So who's brewing this weekend?

[Brewbuzzard]

It was Monday but close enough. I brewed 22gal Scottish Export. Kept the OG at the low end 1.048.

 

[danimal92sport]

It was Monday but close enough. I brewed 22gal Scottish Export. Kept the OG at the low end 1.048.

Do you share a lot of your beer? I go through 5gal batches pretty quick but I’m not sure what I’d do with 22gal!

Dan

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Do you share a lot of your beer? I go through 5gal batches pretty quick but I’m not sure what I’d do with 22gal!

Dan

Yes I share a lot and I drink a bit. I send some to friends and family. However, from time to time I end up with too much beer.

 

[GBRbrew]

Taking tomorrow off going to do a German pils.

Cheers

 

[jdauria]

Brewing a small batch, 3 gallons of Czech Amber after work on Friday.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Yes I share a lot and I drink a bit. I send some to friends and family. However, from time to time I end up with too much beer.

I should get 8 cases out of this batch.

 

[wetmk]

Sorry, my bad - my kegs are all busy. Maybe later this week

First world problem. Life is good!

 

[Jhedrick83]

I’ll be brewing up a new Belgian Tripel recipe this weekend. I didn’t get into brewing until well into the pandemic. This weekend will be the first time that my father (75) will be joining me for a brew day. Until this point he has only been enjoying the brews through non contact drops. Now that we are both vaccinated, he’s coming to help. Can’t wait.

 

[Elric]

I’ll be brewing up a new Belgian Tripel recipe this weekend. I didn’t get into brewing until well into the pandemic. This weekend will be the first time that my father (75) will be joining me for a brew day. Until this point he has only been enjoying the brews through non contact drops. Now that we are both vaccinated, he’s coming to help. Can’t wait.

That’s awesome, I hope you guys have a great time brewing together. My intro to brewing was helping my Dad at a brew your own shop years ago, and I only just gave in to the bug and started homebrewing last year. Great memories and would love to brew with him again.

 

[Bramling Cross]

I did.

 

[NSMikeD]

First NEIPA on my agenda for Monday. Amarillo first wort and flame out. Then 4 shots of Citra Galaxy and Mosaic.

this arrived today so that I can do a closed transfer to the keg. I will use a ball lock quick disconnect connected to a hose for the blow off. And I have the floating tube kit for the closed transfer. The biggest O2 risk will be dry hopping. I plan on streaming in CO2 while I quickly open the lid part way and drop in the hop bags (and use fishing line tied to a small piece of styrofoam for fast removal ).

 

[Noob_Brewer]

First NEIPA on my agenda for Monday. Amarillo first wort and flame out. Then 4 shots of Citra Galaxy and Mosaic.

this arrived today so that I can do a closed transfer to the keg. I will use a ball lock quick disconnect connected to a hose for the blow off. And I have the floating tube kit for the closed transfer. The biggest O2 risk will be dry hopping. I plan on streaming in CO2 while I quickly open the lid part way and drop in the hop bags (and use fishing line tied to a small piece of styrofoam for fast removal ).


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I have the same setup but without the spigot and mine is a 7gallon fermonster. Works great! I agree that the DH is the time that you are most at risk for oxidizing and streaming CO2 in through the liquid floating dip tube is the best solution here. But why are you using DH bags? Is it to cut down on losses? The only reason why I ask is that using the bags that you want to remove quickly still requires yet another time you need to unscrew the cap i.e. risk of oxidation. Ive always done DH loose and I do two of them. Without the bags, you will have more losses, but I always thought to myself a little bit more loss can be accounted for by putting more wort in on the front end. Cheers and good luck with this new fermenter! They are great!

 

[grampamark]

Brewing right now. A Blonde Ale. I’m going to the city tomorrow, for Easter. My wife is already there. Nothing on TV, might as well fill the pipeline.

 

[Bluekat]

Brewing a Coopers Mexican Cerveza today. Going to do a 5 gallon batch with 3 pounds of light DME. Going to brew it with distilled water to see what effect that has. Hope for the best.

