So who's brewing this weekend?

[Willy]

Doing an emergency beer day tomorrow - British Brown Ale. The keg kicked last night and I have another corny from the same batch already swapped, chilled and carbed - but no back up for that. So... Tomorrow, a 6 gal batch is ready to go. Grains all weighed out but not milled. (I do that when I am heating up the Brewzilla.) After that will probably do a 6 gal batch of Irish Red this weekend because I like it. Cool and refreshing on a hot summer day.

Also planned is my annual beer bake blonde - a big 12 gallon batch of a Euro blonde ale using kveik at 93°F. I always let it sit, settle and finish up the whole 2 weeks. I used to detest kveik (ugh taste) until I let it fully condition for 2 weeks of fermenting. I know people pull it out and package in less than a week. I dont try and push it and I have no problem. With kveik anymore. No taste that is "annoying" and it is pretty darn clean if you let the yeast do it's thing.

Busy few days. Hope to brew 24 gallons over the next week.

 

[jdubdvdt]

Brewed a late evening English Mild double batch - one will get OYL-014 (British VII, similar to West Yorkshire). The other will get Windsor. Then decided I wasn't going to clean my kettle and made a double batch of my Gose. One will get raspberries during fermentation and the other fermenter will be my plain Gose. I did an overnight mash and finished this morning.

 

[Mutant]

Moving a Korean Mint (aka Banga) Kilju to secondary later today. It can be called 'Banga Kill You'.

 

[HM-2]

Yuzu arrived! So it'll be Japanese Rice lager.

65% Pilsner
30% Torrefied Rice
5% CaraHell
15 IBU Magnum at 30m
20g Sorachi Ace at 5 mins
30g Sorachi Ace and 30g Luminosa whirlpool
50g Sorachi Ace and 50g Yuzu peel strips as a DH
Two packs of NovaLager at 18°C and 8 PSI.

 

[matt_m]

Doing a no-boil hazy tomorrow morning before heading to some friends' place at the beach for the afternoon. I do the mash, then bring it to 180 for 20 minutes for a whirlpool hop/pasteurizing step which has produced better results for me. Then on to crazy paranoid steps to avoid oxygen exposure after fermentation starts.

 

[BrewZer]

FINALLY got the time and motivation to do my Twin Blades of Fury APA lawnmower ale today, especially appropriate since I killed my beloved 11-year-old Toro Timemaster yesterday when I stupidly hit a stump. Broke the blade drive belt and/or the blade spindle. Fortunately, my local Toro dealer had a new beast in stock, so within 90 minutes I had purchased, brought it home and finished the yard (which had gone two weeks long because of the rains down in Africa, but that's another story).

TL;DR: new mower, new beer and Happy 4th of July, everyone!

 

[Willy]

Brewing now... Tracking time on BrewFather, tracking mash/boil temps on the Rapt.io, and tracking gravity with an EasyDens. Using an old "el cheapo" pH meter to track that. All is well and within +/- 1% of where it is supposed to be.

No sparge. On a six gal batch (to fermenter)... I start with 8 gallons. I lose one to the bag grains after squeezing as much as I can with a ratchet strap. That gets me to 7 gallons preboil. I will lose the final gallon to evaporation and what I leave behind in the kettle.

Nottingham is out of the fridge and getting to room temp. Expecting to be all buttoned up by 11:00-11:30 am. Yeah!!! Love a good brew day.

 

[Ramjet]

Brewing a Czech pilsner with a friend on Sunday

 

[Spartan1979]

I brewed 11.5 gallons (into the fermenter) of Festbier today. We do a decotion for this beer (the only beer I do that for) and it ended up being an 8-1/2 hour brew day. Ugh!

I brew this for an Oktoberfest party. We've pretty much decided this will be the last one so I'll probably never do another decoction again.

 

[BrewMan13]

Brewed up my take on a Breslau-Style Schoeps beer. Love trying styles I've never done before. Missed my target OG by a bit (blaming it on all the wheat) but oh well.

 

[Steveruch]

A saison Friday or Saturday.

 

[Snuffy]

I brewed 11.5 gallons (into the fermenter) of Festbier today. We do a decotion for this beer I'll probably never do another decoction again.

Sounds painful.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Sounds painful.

No pain, no gain. Same for brewing sometimes too.

 

[jdubdvdt]

If I can install my new RO system from Buckeye hydro probably Friday or Saturday night I'll make a double batch of a pacifico clone.

 

[Buckeye_Hydro]

If I can install my new RO system from Buckeye hydro probably Friday or Saturday night I'll make a double batch of a pacifico clone.

If you have questions during the installation we're always just a phone call/email away - 513-312-2343 or [email protected]

Good luck!

 

[Willy]

It's Friday... Weather looks iffy, but I am already all mashed in - a tasty Euro Blonde Ale that is pretty low ABV (~5%) and somewhat hoppy. Call it Clock 19 - cuz it is killer good. 11 gallon batch, using Kveik at 93°F. Yee haw.

Update: Just finished the boil and whirlpooling... Dropping temp to about 95°F. I checked and saw Voss optimum temps, 95-104... So I guess I will set it for 97° at the fermenter. It's supposed to be close to 90 + ambient temp, so no heavy lifting for the heat wrap. Still need a few more minutes of whirlpool OFF, and letting it settle out.

Now 10:35 and it's all rough cleaned. Getting 30-40 min. At 135°F with PBW.

Wort is in the Spike CF-10.

 

[jdubdvdt]

If you have questions during the installation we're always just a phone call/email away - 513-312-2343 or [email protected]

Good luck!

I appreciate all your help.

I got it installed - super easy and works well. Thank you for answering all my questions and taking physical measurements of the saddle for me.

