So who's brewing this weekend?

[Willy]

The next batch of Mocha Irish Stout is mashed out and just started the boil. Hop additions EKG & Fuggles, pH and OG, pre-boil targets were spot on. The wort was delicious- a little sweet but not too sweet. In a few weeks the fermented batch will get conditioned for a month or two for a tasty June pour.

 

[Brewsmith]

Brewing right now. It’s the first day of spring break and my first brew in the new place. Got everything cleaned and ready to go. I’m making a drinkable 5 gallon yeast starter. A blonde ale that’s mostly 2 row with a touch of aromatic. Willamette bittering with a half oz. near the end. 4% and under 20 IBUs. Easy and drinkable. Next weekend begins the real job of refilling the kegerator.

 

[elproducto]

Since last weekends brew ended up on my garage floor, I need to brew this weekend as my taps are empty.

Going to do a simple Two Hearted Clone I think

 

[HM-2]

Need to keg up my golden ale to make fermenter space for my planned Citra/Nelson/Strata DIPA

 

[Abrayton]

Brewing my “Raznilla” vanilla cream ale racked on raspberries. Reopening the brewing operation after being shut down for what seemed like a very long Wisconsin winter.

 

[seatazzz]

Blonde from last weekend turned out amazing, except for the stone on my keg carb lid going plotz; so today I'm brewing it up again, this time with a modified 'traditional' mash in the BIAB setup. I do love my old cooler mash tun but unless I want to set up a ridiculously complicated heat exchanger with my old IC, the temperature drops fast. Bonus is I can use less grain and still get a decent beer out of it. First batch is getting force carbed now through the 'out' post, should be fully tappable later today.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Titanic BPA today, (hopefully) the last entry in my 2025 Shipwreck series. Just mashing now, the iceberg is waiting for me somewhere in the next four hours, somewhere between First Gold at flameout and pitching the Nottingham.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Just finished a 5 gallon batch of oatmeal stout...

 

[OddNotion]

Brewed a Citra/Apollo NEIPA yesterday and brewing a split batch of Saison and Sour today.

 

[HM-2]

8% Hazy DIPA today, with Citra LupoMAX, T45 Nelson Sauvin and Strata.

 

[crazyjake19]

Brewed a vanilla bourbon barrel cream ale last weekend. That's slowing down so I'll move that up for a diacetyl rest.

Tomorrow looks rainy so I might brew an Imperial stout that I plan to age on oak and bourbon as well. Probably a small batch (1.5-gallon) and I may even bottle this one.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Yeast starter going and will be ready by Sunday. But this Sunday is Easter so in order to keep peace in the house I’ll likely be brewing my hazy on Monday.

 

[BongoYodeler]

Yeast starter going and will be ready by Sunday. But this Sunday is Easter so in order to keep peace in the house I’ll likely be brewing my hazy on Monday.

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Should have knocked that krausen down before I went out. Came home to an active volcano spewing all over the counter. Cleaned it up and then hit it with a few drops of Fermcap-S and now everything is under control.

 

[lumpher]

I plan on brewing a big IPA tomorrow. That'll make me an Easter Yeaster. That's it... Imperial Easter Yeaster IPA.

 

[BrewZer]

Now that my grass is growing again, it's time to brew a Lawn Mower Ale. I'm guessing it'll be a SMaSH with whatever hops I've got in the 'fridge and US-04.

Has anyone used dandelions in their brew before? I seem to have a few volunteer weeds to deal with...

 

[Tony B]

Yeast starter going and will be ready by Sunday. But this Sunday is Easter so in order to keep peace in the house I’ll likely be brewing my hazy on Monday.

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I’m planning to brew Monday night for the same reason. Family coming over tomorrow.

 

[MaxStout]

Now that my grass is growing again, it's time to brew a Lawn Mower Ale. I'm guessing it'll be a SMaSH with whatever hops I've got in the 'fridge and US-04.

Has anyone used dandelions in their brew before? I seem to have a few volunteer weeds to deal with...

