So who's brewing this weekend?

[PA49erFan21]

Brewed my first hop rod rye clone (extract version) today. I'm really having so much fun brewing. Thanks to this site for having a recipe with extract option. Starting OG wasn't as high as I was hoping though. It was reading at only 1.042 not sure why it was so low. I was really hoping for a big beer with high ABV around 8%. I'll have to figure out how to kick it up for the next batch.

Tasted it before pitching the yeast and it tasted great. Might not be a high ABV beer, but it still should taste great.

 

[dankev]

I'm doing my first AG brew tomorrow. It's an India Red. I made a wire braid set up for a 10 gal cooler yesterday. I am very excited.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Tomorrow, I'm doing a 10 gallon batch of my famous Lil Jack Horner Helles lager...

 

[TrubDog]

I actually brewed last weekend, an Oktoberfest with Notty (plan B) instead of the Wyeast Bohemian Lager - it was a dud and after a week since I smacked it it still has not expanded. Anyways, it's going to secondary this weekend. Hey - with an ale yeast it'll take half as long (but it also won't have that lager undertone)!

 

[JonM]

Making an experimental all-Citra IPA.

 

[unionrdr]

Came downstairs at 7:25 this morning,& the Burton ale I pitched on at 4:30 was giving the blow off the work out of it's life! The liquid volume in the 1/2G blow off jug has doubled overnight. Every burst of co2 takes some 15 seconds to completely equalize. Looks like my most vigorous fermentation yet.

 

[TromboneGuy]

Doing a repeat batch today of an Irish Red I did last month. Had some efficiency problems, so I'm tweaking the process a little bit. Hoping to wind up with 6 gallons or so instead of barely 5.

 

[Jsmith82]

My lager from yesterday is showing no activity yet, california lager at a controlled 56 degrees. It's got me nervous, I'm used to brewing ales and seeing them take off immediately.

RDWHAHB.... for now....

On deck today, Columbus and Amarillo IPA - bottling my Cascade Grenade. Been a good brewing weekend HBT!

 

[corkybstewart]

I'll either brew an oatmeal stout or a smoked porter. It's a great day to brew, cool and cloudy.

 

[petep1980]

I made a split 10-gallon batch yesterday between an California Pilsner and a Belgian Dry Witbier.

This is probably my last batch of the year, as decreed by SWMBO. It went well, and I hit all my target numbers which was pretty cool.

I made 52 gallons this year.

 

[modernlifeisANDY]

Double batch tomorrow for the holiday weekend:

- The Pumpkinator pumpkin ale (modified version of RenoEnvy's Punkin)
- Hopopotamus Extra IPA (with lots of Citra, Cascade, and a Centennial dry hop)

 

[Doug88]

I'm making 12 1 gallon batches of hard cider, and a 5 gallon blackberry mead today. The cider is an experiment for me I'm trying 8 different yeasts and a few with some added sugars and a couple with different kinds of juices and cider

 

[idigg]

Brewing a Lakefront fixed gear clone right now, should end up with 5.25gal in fermenter.

 

[GySgtLynn]

I brewed an IPA on Friday... I am brewing my last Hefeweizen of the season today and a Blonde Ale tomorrow. Since the weather is starting to get cooler I picked up some Nottinham and will make 10 gallons of Nut Brown next weekend.

 

[AnOldUR]

Getting ready to mash in for an American IPA.
Been putting in too many work hours the past few weeks.
Feels great to relax with a brewday!

 

[KenneBrew]

Saturday:
Belgian Wit 5 gal.
Irish Stout 5 gal.

 

[HopheadNJ]

Brewing Up 5 gals of Edworts Pale Ale as we speak... been a little bit of a clumsy brew day, but it's a beautiful day and in the end there will be beer!

 

[Bradinator]

Just did my first SMaSH. Pilsner and Saaz. Now its time for Thanksgiving!

 

[wmatejka]

First AG and it was interesting. First, warm out in central Illinois. Lots of bugs out on a day like today and I moved the operation to the backyard from the garage to give my new-to-brew friend some more room and to relax with his second batch (a wit) ever. His tasted good for his second batch. Gratz to him. First, to warm up the mlt cooler, I used boiling water and bubbled the inside of the cooler a little. No biggie. Not upset at all. But all day, fighting the gnats and the bees and they were a force to be reckoned with. Super pleased that my 6.5g of wort boiled down to 5g. Started using my cfc for the first time, but I lacked some height and some good starting pressure that caused my wort to flow very slow. All the time, little gnats are trying to get all over my fermented. At least a dozen were fished out of the wort or off of the interior walls. Then a bee! WTF! Get them all out and have to dump the rest of the kettle in since I lack a false bottom to get all of the goods below the ball valve (new kettle as well). Notice that removing the hop bags left me a little shy of 5g so I top of with some spring water. Not too terrible since it was only a 1/2g, but after I top off I am now up to 5.25g. So, I misread my shadows and have a larger wort. Guess I can live with the slightly watered down Bells Amber Ale clone, but I hope the bugs did not completely infect my creation. Oh well. Live and learn. Next time, we brew in the garage and keep it closed up.

 

[firebird400]

Just done with a 15 gal Irish Red Ale batch

A last minute deal really, made up a recipe this morning after reading the BJCP stylebook and looking through a few recipes online.

Won´t pitch the yeast until tomorrow since the starter had not started up yet.
Using WYeast 1084 Irish Ale yeast (only had one packed so I made a larger starter)

 

[Dkmount721]

Gonna dough in tomorrow around 8AM on 5 gallon batch of brown ale.

 

[crazybluerider]

Waiting for my wort to cool right now on a raspberry blonde. Its my 3rd brew since I started. I keep brewing and still have not got to drink any of the beer I have made out of a bottle.

I have a helles bock that will go in bottles next weekend, a cider that still has massive amounts of activity even though it has been in primary for 13 days and my raspberry going into primary this afternoon.

 

[nspaldi0]

I am finishing the boil on a pumpkin ale. I also cracked into my first kegged batch, a watermelon wheat beer. Great day!

 

[WYOBrews]

I'm a pumpkin ale virgin, and I just bottled my first this morning. Seven weeks in primary, no secondary, two nights cold crash in the garage at 40F, nice spice tea added to bottling bucket, hoping for the best. We'll see on Halloween!

 

[CGVT]

Does today count as this weekend? I have the day off and am taking advantage of it to brew a pale ale. It is a combination of a couple of recipes on this board with some modifications. I am trying to come up with a "house" pale ale for the CGVT househould...

Just started heating the strike water.

 

[Monstar]

Me! Flying home Friday. Driving directly to the LHBS to get some hops. Should be mashing in at six.

CANT WAIT

 

[Revvy]

A couple of Michigan Mashers/Hbters are getting together for a group brew today. One of them is doing a Barleywine, another is doing a sour and I'm doing a Kentucky Common.

This turned out to be quite a fun day.

I starred in a "how to brew" video for a buddy's video production class homework. It should be interesting. I'm sure he'll put it up on his youtube channel when he's done editing.

It should be interested. I think as I drink my voice gets higher. And since there were close to a dozen beer geeks and brewers in and out all day, and lots of brews to taste, as well as meads, as you see the video, my voice should go higher and higher as the video progresses.

 

[jfrank85]

Going to have a brew day this Saturday with a bunch of the guys and a big bonfire to go along with it. Brewing up an AG oatmeal rye stout 5 gallon batch! Wish me luck!

 

[MilosBlackjack]

I wish I was brewing today!

 

[JoeDaddio]

This past weekend my buddy and I brewed a Dunkelweizen and bottled our CA common. I'm excited!


joe