Brewing some beer before the hockey classic and UFC

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I'm brewing the beer that I made before I left for a year. Warbler Pale Ale. It's an extract kit but a damn good one and I can't think of an easier beer to make (plus I'm not that good yet) so it's on for today.

 

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Got some stuff laid out. The extract is warming up in the sink and the steeping grains are in the brew pot.

I finally bought a reusable grain nylon grain sack. Deathbrewer was the first one I noticed using it so thanks to him and others.

 

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Oh yeah. Here's the beer I'm drinking right now. Ale Asylum's Mercy Grand Cru.

Pretty decent so far.

 

[Runyanka]

That Grand Cru looks friggin great! What yeast are you using for the pale ale?

 

[Chudz]

That Grand Cru does look good. So how'd it all turn out?

 

[Chudz]

There were some good fights tonight.

 

[MeatyPortion]

That Grand Cru looks friggin great! What yeast are you using for the pale ale?

I think it was 1028 london?

 

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That Grand Cru does look good. So how'd it all turn out?

The beer turned out fine but my computer got some malware on it so this is the first I've been able to utilize it since.

 

[Chudz]

My personal view on the makers of malware is that they should executed in the old English fashion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered

 

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I agree. It took my buddy and me 3 hours to fix it last night.

 

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I'll post a couple pix of the beer later.

 

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Ok so here are some pix from last night.

Teabagging the grains

Loyal and ready hops, waiting to leap to destiny.

The boil begiiiiiiins.

Cooling down the wort and sanitizing my grain sack, thermometer and whatnot.

Everything else is ready to go.

Yeast is pitched and we're ready to ferment.

 

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So here are the pix from this morning.

Boom.

The airlock looks like a little foamy beer mug.

Do not taste the blowoff. It's bitter as hell.

Check out that bubble.