So who's brewing this weekend?

[Ryan]

Will be doing Jamil's Blond ale tomorrow, but with MO. So I guess it will be a SMASH since all it will be is MO (not including the crystal) and Williamette.

 

[NJTomatoguy]

Brewing and webcasting this! WOOOT!
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f36/snpa-clone-brew-day-coming-up-118209/

Pol,
I peeked in and you were talking to the camera, then you went away.

How did the beer turn out?

Nice rig too..

 

[The Pol]

Pol,
I peeked in and you were talking to the camera, then you went away.

How did the beer turn out?

Nice rig too..

Ahhh, thanks for checking in! The brew session was great. Hit my OG of 1.053 and 82% eff. My buddy in Louisville brewed this same brew, in the same rig and nailed the same eff.

I will be broadcasting again, it was fun to involve yall in it.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Thursday, I brewed a Belgian pale. Today I did a 10 gallon blonde batch. Tomorrow I am making a wit. That should be the last of the beer for my brother's wedding in June.

 

[BrewBrain]

Wow, this is a good OG sample:

8 1/2 lbs M.O.
1/2 lbs Crystal 60
1/2 lbs Carapils
5.3 oz British Chocolate
.5 oz Styrian Goldings FWH, 30, 20, 10
Pitched S-05
Mashed at 156*

OG: 1.048
IBU: 25

Looking forward to this one

 

[thataintchicken]

Wow, this is a good OG sample:

8 1/2 lbs M.O.
1/2 lbs Crystal 60
1/2 lbs Carapils
5.3 oz British Chocolate
.5 oz Styrian Goldings FWH, 30, 20, 10
Pitched S-05
Mashed at 156*

OG: 1.048
IBU: 25

Looking forward to this one

yummy.
may have to swap a bottle or two

 

[bashe]

I am in the middle of brewing JZ's American Brown.

 

[drunkatuw]

Bringing Edwort's Robust Porter up to a boil now. Testing out a 2000W heatstick to see if it can bring 7+ gallons to a boil to prepare for indoor winter brewing this coming winter.

 

[IrregularPulse]

About to drain first runnings of a 10G batch of BM's Sweet Sweet Wit or wahtever it's called. I called it Black Pepper Wit.

Rack'd my Eh,Rye Not to keg to age untill this is ready to drink as well. 5G for home, 5G to take to a music festival mid June

 

[Absolut_Ninja]

Extract version of SWMBO Slayer on the stove. If it passes the SWMBO test it may evolve into a Strawberry Blonde to match the girl.

 

[Whut]

I brewed 10g. AG of BM's Wit yesterday. Zested my oranges on Friday meaning to brew that day but got held up with other chores. So my zest was a little dry when I did brew. Smells great but we'll see. Today I'm brewing a quick 5g. extract of that Dogfish Head Blood Orange Hefe. Come to think of it, I'm drinking a Hefe as I type. Later today I'll be kegging 10gal. of my Beagle Blonde Ale.

Dang it, missed the 10 minute hop addition 'cause I'm typing!

 

[talenos]

Bottled a Hefeweizen yesterday and then brewed an IPA.

 

[The Pol]

Bringing Edwort's Robust Porter up to a boil now. Testing out a 2000W heatstick to see if it can bring 7+ gallons to a boil to prepare for indoor winter brewing this coming winter.

I am interested in how well 2000W will boil 7+ gallons

My guess is about 1:20 to get from 70F to 210F. When I am boiling I use about 3850W to boil 7+ gallons and keep it at a rolling boil.

 

[jkarp]

Kicking off a batch of Fire Rock Pale Ale as soon as I tame the front lawn...

 

[chri5]

Finished up brewing an Amber Ale about two hours ago.

 

[drunkatuw]

I am interested in how well 2000W will boil 7+ gallons

My guess is about 1:20 to get from 70F to 210F. When I am boiling I use about 3850W to boil 7+ gallons and keep it at a rolling boil.

I got impatient. Not sure exactly how long it took. But it took about 35 min to get my sparge water from 125 to 185.

When I was bringing the wort to a boil, I used propane to get it to around 195 and water to see if the 2000W element alone was enough to get it to a boil. I never did get a rolling boil though. I got a small amount of wort to boil right around the element, but could not get the entire 7+ gal to a boil. The temp was averaging around 206 when I decided I didn't want to compromise the beer, so I turned on the propane to bring to a rolling boil.

And I wasn't sure how the nylon paint strainer would work with the heatstick, so I just used propane for the boil.

This was just the second experiment with the heatstick (first time I used it to raise my mash temp when I was off 3 degrees rather than adding boiling water), I've got all summer to test it out. Next time I'll try with a pre-boil volume under 7 gal to see if that helps. My end goal is to be able to brew year round, right now I don't bother brewing from mid Nov until the ground thaws sometime in March or April.