Make dandelion wine.

 

[Cameronl]

It got up into the 80s here in CT yesterday, so I dragged out the rig (driveway brewer). Brewed up a Hibiscus Mango Blonde Ale.
Things did not go smoothly... I had a lot of temp control issues on my eHERMS.

The HLT was heating up, but the water in the mash tun was lagging more than 10 degrees behind, according to the dial thermometer in the side of the vessel. So I cranked up the heat on the HLT. Not much movement on the MT. So I busted out the handheld instant read therm. Temp was way past my target! Then I looked down at the thermometer, and it was bent! Don't know how that happened, but it was causing the needle to bind. I bent it back, and the needle jumped to were it should be.

Then, for reasons I don't remember, I had turned off the HLT recirc pump. Unfortunately, the temp probe for the PID is in the recirc line, not the tank, so not getting an accurate read. I kept looking at the PID, wondering why the temp isn't going up. By the time I realized what was wrong, the HLT was actually up to 180F! Between turning on and off both pumps, adding cold water to the MT and HLT to try and fix things, the mash temp swung between 140 and 170 until I finally stabilized everything.

Finally finished the mash, and started transferring to the boil kettle. Once the level covered the heating element, I switched it on to start heating the wort while it finished filling. Nearly finished filling and I noticed the temp wasn't increasing. Finally realized I forgot to plug in the element!

Ugh. Got through the day. We'll see how it comes out... I'm sure I'll screw up adding the hibiscus and mango in a few days... like forgetting to do it.

 

[bike2brew]

5 gallon Heritage IPA with Citra and Simcoe (78 IBU) into the fermenter @ 1.063. Crushed @ .045 for ~68%efficiency. Brewing again today, more of a traditional WC IPA w/ Citra/Mosaic and light color.
5.5 gallon batch into fermenter @ 1.065 also hitting ~68% efficiency so feeling pretty good. Really pretty wort. Got my fingers crossed for these 2 brews.

 

[jcav]

Forgot to post that I brewed a Kolsch last Friday! Nice easy brew day and it was great to have time doing something I enjoy and getting prepared for Easter!

John

 

[WesBrew]

Knocked out a Maibock this past weekend. Overshot a bit. 1.070, fermenting away

 

[BongoYodeler]

Brewed yesterday, a neipa style ipa based on data learned here on this site. Fermenting with WLP-067 Coastal Haze, a yeast I've been meaning to try for a while now. The smells coming from the fermenter are crazy good.

 

[Tony B]

Got a Kölsch cooling in the kettle now. Hopefully get it down to pitching temp, into the fermenter and clean up soon so I can get to bed at a reasonable hour. The alarm goes off at 6:30 whether I’m ready or not.

 

[HM-2]

Swapped my hazy DIPA over from airlock to spunding valve set at a couple of PSI to get a bit of pressure in the Fermzilla for dry hopping using my hop bong.

This has been a bit slower to ferment than normal but it's also a pretty big beer at ~8.5%. Perhaps I should have pitched three packets of yeast.

 

[bike2brew]

Needed to draw off volume from the fermenter where the beer is krausening aggressively and clouding the airlock. Tastes good 3 days into fermentation @ 4% abv.

 

[bike2brew]

Interesting, I have 5 oz of hops for approx 80 IBU in the beer but it is hardly discernable. On Sunday I thought the wort might be over hopped and too bitter. Perhaps someone can help me understand what is happening?

 

[HM-2]

Impromptu, unplanned brew day today due to a "rejigging" of my working week (covering an incident over the bank holiday weekend).
Strike water is currently heating for a planned Belgian Golden Ale, assuming I can find my Perle hops in the back of the fridge...

 

[jdauria]

Brewing the latest version of my Altbier this afternoon and tomorrow will be kegging a Marzen and a Doppelbock and then putting them aside to lager for a month.

 

[camonick]

Just started the boil for a Munich Dunkel

 

[Pennine]

Finished up a mild, and kegged up the best from last weekend.