So who's brewing this weekend?

[jbsg02]

Brewed 15 gallons of Kolsch last night. Man is it hot here in Texas.

I used my Fermenteezer to get my wort to pitching temps and pitched the yeast this morning. Both Yeast starter and wort were the same temps.

Now to start planning the Oktoberfest Ale that will go on the yeast cake of these beers.

Your kolsch recipe is next on my list! I might use the cake for your oktoberfest too

 

[Zen_Brew]

Finishing up a 10G batch of Summer Pale right now with Citra and Sorachi Ace late hops

Sounds good!

You Belgian Sour Pale sounds good too. I think a lighly soured Belgian Pale would make a great summer beer, of course that one prob has to age a bit unless you are only souring the mash.

Cheers

 

[BBKing]

did 5 gallons of English pale ale today.

I've decided that I'm buying a new propane burner. My current one just isnt worth squat.

 

[Spooner61]

5 gallons of a lemon blonde ale

 

[Mustangj]

You Belgian Sour Pale sounds good too. I think a lighly soured Belgian Pale would make a great summer beer, of course that one prob has to age a bit unless you are only souring the mash.

Cheers

I'm going to age it until next summer:rockin:

 

[yummybeer]

i'm planning to brew a small batch of oktoberfest in the morning. then in tomarrow afternoon, i'm planning to bottle my amber ale that i brewed a couple weeks ago.

 

[IXVolt]

I made a 10gal batch of cream ale last night. Using Lager yeast in one and US-05 in the other.

 

[Whut]

Got an extract batch of Red Ale going at the moment. It's to hot to brew AG this time of year.

 

[unionrdr]

I'm glad cooper's ale yeast is temp forgiving,even as a starter. My IPA's 1st FG test yesterday giving me 5.7% so far. No funky flavors. Still waiting for the weather to cool down a might before I have my wife brew her next batch. It's supposed to be 89 today,90 tomorrow,& 93 the next day. Dang a/c just had to fubar...

 

[Whut]

It's supposed to be 89 today,90 tomorrow,& 93 the next day. Dang a/c just had to fubar...

107° here today and I hear ya about the A/C. A motor went out in one of ours in the middle of the night a few weeks back - talk about hot!

 

[unionrdr]

I know that's right! From what we traced back,blower motor is fubar. Being retired with a $500 deductible...I'm roasting in here,right next to the fermenter stand. It gets the turbo fan...

 

[tobrew]

Brewing NB Innkeeper

 

[TheBrewinator]

I hear ya about the heat, 95 with 90% humidity here in Minneapolis. Either way, mash is going for the pale ale despite the garage pushing 100 with the burner running in it to keep it out of the wind. I'm going to have to do partial no chill as my water will only get it down to 75-80. I'll toss it in the ferm chamber tonight and let it cool to 62 and pitch the yeast tomorrow morning.

 

[Ralelen]

Just mashed in an Oktoberfest using the Wy2565 Kolsh yeast. Got my swamp cooler all ready. I wish I had the space to do a true lager.

 

[cadarnell]

monday is still the weekend for me .. I am brewing in the morning .. a 4.5 gallon batch of an amber ale .. took this recipe off the northern brewer site .. a little less bittering hops tho, and notty instead of US-05

5# 2 row
1.75# munich
.75# crystal 60
1 oz cascades @60
1 oz cascades @1

notty

cheers all

 

[cadarnell]

I made a 10gal batch of cream ale last night. Using Lager yeast in one and US-05 in the other.

drinking a cream ale (jamils recipe) and eating a bbq chicken sandwich right now .. nothing says summertime like cream ale and bbq ...

 

[Paul_Aris]

Double brew day. I just got the oberon in the fermentors and yeast is pitched. Now my centennial IPA is about ready to boil.

 

[DJG42]

I just finished up the Weed Puller Cream Ale from the last issue of BYO. It was Jamil's recipe. He changed it up from when he published it in his book, but same basic recipe. he left off the Dextrose. only problem was AHS is not stocking Liberty hops, so had to go with Hallertauer. I was able to dial in the same IBUs by adjusting for the Alphas, but I really wonder how much it will change the overall taste. Oh well, time to RDWHAHB and let the yeasties do their thing.

Oh yeah, this was also my first attempt of yeast washing. I pitched some very productive Cal Ale yeasties from a Summer Rye. They did a great job on the last batch, I suspect they'll do even better with this one.

 

[houndsbreath]

Brewed an original pale ale recipe w/ centennial, cascade and willamette. Started at 1:30 yesterday afternoon in the backyard, with plenty of cloud cover it didn't feel that hot (despite 93F on the thermometer; I'm in Houston, Tx)...then the clouds broke and it jumped to 99 with no shade. I rigged up an umbrella over my chair and kicked back with a big 2-liter of my latest Blonde ale. Brewed 4.5 gallons of pale ale and bottled a Hefe. Good Saturday!

 

[tdogg]

made a 5 gallon batch of very light belgian ale this morning. glad i got done by noon, as the heat index in minnesota is a whopping 108F today!

 

[jonmohno]

Brewed up a smokey scottish 80.

 

[Daddymem]

Got the Dampfbier brewed.

 

[EoinMag]

I just put 54 litres @ 1.046 in the fermenter of an improvised oatmeal stout, I thought I had more chocolate malt when I decided what I was brewing.

 

[bassbone]

Just pitched the yeast into a Saison a minute ago. This was the first time i have siphoned the beer out of the kettle instead of just dumping it all into the carboy. Efficiency went down 5% (down to 75%), but i can live with that since i'm just getting rid of hot/cold break material and hops up front instead of having it in primary. I think it will become a regular practice now.

Mosher's Tire biter bitter tomorrow since i have the day off.

And a sour with a yet to be determined recipe in the next week or so to utilize the Jolly Pumpkin dregs that have formed a nice pelicle on top of the starter!

 

[JackCrank]

Did up a 5gal batch of Jamil's Saison with a few mods on sat (partial mashed). Did the started for ~24hrs. Bubbled like crazy until this am. Then not a whole lot. Heard this is pretty common with the wyeast on pale saisons. Anyone else get this?

 

[BigTerp]

I can FINALLY post in this thread!! Going to be doing a Fat Tire clone from Austin Homebrew on Friday. Will be my first brew, but I fell I'm more than ready for it. My 25' of 1/2" copper is scheduled to be delivered to my house today, so I can get my IC chiller up and running hopefully this evening. It is suppose to be close to 100 degrees here this week and my kit should be shipping today from Austin. I guess I really should make a starter. I'll have to stop by my lhbs and pick up some light DME and I'll have to use a mason jar I have at home since I don't have a flask yet. I'm worried about the high temperatures so I ordered a pack of Danstar Nottingham yeast just incase. WISH ME LUCK!!!!

 

[Bierliebhaber]

Brewing a 12 gal batch of Hefeweizen on Thursday. I'll split it in half. One half will become an apricot hefe for the wife and the other half will just be a tasty hef for the neighbor. On Sunday, I will be brewing a 12 gal batch of my Gi'me Summit barley wine. The barley wine is just NW Pale, Crystal 150, and 6oz of Summit...mmmmm, taste like tangerines.

 

[asidrane]

I brewed a summer wheat extract kit on Saturday.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Will be teaching my brother-in-law the ropes with an extract/specialty grain IPA kit. If he's anything like me, he'll be hooked immediately and we'll hopefully do a good bunch of brews together in the future.

 

[Bradinator]

Going to do my first big beer this weekend. I have a Belgian Strong in mind and have made my Belgian Candi sugar already. So excited!