brewer's Friend, looks like I missed my OG by 7 points... predicted was 1.075 (just at the DIPA "guidelines") and I only hit 1.068. This is literally the first time, when using at least partial-grain if not AG, that I have come in under my predicted gravity. Same setup, same procedures. Wow.



It was not going to be a DIPA anyway, but with that big if a variance, if it had been supposed to be a DIPA, I would have missed by a long ways.

 

[coyote68]

speaking of finsfan...

Good stuff. thanks!!

 

[1977Brewer]

OK, finally adjusted the recipe in Brewer's Friend, looks like I missed my OG by 7 points... predicted was 1.075 (just at the DIPA "guidelines") and I only hit 1.068. This is literally the first time, when using at least partial-grain if not AG, that I have come in under my predicted gravity. Same setup, same procedures. Wow.



It was not going to be a DIPA anyway, but with that big if a variance, if it had been supposed to be a DIPA, I would have missed by a long ways.

Eh. It happens. I under shot on my DEM by about .010. 2.5% overcarbed crap of a batch. I drank it all and hated it more every time.

 

[slym2none]

Well, I am still happy with a 7% ABV IPA. It'll be hoppy as hell, as the rye pale ale I made is over the top with Cascade hops - can't even tell there's rye in it! The experimental hops I used are less assertive from my test though, and it has a nice grain bill over the rye PA, so these should be OK.

I am just wondering where I went "wrong".

Anyway, here's how I finished out my night, while waiting for the wort to cool & then after I got done with everything, cleaning included.

Awesome beer. A little pricey, but worth it at least once. I suggest to anyone, if you see it, buy it:

My 8-days-in-the-bottle rye pale ale - it's over the top with all Cascade hops. In these quantities, it needs to be cut with something else, IMHO. But still awesome!

 

[iijakii]

Well, I am still happy with a 7% ABV IPA. It'll be hoppy as hell, as the rye pale ale I made is over the top with Cascade hops - can't even tell there's rye in it! The experimental hops I used are less assertive from my test though, and it has a nice grain bill over the rye PA, so these should be OK.

I am just wondering where I went "wrong".

I have an idea. Look left.

 

[slym2none]

*arches a brow*

 

[onetoeddogbrewery]

Worth it. You're gonna love it.




Now I really want to win.

Fun day on the slopes.
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That coors looks amazing

 

[1977Brewer]

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Steak Toaster. Done at 1.024. I have to cold brew the coffee for bottling day. Probably Tuesday night.

 

[1977Brewer]

Hobbit Toes Return Of The King

Fruity and dry. Bottling this tonight I think. Time to clean some bottles.

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[BreezyBrew]

This after rearranging the brew room. Great day so far.

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[BeerMeDuffMan]

Seems like a good day for this as any. Can't believe it's February. What's July going to be like if it's 60 today?

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[coyote68]

cleaning bottles and the beer cellar...decided to drink this...

excellent, got 1 more to try next year.

 

[1977Brewer]

Seems like a good day for this as any. Can't believe it's February. What's July going to be like if it's 60 today?

We're looking at 78 today, overnight lows are mid 50's. We're going to have bigs the size of Buicks in a few weeks.

 

[TobyG]

6 hours to Iron Maiden...

 

[ChefRex]

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1. Psylocide

2. TheCADJockey

3. 1977Brewer

4. BeerMeDuffman

5. Blizzard

6. ChefRex

7. iijakii

8. mcbaumannerb

9. Gavin C

10. Pianoman

11. mhurst111

12. finsfan

13. m00ps

14. BreezyBrew

15. SupervisingChildren

16. BGBC

17. TobyG

18. hunter_la5

19. onetoeddogbrewery

20. geoffey

21. Helly

22. val214

23. sompls

24. Brizzo

25. drainbamage

26. banesong

27. slym2none

28. Qhrumphf

29. DrunkleJon

30. Hello

31. allenH

cleaning bottles and the beer cellar...decided to drink this...
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excellent, got 1 more to try next year.

Are you aware of our little wager?

 

[drainbamage]

Picked up SWMBO from the airport, stopped for a late lunch (for her)/early dinner (for me). New Holland The Poet:

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