So who's brewing this weekend?

[BrooklynTom]

I will be doing a Mosaic SMaSH with Golden Promise and London ale yeast (WYEAST1028).

 

[imp81318]

Saturday brew day is Fuller's London Porter clone.
Virgin run with my new coleman 70 qt. mash tun. Should go well.
Done numerous BIAB batches now it's time to go with the mash tun.
My efficiencies with BIAB have been in the 80%-+, not sure if I'll see that efficiency with a mash tun.

What is your process for BIAB? I'm thinking about making the leap from extract and I've been under the impression that expected efficiency is around 70% with BIAB.

 

[A2HB]

Homebrew Sunday for me will be an English Barleywine hopped with Columbus and Fuggles. Malts will be 2 row, Marris Otter, thomas foster amber, chocolate, special b, and c-120. US-05 fourth generation yeast cake. Will be shooting for 9.5-10% abv.

Off to AiH for supplies

 

[deere322]

What is your process for BIAB? I'm thinking about making the leap from extract and I've been under the impression that expected efficiency is around 70% with BIAB.

Checked my calcs and a wide range was found from 87.4% to 63%.
:smack:

 

[rgreenberg2000]

Cigar City Maduro clone on tap for this weekend's brew. First BIAB, probably going to do a 2.5g batch.

R

 

[sablesurfer]

Running two brews on the Zymatic today. Seems, though, that choosing the high efficiency option makes each one a 5hour brew...sigh. Got a spiced winter ale kit from the LHBS. He split it into two bags for me, so that was great. First one following the store recipe strictly. Second one switches out sugar for brown sugar, adds a whirlpool hop addition, and swaps out Nottingham for Safale Abbaye yeast. Both will be pitched tomorrow to ferment at 68F. Be interesting, I think to take back to LHBS and see if strict matches his expectations from the Zymatic, and to compare the recipe changes.

 

[Xhul]

Robust porter today and a double decoction helles this weekend...to see if the decoction actually makes it better than the single infusion helles I made a couple months ago.

 

[Bigstaubbie]

Mashing an American Pils now. Hope it turns out better then last time. Pitched the yeast too cold on that one. Took three days to start to ferment. This time, gonna pitch @ 68 and not put in the fermentation cabinet till it's fermenting.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Just started brewing a batch of wee heavy. Made it three years ago and time to refill the pipeline with more!

 

[campbelldm1]

Brewing a mild. Getting ready to sparge

 

[shellsbells]

Just started mashing a Blonde infused with blueberry tea. Wasn't planning to brew today, but it just kinda happened...

 

[dad23ds]

Mash has begun. 12 lb of 2-row. 1oz magnum and 4 oz falconer's on deck for later.View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1456006306.308165.jpg

 

[Clonefan94]

Just finished a session IPA. New recipe. Mostly Maris otter, a little Vienna and honey malt. Then Falconers, centennial and citra. Bittered with magnum.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Finally getting to the Imperial Red using Mad Fermentationist hop schedule...with liquid courage.

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[campbelldm1]

Yeast is pitched. Time to grill some steak

 

[bigken462]

1st brew day went pretty good. Still gotta iron out a few things but nothing major today. Not quite used to having everything spaced out compared to my other house, but overall I'm happy with the inaugural brew day in the new place. Looking forward to getting some water lines hard plumbed in here.

I had planned on getting started this morning at 5am to salvage part of the day to do some work in the yard, but work called in me last night. So, knowing I was going to have a few hundred bucks added to my check next week, I went shopping during the boil!

Fermenter's Favorites™ Fighter Jet™ Fly Sparge
The Luckiest Man Pale Ale All-Grain Kit
Base Kit
1 x The Luckiest Man Pale Ale All-Grain Kit - UNMILLED $29.51
Yeast Options
1 x White Labs WLP001 California Ale $7.99
Priming Options
1 x None $0.00
Monster Mill Grain Mills
Monster Mill Size
1 x Monster Mill MM3 Triple Roller Mill Kit $299.99

I've been wanting a mill for a while. Figured with the shift of overtime, I could get it without feeling any financial crunch. I'm just as tired now as I would have been had I not worked and the beer is just as done now - albeit several hours later. lol

Overall good brew day!

 

[TennBrewer]

Just finished a session IPA. New recipe. Mostly Maris otter, a little Vienna and honey malt. Then Falconers, centennial and citra. Bittered with magnum.

Sounds tasty, my house brews are similar. Let me know how it comes out.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Just finished a session IPA. New recipe. Mostly Maris otter, a little Vienna and honey malt. Then Falconers, centennial and citra. Bittered with magnum.

