So who's brewing this weekend?

[OldDogBrewing]

I was going to brew an autumn saison with sweet potatoes in the mash but as I had everything already at home, brewed it today, looks good so far, maybe I will add squash in the fermenter or maybe not, I will see, never used it so I don't want to ruin the beer hahaha

Maybe I will make a Brett Trois Vrai starter this weekend for a 100% brett beer as I need a good thick brett slurry or maybe I do it earlier as I have everything already here too hahaha

 

[Beermeister32]

I tried out Hornindal Kveik on my Barney the Welder brewed Saturday. Pitched Sunday morning 7:00 am at 85F. This morning Wednesday 7:00 am it is essentially done, I've noted the trub-full 1-gallon overage finishes quicker and clearer than the main batch which is still a bit cloudy. This thing smelled like a tropical fruit bowl while fermenting, will be interesting to see how the flavors work with the IPA. A real monster this Hornindal!

 

[seatazzz]

Just milled the grain for the 2020 Holiday Ale. Got a bit crazy with it, 16lbs two row, 2lbs pilsner, 2lbs special B, about .5lb each of crystal 75 and homeroasted crystal (if I had to guess about 120) and 1lb of flaked barley. Biggest grain bill I've gone with in a long time (overfilled my homer bucket!) so going to strike with 11 gallons tomorrow and see what I get. Might do a reduction if I get enough 1st runnings, and going to hit this one with a ton of spices mulled in a 22oz bottle of capn morgans rum. Gonna mess up my family, friends, and co-workers this year, yes I am. And if it works out well, saving some for the spring competitions that I hope will happen. If nothing else gonna have fun tomorrow.

 

[OldDogBrewing]

Just milled the grain for the 2020 Holiday Ale. Got a bit crazy with it, 16lbs two row, 2lbs pilsner, 2lbs special B, about .5lb each of crystal 75 and homeroasted crystal (if I had to guess about 120) and 1lb of flaked barley. Biggest grain bill I've gone with in a long time (overfilled my homer bucket!) so going to strike with 11 gallons tomorrow and see what I get. Might do a reduction if I get enough 1st runnings, and going to hit this one with a ton of spices mulled in a 22oz bottle of capn morgans rum. Gonna mess up my family, friends, and co-workers this year, yes I am. And if it works out well, saving some for the spring competitions that I hope will happen. If nothing else gonna have fun tomorrow.

My Christmas beer is a 15'6% quad this year hahahaha I think we are going all crazy with our Christmas brews in 2020

 

[grampamark]

Also brewing a holiday ale.

 

[grampamark]

5.5 gal into the fermenter @1.064-ish.

 

[YaleH]

Doing a Imperial Smashed Pumpkin Ale...... OG of 1.093 and expected 10ish ABV

 

[Nokie]

Was planning to brew, woke up to pouring down rain.
I really should look into this new fangled electric brewing and move it inside

 

[Beermeister32]

Just brewed Bavarian Pilsner.

 

[Oldskewl]

Brewed 5 Gal of Cottage House Saison. Went off without a hitch.

 

[Nokie]

It’s not the weekend but I took today off so technically it’s a 3 day weekend.

 

[OldDogBrewing]

Not weekend but I started the brew day yesterday that was a bank holiday so more or less

Finished today boiling my brett imperial stout after a day acidifying, when I pitched the starter at 1 pm I saw bubbling immediately but that's weird so I thought it was something else, but by 6 pm it had a full krausen so probably was fermenting at 1 pm too haha I thought brett fermentations were slow

I'm making it with the Vrai strain, so let's see how it goes, I'm planning on stopping fermentation at 1.030 or so although it shouldn't be much more fermentable than that, at least not once I kill the brett

 

[Elric]

Got some pre-work done and will be brewing up a dunkel tomorrow morning, can't wait!

 

[FromZwolle]

need to get my annual bourbon oak porter goin so it's ready to gift out at Christmas.

