So who's brewing this weekend?

[Dr_Jeff]

Trying to get caught up
10 Saison
10 IIPA

The mill misbehaved, a total PITA brew day. I had a lot of problems, mashed in too low on both had to pull the liquid and heat it then add it back in the the mash several times, so I guess it was a step mash. All in the fermentation chamber in the kegmenters.

Well both beers are happily fermenting away the kegmenters at 25psi.

 

[jdauria]

Brewing up a Festbier this coming weekend to lager until Fall. Will be first time using liquid calcium chloride for mineral additions, just whipped up a jug of it yesterday. Since the normal pellet kind can absorb water, when weighing out for additions, you can have less actual calcium chloride than you think because of all the water. This liquid method will allow accurate additions.

 

[Rob2010SS]

Brewing 18 gallons of a Mexican Lager this weekend. Hopped with Motueka and fermented with OYL-113. Pic from last year's version...

 

[3 Dawg Night]

It's bedtime, but I'm going to throw together a yeast starter for a brewday this weekend. It's a busy weekend, with lots of family commitments, but I have two empty taps. I need to brew, and I'm going to do everything possible to make it happen this weekend!

 

[Beerstein]

Just mashed in a 10% rye IPA that I'm going to hop with Columbus and Chinook and use a belgian yeast on.

 

[loganklaas]

I’m brewing a hazy pale ale as I type. Some of the hops come from right here in Idaho. I hope it’s good!
Just finished:

 

[jcav]

Brewing a Czech Pilsner right now and getting ready to sparge! Using Weyermann Barke Pilsner malt as the bulk of the grain bill and looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!

John

 

[GreenEnvy22]

Mashed a Imperial red ale yesterday, did the boil today.
I have 23 liters at 1.082, should end up around 9%.
This was based on the Northern Brewing Megalodon recipe. Last fall I made a batch following the recipe exactly, and it was quite good. This time I swapped out the 2-row for Maris otter, and then swapped the hops for my own (Centennial->Nugget, Cascade->Chinook).
Hit my target preboil and post boil gravities exactly.

 

[grampamark]

Brewing a Blonde today. Preboil gravity sample.

 

[grampamark]

Into the fermenter. Beersmith predicted .053. Just over a 3 hour brewday.

 

[BrewMan13]

I brewed up a schwarzbier and gruit stout over the weekend. If you're curious about what goes into the gruit stout, it's some amount of everything in this pic. Seems like a lot, but it works. One of the only weird recipes from my early brewing days that I still make.

 

[cmac62]

This weekend I brewed up a Honey/Victory PA with 8 lb MO, 3/4 lb of both Honey malt and Victory (with 1/2 lb of White Wheat to clean the rollers from the conditioning) then 1 oz simcoe at 60, .5 zythos 20, .5 cluster 10 and 1 oz each styrian golding and Tettnang at FO. pitched 1 packet of S04 warm and cooled it in the house. I got lazy at the end of the day. Hopefully it is okay.

 

[Abrayton]

Finally got the fermentation chamber replaced. Not a temp control conical, but it should be much easier on the back than the old chest freezer.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

Is it the weekend yet? Well, I brewed a Dubbel this evening! It was slightly unplanned. Well, I was thinking of brewing a batch of Saison soon then...

Last Saturday I made up a 2L starter of some WLP530 that was harvested 10 months ago. It ended up kicking off and producing a nice amount of yeast. I planned to just put it back in a jar, but figured I had been wanting to brew another batch of Dubbel. I ended up with 2.7 gals in the fermenter at 1.069.

I like to at least sample the spent wort from the starter to make sure it is not funky. It tasted good enough that I ended up pouring myself a full pint to enjoy!

 

[BWingate]

I'm brewing for the first time in maybe 15 years. BIAB Lawnmower Cream Ale. I know I copied it from somewhere, most likely a recipe from Brewfather. (83.3% pale, 8.3% corn, 4.2 % each Biscuit and carapils)

So, not only am I making beer for the first time in forever, I am using new equipment, electricity and BIAB for the first time. I'm expecting a more sophisticated version of a $h!t show.

