So who's brewing this weekend?

[passedpawn]

I wish my dad had a 24 year old Barley Wine he wasn't telling me about...

I bought, and held onto, a beer for 24 years. It was a stout I brought back from Jamaica, bought in '87. Drank it 2011.

Soy sauce. No carbonation.

 

[Zepth]

I'm also giving partigyle a go. The plan is to get a average to low gravity Saison from the 2nd and/or 3rd runnings.

Wish me luck!

If you haven't done so, do a quick search on parti gyle or second runnings before you embark on this adventure. It is basically as easy as it sounds, and a barley wine is a perfect base for starting from. My main suggestion would be to not get greedy with volume from the second runnings but instead shoot for a certain gravity. Check it periodically through the multiple small batch sparges or fly sparge. Don't add a ton of batch sparge water and risk a 1.020 OG.

I usually get 1.035-1.040 from a parti gyle of batches with primary at 1.055-1.060, and about a gallon or gallon and a half less volume. Good luck, happy brewing.

 

[b-radbrew]

Probably be doing just a 1 gallon test batch that SWMBO requested. It's a coconut coffee porter.

 

[Shuznuts]

Just put to bed a big rye IPA. Here's it boiling away




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[dobe12]

If you haven't done so, do a quick search on parti gyle or second runnings before you embark on this adventure. It is basically as easy as it sounds, and a barley wine is a perfect base for starting from. My main suggestion would be to not get greedy with volume from the second runnings but instead shoot for a certain gravity. Check it periodically through the multiple small batch sparges or fly sparge. Don't add a ton of batch sparge water and risk a 1.020 OG.

I usually get 1.035-1.040 from a parti gyle of batches with primary at 1.055-1.060, and about a gallon or gallon and a half less volume. Good luck, happy brewing.

Thanks for the info. I've done a bit of research and talked to my LHBS owner who's pretty knowledgeable. I think I'm going to crush some rye and use the 2nd or 3rd runnings from the barley wine to do a second small mash. Add some rye to the saison and up the gravity a bit. Really kind of shooting from the hip on this one... but am not super critical over what I get out of it. More or less just messing around to see what I get.

 

[bigken462]

About to dough in a Wisconsin Belgian Red as soon as the MLT warms up. After lunch should be doing an American Wheat.

Ok guys, time for roll call.

Who's brewing today?

 

[willy_mugobeer]

Just brewed "Hops on Pop 3C" IIPA partial mash - 2 ozs CTZ, 2 ozs Centennial, 1.5 ozs cascade...4 lbs base grain, 9 lbs dme. About to repitch it on top of a Wakatu Red Rye from a couple weeks ago and add some T-58 to back up the US05 already in there. Insomnia sometimes has it's benefits - I was mashing by 5:15 and started the boil by 7 am.

(Edited - T58, not T98. Already bubbling away quite nicely!)

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[bigken462]

I was mashing by 5:15 and started the boil by 7 am.


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I had intended on enjoying the sunrise this morning myself, but I didn't hit the sack till after midnight after a long day yesterday. I have 20 more minutes of mashtime left.

Soon as the cooler was closed, I started cleaning all the carboys and bottling buckets from some brews I finished up and bottled last night. Too bad my yeast didn't match up, I could have pitched right back on top of them this morning.

 

[Cider123]

Biermuncher's Centennial Blonde mashing right now. This will be a great early season, yard work beer.

 

[BadDeacon]

Bottling C3C and an ESB today.

 

[46binder]

Bee Cave's Rye IPA today, back to work tomorrow.

 

[Foosier]

Brewing a big Belgian Triple based on the recipe in Gordon Strongs "Brewing Better Beers". Finished my mash. boil is running. Pre-boil gravity was already 1.071!!!! Granted that was with the sugar already added... Still, going to be a big beer. Glad I made a huge starter!

 

[Zepth]

I've run out of fermenters! Guess I'll be bottling this evening. Tomorrow I'm thinking a quick light Vienna SMaSH. Either looking at Northern Brewer or Amarillo hops, haven't decided yet. Maybe max efficiency and parti-gyle one of each. Suggestions welcomed.

 

[Beernik]

I'll be doughing in on a dampfbier in about an hour.

In the pouring rain.

At least no one will be bothering me.

 

[mothershipbrewing]

Just doughed in a simple Saison recipe. Pils, Wheat and Munich. Gonna hop it to about 28 ibus with EKG and Strisselspalt and ferment with Yeast Bays Saison/Brett blend. Pretty excited about this yeast. I've had it on the plate since Thursday night and it smells fantastic! :rockin:

 

[The_Bishop]

I've got all the stuff for a Vienna/EKG (mostly) SMaSH for brewing tomorrow. Added 2oz of Crystal 80 for color.

 

[JDGator]

Hoping to brew 10gal of Cream of Three Crops if the weather will place nice.

Today is wet and cold so i'm taking labels off 8 cases of beer. Oh what a joy that is!!


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[KeyWestBrewing]

 

[agcorry00]

I've my saison on the boil. Last summer I had good luck with a big starter and a blanket around the fermentor.


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[Mad4sax]

Barleywine and a light ale from the same grain bill.
:rockin:

 

[Renegades_Brew]

About to dough in a Wisconsin Belgian Red as soon as the MLT warms up. After lunch should be doing an American Wheat.

Ok guys, time for roll call.

Who's brewing today?

Which recipe you using?

 

[Mexicanconnection2002]

Just finished up a dark mild.

 

[brewbama]

Ok guys, time for roll call.

Who's brewing today?

I am. Just added 2nd hops to a Kölsch. 1st runnings were only 1 point off. After batch sparge the 2nd was 6 high. LOL


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[bigken462]

Which recipe you using?

Which one? The Red or the Wheat?

 

[kenmcchord]

I'm just finishing up a Black IPA, a recipe I got from Northern Brewer that came with my beersmith program. Brewed it last year, it was a complete hit at a Steely Dan concert tailgate party. This time I whirlpooled the last hop addition, experimenting with a pump, whirlpool arm and therminator I got over the winter.

I love that I upgraded my brewing situation, I was always missing numbers last year and pretty displeased with how my results came out even though the beer tasted ok. I dunno, maybe it's just that I had the winter to contemplate the hobby. Either way today has been a really fun experience. Then again I've had a few Back in Black IPAs by 21st Ammendment brewing...

 

[unionrdr]

Back in black myself. Haven't been able to brew since late last year. Got two more beer E/SG kits,Irish red ale & ESB. Had two milk jugs of local spring water leak out on me. Had to replace'em with Food Club spring water at Giant Eagle today. Brewing the red ale in the morning. Using my "new" Midwest shorty bucket fermenter as well. I can hear it now..."Say whooooo,that's a bad short ya got there missa! Whatcha been trying to do,lowa it?"

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Wife and I are moving in less than a month so I told myself I wasn't going to brew anything until then.
Good thing I convinced myself that was a stupid idea because I've got Edwort's Pale Ale that needs to be brewed tomorrow

 

[Whsoj]

Woo hoo after buying a house, doing a complete remodel and changing jobs twice since November I'm finally able to brew and chill out:rockin:. All is peaceful, wait.... and
the yellow jackets just found my wort

 

[swackattack]

Just finished first brew on your sculpture and the first brew and eight months was quite rusty but it worked out well hit my gravity Spot on


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[Terek]

I ran out of punkin ale clone a few weeks ago. I know it's not the season, but I can't get enough. I now plan on always having this brew on hand. Love my punkin