So who's brewing this weekend?

[mashpaddled]

After 14 years of looking at the Delerium Tremens close recipe on here I'm finally going to give it a try this weekend.

 

[BeerHolic]

California Common

 

[z-bob]

I don't know what to call what I'm brewing tomorrow. It'll almost be a German wheat beer, except I'm using unmalted wheat (50%) instead of wheat malt. The rest will be Vienna. That should have just enough enzymes to convert. Single 30 minute addition of Crystal hops (unless I change my mind at the last minute and use Tradition) to about 15 IBU, and Munich Classic yeast.

ETA: It's mashing right now. I used unbleached all-purpose flour for the wheat. I've done that before, but this time I guess I didn't mix it with the malt well enough because it was a lot harder to get rid of all the dough balls. It's very pale, but smells really good from all that Vienna.

 

[day_trippr]

Now that I'm back up to two fermentation fridges I'm hoping to do another batch of my imperial chocolate stout on Sunday, then somewhere mid-week do another batch of my raspberry hibiscus wheat ale in time for Spring

Cheers!

 

[MrClint]

I'm brewing my first American Amber Ale. I have American Pale Ale and Dark Ale under my belt, and digging them a lot, now this will be something in between.

 

[seatazzz]

Resting a bit after brewing up a batch of...well, I don't know what I'm calling it. Original recipe was a clone of Elysian Men's Room Original Ale, first batch turned out fantastic; but me being me, had to tweak it a bit. Changed the bittering hop to Cascade, kept the Comet late hops, and decided to see how the Novalager slurry from last week would do on it. First one was done on fresh Notty, but the WF lager I have on tap with Novalager is amazing. Think I'm gonna fall deeply, madly, insanely in love with this yeast, as I have with others in the past; only issue is flocculation is meh at best. No problem for me, I don't care if I can read a phone book (remember those?) through my beer; but if I send this one to a competition will have to be bright and clear.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

... I'm hoping to do another batch of my imperial chocolate stout on Sunday ...

Are you talking about this one day_trippr? How long does that need to age before it's great?

 

[BrewMan13]

Brewing a Maibock tomorrow. Did it a couple years ago and dug it a lot, so no changes. Starter isn't, well, starting fast enough for my liking, but that's my fault for not getting it going sooner.

 

[day_trippr]

Are you talking about this one day_trippr? How long does that need to age before it's great?

It doesn't need to age much at all, to be honest. I keep the roasty stuff at a moderate level, as one batch I used twice as much roasted barley and that batch really did need a few months to calm down. It takes a bit over three weeks from pitch to keg, then a week or so to bring the carbonation level up from ~.8 volumes to 1.2 volumes, then a few days to chill out in the keezer hooked to the beer gas, and it'll be good to go.

Cheers!

 

[BeerHolic]

I don't know what to call what I'm brewing tomorrow. It'll almost be a German wheat beer, except I'm using unmalted wheat (50%) instead of wheat malt. The rest will be Vienna. That should have just enough enzymes to convert. Single 30 minute addition of Crystal hops (unless I change my mind at the last minute and use Tradition) to about 15 IBU, and Munich Classic yeast.

ETA: It's mashing right now. I used unbleached all-purpose flour for the wheat. I've done that before, but this time I guess I didn't mix it with the malt well enough because it was a lot harder to get rid of all the dough balls. It's very pale, but smells really good from all that Vienna.

Sound like a Belgian wheat beer, called a Witbier

 

[AlexKay]

Sound like a Belgian wheat beer, called a Witbier

Nah. It'll look like a hefeweizen, taste like a hefeweizen, and quack like a hefeweizen. Nobody will know you used wheat that wasn't malted. It's a hefeweizen.

But Great-Uncle Horst Gunter would definitely not approve.

 

[day_trippr]

"Paint 'em black!" This stout is totally a hose wrecker...

So far so smooth

[edit] All done and the beast is in the ferm chamber (this will be the first run with my newest-to-me Craig's List fridge). End of fly sparge runnings were still 1.038 so I sparged almost an extra two gallons and boiled it down to make a "Junior Stout" just for grins...

Got the keg purge setup ready to go...

The waiting game begins...

Cheers!

 

[Saunassa]

Have Chinookelhead Porter mashing right now. Going to use my homegrown nugget for the 30 minute addition.

