Need some help. It's serious time.

[Sean]

I appreciate your possibly useless post, if for no other reason than I thought your name was Bennigan's, and I had a delicious Monte Cristo 'sandwich' there one time.

Welcome, I think you'll fit right in!

 

[Ferguson]

Welcome, I think you'll fit right in!

Well thank you sir!

 

[Ferguson]

And it's AZ_IPA for the win!

Pretty much doing your exact recommendation..

10 gal Cream of Three Crops
10 gal Centennial Blond
10 gal Bee Cave Brewery Haus Ale
5 gal Tap Room American Brown Ale
5 gal Irish Red

Might throw in some sort of Stout if I can fit it in.

I got me a big ol' couple of packages from Fed Ex today, including but not limited to...

70# grain
10 oz hops
6 new buckets

It's gonna be fun!! Hopefully

AZ_IPA - you, good sir, can expect a tasty six-pack in a couple of months! I'll get your contact info later.

 

[Ferguson]

Also, I've only done 3 AG brews so far, so how much this stuff doesn't cost hasn't really set in yet. For 40 gallons of beer, I think I only spent $115 on ingredients. Far less than my last Guinness keg!

 

[tnbrewer371]

good to hear you went with Centennial Blonde, i bet its gone first

 

[bob1852]

AZ_IPA - you, good sir, can expect a tasty six-pack in a couple of months! I'll get your contact info later.

Not needed -

Good luck with the brews and wedding!

 

[bitmask]

You're going to be exhausted by the wedding. +1000 for the kegging idea. I would've changed locations just because of that. You sir are going to need a lot of bottles!

 

[Ravenshead]

Wow, 40 gallons worth of bottles. That's 426 bottles. You're going to need a lot of help drinking just to get ready for this.

 

[Ferguson]

You're going to be exhausted by the wedding. +1000 for the kegging idea. I would've changed locations just because of that. You sir are going to need a lot of bottles!

Yeah, I'd love to be able to keg for this, but alas, I cannot. My fiancee only approved of this last week or so, and the wedding is in two months! Too late to change the reception hall, I suppose. I've got two brothers that I live with who will gladly help, and I've got people saving up bottles for me.

Funny that the bottles would cost 2x as much as the actual beer if I were to pay for them. Nuts

 

[Ferguson]

Wow, 40 gallons worth of bottles. That's 426 bottles. You're going to need a lot of help drinking just to get ready for this.

My biggest concern right now is figuring out how to move 426 or so bottle 50 miles to the reception place. My current running idea is to make crates that will hold 6 six-packs each. I figure that it won't be too expensive to make around 12 crates out of pine.

Anyone have any thoughts on that aspect?

 

[Ferguson]

I also have a 3-car garage that is excellent for brewing, and it's getting warm enough out that I'll be able to leave the doors open so I won't choke myself to death!

 

[phidelt1499]

My biggest concern right now is figuring out how to move 426 or so bottle 50 miles to the reception place. My current running idea is to make crates that will hold 6 six-packs each. I figure that it won't be too expensive to make around 12 crates out of pine.

Anyone have any thoughts on that aspect?

The crates sound like a good idea.

Not to add to your stresses ;-) but have you thought of how these will be served? I think most homebrew virgins might just grab a bottle and drink it as they would most other beers... Thus inevitably drinking the yeast used to bottle condition...

 

[TenaciousJ]

wow dude, you're ambitious to tackle 40 gallons AND bottle by the end of May! I'm brewing for my wedding too (on May 7th). planning to brew 30 gallons total: 6 five gallon batches of three different beers. this should hopefully yield around 12 cases, but i'm betting it'll be closer to 10. chances are i'll brew one last five gallon batch closer to the day. things to consider about bottling:

-Are you using recycled bottles? if so i'd start cleaning de-labelling now.
-i'm shooting to have everything bottled one month before the big day. the last thing you want to serve your guests are green beers.

FWIW I've already brewed:

-2 five gallon batches: Hoppy Pale Ale (cascade, centennial and citra, mmmmmm......)
-2 five gallon batches: Oatmeal Stout


Still have to brew
-2 five gallon batches: Orange Honey Wheat Beer


Visit my blog to track my progress. Good luck!

 

[malkore]

I just wanted to toss you an invite to www.lincolnlagers.com - the local brew club here in Lincoln.

come check us out! we have a lot of fun and there's many guys that would likely help you get your brews made simply because we like to brew but can't always drink it fast enough. We brew for the sake of brewing!

 

[bgruis]

I have a really good house Pilsner Lager recipe...it's a fantastic beer in about 1.5 months. Super simple as well...

for a 10.5 gallon batch.

18 lbs Pilsner malt
2 lbs Munich malt
2.75 oz Northdown hops for 60 minutes
2.75 oz Saaz hops at 10 minutes

I use a single infusion batch sparge with a 60 minute boil. I pitch two packets of S 34/70 dry yeast (no need to rehydrate). I typically let fermenationa kick off for 24 hours at about 68F, then transfer to the cellar for two weeks at 50F, then a two day D rest at 68F then lager at 35 for as long as you like. I typically drink this beer at six weeks old though.


I've gotten lots of compliments from BMC drinkers as well as Craft beer types.

 

[Ferguson]

wow dude, you're ambitious to tackle 40 gallons AND bottle by the end of May! I'm brewing for my wedding too (on May 7th). planning to brew 30 gallons total: 6 five gallon batches of three different beers. this should hopefully yield around 12 cases, but i'm betting it'll be closer to 10. chances are i'll brew one last five gallon batch closer to the day. things to consider about bottling:

-Are you using recycled bottles? if so i'd start cleaning de-labelling now.
-i'm shooting to have everything bottled one month before the big day. the last thing you want to serve your guests are green beers.

FWIW I've already brewed:

-2 five gallon batches: Hoppy Pale Ale (cascade, centennial and citra, mmmmmm......)
-2 five gallon batches: Oatmeal Stout


Still have to brew
-2 five gallon batches: Orange Honey Wheat Beer


Visit my blog to track my progress. Good luck!

Yep I've been working on cleaning up bottles for about a week now, although I still don't have enough. I'd also like to get the beer into bottles about 4 weeks ahead of time. Shouldn't be too difficult since the brews I'm working on have relatively short fermentation times.

I'm going to start the brewing hopefully tomorrow, and I've got spring break coming up next week...hopefully I will get all 40 gallons brewed by this time next week. Good thing I love me some brewing!

 

[bufitfn]

Consider upping the amount of Centennial Blonde, I've never met a BMC drinker that doesn't love it! It's easy to make and it is awesome! I had a birthday party for my 11 year old boy this past weekend and even my buddy's wife, who doesn't even drink beer had 4 pints!
Anyway however you go, good luck with the brew and the wedding!
Welcome

 

[gkal1964]

Consider upping the amount of Centennial Blonde, I've never met a BMC drinker that doesn't love it! It's easy to make and it is awesome! I had a birthday party for my 11 year old boy this past weekend and even my buddy's wife, who doesn't even drink beer had 4 pints!
Anyway however you go, good luck with the brew and the wedding!
Welcome

Agreed, I brew centennial blonde as my house ale and can honestly say I have never had anyone not love this beer. I would go with at least 15 gals. Good luck