Last brew day of the year 2012

[Stauffbier]

So, I'm thinking about squeezing in one more little, 1.5 gallon batch of hoppy brown ale on New Years Eve. Since I'd be brewing while watching the annual Twilight Zone Marathon I figured I'd call it Serling Brown Hop Goo!

 

[ScotBrew]

10 gallons of Scottish Ale

You have no idea how happy this makes me!

 

[MaddBaggins]

So what will your last brew of the year be? And when?

I'm brewing BM's Cream of Three Crops with a few tweaks tomorrow morning.

I'm brewing a Pliny the Elder clone today.

 

[Stauffbier]

So I got out my leftover grains and some old, partial hop packs, and I threw together a 1.5 gallon batch that is probably similar to an imperial brown porter with lots of late hop additions. I ended up with the name Imperial Brown Hop Goo. This will definitely be my last batch of the year...

 

[ParadiseBeer]

12gal AG of oak vanilla crown stout. 1.065OG &
11gl AG of Rye IPA. 1.075 OG in same brew session.

 

[MaddBaggins]

I'm brewing a Pliny the Elder clone today.

OG of 1.074
Last brew of 2012

 

[pointlessbrew]

Just finished a 5g White House Honey Porter Extract kit from Northern Brewer. 1.050 OG

Also kegged my first beer today too. 2012 was a good year for brewing for me!

 

[phenry]

Just started the mash for an American brown this morning. We're supposedly getting snow here in St. Louis today, so if I'm stuck from driving anywhere for NYE I'll probably just welcome the new year while brewing a Dubbel.

 

[iambeer]

My last beer of 2012, a kolsch style, is in the proverbial can. I brewed yesterday and the yeast didn't waste any time. OG 1.052. First time with kolsch recipe. It's going to be a good beer. I mean, year. Or both.

 

[dpatrickv]

I made a coconut pale ale on Saturday, and will be adding pineapple concentrate to it this weekend for a coconute pineapple pale ale.

 

[signpost]

I'll be brewing my first SMaSH today. Probably won't get started until at least late afternoon-ish, so I'll be cutting it close for calling it a 2012 batch.

This batch will make for a total of about 50 gallons of beer brewed in my first year of brewing (started last January). I'm hoping I'll top that in 2013, but who knows.

 

[graduate]

I'd really like to try a good mead to see if it's something I'd want to brew. I've never had one.

I have a case of mead that I made 17 years ago! I tastes fantastic. It is like drinking fine champagne.:rockin:

I also brewed a milk stout yesterday. Looking forward to that.

 

[Stauffbier]

I have a case of mead that I made 17 years ago! I tastes fantastic. It is like drinking fine champagne.:rockin:

That's impressive!

 

[iowabrew]

Just racked my vienna lager to a keg, holding steady under my porch at 34F. It'll sit there until Feb, to be enjoyed while ice fishing in MN. Made a Galaxy/Cascade IPA yesterday, pretty pumped for that one, the smells are amazing!

 

[HurricaneR]

My last beer of the year is a Chocolate Stout!
Need some advice, I put in Dark Chocolate (1/4 cup) cocoa powder in the last 3 min of the boil, and then another 1/4 cup when I transferred to the secondary. I tasted it and did not really get the result I expected, should I put some of the home brewer Chocolate flavoring in when I keg it? Or just roll with what I get?

 

[Stauffbier]

My last beer of the year is a Chocolate Stout!
Need some advice, I put in Dark Chocolate (1/4 cup) cocoa powder in the last 3 min of the boil, and then another 1/4 cup when I transferred to the secondary. I tasted it and did not really get the result I expected, should I put some of the home brewer Chocolate flavoring in when I keg it? Or just roll with what I get?

I didn't care for the Chocolate Extract when I used it. I'd either get some cocoa nibs and rack on top of them for a couple weeks or just roll with it. With chocolate stouts or just stouts in general the roast flavors and chocolate flavors come out more with a little bit of aging time....

 

[cclloyd]

Final brew session for the year was yesterday. Bottled 15 gallons (last big bottling session EVER since keg set up is in route :rockin and brewed 11 gallons of a basic APA.

 

[Retire2016]

Yesterday, I brewed 5 gallons of my 3rd Age IPA. It's bubbling away in the fermenter with the distinctive smell of WLP029 in the air.

 

[byounger]

Great way to end the year.

 

[Curtis2010]

Bohemian Pilsener, 5 gallons, partial mash, brewed on Dec 30. Wort tasted awesome. Bubbling right along now.

 

[Phunhog]

Brewing a California Common as we speak......My New Years resolution is to have something in my primary everyday in 2013!!!

 

[HurricaneR]

Thks!!!

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Brewed an all grain version of the White House Honey Porter on 12/29 using fresh orange blossom honey. Due to some volume errors, I overshot my volume and undershot my OG (came to 1.060 instead of 1.065) and now I have a bucket that is damn near ready to blow. Hope the bucket doesn't blow before I get off work and can get a blow-off hose and rig it up. Wound up doing my first decoction with it due to a massive temp drop in my cooler mash tun so I expect this one will turn out amazing.

 

[Bender]

Brewed an AG amber all out of leftover stuff. OG: 1.065, smells good.