So who's brewing this weekend?

[CthulhuDreaming]

4 gallons of a simple mead (waiting to pitch), 5 gallons of a nut brown ale (wort is coming to a boil).

Just pitched, mead OG 1.090, ale OG 1.055 - right on target. It's a good day.

 

[u81doughboy]

Just finished a summer wheat ale. Slightly over on the OG, but should be fine.

 

[BowAholic]

10# of Pale Ale Malt (2 row)
.5# Cara 60
Nugget- .75@60 min., .5@10 min., and .5@ 0
1.060 SG
Not sure if it's an APA or an IPA ?

 

[dad23ds]

Brewed an AHS Session Series Brown Porter last night. Partial Mash
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They call for a 3 gal boil but I recently started doing 5. It gets sketchy in my 32 qt kettle during the hot break but after that it's ok.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431266207.891141.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431266222.277994.jpg

Ice bath chill and pitched at 62 in about 30minView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1431266326.842215.jpg

 

[finsfan]

About to dough in on a RIS. Shooting for 1.111! :rockin:

 

[unionrdr]

10# of Pale Ale Malt (2 row)
.5# Cara 60
Nugget- .75@60 min., .5@10 min., and .5@ 0
1.060 SG
Not sure if it's an APA or an IPA ?

Looks like a pale ale. We got company comin',so no brewing today.

 

[catdaddy66]

Second weekend in a row I'll be brewing. Last weekend it was a DIPA and today it's a Scottish 80 schilling... Fingers are crossed!

 

[catdaddy66]

About to dough in on a RIS. Shooting for 1.111! :rockin:

Is your name Nigel Tufnel by any chance? Lol

 

[1977Brewer]

Is your name Nigel Tufnel by any chance? Lol

There's already a None More Black Stout, isn't there?

 

[raadig]

Not this weekend, I'll be firing the burner up and cranking out an English Mild next weekend though.

 

[finsfan]

Is your name Nigel Tufnel by any chance? Lol

Haha not that I know of.

 

[frozennorth]

Finally, I have time and money to brew again, after a 2 month hiatus. DIPA today, starting in an hour.

 

[fimpster]

I decided about 90 minutes ago that I would brew today. Just doughed in for a batch of Yoopers Fizzy Yellow. This is the benefit of stocking your own bulk grain, hops and dry yeast!! w00t

 

[DroolingNeoBrewery]

After a long year+ hiatus I brewed this today. Stove top all grain.

Ace of Saisons

Batch Size: 15.00 L

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 lb Bohemian Floor Malted Pilsner (2.0 SRM) Grain 72.5 %
1.00 lb Wheat Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 14.5 %
0.40 lb Caramunich II (46.0 SRM) Grain 5.8 %
14.00 gm Sorachi Ace [12.00%] (60 min) Hops 28.6 IBU
21.00 gm Sorachi Ace [12.00%] (1 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
0.40 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0.50 lb Soft Candi Sugar Blanc (0.0 SRM) Sugar 7.2 %
1 Pkgs Saison II Ale Yeast (White Labs #WLP566) [Starter 35 ml] Yeast-Ale


Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.007
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 %
Bitterness: 30.4 IBU
Est Color: 6.0 SRM


Mash Profile
Saccharification Add 8.51 qt of water at 160.7 F 150.0 F 75 min
Mash Out Heat to 168.0 F over 10 min 168.0 F 10 min

 

[frozennorth]

Went to my LHBS and they were closed, usually open on Sunday. So, I hope to brew after dinner tonight. Land of the midnight sun...

 

[Vamptrump]

I'm going to try my hand at brewing a Peach IPA (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=526903) this weekend. My first full recipe formulation. I've only just modified recipes to suit my needs before.

 

[masonsjax]

That is no reason not to brew. After 4 1/2 years you should have some sort of temp control..You spend more time talking about when you may possibly brew than actually brewing.First it is too cold in the winter now it is too warm.. So you don't brew in the the winter and now you don't brew in the summer... BS

If I waited until the temp was perfect I would have never hit over 200 brews. I may only have brewed a few times like you.

Oh snap!

 

[Scriv]

Just wrapped up an Anchor Liberty clone, first time using whole hops. Not sure I'd use them again.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

Just wrapped up an Anchor Liberty clone, first time using whole hops. Not sure I'd use them again.

Out of curiousity, why? Is it a system issue? I only ask because I use very little pellet hops due to my system that uses the whole hops as a trub filter so I cannot brew without them.

If I were to guess, you had an auto-siphon or racking cane that got clogged with them.

 

[Scriv]

Out of curiousity, why? Is it a system issue? I only ask because I use very little pellet hops due to my system that uses the whole hops as a trub filter so I cannot brew without them.

If I were to guess, you had an auto-siphon or racking cane that got clogged with them.

My kettle has a ball valve with pickup tube, it clogged up within 2 minutes of starting the transfer. I skipped the siphon as I figured that would quickly clog too. I picked up and poured the contents through a stainless double mesh strainer into the carboy. If I do try whole hops again I'll probably bag them for the boil.

 

[thaymond]

Use Paint strainer bags from home Depot. Helps keep all leaf hops contained for easy removal. Use some sanitized marbles to drop the bag to the bottom of the pot. Same for dry hopping.

 

[mattmmille]

That is no reason not to brew. After 4 1/2 years you should have some sort of temp control..You spend more time talking about when you may possibly brew than actually brewing.First it is too cold in the winter now it is too warm.. So you don't brew in the the winter and now you don't brew in the summer... BS

If I waited until the temp was perfect I would have never hit over 200 brews. I may only have brewed a few times like you.

