Post if you're brewing today

[SumnerH]

Local Magazine is interviewing me and I'm demo-ing a brew at a liqueur store in about 2 hours. Doing a Belgium Strong Pale Ale.


They want to dispel the "Home Brew" flavor so I'm also giving out samples of a Porter and a Scottish Heavy

Very cool, always good to get positive press!

 

[beerthirty]

first brew on the new brew trailer. BM's centennial blonde. I'll post pics to my trailer thread later on tonite.

 

[SumnerH]

One time was enough for me with the double header brew day. Kudos to you.

I think I'll be done and cleaned up in about 6.5 hours, including the trip to the LHBS before I got going. 1st one was a partial mash, then while it boiled I steeped the grains for the 2nd one (extract + specialty).

I only have one 5-gallon brew kettle but the steeping of 2 gallons was manageable and meant that I had 2 gallons close to boiling as soon as the first batch was chilled and the pot was cleaned. Topping it off cooled it down some, but still basically 10-15 minutes until I had a boil and I was into my 60-minute countdown.

 

[Malticulous]

I'm trying my hand at an American Wheat. It's going to be very hot here soon.

 

[Daddymem]

Did my first AG using BIAB today!

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

Brewing up a porter right now. Will be adding some Brewer's Gold for bittering in a few minutes. Kind of a crappy day here in SE Mass. - sprinkling on and off, cloudy, and windy. I set up the canopy tent just in case. I hope to brew up a pale ale tomorrow if my aching back will let me.

 

[ISLAGI]

Did the Founder's Breakfast Stout clone from last month's BYO today...

I hope it comes out well, because it was a hell on earth brew day...

 

[LaurieGator]

I have just started cooling 5.5 gallons of Irish Red Ale. My second AG!

I am so happy, I took my SG before boil and I got a bit higher SG than the recipe. I think I fixed my MLT problems and got a halfway decent efficiency on this batch. It smells so good!

I am also testing the fountain pump wort chiller set-up. It is way too windy out there today to take it outdoors to cool off with the garden hose in the wort chiller...

 

[Edcculus]

Obligatory money shot!

 

[Saccharomyces]

<--- looks for the Post if you are not brewing thread ...


I watched Soperbrew sparge 10 gallons of Bee Cave Brewery Hefeweizen. Does that count??

 

[DrinksWellWithOthers]

The porter's in the carboy and almost everything is put away. Didn't get hit with any rain so that's a plus. Though I did make a couple mistakes today - forgot the Irish Moss and forgot to take a gravity sample.

Oh well.. guess I'll have to brew again tomorrow. Practice makes perfect, right?

 

[Austin_]

A little late in the day, but I'm about to brew up a belgian wit.

 

[the_bird]

Brewed for the first time in about six months. ESB that turned into a SB. "Michael Bishop's Finger"

 

[KingBrianI]

I brewed up Dude's Lakewalk Pale Ale today. Can't wait to try it, the reviews are extremely positive.

 

[jackson_d]

we did a raspberry wheat today. First time I will try fruit in beer. Of course it has to wait for the fruit, so it will eventually be a fruit beer. OG 1.064!

still tossing around frozen fruit or puree. anyone have any major preference between the two?

 

[BooneDocks]

Orange Blossom Mead, per The Compleat Meadmaker

 

[Malticulous]

All went well with may American Wheat today aside from a few pesky stuck spares. Wheat you know can be pesky stuff.
"Sweat of the Brow" American Wheat Beer Recipe

 

[SumnerH]

I think I'll be done and cleaned up in about 6.5 hours, including the trip to the LHBS before I got going. 1st one was a partial mash, then while it boiled I steeped the grains for the 2nd one (extract + specialty).

It wound up being 9:45 to 4:45 (7 hours) to drive to the LHBS (30 minutes each way), get ingredients for 2 recipes, and brew.

Having 2 brew kettles and having the ingredients on hand in the morning would each shave off more than an hour, but it was still a fine day. I made slow-roasted chicken BBQ during the day, too. SWMBO works 9-5 on Saturday, so I basically dropped her off, went to LHBS, brewed 2 batches, and had dinner on the table when she got home.

First time brewing w/o her, though, so that was a little odd.

 

[Jolly McStanson]

Brewed up another batch of Orange/Cascades. Took about 4 or 5 hours. Not many curve balls. I cant wait till its drinkable in a few months

 

[digdan]

Just brewed my first Hydromel/Braggot

6.5lbs of blueberry honey, 1lb pale liquid extract.
Threw in 1/3rd oz of Saaz during the pasteurization and filtered them out in the carboy
Balanced the pH to 4.2 with 1 & 1/2 tsp malic acid
OG : 1.052

Gearing up to aerate the bugger. Pitching the activated WYeast American ale yeast in 1 hour.

Was looking for domestic beer drinkability with the exquisite flavor of honey.
Very excited about this one. Going to be very light in color. Had wonderful notes of sweet blueberry and the saaz comes through as a subtle zingy spice aftertaste

 

[Jolly McStanson]

I brewed up Dude's Lakewalk Pale Ale today. Can't wait to try it, the reviews are extremely positive.

I brewed a batch of Lake Walk last week. God i love this beer. This is my second batch. The Orange/Cascade pale Ale is a close second for me.

 

[KingBrianI]

I brewed a batch of Lake Walk last week. God i love this beer. This is my second batch. The Orange/Cascade pale Ale is a close second for me.

It seems as if everyone who's tried Lakewalk loves it. I hope I did it justice, I want to see what the hype is all about!

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Doing a Bell's Two Hearted Clone right now!!!

 

[garzaman22]

Did a California common last night, still debating on dry hopping in the secondary

 

[9/9]

Will be doing a Munich - Northern Brewer SMaSH this afternoon...

 

[Yooper]

I'm brewing 5 gallons of Denny Conn's Rye IPA recipe. I love rye, and I love hops, so I'm anticipating loving this beer!

 

[vtbeerman]

Just finished an ESB.

 

[hcarter]

Ed's Haus Pale Ale. First AG!!

 

[Yambor44]

I've got 15 minutes left of a 90 minute Mash for BM's Cream of Three Crops.

 

[illin8]

Put 5 gallons of Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde in the primary 3 hours ago (2nd AG, first was last weekend!)