So who's brewing this weekend?

[HM-2]

Planning a beer I'm interchangeably describing as a "British Strong Ale" and "Imperial Special Bitter", but which also just about fits the bill for "English IPA".
Should be:

6.6%
About 22EBC
40 IBU

Mostly Crisp Finest MO, with 5% each CaraGold, Extra Light Crystal and Wheat Malt, plus 2% Crystal DRC and 6% golden syrup.
Bittered with Harlequin, with Opus (50g) and Olicana T45 (25g) in the whirlpool.
Might do a token dry hop with Opus/Olicana, maybe up to 3g/L

This came out really well. A bit lighter than I was expecting and, for some reason, it's not dropped especially clear despite being gelatine fined, but it's very delicious. Glad I didn't dry hop it actually as I think you'd have lost some of the fruity complexity of the malt bill and yeast esters.

It could have done with a touch more bitterness, but only because I massively overshot my OG numbers. I think had it kept to 6.6% instead of ending up closer to 7.5% it would have been pretty much perfect.

 

[6531Brewing]

Brewed up a Red Ale with the fresh hop harvest….on a wildfire smokey day in Seattle….

 

[grampamark]

Well, my impromptu brew day yesterday turned into a huge cluster. Long story short, I ran out of propane, broke both my hydrometers, and had to stop to dispose of a dead barn cat. A 4 1/2 hour brew turned into about twice that by the time the fermenter went into the fridge. Oh well, it will result in beer.

 

[Dgallo]

Brewed “Columbus was a Dick” today. My Columbus wet hop pale ale. Used all 22 oz of my homegrown Columbus

 

[Beerstein]

I ground up my grains, and filtered water to brew a cascade wet hop ale tomorrow. Targetting 4+ pounds all in the whirpool!

 

[Sunfire96]

Brewing a generic Cacade pale ale on Tuesday. Got a bigger kettle and I'm still dialing in the numbers

 

[Section1]

Brewed a Doppelbock today. First time for this style for me.

 

[Noob_Brewer]

Brewed a Doppelbock today. First time for this style for me.
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jealous. Doppelbock has been on my list for a while to brew for the first time. Hope it turns out well for ya!

 

[Beerstein]

Harvest the hops, and the boil is on. Whirpool soon…

 

[Sam_92]

I brewed two batches today. I woke up very early and realized I wasn't going back to sleep so I brewed a black saison, then I reset the kettle a brewed a nice big stout. I also bottled a 1 gallon batch of saison so I could harvest the yeast and a 4 gallon batch of ordinary bitter.

 

[deuc224]

Gonna try and do a hefe dunkel today and an imperial stout on friday night. Lets see how it goes.

 

[corkybstewart]

I've got family from France coming this weekend and they want to brew something they can drink before they leave in a couple of weeks. So we'll brew something light and simple, something similar to a Kolsch or mild ale with a quick turnaround. I've brewed kettle to mug hefeweizens in a week so it's doable.

 

[bleme]

I've brewed kettle to mug hefeweizens in a week so it's doable.

I’ve been using Voss all summer and gotten a bit spoiled. The Rye PA in the fermentor now is the first non-kveik in a long time!

 

[agentbud]

Tonight I'll be brewing an American Porter that will eventually spend some time on Tortuga-rum-soaked oak and vanilla beans

 

[leedspointbrew]

Mashing the Cali-style Spaceballs Schwarz now. Looks like it's going to be a relaxed, mellow brewday until my son decides that the inevitable chaos needs to erupt.

 

[jcav]

Just started the boil on my Sterling Bitter (English Golden Ale). Smells like a bakery out here on the lanai! Can't wait till this one is ready! Have a great weekend everyone!

John

 

[MugsWorth]

Just combined an old Panama Red Pale Ale recipe with Dennys Rye hop additions and a bit of Carafa dehusked/ Dingemans chocolate grains. Hopefully a nice hoppy caramel fall beer. US 05 yeast.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Yah, tomorrow I brew a schwarzbier. Das is goot.

 

[seatazzz]

Out of my usual hops for IPA, so just came up with a recipe for a Strata Pale to brew tomorrow; copied the hop schedule from Brulosophy, going with a base of 10lbs two-row and 2lbs Munich. I've done two previously, that were good but kinda skimpy on hops; going to dump a lot into this one.

 

[balrog]

I was a-gonna drive to NC for a memorial service, but there's this windy rainy thing going on and I am staying put in New England. Making a big starter to make a Spotted Cow.

 

[jcav]

I was a-gonna drive to NC for a memorial service, but there's this windy rainy thing going on and I am staying put in New England. Making a big starter to make a Spotted Cow.

Love to get an accurate clone recipe of that! ^

John

 

[leedspointbrew]

Picking up ingredients today @ LHBS, may be going over fully to the dark side tomorrow and brewing a Pumpkin ale......god help me........

 

[balrog]

Love to get an accurate clone recipe of that! ^

John

I've read the forums and reddits and brought back a case from a recent bike trip. To quote Innigo Montoya, there is too much, let me sum up: the BrewNinja1 recipe appears to be the accepted best clone recipe, the yeast to use is purported to be WY2565 fermented at 68F, Briess ingredients to stay with the Wisconsin thing. PM me if you want all my notes. I'm not brewing until starter is ready.

[Edit: added link to recipe, and wanted to note that the HBT thread has several slight variation recipes and several recommendations that the NB Speckled Heifer kit is really close in taste]

 

[seatazzz]

Strata Pale brewday went very well. Right now boiling some sugar wash to make another batch of hard seltzer, busy gal this Saturday. Ran out of coffee this morning so it's kind of a drinking brewday, sipping on new lager that is quite tasty and light enough to sip on all day.

 

[balrog]

Strata Pale brewday went very well. Right now boiling some sugar wash to make another batch of hard seltzer, busy gal this Saturday. Ran out of coffee this morning so it's kind of a drinking brewday, sipping on new lager that is quite tasty and light enough to sip on all day.

"Sip"
Hm. I think I've heard of that.
Not sure.
"Sip"
It really sounds familiar in a way, but, no, I really don't know it.

 

[grampamark]

Must be a light beer kinda day. Brewing the light version of my house Blonde; finishes around 3.5%. And still sipping on the Hamm’s I cracked over an hour ago.

 

[bracconiere]

And still sipping on the Hamm’s I cracked over an hour ago.

so a, nice, casual, 'sat your day' brew day.....

 

[InspectorJon]

Experimental brew day today. I am trying to make a Session Brute IPA (4%) so IPA really seems like the wrong name. This is my first go at using glucoamylase. My experience is documented here if anyone wants to look. The gluco made my brewhouse efficiency go way up and I over shot the pre-boil gravity quite a bit but I think it will all be good.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Dough in for an oatmeal stout a few minutes ago… perhaps I’ll name it something stupid like Night Owl’s Porridge.

 

[MugsWorth]

Finally boiling at 10pm. I'm a late nite brewer it seems. Usually finish around 3am. Neighbors hear me clanking around & I always try to be quiet.....
Making a 12 gal batch of wheat beer. 3 different yeasts. 4 gals Hefe, 8 gals of my house Cherry beer that everybody asks for. I think its too late in the season but whatever.