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[Willy]

First day of the new batch ready to quaff!
Kona the Beerbarian.

 

[BrewZer]

Not a pint, but it's Oktoberfest time, so you can't blame me for overachieving...
A liter of Summer48 to wash down some peanuts and radishes.

 

[FugacityBrews]

This year’s festbier and märzen in front of the ol’ clarity tester. The märzen is a full 200 days conditioned in keg, just tapped it this past weekend.

 

[Ninoid]

Dry Stout

 

[ClaudiusB]

Our Oktoberfest beer, the Wiesn style.

 

[jdubdvdt]

Here We Gose Again. Raspberry Gose. Recipe in the sour recipe subforum.

 

[Ninoid]

Extra Special Bitter

 

[FugacityBrews]

It takes festbier to make pale ale.

 

[jdubdvdt]

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Looks great! Still waiting on my festbier to clear naturally but I was a late bloomer and it's only 20 days old right now and I don't use any finings. Can't wait for the beer to smooth out. Next time I'll make them way earlier in the year.

 

[FugacityBrews]

Looks great! Still waiting on my festbier to clear naturally but I was a late bloomer and it's only 20 days old right now and I don't use any finings. Can't wait for the beer to smooth out. Next time I'll make them way earlier in the year.

Yeah if you’re waiting for them to clear up naturally it does take a bit of time. I tend to cheat most of the time and use silafine or biofine just so they clear up faster. Doesn’t help with the overall flavor change that comes from a long conditioning period but it does make prettier beer a little faster.

This one has been conditioning for 70 days. The märzen, however, I brewed in March. Still have a few gallons left and it’s now at 219 days of conditioning, which is definitely the longest I’ve ever had a beer in inventory

 

[jdubdvdt]

Here's my Octoberfest... Starting to clear up at 20 days young. 6 days at lager temps.

 

[day_trippr]

My Fantastic Haze clone...

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

My Ballantine IPA conception...

Cheers!

 

[FugacityBrews]

Making the most of my märzen while the weather is still cooperative

 

[day_trippr]

Got a couple of new Boulevard Brewing glasses in the mail today.
They're a bit understated for my taste, but the chimney style glass is perfection imo..
This one was full of my All Your Citra [Are Belong To Us]

Cheers!

 

[jdubdvdt]

Got a couple of new Boulevard Brewing glasses in the mail today.
They're a bit understated for my taste, but the chimney style glass is perfection imo..
This one was full of my All Your Citra [Are Belong To Us]

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Cheers!

Nice glass! Love the reference to zerowing. What did you burn down before that pour, a nice pumpkin spiced candle?

 

[day_trippr]

lol! Whoops! Probably should have moved that instrument of herbal refreshment out of the frame

Cheers!

 

[jdubdvdt]

Hahaha. Beer looks good too.

 

[day_trippr]

My Raspberry Hibiscus Wheat...

Not a great picture, it's totally bright ruby IRL...

Cheers!

 

[Halfakneecap]

Rice lager. Summer staple. First one with S23. Definately wont be the last. Keg version was crystal clear, this is a bottle of the same batch, with slight haze, not sure why, but not fussed at all.

Behind it is my tabasco plant, starting to come alive again. I ate lots last year, and still had 500g left after it stopped. Im guessing 2nd year will be more.

 

[day_trippr]

My Fantastic Haze clone in one of my new glasses...

Cheers!

 

[bike2brew]

Hungry Brown Dog ale. After long brew day and clean up.

 

[day_trippr]

My all-Citra hazy in another new glass

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

Ran into a classic cornelius style keg issue this evening: I had just put a keg of my Julius clone on tap this afternoon - the mate to the keg that just kicked from the same 10 gallon batch - and the first pour attempt was 50/50 foam/beer. As such defects just don't happen around here (anymore ) it definitely caught my attention.

The pour was smooth foam - no spitting - but I still suspected the root cause would be found under the Out dip tube flange. So I opened the keezer, popped the gas QD off the problem keg, latched the PRV open, then wrenched the Out post off and pulled the dip tube. This is what the O-ring under the flange looked like:

Looks pretty rough - there's a deep gouge on the inside around 7 o'clock, and a couple of inside dings around 5:30 all in the left picture, and a frayed perimeter around 4 o'clock in the right. I do not as a rule remove posts between keg fills so it's a bit of a mystery how all that happened - and why it hadn't caused issues before.

Anyway, I replaced the O-ring, sanitized the dip tube and post before applying them back to the keg, hooked gas and beer lines up, closed the keezer lid - and poured the below. Problem definitely solved

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

Moving along...my Ballantine IPA concept...

Cheers! ("Making IPAs clear...again!" )

 

[day_trippr]

My Raspberry Hibiscus Wheat in my still-favorite glass...

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

My all-Citra hazy in another new glass

I think that looks pretty sharp. Reminds me of a Harley logo but I can live with that

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

Tough day slaying oak leaves on the property, need lots of extra beer tonight to recover

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

My all-Citra hazy in my newest (and rarest!) Boulevard glass...

Cheers!

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Having a Happy Halfwit Ale after a day of trying to soup up a chainsaw when I should have been cutting and moving trees.