Finally! finally! finally! Its brewday!

[erick0619]

Its been far too long. Life was being a real A-hole, but finally the day has arrived. Im brewing up an IPA today, some 2 row a bit of munich and a dash of carapils. For the hops ill be bittering with CTZ and late hopping/hopstand with Chinook and Citra. Cheers!!

 

[EndOfBeans]

Nice, i just did a batch close to that with a lil honey an dry hopped with citra, came out great!

 

[Bellybuster]

Mmmmmmm Munich in an IPA, love it

 

[Teromous]

Congrats man, sounds like a long-deserved brew day. Post some pictures!

 

[erick0619]

Thank you fellas!!! Heres some pics

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[erick0619]

Nice, i just did a batch close to that with a lil honey an dry hopped with citra, came out great!

Ive never added honey to a beer that sounds interesting.

 

[erick0619]

First runnings

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[Zuljin]

Hmmm. Honey citra IPA. That could work!

 

[erick0619]

Least stressful brewday to date it all went great with the exception of the accident at the end of the day

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[Mcbobs]

What happened in at the end? Burn your shin on a hot kettle?

 

[Bellybuster]

yes... do tell

 

[erick0619]

Luckily it didnt involve any hot wort or kettles that would have really sucked. Swmbo hesrd the icecream man so me being the nice guy i am i started sprinting to the front so i couls make it back in time to add my flame out hops. I ended up running into the rose bushes in the front got me real good. But wait theres more my landlord is a beekeeper and has two beehives in the back. During clean up i must have accidentally sprayed them because i ended up getting attacked by them and getting chased into my home. I do have have beer fermenting so thats always good.

 

[Mcbobs]

Sounds like an eventful day! Nothing a cold beer can't soothe.

 

[erick0619]

Sounds like an eventful day! Nothing a cold beer can't soothe.

Yeah it got real eventful towards the end, but the actual brew process was so relaxing and calm it was great. I did end up with major efficiency issues but i blame the crush from my lhbs, as i was mashing in i was noticing a lot if un cracked kernel. I got 41% from my usual 60, they must have adjusted the gap or something, next time im double milling. My airlock started going off about 18 hours after pitching. I popped my head into the chamber this morning and it smelled amazing.