 

[Knightshade]

Thought for sure this thread would be blowing up considering what day it is tomorrow.

I’m not brewing either tho...but I am racking two batches to kegs tomorrow for carbonation....does that count?

Or at least that is the plan...oh...I’ll probably watch a learn to brew YouTube session that is being done by the LHBS too.

 

[OldDogBrewing]

Just made a L. plantarum starter, maybe brewing tomorrow and pitching Tuesday, depending on how the starter does

 

[Chorgey]

I'm going to brew a Holiday Ale today with my Grainfather, as soon as I'm done my coffee

 

[seatazzz]

Not brewing today either, since I spaced on placing the grain order this week until today. So will do a batch of IPA tomorrow, based on Bear Republic's Racer 5. Haven't done this one since 2018; for a while it was my 'bogey' beer, just couldn't get it right; either the yeast was toast, or poor fermentation temperature control, ruined a couple of batches. This time it will be darn near perfect. Treating myself to a new 7g Fermonster since one of mine got warped, and the other one still has the Holiday Ale in it that won't get packaged until next week. Fresh yeast, some slight water adjustments, and plenty of hops for it. Can't wait.

 

[Beermeister32]

Brewed a batch of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone.

 

[Elric]

Dunkel is brewed and pressure fermenting...

 

[Cellar_Dweller]

Brewed a Cherry Chocolate Imperial Stout this weekend. Should come in around 10% ABV. Still iffy on how much cherry concentrate I'm going to add. I'm considering adding a small dose to the fermenter and then gauging how things taste at kegging time, then add more accordingly. Kind of sneak up on it.

 

[GBRbrew]

Brewed on Friday, had small amounts of grain from previous brews. Dumped it all in, best guess is I'll get some kind of beer lol. Maybe I'll call it potluck or leftovers.

 

[grampamark]

Brewed on Friday, had small amounts of grain from previous brews. Dumped it all in, best guess is I'll get some kind of beer lol. Maybe I'll call it potluck or leftovers.

Sometimes those are the best kind.

 

[camonick]

Brewed an Irish Stout yesterday and now mashing my first attempt at a Bohemian Black Lager (Shiner 97)

 

[BongoYodeler]

Brewed an Irish Stout yesterday and now mashing my first attempt at a Bohemian Black Lager (Shiner 97)

Jeez camonick, you may be the busiest brewer on this site. Oh, and all your beers look fantastic.

 

[camonick]

Jeez camonick, you may be the busiest brewer on this site. Oh, and all your beers look fantastic.

Thank you.
Only busy because of 2 reasons...
1- I’m a poor manager of my pipeline and it seems like they all run out at the same time.
2- I also tend to be a bit of a perfectionist when I’m trying to nail a clone recipe (or any recipe for that matter) and have dumped a few unsatisfactory batches lately. I’ve abandoned my quest to clone Guinness for a while and the stout I brewed yesterday is a published recipe that’s supposed to be a respectable substitute for Murphy’s... hopefully I’ll have a batch I actually enjoy drinking. Most of the recent HB stout pics in what are you drinking look nice but I haven’t enjoyed drinking them. Doing a little reset of sorts for that style.

 

[KeizerBrewr]

Still waiting on my yeast to arrive so I can start my BGSA.

 

[grampamark]

Drinking a HB Brown, brewing a Cali Common.

 

[Mark3885]

Brewed an Irish Stout yesterday and now mashing my first attempt at a Bohemian Black Lager (Shiner 97)

Could you share your Bohemian Black Lager recipe?

 

[camonick]

Could you share your Bohemian Black Lager recipe?

This is totally experimental... this is the only recipe that pops up in a google search for “Shiner 97 clone”.
I don’t think it’s an authentic Czech dark lager but I was willing to give it a try.
Here’s a LINK to the recipe I used.
I’ll know in about a month if it’s any good.