Nice, would like to see the recipe. Sessions are my next challenge..after RISs, which may have successfully tackled after version 3.

 

[bransona]

Gonna whip up the latest rendition of the house porter tomorrow morning before I perform in Mendelssohn's "Elijah."

 

[BudgetBrewer]

5gal Vanilla Porter tester.

 

[A2HB]

Well I'm brewing my barleywine this morning and had my first ever stuck sparge, yay me!!

I had to empty the mash tun and then unclog the hose on my false bottom, it was completely full of grains. Only lost a few ounces of wort and grain in the process so can't complain too much. Other than that everything has been going smashing, should still end up being a good brew day.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Well I'm brewing my barleywine this morning and had my first ever stuck sparge, yay me!!

I had to empty the mash tun and then unclog the hose on my false bottom, it was completely full of grains. Only lost a few ounces of wort and grain in the process so can't complain too much. Other than that everything has been going smashing, should still end up being a good brew day.

That's a drag man. Suggest rice hulls. I had a stuck stout due to oatmeal. I now separately mash oats, then add the liquid to strike water. It came out just fine.

 

[Psylocide]

Someone at TG can't math... 14.99/4 pk of 12 ozers, 2.29 for a single 16.

Ok then.

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Also, this is happening tonight.

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[btexpres]

Last weekend was my first batch - went straight to all grain with 70 qt mash tun with CPVC manifold - did a Bell's two hearted clone. This weekend I did another - not sure what the heck it is but got it at AIHB (kit) came with Zythos hops. Skipping bottles too going right to kegs . Cant wait to try one out soon. Brewed both batches on the kitchen induction cook top with the tun sitting on my kitchen island stools - wife didnt even complain.

 

[Crispyvelo]

I don't know how you people do this. I feel like I always see people say they are going to do a "double brew day". I had a bunch of bad luck (flipped an entire mill of grain into my patio during milling, drill ran out of battery so I us to hand crank some grain, stuck sparge, had a boil over, dropped my thermometer in the kettle and broke it, couldn't find a brew bucket lid so I had to Suran wrap it for 24 hr), all while entertaining some friends for lunch.

I started at 9:30am and didn't finished cleaning the last piece of equipment until 11:30PM.

I made a Denny Conn vanilla stout and a Rogue Chocolate stout, which will be blended together after fermentation and left in a 10g bourbon barrel for a couple months with some split vanilla beans and cocao nibs.

 

[badlee]

When you do not have time for all grain,go extract!
12 litres,140gr table sugar to dry it out more,100gr of Citra in 25gr increments @15,10,5,2 and ferment with Belle Saison.
Might just dry hop with 2oz of Simcoe

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[Clonefan94]

Nice, would like to see the recipe. Sessions are my next challenge..after RISs, which may have successfully tackled after version 3.

If it tastes decent, I will definitely post the recipe. Since this was a "What I have lying around brew, I really want to make sure it tastes good before I post a recipe for it.

 

[filthyastronaut]

I will be brewing a Blonde Ale with 2-row, rye and wheat malt, and flaked rye and oats. Was thinking of toasting the flaked stuff, I have plenty of SRM to spare before it gets too dark. It will be my first batch using my bottling bucket as a mash tun (have been using a bucket for my last few batches and the temperature doesn't budge over an hour), with a trusty BIAB to separate the grain. I plan to use the spigot to drain liquid, and to just add my sparge water to the bucket. If it gets stuck, I can take the bag out and drain that way like normal. Seems like a no brainer cheap lautering method with a fail-safe for stuck sparges. It will be interesting to see how my efficiency is with this method.

 

[brewbama]

I plan a Bock Fri

 

[thaymond]

I will be brewing a Blonde Ale with 2-row, rye and wheat malt, and flaked rye and oats. Was thinking of toasting the flaked stuff, I have plenty of SRM to spare before it gets too dark. It will be my first batch using my bottling bucket as a mash tun (have been using a bucket for my last few batches and the temperature doesn't budge over an hour), with a trusty BIAB to separate the grain. I plan to use the spigot to drain liquid, and to just add my sparge water to the bucket. If it gets stuck, I can take the bag out and drain that way like normal. Seems like a no brainer cheap lautering method with a fail-safe for stuck sparges. It will be interesting to see how my efficiency is with this method.

I take my BIAB bag and put in my old zapap. I take a stainless grill and cover the pot, put the bag in the zapap and then lauter hot water through it to my preboil volume. This works much faster than using my old bottle bucket.

Plus I squeeze the bag.