So who's brewing this weekend?

[cmac62]

Saturday I brewed for the first time in months. Brewed up a Cherry Smoked Porter, the wort tasted pretty good.

 

[Halfakneecap]

Seeing how much sinamar is too much

"Dark lager" 5 gal

88% Best Heidelberg
7.3% Dark munich
2.9% Carahell
1.8% Sinimar ( 60g post boil )

1.039
27 IBU
S189

Ive used 30g in 5gal with a definite effect, but i want to try to make a really dark lager. I got a german beer pack for xmas from my wife. There was a dark lager, like kostrizer, which was black as midnight but only very lightly roasty in flavour. Really liked it. I've also got a big bottle of sinamar which has lasted quite a while, and S189, which is great for clean malty lagers.

Anyway, i'll see how it goes

 

[leedspointbrew]

Seeing how much sinamar is too much

"Dark lager" 5 gal

88% Best Heidelberg
7.3% Dark munich
2.9% Carahell
1.8% Sinimar ( 60g post boil )

1.039
27 IBU
S189

Ive used 30g in 5gal with a definite effect, but i want to try to make a really dark lager. I got a german beer pack for xmas from my wife. There was a dark lager, like kostrizer, which was black as midnight but only very lightly roasty in flavour. Really liked it. I've also got a big bottle of sinamar which has lasted quite a while, and S189, which is great for clean malty lagers.

Anyway, i'll see how it goes

Kostritzer rules.

 

[HM-2]

Kegging up my Treehouse-style IPA after a 13g/L dry hop for 48 hours. First time using my Hop Bong and it was stellar.

 

[crazyjake19]

No brewing this weekend. Czech pale lager slowing down, so I'm raising that for a D-rest. Then kegging my 3 gallon test batch of hop water. Maybe putting in a MoreBeer order tonight.

 

[orionol73]

Going to make an imperial rye porter in the morning

 

[hilljack13]

Good morning! It's that time. Had this kit for a bit. Should turn out great.

 

[tdf]

Today I've got 2 grainfathers going at capacity (8.8kg grainbill). 45L of imperial stout to fill the bourbon barrel I picked up from @smcinco. The hot break is always so pretty on dark beers.

 

[Lampy]

I'll be brewing a Smoked Dunkelweizen tomorrow; it's going to be my first time having people along for the brewing (not including my own household). I plan to make it a learning experience and throw together mead and cider during the mash and boil. We will, of course, do a tasting of various home fermented products!

Update: Success! Ironically, the best-liked drink (we tried beer, mead, cider) was my homemade cider that is just Walmart AJ and some black tea.

 

[seatazzz]

Milled the grain tonight for tomorrow morning's brew of a brown I'm entering in a competition in a month or so. Last batch was meh after 2 weeks in the keg, but amazing after six; hoping I can keep my grubby paws off this one long enough for it to make it to said competition.

 

[BongoYodeler]

On the boil - my annual coconut flavored milk stout to be served at the Central Coast Craft Beer Festival in March.

https://www.centralcoastbrewersguild.com/beerfest

 

[Willy]

Brewing a phat 11g batch tomorrow of a blonde English IPA. Just finished milling the grains - will decide on hop additions tomorrow during the 1 hour mash. Mosaic? Magnum? Centennial? And many other choices. Looking forward to it... Been too cold for too long but tomorrow we are expecting mid 40s. Ahhhh.

 

[crazyjake19]

No brewing this weekend. Still waiting on my next ingredient order because MoreBeer takes f o r e v e r now. No big deal, we're going to one of the best brew fests in the state tonight, so I'm sure I'll come back with lots of recipe ideas. Tomorrow we have a brunch at our local brewery, then football games and drinking some homebrew.

 

[HM-2]

Probably midweek, but another Brut IPA. My one last year was probably my second favourite beer of the year and I've got loads of Luminosa begging to be dry hopped. Bit of Cryo Citra for backbone, WHC LAX to ferment and a super simple grist of 70% pilsner, 20% flaked rice and 10% wheat malt.

 

[seatazzz]

Just put to bed a batch of the House NEIPA that I brew with Citra and Sabro hops. I used Imperial Loki in it for years until they discontinued it, and have been looking for a replacement ever since. This time (on advice of my dear friend Jon at Jon's Homebrew & Wine Supply in Puyallup) went back to the first one I tried, with decent results; their Kveiking. Also increased the fermentation temperature to 90 from 80, just to see what happens. Just an hour post-pitch the airlock is showing some action.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Hoping for next weekendish I still haven’t gotten my Grodziskie bottled up. To free up one of my SS fermenters. Lager recipes are in the works.

