So who's brewing this weekend?

[wingedcoyote]

Just finished brewing up an English Brown Ale, recipe from my LHBS. Has a lot of Brown Malt in it, which is an ingredient I've never heard much about but the grains smell/taste amazing. This is my second brew and it went smoother than my first, although cooling down was still a hassle... next time I'll have more ice stored up.

Also about to taste the first bottle of my first brew, a pale ale. Probably too early for it to have actually carbed, but I'm only human.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Does a pumpkin graff sound good or am i crazy?

 

[Piratwolf]

Looks like 10gal of Belgian Tripel with a hint of Calypso at flameout for complexity

 

[BGBC]

Does a pumpkin graff sound good or am i crazy?

Might be good. Real pumpkin? Canned? Or just pumpkin spices?

Threw together a few gallons of cider w/ S-04 this weekend, with fresh cider from our apple picking trip.

 

[Renegades_Brew]

Brewing Slim's Graham cracker ale tonight :-D

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And it looks like you stole my stove!

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Might be good. Real pumpkin? Canned? Or just pumpkin spices?

Threw together a few gallons of cider w/ S-04 this weekend, with fresh cider from our apple picking trip.

Canned pumpkin.... No added spices

 

[buzzen]

I'm doing a hop stooped ale clone (lagunitas)

 

[BGBC]

Canned pumpkin.... No added spices

The pumpkin itself won't really lend much flavor.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

The pumpkin itself won't really lend much flavor.

So skip it?

 

[BGBC]

So skip it?

I mean, it depends on what you're going for. What are you trying to achieve? Have you made a 'plain' Graf already?

 

[DrunkleJon]

So skip it?

Pumpkin adds color and mouthfeel more than anything. The spice is what adds the "punpkin" flavor in everything.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Pumpkin adds color and mouthfeel more than anything. The spice is what adds the "punpkin" flavor in everything.

Eh ill wing it

 

[ballsy]

Got in an "emergency" brewing of Arrogant Bastard last night...Fermenter were empty and my pipeline is thin and realized no chance to brew for the next 3 weekends...pinches like these are why I love full extract sometimes!

 

[rowan57]

For my 3rd brew in 3 weeks (1 Tin, 1 Extract Kit) I will be brewing RCH Old Slug Porter from CloneBrews. This will be my first brew where I have assembled the ingredients and it will differ slightly from the recipe as the East Kent Goldings I can get has a slightly higher % AA than the recipe and I chose a different yeast because the one recommended in the recipe wasn't on stock and I checked Wyeasts website for the best alternative.

All in all very exciting

 

[CliffMongoloid]

I mean, it depends on what you're going for. What are you trying to achieve? Have you made a 'plain' Graf already?

Yea i made a regualar graff... It was tart since i used apple juice with absorbic acids... I gonna try another one without the absorbic acid

 

[Whattawort]

Have to do my annual winter warmer this weekend. This recipe is a PITA and quite a bit more expensive than most everything else I do, but I'd probably be written out of the will if I didn't show up with some. Hopefully they won't notice that I'm changing it up a little this year because I don't have enough time left to do the bigger version. So no honey in this one and probably half or a quarter of the candi sugar. The real PITA is that I have to bottle it and if there's one thing I HATE doing is bottling!

 

[unionrdr]

Friday being retiree payday,I can go get the 3lbs of DME & a couple other things I need to get my vanilla porter going for Christmas. My Traditional stout should be ready for oaking tomorrow. Both should be decent by Christmas.

 

[govner1]

Brewing an all Columbus whole leaf hop IPA on Nov 2nd at my LHBS for learn to brew day.

 

[unionrdr]

Got my traditional stout racked onto the bourbon & oak a half hour ago. 5 gallons of roasty goodness on Jim Beam & American white oak. This should be my best Whiskely yet. A few blips of the airlock says the head space is filling with co2. Cool.

 

[roastquake]

I'm finally going to try a test batch with 100% locally grown rye!

 

[danielofthedale]

Since Saturday is National Learn How to Brew Day, I will teaching my girlfriend how brew and doing my first All Grain, BIAB. It will be a Peanut Butter & Chocolate Oatmeal Stout.

Though I made the mistake of not saying to crush only a 1/4 of the 1# roasted barley I was buying online from the LHBS so the roasted barley gone from 2% to 7.5% of the grain bill.

 

[DrunkleJon]

Just add an 'Imperial" to the name. You will be fine.

 

[Punity]

Since Saturday is National Learn How to Brew Day, I will teaching my girlfriend how brew and doing my first All Grain, BIAB. It will be a Peanut Butter & Chocolate Oatmeal Stout.

Though I made the mistake of not saying to crush only a 1/4 of the 1# roasted barley I was buying online from the LHBS so its gone from 2% to 7.5%.

I will also be teaching my wife how to brew. 10gallons of brown ale split with two different yeasts. Its on a pilot system for the brewery so "technically" its work.

 

[DrunkleJon]

If I werent working I would teach somebody to brew. Even if it is my neighbors dog.

 

[Kdog22]

I will be doing my first beer brew this Sunday. Bavarian Hefeweizen extract kit from Norther Brewer. Can't wait!

 

[drinkdrankpunk]

Only have the capability to do one gallon batches now but I will be teaching a buddy on Friday with an extract batch. Then I'll probably send him home with a book or two.

 

[finsfan]

I will be doing my first beer brew this Sunday. Bavarian Hefeweizen extract kit from Norther Brewer. Can't wait!

I loved that beer!

 

[RedOktoberfest]

I will be doing my first beer brew this Sunday. Bavarian Hefeweizen extract kit from Norther Brewer. Can't wait!

Keep it clean, take your time, and give her hell!

 

[unionrdr]

If JW Dover has what I need that they usually carry,I'll brew my Snowbound porter this weekend. Otherwise,I'll have to wait till during the week ordering them. Got two South African vanilla beans I'll be soaking/dissolving in vodka during primary. I enjoyed Leinenkugel's snowdrift porter so much,I decided to brew a version of my own. Robust porter tweaked with vanilla beans should be great. Here's the label with pic from bingimages.com;
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[Xtynct]

This Saturday I'm brewing a Chocolate Milk Stout with Wyeast West Yorkshire. I can't wait!!