So who's brewing this weekend?

[Black Island Brewer]

Since I'm working this weekend, I'm setting my sights on a double header bright and early Tuesday. SA Summer Ale and a Irish Red

One of my yeast vials was beyond it's date since the 11th of last month. Just don't have a good feeling about it. Of the five vials I've used from WL in the past, the yeast was always firm in the bottom on the vial requiring a good amount of agitating to get it into a slurry, this one (WLP400 dated March 11th) turned into a mix with just minimal movement. We'll see how the starter looks Tuesday. Maybe all will be well.

Don't worry about that vial - that yeast is super low flocculating and rouses very easily. I put it and a vial of abbey ale yeast side by side in my fridge, and looking at it over the course of several days, found the 400 never settled as much as the abbey ale - significantly different!

 

[Black Island Brewer]

Putting my water into my HLT now to degass the chlorine for brewing a Belgian Trippel tomorrow! I love Wednesdays!

 

[donovanmaxwell]

Started the year off last weekend with a "ghetto winter wheat" and hope to brew another batch of something Friday. Not sure what but i'll find something!!


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So what is a "ghetto winter wheat"? Sounds mischievous...

 

[govner1]

Brewing Friday. & Saturday. 1st up a
Redheaded Rye Child then a Hop Stoopid clone. On deck are a Chocolate Stout & a Cottage House Saison.


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[buddman]

My brew friend, Carl, and I are brewing 10 gal. of Apple Ale. I'm going to split it half using 1 gallon of apple juice in one and 1 gallon of apple cider in the other. Interested in seeing the difference between the two and which one I like better. Would be interested in hearing if anyone else has experience with an apple ale.

 

[TimFarAway]

Rogue (roll over in your grave) Dead Guy clone. 1st attempt, but I bumped into brewers from Ranger Creek at the LHBS and they helped with the recipe while we were standing around the shop. Nice guys.

Anybody do no-chill? how long do you add for time on the hope to figure IBU's?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Just made up a 1.5L starter for Friday afternoon's planned Irish Red Ale brew. It will be my second all grain batch, we'll see if my 85% efficiency was fluke or not.

Gonna do everything identical except I think I will sparge a lot slower this time and maybe drain to fermenter through a muslin bag instead of just a sifter, there's hop debris in the hydro samples lol...

 

[AsgardNorth]

Hoping to do a Summer Saison, though it may end up something different by the time I start brewing.

 

[Hopinista]

Hoping to do a Summer Saison, though it may end up something different by the time I start brewing.

Stay the course! Lol I brewed one last weekend and I'm doing another 5 gals this weekend because I know it won't be enough

 

[OtisLamb]

Will be brewing a cream stout.

 

[branman]

My brew friend, Carl, and I are brewing 10 gal. of Apple Ale. I'm going to split it half using 1 gallon of apple juice in one and 1 gallon of apple cider in the other. Interested in seeing the difference between the two and which one I like better. Would be interested in hearing if anyone else has experience with an apple ale.

I have done an apple ale, its an extract recipe I got from "260 more homebrew favorites" book. It takes 12lbs. of chopped apples though so you will need a bucket or conical to suite.

 

[Malty_Dog]

Yooper's Hoppy Amber on deck for Saturday - weather looks to be fantastic for a change (knock on wood). If things go really well I may even stop by the LHBS for another recipe I have in mind.

 

[divrguy]

Gonna try my first ever session ale!


Cheers!

 

[ArcticBrewer]

Brewing a rye saison with the new Yeast Bay Wallonian Farmhouse strain. I still can't decide whether to go American or continental with the late hops... it will probably be a game time decision!

 

[AkTom]

A few weeks ago I got 2 extract kits... Then I pick up an AG rig. Oh we'll, brew the 2 kits then on to AG and beyond

 

[finsfan]

Decided yesterday that im going to brew a 100% brett saison tomorrow

 

[cmoewes]

Brewed an Otter Galaxy SMaSH last night and missed my OG by 7 points and forgot to throw in my whirlfloc. Not my best performance, I blame the cold medicine. I hope it doesn't turn out great because I will never be able to replicate it :cross:

 

[Hopinista]

Brewed an Otter Galaxy SMaSH last night and missed my OG by 7 points and forgot to throw in my whirlfloc. Not my best performance, I blame the cold medicine. I hope it doesn't turn out great because I will never be able to replicate it :cross:

It will. Sorry

 

[JDGator]

done the mash and just waiting for it to come up to boil. sort of a session IPA hopefully.

and for you fellow Canadians, i\m drinking a Muskoka Brewery Detour session IPA. i really enjoy it. tons of hop flavor but not super bitter.

 

[kingmatt]

Brewing up a single hop (Mosaic) pale ale, using some washed Conan yeast from my Heady clone, for a club competition in May.

 

[skw]

7kg malt - check
17l of 80°C water - check
MLT that will hold temperature and water for the next 12 hrs - I'll find out tomorrow.

 

[Mexicanconnection2002]

Planning on brewing an APA Sunday with pilsner malt, a little victory and touch of honey malt. Some Magnum for bitttering and Chinook/Simcoe late hops and dryhops.

 

[moreb33rplz]

I'm brewing beer it will be awesome

 

[punkrawkgeek]

I'm brewing beer it will be awesome

I love awesome beer!

 

[Darkness]

A few buds want to brew. We are going to crank out a 10Gal Stout,
10Gal Hopslam clone, Porter, and a 10gal mead

 

[ZebulonBrewer]

Just finished my mash on a Honey Orange Hefe

 

[bowman5150]

Just finished my mash on a Honey Orange Hefe

How did you add the honey orange?


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[ZebulonBrewer]

How did you add the honey orange?

The honey is just Honey Malt, and the orange will be 4 oranges worth of zest at 10 minutes

I thought of reducing the Wheat DME in it (2 lbs) with a pound of straight honey, but I thought I'd go conservative this time.

Also enjoying some excellent Red Hook ESB's as well as these:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/excellent-hybrid-extract-apa-469096/

 

[lowelldw]

Hoping to brew an Irish Stout this weekend but it is also my wife's birthday so have to save some time to party for her birthday!!

 

[DanzigsMISFITS]

I was. I just purchased a spikes brewery 10gal kettle but it arrived cracked so no brewing for me (this was going to be my 1st full boil). Hope they can replace it quick just waiting to hear from them.

Edit: they are sending one out 1st thing monday..great CS from them..