So who's brewing this weekend?

[RussH]

Armistice ESB for remembrance day, hopping with magnum and brewers gold for bittering, and challenger and magnum for aroma. The magnum I got from Hops Direct smell awesome, so I'm rocking them right through to aroma to see what happens.

 

[SPR-GRN]

I'm either brewing a "wing it on the hops" centennial IPA this weekend, or picking up my scale so I can measure the hops and brewing two batches next week; a centennial IPA with measured quantity of hops and a King Czar stout (which I'm waiting on yeast from B.M.W for). I have 6.5oz of hops all vaccum sealed in one container so I kinda want to measure out in oz increments as I brew and for dry hopping instead of guessing "yeah that's about an ounce".

 

[malweth]

Picked up the ingredients for a best bitter.

This will be my 2nd all-grain. I'm convinced, though, that it's (almost) impossible to really screw up all-grain. I bottled a single swing-top of my Apple Pie Ale (to see if it needs some maltodextrin - mashed way too low). It's very dry and somewhat light bodied, but still excellent.

 

[HopPhish]

I think I'm going to knock out a black IPA this weekend. I'm going to attempt my first partial mash.

 

[jmacker]

Double brew day:
10 g green flash west coast IPA.
10 g pale mild.

 

[aNYbrewery]

Janet's brown! First attempt at it.

 

[Svenhook]

My first partial mash! Trying the DFH 90 Minute Clone from the recipe section! Stoked to get it going!

 

[jfr1111]

Picked up the ingredients for a best bitter.

This will be my 2nd all-grain. I'm convinced, though, that it's (almost) impossible to really screw up all-grain. I bottled a single swing-top of my Apple Pie Ale (to see if it needs some maltodextrin - mashed way too low). It's very dry and somewhat light bodied, but still excellent.

It's very hard to screw up a best bitter if you have a simple, proven recipe. Good luck !

For me, I hit my mash temperature straight on for the first time in about a half-dozen brew: the last few batches have seen a lot of ice cubes getting thrown in

 

[Bmorebrew]

Brewing a dry stout (Guinness clone essentially) right now. Waiting to reach a boil.

 

[Chuckus95]

Cream Ale tomorrow and, hopefully, Biere de Garde on Sunday

 

[dbj1515]

I have a Porter in the tail end of primary at the moment; planning on adding 2 oz. liquid vanilla extract to it this weekend. I hope that 2-oz vanilla will not overpower 5gal batch. I'm looking for a moderate vanilla flavor. Has anyone here used vanilla extract as a flavoring addition to secondary ? If so, how much did you use?


Best Regards,

PS: New to the forum and to brewing.

 

[gak27]

Two batches on deck (may not get both done this weekend):

- All grain vanilla porter w/ Northern Brewer and Fuggles (3 gallons)
- Partial mash rye IPA w/ Chinook and Tettnang (first wort)

 

[scrambledegg81]

Saison de Noel. Smack pack hath been smacked...charge!!!

 

[SPR-GRN]

I have a Porter in the tail end of primary at the moment; planning on adding 2 oz. liquid vanilla extract to it this weekend. I hope that 2-oz vanilla will not overpower 5gal batch. I'm looking for a moderate vanilla flavor. Has anyone here used vanilla extract as a flavoring addition to secondary ? If so, how much did you use?

Best Regards,

PS: New to the forum and to brewing.

I used vanilla extract in my spiced winter lager - I used 4oz real vanilla extract in secondary, was not too much.
I think 2oz may not be enough for your porter, but let it sit in secondary and taste it after a couple weeks, and adjust as you see fit - you can always add more at bottling, you cant take it back out. Start with the 2oz - my winter lager was 6.9%abv IIRC, so may have been bigger than your porter is going to be.

 

[KFH]

I was going to make an amber rye this weekend, but I'm getting sick, so that may have to wait a bit.

 

[dangerbrew]

making a starter today for my 60 shilling scottish ale on sunday.

 

[EdWort]

19 gallons of IPA Wort just beginning to boil.

I've added 1 oz. of Warrior first wort hops, and I'm going to do the rest all late. More Warrior at 20 min, then Centennial at 15 and 5.

 

[NewSoCalBrewer]

Janet's brown! First attempt at it.

Me too. It will be my first attempt at a full boil extract as well. I have my starter working now.

 

[BenS]

Wow. That's a big pot full of a lot of beer.

 

[b-boy]

doing a dead guy clone tomorrow. Got the pacman starter going. I just got a new grain mill so I'm expecting better conversion. I crushed my grains and they look nothing like what I've been buying 'pre-crushed'. I'm hoping this will help my beer.

 

[matt2778]

doing a dead guy clone tomorrow. Got the pacman starter going. I just got a new grain mill so I'm expecting better conversion. I crushed my grains and they look nothing like what I've been buying 'pre-crushed'. I'm hoping this will help my beer.

My eff. Went up ten points when my awesome wife bought me a mill for no reason. Never broke 70 with precrushed grains and now I average the upper 70's

 

[matt2778]

Chilling my imperial winter ale as we speak. Friday nights have become brew nights these days. Pretty sad what you look forward to when you spend your days chasing a two year old around the house. Getting a little bit brisk for brewing this time of year though. Think I'll throw in the towel when the hose starts freezing.

 

[Ibanous]

Sitting in my garage brewing my second batch ever(first still fermenting), drinking a decent store bought beer (can't wait to have some home brew to drink instead). Shaping up to be a good weekend!

 

[Ibanous]

Okay first off it's cold, I'm not quite sure that the trade off between quicker boil time and freezing my ass off is worth using my turkey fryer over my stove for a partial boil.

Next thing my garage is on an alley directly across from a bar. Not the best area of town, but i've met some intresting people tonight who come over wondering what i'm "cooking".

Last thing I bought some random beers from the store tonight (still waiting on first batch to ferment so no home brew available) and the german beer Spaten Optimator a Dopplebock was crazy fruity tasted like a banana runt, good thing I had a few before hand.

 

[osu6251]

Pliny the Elder clone brewing this weekend.......it will be a very Pliny Christmas this year

 

[RandomBeerGuy]

I am not brewing but bottling my Crazy Betty Sweet Potato Pie Ale when I get off work.

 

[corkybstewart]

If my oatmeal stout is finished and I can keg it out of my conical I'll do a 10 gallon batch of Belgian strong dark, along the lines of a Chimay Gran Reserve. I've been working on the starter for 2 weeks now, I have 1/2 inch of slurry in a 2L flask. I'll refresh the wort tonight so that tomorrow it's roaring when I'm ready to pitch it.

 

[seatbelt123]

AHS Sierra Nevada Celebration mini mash clone. Also picked up a 12 pack of Celebration this am at Target.

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[dbj1515]

I used vanilla extract in my spiced winter lager - I used 4oz real vanilla extract in secondary, was not too much.
I think 2oz may not be enough for your porter, but let it sit in secondary and taste it after a couple weeks, and adjust as you see fit - you can always add more at bottling, you cant take it back out. Start with the 2oz - my winter lager was 6.9%abv IIRC, so may have been bigger than your porter is going to be.

Ahh, ok. Sound advice, I'll go with the 2oz for now and add more if I need it in a couple of weeks.

Thanks.

 

[adejesus]

I just started my very first brew yesterday its a batch of Apfelwein I cant wait to see how it comes out. My next batch will be beer either an IPA or Porter