MD spring brew day

[whoneedsabeer]

Well, I am darn sure not doing a decoction mash at a brewday

Oh, come on now...you can do it!

Thanks guys for helping me out with my first brew last month. I kegged it last weekend, and have been sampling almost every day since. Today it's finally ready. Great aroma, good lacing, and a damn fine English Ale overall.

I've had 5-6 so far tonight, and each one keeps getting better. This hobby is going to get me in thick trouble quick, I think.

Jay

 

[jezter6]

Wes, we gonna do with or without Mint?

It may be expensive, but I'm all for it.

 

[Ryan_PA]

Oh, come on now...you can do it!

Decoctions are cool. I usually do one with any german styled beer, but in Al's driveway, where I have never gotten my pump to function, is not one place I am going to throw down.

Jay, I think I am cool to stop by on Sun. I will call you Sat to make sure you are all cool and to run an idea by you.

 

[claphamsa]

Wes, we gonna do with or without Mint?

It may be expensive, but I'm all for it.

the mint goes in the secondary anyways.....

 

[claphamsa]

Decoctions are cool. I usually do one with any german styled beer, but in Al's driveway, where I have never gotten my pump to function, is not one place I am going to throw down.

Jay, I think I am cool to stop by on Sun. I will call you Sat to make sure you are all cool and to run an idea by you.

one of these days im gonna do a decotion... i just use an lb of melanoiden if thats what I want!

 

[Ryan_PA]

The funny thing about decoctions, once you do one you start doing mini decoctions for random beers for temp raises/temp control. We did a 65G turbid mash, that was 400% more complicated than a decoction.

 

[claphamsa]

only 400% ok **** it im never doing one

 

[jezter6]

I think we'd be fine on decoction mashing a 5 or 10g batch, but when we were doing some 50g end volume (over 100g of strike/sparge water) - that was just crazy. You can't boil that and get it back into the mash tun fast enough with the kind of burners and kettles we were using.

 

[wscott823]

Wes, we gonna do with or without Mint?

It may be expensive, but I'm all for it.

I'll probably forgo the mint myself but definitely add it to yours if you don't mind the cost.

the mint goes in the secondary anyways.....

What he said

 

[wscott823]

I think we'd be fine on decoction mashing a 5 or 10g batch, but when we were doing some 50g end volume (over 100g of strike/sparge water) - that was just crazy. You can't boil that and get it back into the mash tun fast enough with the kind of burners and kettles we were using.

Seems to me, if you guys ever want to do that size batch again, talk to some local breweries about using their pilot system or something. Avoid pulling your hair out, or shoving your arm in to fix a stuck SS braid. :cross:

 

[claphamsa]

Seems to me, if you guys ever want to do that size batch again, talk to some local breweries about using their pilot system or something. Avoid pulling your hair out, or shoving your arm in to fix a stuck SS braid. :cross:

that was the best part! I even have a scar from it....

 

[adx]

I had no problem sticking my arm in there. It wasn't that hot.

 

[TheBroonery]

I'll be brewing here in Gaithersburg! I brewed 2 batches that day 13 days ago when we had the 1st blizzard. Transferred one of them to the secondary during the second blizzard on that Wednesday!

 

[Sedge]

I'll be brewing here in Gaithersburg! I brewed 2 batches that day 13 days ago when we had the 1st blizzard. Transferred one of them to the secondary during the second blizzard on that Wednesday!

Hey where are you at in Gaithersburg? I'm in the middle of the Montgomery Village Golf Course while on contract at MedImmune. I also brewed in the blizzard (sort of...shoveled snow out of the way at least). Let's trade beers!

On Topic: I think I should be able to make a brew day in Joppa.

 

[TheBroonery]

Hey where are you at in Gaithersburg? I'm in the middle of the Montgomery Village Golf Course while on contract at MedImmune. I also brewed in the blizzard (sort of...shoveled snow out of the way at least). Let's trade beers!

On Topic: I think I should be able to make a brew day in Joppa.

I'm right off 124 a little north of the airpark.. I haven't bottled it yet but that sounds like a good idea!

 

[claphamsa]

woo brewday!

 

[wscott823]

Woo brewday indeed. The thread has been a little quiet the past few days. Need more spam

 

[claphamsa]

spam spam spam!

 

[Ryan_PA]

God, I typed out this PM for Madman, based on our conversation at my house this weekend, but his PM box is over the limit. DigDug, see to it he gets this:

Blueberry Cider

I used 3G of fresh apple cider, 3 pounds of frozen berries, crushed by a potato masher in the fermenter, a chopped package of craisens, a can of pie blueberries in syrup, 2 pounds of lt brown sugar and 1 capdem tablet. Let it sit for 24 hours with the capdem tablet, then pitched yeast (dry wine yeast). After 2-3 weeks, I racked and added 3 more pounds of chopped blueberries, this time fromt he food processor, and in a hop sock. I then let this age like 3-4 weeks, and racked into a clkean fermenter. Then again after a month, and finally let that sit another month.

Ryan

 

[dataz722]

Ok, I'll email him tonight.

 

[Ryan_PA]

Thanks dude.

 

[mtlcafan79]

Gonna try and make this. Do I just drive around Joppa looking for a bunch of dudes boiling water in someone's driveway, or?

 

[jezter6]

You PM me and I'll send you directions, just because I don't like posting it out for all the world to see.


Of course, you could try your method, Joppa isn't very big.

 

[dataz722]

Gonna try and make this. Do I just drive around Joppa looking for a bunch of dudes boiling water in someone's driveway, or?

That would probably work.

 

[claphamsa]

u can add that most of us look like rednecks... then again its joppa!

 

[wscott823]

Gonna try and make this. Do I just drive around Joppa looking for a bunch of dudes boiling water in someone's driveway, or?

In the wise words of Toucan Sam, "Follow your nose"

 

[flyerwire]

anybody need someone to split a batch with? i'm in for just about anything

 

[claphamsa]

I know mad man hadnt paired up yet.....

 

[masonsjax]

I've never made it out to one of these, but would like to try. Is the water hard or soft? Do you all fight over the garden hose? I'm only set up for 5 gal batches, which is fine by me, unless someone plans to make 10 that doesn't have a partner yet. Although I'm not 100% sure I can make it yet.

 

[claphamsa]

we dont have issues with the filter, at least i never have. Im not sure i would try to make a light lager there.... but for most styles the water is fine!