 

[jdauria]

Brewed a Dunkel yesterday that I was going to brew this weekend. Got an unexpected day off yesterday as my town and surrounding ones here in Mass got 6 inches of rain over the course of about 5 hours yesterday morning. Lot of roads flooded as well as both highways south of Boston closed in spots due to flooding. And state sent out emergency text to state workers to shelther in place. Not a state worker, but once I saw that, I was like that's good enough for me too!

 

[Halfakneecap]

100th brew in the robo. Better do something special. I usually brew 3.5-4%

Centennial Centenary cascadian

1.051
50 IBU
Dark

54.5% Mari Otter
27.3% Atlas ( ale malt )
10.9% Dark munich
7.3% Choc wheat ( last 10 mins of mash )

75g Centennial in the cube, hot wort drained on top.

Verdant. I will bottle this one.

 

[Halfakneecap]

100th brew in the robo. Better do something special. I usually brew 3.5-4%

Centennial Centenary cascadian

1.051
50 IBU
Dark

54.5% Mari Otter
27.3% Atlas ( ale malt )
10.9% Dark munich
7.3% Choc wheat ( last 10 mins of mash )

75g Centennial in the cube, hot wort drained on top.

Verdant. I will bottle this one.

I haven't brewed over 4% for a while and couldnt remember what i set my efficiency at. I was worried i'd under shoot, so while i was waiting for the pre boil sample to cool, i added 300g of sugar. Then, when the Pre boil cooled, it was 1.047. The 2nd pre boil sample, with the sugar added, was 1.055. Ended up at 1.063. Been a long time since i've brewed this ABV. Looking like close to 7% haha

I'll use my 500ml bottles

It'll get 150g of centennial as a dryhop

 

[jdubdvdt]

Mexican Lager was a success.

The Buckeye Hydro RO was a beast on my well water. My well water TDS is around 255-270 and it was getting the TDS to 13-15 the whole time I filled my kettle. Great rejection rate.

I had no idea how to install one of these systems, but I'm pretty hands on and Russ was exceptional answering questions. System comes with high quality membrane and filters. Not trying to sell this system for them, but really. I am impressed.

LOVED not filling up 20 gallons of water at my grocery store.

 

[Tony B]

Using my one , full day off this weekend to smoke some ribs and brew a sessionable IPA.
Back to work tomorrow. I have to be there by 5:30am and I’m not a morning person.

 

[Halfakneecap]

Mexican Lager was a success.

The Buckeye Hydro RO was a beast on my well water. My well water TDS is around 255-270 and it was getting the TDS to 13-15 the whole time I filled my kettle. Great rejection rate.

I had no idea how to install one of these systems, but I'm pretty hands on and Russ was exceptional answering questions. System comes with high quality membrane and filters. Not trying to sell this system for them, but really. I am impressed.

LOVED not filling up 20 gallons of water at my grocery store.

Which yeast? i just got some more WLP 940 mex lager yeast. Such a great yeast, very nice, and so user friendly. I'm surprised more people don't use it. Schwarz type lager fermenting right now

 

[jdubdvdt]

Which yeast? i just got some more WLP 940 mex lager yeast. Such a great yeast, very nice, and so user friendly. I'm surprised more people don't use it. Schwarz type lager fermenting right now

Definitely! I did a 12 gallon batch. Half got WLP940 and the other half got Cellar Science Baja to try it out.

 

[Halfakneecap]

Definitely! I did a 12 gallon batch. Half got WLP940 and the other half got Cellar Science Baja to try it out.

When i saw a dry mex lager yeast i was interested. Sold out here. Also, the pitching rate means it's cheaper for me to culture 940, so not sure ill try the Baja, unless its awesome.

 

[HM-2]

Baja has had some very...mixed reviews by other members here.

 

[jdubdvdt]

When i saw a dry mex lager yeast i was interested. Sold out here. Also, the pitching rate means it's cheaper for me to culture 940, so not sure ill try the Baja, unless its awesome.

I hear you. I got mine from Brewhardware.com for $2.99/sachet and wanted to have a viable option if my LHBS did not have 940. My local shop now has Baja as well.

Baja has had some very...mixed reviews by other members here.

Yeah we will see. I use stainless fermenters so I cannot see if a krausen is building or not, but have not had any activity in the airlock and it has been approximately 40 hours since pitch. I have seen others have similar issues. They are both in the same fermentation chamber, fortunately I used ALDC in both if I can't get the diacetyl rest done at the right time.

Edit: the kegmenter did not have the triclamp on properly. It's a standard sanke so triclamps on it are a little finicky. The Baja was infact fermenting prior to 48hours. Not sure when.

 

[Halfakneecap]

Black malt Stout or not Stout. No roasted barley but lots of black. I use black in porters and really like it, so ill try it out, in a stout.

87% Atlas Voyager pale
10.1% Simpsons Black
2.9% Chit ( i overbought, no other real reason )

EKG 60 mins

1.037
28 IBU

S-33. Never used it, but sounds pretty neutral, though some mixed reviews. I buy yeast in bulk, and had to add one last sachet to get free shipping. Why the hell not?!

 

[jdubdvdt]

Black malt Stout or not Stout. No roasted barley but lots of black. I use black in porters and really like it, so ill try it out, in a stout.

87% Atlas Voyager pale
10.1% Simpsons Black
2.9% Chit ( i overbought, no other real reason )

EKG 60 mins

1.037
28 IBU

S-33. Never used it, but sounds pretty neutral, though some mixed reviews. I buy yeast in bulk, and had to add one last sachet to get free shipping. Why the hell not?!

I have been wanting to try S-33. I finally tried Windsor which everyone says it sucks, but I think the Mild turned out well. Let us know how the stout does.

 

[jcav]

Step mashing a Vienna Lager that I am brewing for my Oktoberfest party. Smells wonderful on the back lanai right now!

John