Wow. When I first jumped in here in Fall of 2013, I had no idea about the jabs and snarky back and forth that goes on here on hombrewtalk. Somebody wrote something pretty cutting towards me and I got all offended. It was quickly pointed out to me how we roll here...especially in the "mindless ramblings" area. I climbed off my high horse and started making some friends and enjoying the site a lot more...and learning a lot.

After a year and a half, I have gone from fermenting 2 gallon batches of cider to 2-1/2 gallon batches of extract homebrew to BIAB all grain. And there's plenty yet to learn.

I'm hoping that your comments to @uniondr were meant to be all-in-fun. It came off as sounding a little holier than thou and kind of mean. We all have different personal situations, and a matter of years may not have any bearing on when we can advance to a new level. I still have no way to regulate fermentation temperature. I try some simple stuff, but really good methods are not in my budget. Also, I adopted two infants through foster care and down-sized my residence several years ago. Space is tight and our priorities are not beer. It's a hobby. I enjoy it at the level at which I can participate, and I make the best beer I can, when I can.

Okay...off my horse again and, if you were just kidding, then cheers!

 

[Onkel_Udo]

My kettle has a ball valve with pickup tube, it clogged up within 2 minutes of starting the transfer. I skipped the siphon as I figured that would quickly clog too. I picked up and poured the contents through a stainless double mesh strainer into the carboy. If I do try whole hops again I'll probably bag them for the boil.

That's what I figured. I use a SS scrubber pad much like a chore-boy around the dip tube. I end up with crystal clear wort in the fermenter.

Back on topic:

I am brewing Redneck Pale Ale Sunday. I will have a cake of both US-05 and S-04 to split the wort into two 5-gallon batches. I am a huge fan of both yeasts but I have two "house" beers that could go to either yeast in theory so I am just try to see which I prefer in the "summer" basement temp of 62 f.

 

[Pkrd]

I brewed an American stout last night. All went very well except I added an extra 23 IBU by accident. I printed out the recipe from Brewpal but it added a 20 minute hop addition that wasn't in the software. Crazy. So 68 IBU at around 4%. Still beer so rdwhahb.

 

[jdp]

I'm debating brewing this weekend. If I do, I will have to transfer an Irish red ale from my 6.5 gal carbouy to a 5 gal better bottle. Typically I have always avoiding racking to secondary but we'll see. Since this last batch was my first in about 5 years, I'll probably just wait.

 

[Subdivisions]

Wow. When I first jumped in here in Fall of 2013, I had no idea about the jabs and snarky back and forth that goes on here on hombrewtalk. Somebody wrote something pretty cutting towards me and I got all offended. It was quickly pointed out to me how we roll here...especially in the "mindless ramblings" area. I climbed off my high horse and started making some friends and enjoying the site a lot more...and learning a lot.

After a year and a half, I have gone from fermenting 2 gallon batches of cider to 2-1/2 gallon batches of extract homebrew to BIAB all grain. And there's plenty yet to learn.

I'm hoping that your comments to @unionrdr were meant to be all-in-fun. It came off as sounding a little holier than thou and kind of mean. We all have different personal situations, and a matter of years may not have any bearing on when we can advance to a new level. I still have no way to regulate fermentation temperature. I try some simple stuff, but really good methods are not in my budget. Also, I adopted two infants through foster care and down-sized my residence several years ago. Space is tight and our priorities are not beer. It's a hobby. I enjoy it at the level at which I can participate, and I make the best beer I can, when I can.

Okay...off my horse again and, if you were just kidding, then cheers!

I thought the same thing when I read that. If it was in jest and the OP knew it would be taken that way then it's fine. If not then it's a sh..ty way to act. It didn't sound like a friendly jab.

 

[Subdivisions]

Oh, forgot the topic of the thread. Doing a two hearted clone this weekend. SWMBO is excited about this one. Harvested Bell's yeast from some Oberon.

 

[JonM]

I'm going to make a Belgian blonde-ish wheat beer. Pilsner, white wheat (almost 50/50 but I made a math error at the LHBS, so a little more wheat than Pilsner) and some flaked oats. I'll use Saphir hops and 1214 fermented cool. I don't know what to call it, but I bet that combo can't possibly suck.

 

[unionrdr]

That is no reason not to brew. After 4 1/2 years you should have some sort of temp control..You spend more time talking about when you may possibly brew than actually brewing.First it is too cold in the winter now it is too warm.. So you don't brew in the the winter and now you don't brew in the summer... BS

If I waited until the temp was perfect I would have never hit over 200 brews. I may only have brewed a few times like you.

I do brew in winter & summer. Bills just get in the way more often as not. The unusually cold winter did slow the yeast down though. I'd like to build a fermenting cabinet to fit on top of my fermenter stand & hook a small air conditioner to it through an STC 1000 or the like. Just being retired makes it tough to spend money on brewing stuff.

 

[branman]

I do brew in winter & summer. Bills just get in the way more often as not. The unusually cold winter did slow the yeast down though. I'd like to build a fermenting cabinet to fit on top of my fermenter stand & hook a small air conditioner to it through an STC 1000 or the like. Just being retired makes it tough to spend money on brewing stuff.

Hey bud, you don't have to explain yourself to anybody... I have thousands and thousands tied up in my equipment and I still talk about brewing more than I actually do it. Life happens and somewhere in the middle we brew! CHEER!