So who's brewing this weekend?

[bracconiere]

people and their easilly broken hydro pics, now this something that costs enough you don't WANT to drop on the floor! lol


already active but i had too! only been a couple hours it was 15.1 at pitch...

edit: and i still remember you too!

 

[Section1]

How'd your brew day go? I also brewed a spitfire inspired best bitter today.looks fantastic so far and smell and taste of the wort was good, though it did come out a little lower gravity than expected. Planning to deviate a little with this one and add a bramling cross dry hop to give a little extra spin of my own on it.
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Brew Day went well actually. The color of mine seems to be about what you have. I'm hoping I like this style of beer, I don't believe I've ever had anything like it before. The recipe I have calls for a dry hop of EKG. Looking forward to this one.

 

[Abrayton]

Imperial Triple chocolate oatmeal milk stout planned for Friday.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Wife informed me she's taking the infant to sister-in-law's for a girls'night sleepover leaving me with toddler. I called mother-in-law and asked if she'd take toddler for the night. Yup.

Who's got an empty house all to himself for a whole evening/night? This guy!!!

Sounds like I'm getting in a brew session and falling asleep to a loud epic war movie.

 

[Abrayton]

2 year old daughter sent home from daycare with cough and runny nose, second time already in September…frustrating. I will likely be home two days waiting COVID test results. So, Impromptu brew day today, a Cascade and Centennial IPA using whole cone hops from a buddy who gives me a ton each year. Will probably move Fridays brew day of Imperial Stout to tomorrow. When life gives you lemons, make beer!

 

[BrewinInPA]

Brewing a chocolate milk stout right now in the "outdoor office". Mashed in about 10 minutes ago.

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[Bramling Cross]

Making a US IPA today. Here’s the start of the run off. I’m really liking my recirculation set up, it does a nice job.

 

[crazyjake19]

Brewing something tomorrow morning, just not sure what to brew yet. Had a busy week and forgot about making a starter, so I might do some sort of stout with S-04. Chilly fall nights and jeans/flannel have me in the mood for a stout.

 

[lumbergh]

I made a version of this last night. No licorice or cinnamon
https://beerandbrewing.com/amp/fremont-brewings-before-dark-star-oatmeal-stout-recipe/

 

[Section1]

Brewing something tomorrow morning, just not sure what to brew yet. Had a busy week and forgot about making a starter, so I might do some sort of stout with S-04. Chilly fall nights and jeans/flannel have me in the mood for a stout.

I was just thinking that also. I'm going to brew something, just not sure what. I was thinking of a brown or maybe a porter. Need to make up my mind soon.

 

[BongoYodeler]

I made a version of this last night. No licorice or cinnamon
https://beerandbrewing.com/amp/fremont-brewings-before-dark-star-oatmeal-stout-recipe/

Loved the couple bombers of Dark Star I had a few years ago. Like you, I would have omitted the cinnamon and licorice as well. Interested in hearing how this turns out.

 

[Sunfire96]

I've got an India Brown Ale up next, perfect for fall

 

[Bill"sDamnBrewing]

1 gallon batch of an Everything Bagel IPA for my daughter’s birthday. Apparently it’s her favorite now. Last time it was a little oniony. This time I cut the onion flake in half. I still don’t get it, but my wife and daughter both love it. She and her husband are coming in from Pittsburgh so I wanted to make her something special.

 

[lumbergh]

Loved the couple bombers of Dark Star I had a few years ago. Like you, I would have omitted the cinnamon and licorice as well. Interested in hearing how this turns out.

I get gifted some barrel aged versions once or twice a year and they're always amazing.

I've made this twice before. The 1st time was with S-05 and it was excellent after 4 months of aging. The second time was with Voss kveik and wasn't that great. I believe it was because I bottled it and the taste of the yeast gave odd flavors. I will keg with that yeast from now on.
Last night's version was with Nottingham. Fingers are crossed.

 

[BongoYodeler]

I get gifted some barrel aged versions once or twice a year and they're always amazing.

I've made this twice before. The 1st time was with S-05 and it was excellent after 4 months of aging. The second time was with Voss kveik and wasn't that great. I believe it was because I bottled it and the taste of the yeast gave odd flavors. I will keg with that yeast from now on.
Last night's version was with Nottingham. Fingers are crossed.

Since you mentioned Dark Star, it jogged my memory that I’ve had a single can in the back of the fridge for a few months. It’s a cool fall evening tonight, just right for sharing it with my wife.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Wife informed me she's taking the infant to sister-in-law's for a girls'night sleepover leaving me with toddler. I called mother-in-law and asked if she'd take toddler for the night. Yup.

Who's got an empty house all to himself for a whole evening/night? This guy!!!

Sounds like I'm getting in a brew session and falling asleep to a loud epic war movie.

Morning after. Sitting on the front porch drinking my coffee, looking at the first flush of autumn, enjoying the last minutes of quietude.

Didn't get the war movie in, but brewday went very well. Hit my final volumes spot on, missed OG by 0.001.

