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Just finished my mash and bringing everything up to a boil. Will be a chocolate hazelnut porter when it’s done.

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had a house full of sick kids this weekend so I decided to catch up on my pipeline. Brewed back-to-back 5 gallon batches; one session IPA and an oatmeal chocolate stout.
 
Knocked out a split batch. 8 gallons of 1.063 IPA and 5.5 gallons of 1.044 golden ale. My personal take on a party gyle (spelling??) type of brew but I just water one part down.

today I pulled and chilled 4 gallons of 1.060 wort off post boil and added 1.5 gallons of water to make it 1.044 ish. Then added a bunch of hops to whirlpool my IPA and was left with about 8 gallons into car boys plus a bunch of sludge in the kettle.
 

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I "brewed" today...my first cider...so I actually just dumped some bottles of cheap apple juice into a carboy and added yeast (Nottingham) and yeast nutrient. I am exhausted...time for a beer!

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Brewed a Dunkel today I’ve dubbed Bonländer based on CavPilot’s Kreuzberger.
 
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Gonna brew an Irish Red Ale on Saturday. Made a starter with White Labs Irish Ale yeast...that stuff is a master floccer (if that is a word).
 
Brewing a Timothy Taylor Landlord clone - this will be my 1st attempt at using a yeast starter built from a yeast slant.
 
Husband bought himself the new COD game yesterday, so I feel justified in running to the LHBS today for enough grain to do a batch. Down to less than 4lbs of two row in the bin. Debating on buying pilsner for another lager, or some more two-row and munich to do a Pale or IPA; we've got Comet, Strata, Chinook, Crystal, Northern Brewer, and Centennial for pellet hops; tempted to use the Comet and Strata to see if they'll play nice with each other. Decisions, decisions!
 
Working on a light lager as I type. I have nothing else with low ABV kegged or in fermenter. I agree with Brulosophy and this yeast can go pretty high with good result . I can't do the 50° range yet.

Style Name: American Light Lager
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 7.55 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.027
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)

Hop Utilization Multiplier: 0.81 (altitude 6444)

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.037
Final Gravity: 1.005
ABV (standard): 4.09%
IBU (tinseth): 11.55
SRM (morey): 3.29
Mash pH: 5.4

FERMENTABLES:
6.75 lb - Pale 2-Row (86.9%)
8 oz - Flaked Corn (6.4%)
8 oz - Caramel / Crystal 10L (6.4%)
0.25 oz - Rice Hulls (0.2%)

HOPS:
0.55 oz - Tettnanger, Type: Pellet, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 90 min, IBU: 9.14
0.55 oz - Saaz, Type: Pellet, AA: 3.5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 2.41

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temperature, Temp: 122 F, Time: 30 min, Amount: 14.1 qt, Strike at 130
2) Infusion, Temp: 150 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 8.8 qt, Add boiling
3) Sparge, Temp: 170 F, Amount: 5.2 gal
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
4.62 g - Citric acid, Time: 60 min, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
1 each - Whirlfloc, Time: 15 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - Saflager - German Lager Yeast W-34/70
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 83%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 48 - 72 F
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)

PRIMING:
Method: co2
Amount: 12.82 psi
CO2 Level: 2.65 Volumes

TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Profile Name: Pilsen (Light Lager)
Ca2: 7
Mg2: 3
Na: 2
Cl: 5
SO4: 5
HCO3: 25
 
Was hoping to brew a chocolate/coconut milk stout this weekend but my back is not cooperating.
Not wanting to maneuver 6 1/2 gallons of wort with a bad back, I decided I'm going to brew a 1.25 gallon batch of a west coast style double IPA instead. Picked up the grains today and I'll brew tomorrow.
 
In the boil phase right now of a requested Pumpkin Ale. I use 15 pounds of pumpkin in this 11 gallon batch and put it in a mesh bag in the mash tun, while I sparge and then add it to the boil kettle as it heats up to a boil, then squeeze and remove. Spices go in a 10 minute whirlpool at the end. Smells great out here right now!

John
 
Brewed an Imperial stout on Saturday... pitched around 3:30 pm yesterday... and just switched to a blow off tube because the krausen was crawling through the airlock (6.5 gallon carboy) and making a mess all over the towel covering the carboy.. my entire basement smells like dark chocolate...
 
Yep! Me too semi-retired, as I'm down to 40hrs/week from 60. Did a Belgian Dubble and Hard lemonade last week. Doing a Stout and Mead in the next couple days
As a semi retired, self employed old person, I am brewing on my own schedule, as usual. A Mosaic SMaSH this time. Drinking a Pale Wheat Ale (basically a hefe) from my extensive collection of Wal-Mart plastic drinkware.

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