So who's brewing this weekend?

[SteveH aka shetc]

BYO December 2020, Vol. 26, No. 8, pg 44
If you can't get to it, let me know.

BTW, tastes real nice.

You are in luck: BYO

 

[tommy24a]

Well my son and I will be brewing for the first time on our new Spike Trio 20gal system. Lots to learn for sure. We will be doing a 10gal batch of "pre prohibition lager"

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Pitched the yeast in a porter and put it away in my FC late afternoon yesterday. This morning there were a little bubbling in the airlock and a krauzen beginning to form. Hopefully it will be tasty. And I hit my target OG right on point.

 

[deuc224]

Last weekend, NEIPA lite, this weekend, Hefe dunkel, next weekend, Imperial stout, weekend after that, Kolsch.

 

[cmac62]

I need something light on tap soon as my Golden strong and stouts are going into the keggerator pretty quick.

 

[grampamark]

Not the weekend but brewing at the city house. 2.5 gal BIAB of my Bullwinkle Brown.

Sixty degrees in MT in February is almost unheard of but that’s what we have today. Still need to wrap the kettle with something during the mash. One of my wife’s Halloween decorations somehow seemed an appropriate addition.

 

[grampamark]

A little over 3 gallons into the fermenter @1.040

 

[Valve1138]

Planning on brewing a light IPA, with Simcoe, Lemondrop, and Mosaic.

I think the packet of yeast I pulled out of the fridge for the starter is dead though. Use by 12/4/20. Proper Starter can is fresh though.

I have another.

If it doesn't perk up, off to the LHBS!

 

[marc1138]

Planning on a Belgian ale with wlp530, pilsner, saaz and some plain old sugar this weekend. My second favorite recipe to brew aside from my hefeweizen.

 

[Spartan1979]

I'm brewing Altbier tomorrow.

 

[OG-wan Kenobi]

I got my hands on some Lotus hops so I am going to make a SMASH to learn about them as they sound pretty interesting



Lotus™ is the latest experimental hop variety developed under the Hopsteiner breeding program to now be available to homebrewers. This tenacious hop outperformed thousands of brothers and sisters born of the initial cross breeding and survived a decade long journey to become the hottest addition to Hopsteiner's unique portfolio of exciting new hop varieties. Lotus™ displays exceptional aromatic characteristics, boasting waves of orange and vanilla followed by notes of candied grape and tropical fruit aromas.

Lotus’s genetic origin stems from Eastern Gold, a Japanese hop variety dating back to the 1930s, followed by a mix of Apollo, Cascade, and a USDA male. The USDA male was bred from an open pollinated seedling of a wild American hop developed at Wye College, England. The cross from the USDA male with Neomexicanus heritage adds an additional layer of complexity and uniqueness to this variety.

 

[mattman91]

Brewing a pale ale on Saturday.

74.4% 2 Row

22.1% Munich

3.5% Wheat

Cascade @ 60 min, Simcoe and Mosaic whirlpool and dry hopping.

S-05 yeast.

Aiming for OG: 10.54 FG: 10.10

I'm going to name this one March Sadness as this beer should be ready by early March and my Blue Devils are not dancin' this year, if you know what I mean.

 

[mattman91]

Brewing a pale ale on Saturday.

74.4% 2 Row

22.1% Munich

3.5% Wheat

Cascade @ 60 min, Simcoe and Mosaic whirlpool and dry hopping.

S-05 yeast.

Aiming for OG: 10.54 FG: 10.10

I'm going to name this one March Sadness as this beer should be ready by early March and my Blue Devils are not dancin' this year, if you know what I mean.

**1.054 and 1.010

 

[deuc224]

Hefe dunkel today, chasing an erdinger dunkel clone.

 

[TaylorBrewed]

Barley Wine. Have to start my winter beers for next year.

 

[riceral]

Doing a Munich Dunkel---- Barke Munich Malt, little bit of melanoidin, and some carafa 1.

 

[seatazzz]

Brewed a Mosaic/Crystal IPA this morning to inaugurate the new pump. It worked just great, old one did okay but was just too slow and didn't want to start on occasion. Seven hours post-pitch a nice krausen is forming. Only hitch in the brewday was spraying hot water all over the garage when a connector popped off, all dry now.

 

[Sunfire96]

I brewed a hoppy West Coast pale ale with Amarillo and Centennial today. First time utilizing only hop bursting, fingers crossed

 

[mattman91]

Brewed a pale ale yesterday.

Tried a 20 minute hopstand and had a few issues. Tried to stay at 165 degrees, but was more in the 140-145 range. I did a small 60 and 5 minute addition, so I'm sure it will be fine. I plan on dry hopping the same amount as the hopstand. Fingers crossed it will be tasty.

 

[bkboiler]

Insulating my mash tun and installing a guard on some exposed plumbing, then going to do a water-only first run on my new brew system tonight. Been WIP for over a year.
Hoping to brew a pale ale sometime this week!

 

[catdaddy66]

Hope to brew an American stout this weekend, followed by a cream ale the next weekend.

 

[hout17]

Brewed overnight (on a night schedule) I figure Mondayish is close enough to the weekend. The Irish Red I brewed looks to have come out good.

Just got it in the fermenter.

 

[thinkmps]

Bought grains and yeast today for an Irish Red Ale. Planning a Monday brew day.

Curious what your recipe was? I just bottled the Reckoning recipe that I got from jaysbrewing.com! Did it once before and loved it.

 

[seatazzz]

Heating up the strike for an El Dorado semi-SMaSH today. Snow started falling sometime after midnight, supposed to keep going until 4pm today, I'm all kinds of excited. 53 years old and snow still brings out the kid in me. Probably because I've spent the last 44 years of my life in a state where snow only shows up maybe once every two years, and when it does....snowmageddon! Plenty of wood for the woodstove, pantry is well-stocked, and enough beer to last for quite a while. Sigh. I know it's a PITA but damn it's pretty.

 

[DawgPen Brewing]

I brewed Murica Blonde Ale recipe by Braufessor yesterday evening. Looking forward to it since it is so simple and clean. Had to sub Hallertauer hops for the Liberty but otherwise stuck to the recipe. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out in a couple weeks.

 

[Elric]

Going to be brewing my first dubbel at some point this weekend. Looking forward to it.

 

[day_trippr]

Knocked out another batch of my Juicy Bits clone. Went fairly smoothly, picked up two OG points at a dead-nuts 11 gallons to the carboys which doesn't suck

Carboys gassed up and ready to rock, while a batch of Julius simmers under the last round of dry hops...

Kegs hooked up and ready for purging...

Another successful outing for my Hopstopper V2 implementation. I'm definitely not sending it back

Cheers!

 

[Elric]

First go at a dubbel. Enjoying the one that got me started with the style (and craft beer in general) back in my university days.

 

[jcav]

Brewed an Irish Red today for St Paddy's Day. Great day and hit all the numbers!

John

 

[Beermeister32]

Going retro with a historic batch of 1912 recipe of pre-prohibition Olympia Beer. I also matched the profile of Olympia artesian water for originality.