 

[seatazzz]

Halfway through the mash on a modified clone of Georgetown Bodhizafa, same one that one me a gold & silver last year. Peeved at my scores from the last IPA I entered in a comp (too thin, not enough carb, needs more hops) so I'm slamming the heck out of this one with late additions of Citra Lupomax and Mosaic. Upping the flaked oats from .5lb to 1lb should help a bit too. Kudos to my husband for making a side trip on his way home yesterday for the oats, only thing I didn't have on hand for this batch.

 

[NSMikeD]

I have the same setup but without the spigot and mine is a 7gallon fermonster. Works great! I agree that the DH is the time that you are most at risk for oxidizing and streaming CO2 in through the liquid floating dip tube is the best solution here. But why are you using DH bags? Is it to cut down on losses? The only reason why I ask is that using the bags that you want to remove quickly still requires yet another time you need to unscrew the cap i.e. risk of oxidation. Ive always done DH loose and I do two of them. Without the bags, you will have more losses, but I always thought to myself a little bit more loss can be accounted for by putting more wort in on the front end. Cheers and good luck with this new fermenter! They are great!

Thank for the post. The recipe off which I was basing (BYO ) was using a multiple step dry hop removing each one when you added the next batch, so your post got new back to google and back to BYO to an article by Neil Fisher of Weldworks who says they leave their dry hops on for 8 - 9 days. So I think I’ll just dump them and then on day 8 Keg and condition.

 

[Abrayton]

Belgian Blueberry Kettle Sour

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

IPA. Got my harvested yeast and my hop box hops. First time trying the Lupomax

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Not brewing this weekend, but may be doing some trading with my Father-In-Law for a freezer in exchange for the too small mini fridge that I bought the other day thinking I could get my new kegs and CO2 tank to fit in it. (lesson learned- always take measurrements before buying a fridge for brewing purposes)

 

[seatazzz]

IPA. Got my harvested yeast and my hop box hops. First time trying the Lupomax
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I've used the Citra Lupomax several times now and love them. Use half the hops and get all (and more) of the flavor/aroma.

 

[GBRbrew]

Just finished my German pils. Unfortunately as I was transferring to my fermenter a gnat flew into the froth and disappeared. Not real confident in how this is going to turn out and you can all start with the gnaty light jokes now.

Cheers

 

[bearpk]

I am brewing 10 gallons of marzen. As I type this. I was shooting for a pre-boil sg of 1.055 and I ended up with a 1.070. It will apparently have a little more kick this October when I tap it.

 

[Sunfire96]

Bob Toot's cream ale

 

[Elric]

Brewed up an altbier to feed the bottle pipeline today.

 

[Bluekat]

Coopers Mexican Cerveza.

Added 3 pounds of light DME. Using Mangrove Jack's Californian Lager Yeast.

 

[Snuffy]

Brewed my first Czech Pilsner yesterday. Tryna hit 55 with the Ball-and-Keg cooling coil in an uninsulated Speidel 30L. Might make it If I stay on top of the ice swap.

 

[Snark_Wolf_Brewing]

Brewed my first Czech Pilsner yesterday. Tryna hit 55 with the Ball-and-Keg cooling coil in an uninsulated Speidel 30L. Might make it If I stay on top of the ice swap.View attachment 724640

Looks good. Let us know how it turns out.

 

[NSMikeD]

Brewed my first Czech Pilsner yesterday. Tryna hit 55 with the Ball-and-Keg cooling coil in an uninsulated Speidel 30L. Might make it If I stay on top of the ice swap.View attachment 724640

Nice. I kegged my first Czech Pilsner, an Urquell clone, yesterday. I had it 3 weeks in the primary. I like your set up.

 

[Snuffy]

Nice. I kegged my first Czeck Pilsner, an Urquell clone, yesterday. I had it 3 weeks in the primary. I like your set up.

Now I just gotta convince the wife to swap ice for me while I’m at work. So far, if I want the temp to drop steadily its like every 2 or 3 hours.

 

[Novacor]

Now I just gotta convince the wife to swap ice for me while I’m at work. So far, if I want the temp to drop steadily its like every 2 or 3 hours.

If your wife gets annoyed enough with swapping out bottles every few hours, you could start dropping hints about how much easier a glycol chiller would be. Just saying...