 

[Willy]

Finished a few hours ago. Here's my temp graph from 9am - ~3pm . The last two bumps are cleaning (one at 160°) and star San (100°).
Mash in - 137°
Mash at 145 - 10 min
Mash at 151 - 50
Mash out 170
Boil
Cool
Etc etc

 

[bike2brew]

Brown ale into the fermenter @ 1.052 this evening.

 

[crazyjake19]

Hopefully brewing a peanut butter porter this weekend, weather pending.

 

[PCABrewing]

I put a American Strong Ale (OG1.088) into the fermenter last night.
I was a little concerned that I might have a slow startup with the high gravity but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw it starting to build within an hour. This morning it was going strong and still is with 3" of foam.
A happy way to cap a brew day.

 

[bike2brew]

Brown ale into the fermenter @ 1.052 this evening.

May have a stuck fermentation. Raising temperature to 68 in effort to jump start. Strike temperature @ 157 with mash @ 154 for 60 min. Thoughts?

 

[BrewZer]

Brewing a Piraat clone (Black Pearl's Revenge) today. Shooting for a 5 gal batch Belgian Golden Strong Ale coming out around 10% ABV.

 

[HM-2]

Smashed out a lazy Brut IPA around meetings today. So lazy that just as I type this I'm realising I completely forgot to make any pH adjustment. Whoops, and double whoops when you see the grain bill.

70% Czech pilsner
20% flaked rice
10% wheat

Target 1.057 but 1.060 into the fermenter, probably due to the Amyloglucosidase.

Lower bittering than last time I did a Brut, 25 total IBU with 5g of Luminosa at 30 minutes and 30g at 5 minutes. 45g Luminosa and 20g Cryo Citra in the whirlpool.

Fermenting hot with WHC Mango Madness. This is a selectively bred thermotolerant dry yeast that's supposedly similar to Ebbgarden Kveik but without being one (yay, no Kveik yoghurt!) or accentuating bitterness in the same way. Supposed to throw lots of guava and mango.


Will DH it with 80g Cryo Citra and 120g Luminosa.

 

[fluketamer]

another west coast pilsner:

10 lbs pilsner
1 lb vienna
4 oz acid malt

.5 mosaic at 60
2 oz citra at 10
1 oz mosaic at FO

will dry hop with 1 ounces of citra 1 oz of mosaic and 1 oz of galaxy.

34/70 at 64 degrees.

 

[seatazzz]

House Blonde on 34/70 just started boil, smells great out here. Snowing outside, perfect winter brewday especially since I remembered to bring my water hoses into the garage last week to avoid freezing. This one will ferment in my fabulous fermzilla, gotta love pressure fermenting. Tomorrow during the Big Game that I don't give two sh*ts about might brew up a NEIPA.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Extract Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout kit that I saved from the curb morphed Sam-Smith-style with First Gold and S04 instead of Cascade and Mangrove Jack WC ale yeast.

 

[Willy]

Just finished the grind for an 8 g batch of American Brown Ale - lots of Marris Otter as the base malt, and mostly Magnum for hops. Strongish - 6.5% expected ABV. After boil and fermentation I will use what left to fill a big 6.5 g corny keg.

I'm loving the new Spike Mill? If you are looking for one - I saw a Spike Mill for $420 from Spike in the bargain basement section of their site. Happy brewing - tomorrow's brew day batch is ready for action.

 

[Willy]

In the later stages of brew day - cooling the wort, which would usually take way way way too long.

Now using the Jaded Scylla - the hydra only a little thinner to fit in AIO systems like the Brewzilla or Grainfather.

Whoa - the temp dropped 100° in 4 minutes !!! (210-110 - the remaining cool will go slower since it is pretty warm today and the hose water isn't that cold.)

 

[MaxStout]

Brewing a Danish Skibsol (ship's beer) tomorrow. A session smoke beer, should end up around 4.5% ABV. I love these oddball smoke beers, and after having brewed a few Grodziskies, this one seems right up my alley. About 73% Weyermann beech smoked Rauchmalz, some Munich I, about 8% rye malt, a little Carapils, and a bit of dehusked Carafa III for color. Just a bittering charge of Perle, and pitching US-05.

 

[jcav]

Brewing my Irish Red that I make every year today. Great morning on the back lanai! Have a great weekend everyone!

John