Wish me luck

 

[Sam_92]

I'm brewing for the first time in maybe 15 years. BIAB Lawnmower Cream Ale. I know I copied it from somewhere, most likely a recipe from Brewfather. (83.3% pale, 8.3% corn, 4.2 % each Biscuit and carapils)

So, not only am I making beer for the first time in forever, I am using new equipment, electricity and BIAB for the first time. I'm expecting a more sophisticated version of a $h!t show.

Wish me luck

Good luck and congratulations on your return to brewing! May your bag never burn to your element!

I took a four year sabbatical from brewing and made the switch to electricity when I returned as well. It's so nice not having the stress of wondering if I actually have enough propane to get through the batch or putting off brews until I get the tank refilled.

Now I brew indoors all cold winter long and outdoors in the summer when I want to be outside. Electricity really makes brewing easy imo.

 

[Steveruch]

Brewing on Sunday, but not sure if I'll do an ipa or a cascadian dark ale.

 

[Abrayton]

A few weeks later than planned, but finally getting to the Bergamot Pale Ale. Just mashed in.

 

[Knightshade]

I think..two weeks now and I've said....I need to get to LHBS to get some grains....and it hasn't happened.

and I haven't wanted to purchase grains online because it is more expensive...might be a good idea to just do it at this point...yeesh.

 

[Dead Money Duke]

I just got back into brewing and made the world's simplest recipe ever today. 6 lbs liquid golden light extract, some caramel malt for color, and 1oz Willamette for an hour. I don't know if you can get simpler than that.

 

[Jezwald101]

Brewing a cybier rye beer kit, extract. Going smoothly so far!!

 

[Steveruch]

Me.

 

[kylewag]

I'm brewing next Tuesday (if my ingredients arrive on Monday like the tracking says). It's going to be a Session Dunkelweizen. First time brewing this style. They're $4.50 a bottle at our local Total Wine & More, which is the only place that carries Dunkelweizen around here.

 

[GBRbrew]

Brewing a marzan on Sunday so it can cold condition and be ready to enjoy this fall.


Cheers

 

[BrewChem]

Heating up the first decoction of a Münich Dunkel …

 

[grampamark]

Brewing a 2.5 gal BIAB (sort of) WCIPA. I have a 3 vessel system but I mash in a bag. For small batches I’ve started doing full volume, no sparge, mashes in my MLT and then racking to my 8 gal HLT. Two vessel BIAB.

 

[wetmk]

I just got back into brewing and made the world's simplest recipe ever today. 6 lbs liquid golden light extract, some caramel malt for color, and 1oz Willamette for an hour. I don't know if you can get simpler than that.

You can get simpler.
Use dry malt extract. Easier to measure and no working to get the last extract out of the jug/can/pouch.

 

[Brewin’&Qin’]

I am way behind all of you in experience level, and after starting back up last year had to take almost a full year off from making beer. Due to a significant medical issue. Today I am making a Black IPA from a NB extract kit (Ace of Spades). My first Black IPA and this one will also be the first I keg instead of bottle. A lot of folks say extract is fake brewing, but we all have to start somewhere, and right now with the equipment I have and my comfort level, it works for me. Hope this one is as good as I hope it is. Hahaha.

 

[loganklaas]

I am way behind all of you in experience level, and after starting back up last year had to take almost a full year off from making beer. Due to a significant medical issue. Today I am making a Black IPA from a NB extract kit (Ace of Spades). My first Black IPA and this one will also be the first I keg instead of bottle. A lot of folks say extract is fake brewing, but we all have to start somewhere, and right now with the equipment I have and my comfort level, it works for me. Hope this one is as good as I hope it is. Hahaha. View attachment 764123

Brewing beer is brewing. Don’t downplay yourself. Hopefully your health is on the upswing and you can continue brewing as much as your heart is content. Cheers to better times!

 

[seatazzz]

Got the boil going on a nice light (preboil at 1.032) lager that will ferment on some proven Imperial Urkel yeast. Hoping to have it ready to enter in a competition early May.