 

[The Pol]

Yah, in practice, I need to keep about 3500W to 3800W to MAINTAIN a nice rolling boil in the BK with 7+ gallons of wort.

If you had (2) 2000W heat sticks, it would work great.

 

[user 30639]

Brewed the AHS American Wheat this weekend. My first time brewing since March 1st. Apparently I've been busy.

 

[peterfuse]

Brew a Dry stout yesterday, hit my numbers almost perfectly which is good.

 

[drunkatuw]

Yah, in practice, I need to keep about 3500W to 3800W to MAINTAIN a nice rolling boil in the BK with 7+ gallons of wort.

If you had (2) 2000W heat sticks, it would work great.

I had a feeling 2 heat sticks might be necessary. I used the directions on this website How to Build an Electric Homebrewing Heatstick Audio Tutorial Podcast and Step by Step Photo Instructions and they used 2 to get a rolling boil and then 1 to maintain the boil. But that would require an extra 20A circuit running to my basement, because I don't think one 20A circuit can handle two 2000W heat sticks. Good thing it would be very easy to add a second circuit.

Used a prior yeast slurry of nottingham for Edwort's Porter and it's already bubbling away 3 hours after pitching.

 

[arturo7]

aaaaaaahhhh, that smell


that glorious aroma of boiling wort!!


it has been waaaaayy to long


Doing a 5 gallon batch of Hefewiezen this afternoon. My last keg of alt recently spit. I need something quick for the Stanley Cup Finals.

Likely my last extract batch. Hopefully I'll have enough components together to go AG in June.

 

[bad coffee]

I'm brewing tomorrow.
Kolsh-ish brew.
3.5# 2 row pale
3.5# belgian pils
2# wheat malt
1# honey malt

dunno mash schedule yet. Might just do single infusion at 154*.

90 min boil
? hops 60
.25 centennial 30
.25 centennial 10

Also smoking a 6# bone-in pork shoulder.

Did I mention I have 10pm IMAX star trek tix?

B

 

[Cpt_Kirks]

I am interested in how well 2000W will boil 7+ gallons

Too long.

Using my banjo burner and 2000w heatstick together, I brought 8.5 gallons to a roiling boil in just under 15 minutes yesterday. I turned off the propane, and the heatstick held the boil for 90 minutes just fine.

I was looking at 4500w 240v water heater elements at THD yesterday morning. They had 10 gallon Rubbermaid water coolers for $37 and change, too. I need to get the all electric conversion going soon.

 

[The Pol]

Too long.

Using my banjo burner and 2000w heatstick together, I brought 8.5 gallons to a roiling boil in just under 15 minutes yesterday. I turned off the propane, and the heatstick held the boil for 90 minutes just fine.

I was looking at 4500w 240v water heater elements at THD yesterday morning. They had 10 gallon Rubbermaid water coolers for $37 and change, too. I need to get the all electric conversion going soon.

Did you catch my webcast yesterday on my system?

 

[Shooter]

I brewed up 5 gallons of Graff/cider yesterday and it's happily bubbling away in the back room. I have a Cooper's Mexican cerveza kit on hand, but alas, no free fermenter. I'll be going to the LHBS next weekend to pick one up, because my Mr. Beer, 6.5 gallon pail, 5 gallon better bottle and 3 gallon carboy apparently just aren't enough. Okay, I may be headed down a path of excess here...

 

[bashe]

Okay, I may be headed down a path of excess here...

Its a well worn path. I have six beers fermenting right now. Plus a few empty fermenting buckets that need to be filled.

 

[MN_Jay]

Just pitched a packet of nottingham in 5.5 gallons of Edwort's Haus Pale ale. First time I've brewed since last november.

 

[Picobrew]

Had a great brew session yesterday, 10G of a Pacific NW Bitter, first outdoor brew and first 10G brew. Today spent the morning cleaning bottles, cleaning kegs, and getting the brewhouse (I mean garage) organized.

 

[Whut]

Okay, I may be headed down a path of excess here...

You're in good company. In the last two days I've brewed 15 gallons and kegged another 10. For Memorial weekend I've got planned another 20 gallons to brew. Rock on!

 

[zman]

I did a 90 Shilling Clone that I found on the Interweb once. I also did Apfelwine.

90 Shilling Clone

8# Maris Otter
.50# Crystal 60
1# Carapils
.25 Victory
.50 Biscuit
.25 Roasted Barley
1oz. Smoked Malt

1 oz. Fuggles
1 oz. Target (no Target available so I used Willamette)

Wyeast 1720