National Homebrew Day May 1........

[MeatyPortion]

brewing an oatmeal stout. maybe go to home dpot too. I don't know if I'll have enough time.

 

[Clonefarmer]

Going to be brewing a Big Brew Day Stout.

 

[jds]

I was tempted to see if Steve could give me a 20A circuit for my system, but I ain't up to brewing in the snow. I'll be by to say hi to everyone and pick up some grain though. Brewin' up another batch of Pliny the Elder tomorrow.

Weather Underground says a high of 52 and no more than a 10% chance of precip. Anyhow, this is CO, man! We do lots of stuff in the snow. If it's warm enough to keep hose lines from instantly freezing, it's warm enough to brew!

Stop by and see my ghetto-tastic KISS rig. I'll be the overweight white guy with the beer gut.

 

[Brewmoor]

I was tempted to see if Steve could give me a 20A circuit for my system, but I ain't up to brewing in the snow. I'll be by to say hi to everyone and pick up some grain though. Brewin' up another batch of Pliny the Elder tomorrow.

I have to agree. I was planning on doing a batch tomorrow but I have since decided against it. I will work on my kegerator and bar build instead. Hey its homebrew related

I woke up to 13 inches in my driveway yesterday. It is still snowing here in Glenwood at the moment. Just got word Vail Pass is closed in both directions.

 

[mosquitocontrol]

Snow? And to think I was gonna brew tomorrow but it will be too nice out 85 and sunny all day. Sunday is supposed to thunderstorm so I'll move the brewday to then.

 

[jkarp]

I'll be the overweight white guy with the beer gut.

LOL, you just described 90% of TBH clientèle!

 

[Jersh]

Happy National Homebrew Day everyone! I'm headed to the Big Brew Day event in Tampa, should be a helluva good time.

 

[DBbrewing]

Getting ready to leave for the MASH group brew, Happy National Homebrew Day(Big Brew Day) Everyone!!!

 

[passedpawn]

Woohoo!!! Happy RDWHAHB Day!!!

My Schwarzbier is boiling right now.

Downside of being an electric brewery is it is not really possible to brew off-location. 240V, GFCI, etc just not likely to be present at LHBS. I'll still get over there though.

 

[ibrewit]

I'll start a nice Bitter in an hour; later sampling an Amber, a Rye and a barrel aged Porter with the neighbors.

 

[azscoob]

I am getting ready to head over to Brewers Connection to brew, I stuffed all my AG gear into my 2000 Civic HX. now thats a tight fit! I decided I am doing 10 gallons of the American Wheat and splitting it with Nick, an employee there who has to work during the event, isnt that nice of me?

 

[CorneliusAlphonse]

well I may not be from the US, but lets just pretend this is "International Home Brew Day"..

I am making a 5 gallon ESB today, extract with steeped grains n lots of hops. And since my last batch of home brew is gone, I will be drinking a local microbrew

 

[Daybis]

I don't plan on brewing, but I am having a hosting a home brew tasting tonight. APA, nut brown ale, and a raspberry red ale is on the menu.

 

[MeatyPortion]

My oatmeal stout is coming along nicely. I was considering adding blueberry extract to it but since this is my first stout I'm just going to go by the directions.

 

[samc]

I'm renaming my day to National Transfer to Keg and dry hop day.

 

[greencoat]

I'm off to Miami Valley BrewTensils with some homebrew in hand. They're gonna demo a wine kit shortly. SWMBO will watch that while I nerd out on homebrew.

 

[Brewing Clamper]

10G of oatmeal stout going on today! I have the grains steeping as we speak (type). I'm actually trying out my new PWM cotroller on my kettle for the first time! So far so good!

 

[brewagentjay]

Let's see some national brew day photos. I'll up load mine later as I'm in middle of brewing. Got a late start but I'm in garage so I can go all night. Grains are steeping, classic rock on ipod radio, and beer in hand. Bare with me as I'm on blackberry.

 

[Pilgarlic]

I've brewed 60 gallons since mid-February and today I brewed NOTHING!

 

[passedpawn]

I've brewed 60 gallons since mid-February and today I brewed NOTHING!

Now that is a crime. Especially considering the weather today.

 

[Wade E]

Brewed 5 gallons of APA today with my new system, missed OG by a little but thats to be expected. 76% efficiency so Beer Smith says so all in all Im happy but have some dialing in to do to get the system figured tighter. Im also building a sparge arm to try next time. Got my wheels on the sculpture this morning that were scrounged off a old grill for 2 and my sons training wheels for the other 2 and then a solid platform at the bottom for my E-keggle. I also need a colder well, maybe Ill drill a big hole in my yard and insert a huge tube in which I can a dozen bags of ice in there to get colder water at my tap!

 

[NJR]

I brewed my first batch ever. Tried the Blood Orange Hefeweizen recipe. Things went well, although I got my first boil over out of the way pretty quick! I had a blast brewing today. I can already tell this is gonna become an expensive hobby.

 

[arock]

Brewed a Pliny clone today. First full boil out on the driveway (but still extract). Went pretty well, but we forgot the thermometer at my brother's place and had to ballpark when to stop the chiller. Got it in the fermenter, came out at 81F. So - put it in the fridge for a couple hours, got it down to 75F and pitched at 5:30 PM. Already getting CO2 bubbles at 8:30, so it seems fine! Can't wait for 6 weeks to go by ...

 

[brewagentjay]

It's a crime because it's national brew day. Your probably in a state where it'sd legal and no reason not to brew. I'm in a state where it is illegal and still I'm brewing all night if that is what it takes with my truck blocking view from road. So get off your ass and brew. I have brewed 70 gallons since jan and still going.

 

[dunnright00]

Well, I have the ingredients but I forgot to get me starter ready, so I'm not going to be brewing today.

I may transfer my Brown Ale, and make my Extra Pale tomorrow...

 

[Broncobum]

bottled dunkelweizen and english pale ale, brewed american wheat. t'was a good day.

edit- oh yeah, and my first hops (cascade) came up today

 

[brewagentjay]

Start ur starter before 12:01am so it counts. I'm gonna start how many gallons on national brew day starting with my 10.

 

[zurcj20]

I brewed up a brewers best cream ale today. Smoothest brew day yet. No boil over.
IC chiller brought her down to 70-75 in about 20 mins. Hope it tastes good when its done!

 

[dunnright00]

Yup, definitely going to make my starter tonight, that counts right?

 

[livewir]

brewed up an unfiltered American wheat today. things got a little crazy considering I was also having a BBQ.

on a side note, here's hoping the yeast gets going quick, the dog may or may not have slobbered in the cooling wort while i was trying to grill.... :-/