Tried my second shaken, not stirred starter. A pint of 1.090 first runnings, 5m boil, chill to tepid. Pitched a pack of Imperial Bartleby (Hornindal), shake, shake, shake. Shake a bit more. At 50min, it was showing some small signs of activity and hissing. At 60m, it was building krausen and sounding like my old Bostonian steam heat. Pitched into 95° wort at 3hrs, ~10p.

Woke up this morning, headed down to the basement to check things out. Fermenter is rolling away. Krausen is an 1" thick, but there's evidence of high krausen at 2.5". Did it reach high krausen and already begin to recede in under 8hrs?! Kveik!

Also accomplished yesterday during my 'day off'...

8.5lb home-cured bacon smoked
2 racks of ribs smoked
Bathroom cleaned
Kitchen cleaned
Laundry done and put away

 

[riceral]

Brewed 3 gallons of Czech Dark Lager

 

[Section1]

Got a Nut Brown brewed today. The pipe connecting the sink to the drain pipe decided to come apart which made a mess, otherwise everything went great.

 

[crazyjake19]

Ended up brewing 2.5 gallons of oatmeal stout today with a little over half a pack of S04 that was left from a small batch experiment. The spent grain should be a good boost for my compost pile with all the dead leaves I added yesterday.

4 day weekend coming up for me, so I might be trying to turn 2 of them into brew days.

 

[Cameronl]

I've been getting back into brewing hot and heavy after dabbling in it on and off for 25 years. I got my brewing certificate at the local university (just for the hell of it) and it's really upped my game. I brewed an ESB using a recipe I developed in class and need to tinker with. Along the way, I'm improving my equipment. I'm stepping up from gravity-fed coolers to a 15-gal HERMS system using converted sanke kegs. I just got a couple of used Chugger pumps, and did a test run for transferring. As soon as a get a HERMS coil (when the budget allows, and the Blichmann large coil is available again), I'll finish things up. Here's my set up:

After a successful test run, I mounted both pumps under the bench top for a more permanent setup.
I managed to get 4.5 gallons of ESB into the carboy. I'm still tweaking my recipe and equipment efficiency so I can get it up to 5.5 into the fermenter.

 

[jdauria]

Czech Pils coming up for me Columbus Day weekend.

 

[BrewMan13]

Gearing up for a long doppelbock brewday tomorrow. A recipe I've done before and enjoyed, but with some very slight tweaks I hope elevate it. Also taking a newbie under my wing who's never brewed before but is very interested in learning, so excited for that!

 

[crazyjake19]

Just started a yeast starter with A38 Juice for another NEIPA on Friday, and likely brewing a keptinis either Saturday or Monday.

 

[Sunfire96]

New fermenter should be here tomorrow (3 gal fermonster to match the one I already have). I think I'm going to do a 65F fermented Munich Dunkel with 34/70

 

[CascadesBrewer]

New fermenter should be here tomorrow (3 gal fermonster to match the one I already have). I think I'm going to do a 65F fermented Munich Dunkel with 34/70

I have a pair of the 3-gallon Fermonsters, and sometimes I wish I had another pair. I really enjoy doing both 2.5 gallon batches and also splitting a 5 gallon batch with 2 yeasts. I acquired another pair of the 10L Torpedo kegs from a friend, so that doubles my ability to have 2.5 gallon batches on tap!

 

[csantoni]

Trying to overcome my fear of diastaticus and put a small batch saison using Belle Saison into an old Mr Beer fermentor. It’s just gathering dust and if it gets “infected” it won’t messs up my other beers. Right? Right!???!?

 

[Abrayton]

Attempting a Pina Colada inspired kettle sour dry hopped with pineapple and coconut.

 

[seatazzz]

Heating up the strike for a batch of the new improved house WF lager; fell in love with Munich II as an adjunct so using it again, 2lbs with 8lbs of Canadian pilsner. Groundwater appears to be finally cold enough to chill faster. Tomorrow I'm planning a Citra/El Dorado IPA, since the pipeline is getting a bit low. Also instituting a few changes to see if I can get rid of the slight astringency issues that the judges noted at last month's competition; 45 minute mash, no higher than 150, and keeping the sparge water temperature about 170. We shall see.

 

[grampamark]

Re-brewing the Spiced Bourbon Stout for the 12 Beers of Christmas. I posted the details in the 12 BOC thread; the short version is that it became infected while aging in the cold storage room in my basement. I blame the 5 gallon bucket which I use, very occasionally, as a third fermenter (I needed the carboy which the Stout was fermented in). It hadn’t been used for months and probably had something nasty hiding in the spigot.

First infection and first dumper in 10+ years and 160+ batches. At least I have the ingredients on hand and enough time to get the beer finished in time for Xmas.

 

[crazyjake19]

Brewed an NEIPA yesterday with Galaxy, Amarillo, and Cascade. Pitched A38 Juice last night and it's happily bubbling away right now.