So who's brewing this weekend?

[day_trippr]

Snow outside, stayed inside and brewed up 11 gallons of my Triple Chocolate Imperial Honey Stout.



Pipeline is filling up nicely...

Cheers!

 

[BigMack]

Going to be brewing up a Belgian Pale Ale tomorrow.

These last few brew days have really made me want to switch to ten gallon batches. Ever since I dialed in my process and started brewing what I would consider good beer (nearly) every time I've really wanted to upgrade my system so that I can brew bigger batches. I'm thinking spring may be the perfect time to step it up.

 

[jmill]

Waiting on the 40+ degree temp swing before brewing a 10 gal batch of my house blonde. Became my house recipe after batch of bottles disappeared in a week and a half.

 

[day_trippr]

[...]These last few brew days have really made me want to switch to ten gallon batches. [...].

When the Spousal Unit asked why I bought three 20g Blichmann G1 kettles last year when I had always brewed with a pair of 10g G1s and a 10g Rubbermaid, I explained that it would cut the number of brew days in half.

She totally bought into it, and the rest is History

Fair warning, though: the one down-side is lugging a MLT with 40 pounds of soaked spent grain out to the compost pile through a fresh snow.
BeerSmith says that MLT weighed 103 pounds. I don't doubt it. Woof!

Cheers!

 

[jcav]

I still say you have one of the best gas rigs I have seen on here trippr!

John

 

[day_trippr]

You're too kind, but thank you!

 

[Atlmustang]

You're too kind, but thank you!

Nice work Trippr!!! Beautiful.

I just kegged up another batch of my milk stout and will be brewing a Cascadian Dark Ale tomorrow!

 

[BigMack]

When the Spousal Unit asked why I bought three 20g Blichmann G1 kettles last year when I had always brewed with a pair of 10g G1s and a 10g Rubbermaid, I explained that it would cut the number of brew days in half.

She totally bought into it, and the rest is History

Fair warning, though: the one down-side is lugging a MLT with 40 pounds of soaked spent grain out to the compost pile through a fresh snow.
BeerSmith says that MLT weighed 103 pounds. I don't doubt it. Woof!

Cheers!

If I could talk the SWMBO into letting me get a setup that was anywhere close to that I would be a very happy guy. I'll have to work on my begging skills I suppose

 

[Onkel_Udo]

Just whipped out a Tarrytown Rusty Brown. As soon as it is chilled (partial non-chill) this means all kegs are full and one in the fermenter...have not managed that since just before the last race (October?).

I think this is the trigger for me to finally go back to my arch nemesis...Lagering a strong beer, likely a double-bock. Have not done it in 15 years because all styles but that one that I love, are not lagers.

 

[BarrelAgedForrest]

Brewing now. Big wee heavy. Two mashes, 1 which has already been boiled down to maybe a half gallon I may go more here shortly. Main mash is half done. 2 hour mash then have a party to go to then will come home and boil, 2 hour boil. Hope it turns out as good as it looks!

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[woo_pig]

Going to be brewing up a Belgian Pale Ale tomorrow.

These last few brew days have really made me want to switch to ten gallon batches. Ever since I dialed in my process and started brewing what I would consider good beer (nearly) every time I've really wanted to upgrade my system so that I can brew bigger batches. I'm thinking spring may be the perfect time to step it up.

Good luck i just moved to 10 gallon batches. Keep all your smaller stuff its nice to try a 5 gallon batch first.

 

[Pantherjon]

Brewed up a 5 gallon batch of Mutt's Nuts Brown Porter..Couldn't help the itch I had to have a bit more chocolate, so added almost an ounce of cocoa nibs in with the last hops addition at 15 minutes to go in the boil..Tasted awesome when I sipped my gravity sample. OG came out at 1.048..

 

[BigMack]

Good luck i just moved to 10 gallon batches. Keep all your smaller stuff its nice to try a 5 gallon batch first.

That's what I've been thinking. For tried and true recipes I would do 10 gallon batches and then use the 5 gallon equipment to test new recipes.

