brewed my Octoberfest Hefeweizen yesterday, so it will be ready for my party mid-october. Pitched white labs WLP300 about 3:00 yesterday. just checked it, its thundering the ferm chamber, and blowing off like crazy. situation normal.
Coming home from the office I decided to do a German mild:
10 gallons
10 pounds Munich
5 pounds Pilsner
1.5 pounds carapils
Mash at 148F, single decoction for mashout
2 oz Perle 60 min
2 oz Hallertau 20 min
2 oz Hallertau at flameout.
Nottingham yeast, fermented at 60F
:cross: Scratch that! Decided to brew up a version of Lakewalk Pale Ale with WLP008 today and wait for the kolsch yeast! First brew with temperature control - Fermenting vigorously within 3 hrs! I've got good feelings about this one.
Great weather here in Texas today. Brewed my last partial mash before going 100% all-grain. Made a West Coast IPA with US-05. Tried the new convoluted counterflow chiller and submersible pump to recirculate ice water; the setup worked better than expected.
Brewed 12 gallons of a Homegrown Hop IPA yesterday. 2.15 lbs of DRIED Homegrown Hops used on the hot side. Wort tasted unlike anything I've ever made. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Mash Hops
Kettle Hops
After emptying the Kettle
Hopback and chilling
Thinking about doing my first brew EVER this weekend if the LHBS will open its doors sometime. They're changing locations and of course I got the gear just when they closed up for the move.