 

[jwill911]

Brewed early yesterday morning "Pixelated Hazy w/ Phantasm powder and Omega Cosmic Punch yeast, used a ~2L starter and it took off bubbling vigorously in < 4 hours. OG 1.062

 

[z-bob]

Nah. It'll look like a hefeweizen, taste like a hefeweizen, and quack like a hefeweizen. Nobody will know you used wheat that wasn't malted. It's a hefeweizen.

But Great-Uncle Horst Gunter would definitely not approve.

That's what I think too, but I don't know yet. (how'd you know my great-uncle's name?) It's kinda between a Hefeweizen and a Belgian Wit. If I'd added orange zest and coriander and used a different yeast it would be a Witbier. If I'd added the orange and coriander but still used Munich Classic yeast it still might be a Witbier but wouldn't taste quite right. (I bet it would still be good) I could brew the same grain bill with a lot more hops and use US-05, K-97, or Nottingham (etc) and brew something American.

The gravity is starting to drop but there's no Krausen on top yet. Once it really gets going I might need to move it to a larger fermenter. It's about 4.5 gallons of wort in a 5 gallon bucket. That could be a mess...

My efficiency was unusually good so it's almost 10 gravity points too high. Not sure what that was about but I'll take it.

 

[mattman91]

Working from home, I’m really enjoying these week day brew days. I can prep everything the night before, then heat up my water as I’m wrapping up my work day.

Brewed a Citra NEIPA

The two hop sacks suspended by magnets look like nut sacks.

Came within .003 points to my target OG. The only thing I’m really worried about is I used 10% Golden Naked Oats instead of malted oats. Apparently that isn’t a good substitute

70% Golden Promise
10% Golden Naked Oats
10% Flaked Oats
10% White Wheat

Lallemand New England

2:1 Calcium/sulfate ratio

 

[AlexKay]

Brewing a schwarzbier with Nationalniy (Ukranian) hops and ginger juice.

Edit: maybe too much ginger juice. I added it during whirlpool and now that's all I can smell.

 

[day_trippr]

The only thing I’m really worried about is I used 10% Golden Naked Oats instead of malted oats. Apparently that isn’t a good substitute

I like GNO in WCIPAs but its Lovibond rating can vary up to twice the pale end of its range at which point it might be too dark for some folks' hazy brews...

Cheers!

 

[allgrainbrewer]

Bottling a Whitbier and a White Stout this weekend. Brewed a Rye Pale Ale using Chinook hops on Tuesday. May brew another Pale Ale with Cashmere hops with weekend.

 

[cfrazier77]

First timer here, well first time all in one, first time brewing in the basement. Zamba pale ale in and anvil. So far likeing it.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

First timer here, well first time all in one, first time brewing in the basement. Zamba pale ale in and anvil. So far likeing it.

I'm brewing in the basement today too, but not the first time.

Good Luck with your brew day!

 

[grampamark]

I’m brewing in my basement, too, for about the 175th time. Bullwinkle Brown, a Moose Drool clone.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I just finished filling the fermenter. Now the fun task of cleanup. At least I got the mashtun cleaned out and 27 pounds of wet spent grain hauled outside.

 

[mattman91]

Krausen getting awfully close to my sacks!

 

[jcav]

Ramping up to a boil right now on a American Amber Ale. This one's got a little Cascade first wort hops going on along with later additions of Mandarina Bavaria at 10 min and Hallertauer at 5. Then a little more Cascade after flame out for about a 10 min whirl-pool. Gonna be a good one! Have a great weekend everyone!


John

 

[AlexKay]

Black IPA brew day. Sabro and Lotus hops.

 

[seatazzz]

Just put to bed a Fresh Squeezed IPA clone, recipe from my LHBS website. All went well except I decided I wanted to underlet the mash, and hadn't used my HLT in a while. Water running into it through the valve dislodged a rather nasty piece of green mold. Hot water, oxyclean, little brush, rinse rinse rinse, and it's all good now.

 

[Joggin]

brewing an IPA and trying for first time to do a Peanut butter Stout.
after 17 years retiring last one of my original 2 primary buckets which developed some small cracks on the bottom and slow leak.
been using a 6 gal grape juice bucket a local winemaker neighbor threw out. Have a couple. They work good.
plus I like free.

 

[AlexKay]

Making a Citra/Nectaron IPA today. Kitchen smells great.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Making a Citra/Nectaron IPA today. Kitchen smells great.

I have quantities of both, and was considering that combo for an upcoming hazy. What's your hop schedule and IBUs look like?