 

[govner1]

Brewing a clone of Great Divide Hibernation on Wednesday. 6g AG

 

[treacheroustexan]

Brewing Rivenins Mosaic Honey Wheat right now. Just mashed in.

 

[schematix]

making a LoDO version of yoopers oatmeal stout right now...

thought everything was going too perfectly. New monster mill 3 took down the entire >20 lb grain bill in under 2 minutes. hit the beta glucanase strike temp to within a degree, starting flowing well for over 15 minutes and then flow just started to trickle off. didn't panic though. immediately started to increase the temps, stirred the mash gently and it seems to be flowing better now. fingers crossed.

the last time i made this beer i had to scoop the the entire mash out of the tun and then clean out the false bottom mid-mash... do not want to repeat that debacle!

edit: stuck again..... obviously this doesn't like recirculating so i'm shutting the RIMS off now and we'll see what happens. damnit.

edit2: was in process of clean-up and the water stopped... there's a water main break on the street! super lame! 30 minutes until the boil is over and no chill water now.

 

[catdaddy66]

Wanted to brew last weekend but wasn't able to get to the lhbs to grind my grains (I don't have a mill yet). This weekend will be easier to do it, so I plan on brewing something but not sure what it will be yet. Pilsner or Belgian quad... Hmmmm...

 

[pshankstar]

If I can make it work, I would like to do a small batch (2.5G into mini keg) this week before Christmas. Not sure what to whip up but I'm thinking a SMaSH with Red X Malt and an Experimental Hop (#07270). Based on the description of the hop it does well in a malty style beer. Given Red X is on the malty side, I might give this ago.

If I don't do this, then who knows what I will whip up. Either a Pale Ale or an IPA since I have everything on hand to make either style. Or I'll do a SMaSH with Maris Otter or 2-Row with another hop I have on hand. Decisions, decisions, decisions... LOL

 

[RevKev]

1.132 OG RIS. Finally being brewed tomorrow. It's been postponed 5 times due to school, girlfriend and work.

 

[tgolanos]

Mashing an Orange Wheat right now! Last brew before the holiday madness hits my family, so this might also be my last brew of 2016.

 

[MaryB]

Brewing today when I get up. My house ale. 11 gallons batch. Migh brew again Friday to get more beer in the pipeline so I need to brew less in Jan. Now to keep friends out of my beer stash...

 

[pshankstar]

So I ended up brewing the small batch last night. I'm happy my stove top can handle small batches during the long winter here in Western NY. Anyway I went with Red X and German Wheat a 60/40 of the two. I used Experimental Hop 07270 as the only hops with this brew and kept it in the Pale Ale style.

Place the wort in the fermenter around 120 degrees and placed it outside on my back deck around 1:30am. At 7am this morning it was down to 50 degrees and the airlock was frozen solid (used San Star solution). Brought it inside, let it warm up some and pitched the yeast. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

[RevKev]

It's cold and I'm doing 10 gallons of 15% RIS.

Forgot where I put my mash paddle though. So improvising... :?

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[treacheroustexan]

It's cold and I'm doing 10 gallons of 15% RIS.

Forgot where I put my mash paddle though. So improvising... :?

What yeast will you be using?

 

[RevKev]

What yeast will you be using?

I got Notty I plan to use. I think I'm going to pick up one or two more packs just checked the dates on two of the packs .. exp 02/16.

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[bucfan1234]

Brewing a 10 gallon batch of Aussie Pale Ale tomorrow am.

 

[BigMack]

Not this weekend, but next week I will probably be brewing a couple times to make sure that my pipeline survives the holidays. It is always bittersweet when the fam damily kicks a couple kegs. I love that they like my brew, but hate that it destroys the pipeline.

 

[JonM]

Hmm ... S'pose ta be 45° on Monday. Hmm... and I have ingredients on hand... hmm...

 

[schematix]

4x1.6L of Lager X starters rollin for Friday. Making 15G of Bock.
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[atoughram]

11 Gallons of Triple decocted Sam Adams Boston Lager clone due to be brewed on New Years Day.