So who's brewing this weekend?

[corkybstewart]

It looks like time to do a 10 gallon batch of robust porter. One keg will be porter, the other will get a tincture of vanilla and bourbon.

 

[TurnipGreen]

Wheat wine is mashing right now.

I've been trying to brew this the past two weekends. Weather and kiddos have messed with my plans, but we're better off. I got a new hellfire burner I'm rating out. It's a beautiful day and I'm waiting patiently to crack a homebrew until the boils to start. This will be a parti guile so I need to be a bit stricter than the "no drinking until mash out rule." I'll be drinking a over sized started beer I made to get a yeast cake for a lager. I'm excited to see it it turned out any good.

 

[seatazzz]

The boss and I brewed up 1.5 barrels of his amber this morning, and managed to have enough 1.065 wort left over to let me bring some home to ferment here. Took some good-smelling "mystery" yeast from his fridge (not sure but it was something dark) to ferment with, for one thing just for the heck of it, for another thing I'm out of slurry at the moment. Toyed briefly with the idea of adding a pound of raspberries to the fermenter but decided not. This, with the Rye Stout and IPA brewed earlier this week will get the pipeline back to where it needs to be. Tomorrow have to go back and keg his IPA and clean the boil kettle (and my own kegs, 5 empty out of six, oh no!!), then come home and put on my mechanic's hat and do the husband's brakes. Then take my own car to Fife to get the starter replaced, not something I can do myself darn it. Busy gal this weekend.

 

[KonservativeJay]

Brewed my first all grain beer this weekend, a Maris Otter Centennial SMaSH using BIAB. I got better than expected mash efficiency (78%), but over estimated my boil off. Was aiming for 1.5 gallons in the fermentor but got 2 gallons instead. Definitely need some more experience [emoji51]

 

[bobeer]

Brewing up a beer for a pool tourney/chili cook off we're hosting in a few weeks.
Doing a hoppy red rye ale, one of my favorite styles, and it's snowing outside. This'll be fun.

 

[MaryB]

cold for the next 2 weeks, no brewing...

 

[VTX1300]

When the pipeline is getting low and you MUST brew!

 

[PrrCabin]

Now that's dedication !!!!

 

[MaryB]

Maybe next week Tuesday if the forecast holds... other wise is it to dang cold! Have to see what I have on hand for malt then design a recipe around it!

 

[RevKev]

Never too cold. Just too lazy I think I may do a cream ale this upcoming week and a NEIPA

 

[BUCKNUTS]

I brewed 5 beers in January at night because I'm a 3rd shifter it was single digits all 3 brewdays. You can't let a little thing like cold weather get in the way of brewing.

 

[secondbase]

Brewing a NEIPA and a brett saison this weekend.

 

[kristiismean]

Brewing a Bells Hopslam clone AND a Karben4 Fantasy Factory clone

 

[Andre3000]

Relaxing after a busy beer day...bottled the last of a couple of kegs to free them up. Love the ball lock adapter for the new Intertap tower!

Where did you get that!? I have the crappy barbed adapter, it's pretty much useless.

Can you have a look and see if the ball lock fitting threads off? It sort of looks like it does from the pic. I've got pin locks so if I could convert it that would be awesome.

 

[TANSTAAFB]

Where did you get that!? I have the crappy barbed adapter, it's pretty much useless.

Can you have a look and see if the ball lock fitting threads off? It sort of looks like it does from the pic. I've got pin locks so if I could convert it that would be awesome.

I ordered it from Williams when I bought the tower. Screws on and off like all the other spout tips but I don't think it comes apart. But it doesn't matter if you have ball or pin, just buy a ball liquid connector and use that to attach to your Intertap faucet and some beverage tubing.

 

[MaryB]

It is when you need 50 feet of garden hose laying in the snow for cleaning/cooling and at 7 degrees it will freeze fast...

Never too cold. Just too lazy I think I may do a cream ale this upcoming week and a NEIPA

 

[BUCKNUTS]

It is when you need 50 feet of garden hose laying in the snow for cleaning/cooling and at 7 degrees it will freeze fast...

I have a roll of vinyl tubing on a garden hose reel that I run up from my basement directly off my well pump out to the garage for brewing in the winter time. I run the chiller tubing out into the yard creating an ice skating rink. With the cold ground water I can chill pretty quckly though.

 

[MaryB]

Oh yeah, chill times are quick with 45 degree ground water! But I have had the hose freeze up below 10 degrees so I try to stick to days above 20, and closer to 30 is better!

Working on a closed loop cooling system, and a way to store 55 gallons of cleaning water in the garage(never drops below 30, a simple cattle tank deicer will keep them from freezing) so I can brew when it is colder.

I have a roll of vinyl tubing on a garden hose reel that I run up from my basement directly off my well pump out to the garage for brewing in the winter time. I run the chiller tubing out into the yard creating an ice skating rink. With the cold ground water I can chill pretty quckly though.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Just finished brewing a Light Ale a couple of hours ago...

 

[corkybstewart]

I just finished a batch of Euro-lager. Weyermann Pilsnser and Munich malts, White Labs Cezch Pils yeast and Hersbrucker/Strisselspalt for hops. OG was 1.068, shooting for 1.010 FG

 

[tgolanos]

Did an Irish Red yesterday. First brew since September due to various reasons, and man, did it feel good to get back into it! Just added my yeast after letting the wort cool. All looks good for my St Patrick's Day Red.

 

[Genghis]

Kegs are dry, so hopefully two batches this weekend. One on Monday for sure. Got the goods for some Centennial Blonde, and an oatmeal stout.

 

[marjen]

Have not brewed since November. Brewing a NEIPA this weekend! Cant wait to get back at it.

 

[Scturo]

Threw together a Blueberry Cider yesterday.

 

[Vandulus]

Brewing a new double IPA with blood orange this weekend - Jucifer!

 

[myndflyte]

Brewing an APA this weekend with my brother-in-law.

 

[6Tap]

Will be brewing my first 10 gallon batch of Blonde Ale this Sat.

 

[BikerMatt]

Not weekend but since I was on a day off and in the garage building my bike anyway figured what the hey might as well boil up a batch so I don't have to stay up all night at weekend. Not sure what to call it, 4kg pale ale, 0.6kg munich, 0.5kg crystal 50 (cause happened to have bag ends of both) and Target for bittering and bramling cross for flavor/aroma, gonna go rack it up to a primary after letting the hot break settle for a few hours after cooling to 25c and pitch an S-04.

 

[marjen]

My first brew day in 3 months is underway! False start with my blichmman hellfire not living up to its name but I seem to have kind a worked that out. Its always something.

 

[z-bob]

I was going to do 2 brews sessions in one long weekend a couple of weeks ago. The second one didn't happen, of course. So tomorrow I'm planning to brew No 2, but it has changed a bit. A simple SMaSH using Belgian pilsner malt and either Sterling or Willamette hops, I haven't decided which. And pitch with K1V wine yeast. Not sure what to call it, probably a saison.