So who's brewing this weekend?

[Abrayton]

Brewing a big imperial stout on Saturday, one of a yearly rotation of four. This will be ready in the spring.

 

[BongoYodeler]

I have a WLP028 yeast starter I started spinning up a couple hours ago. May make it a 2-stage starter for an ~8.5% Scottish Wee Heavy I'm planning to brew on Monday.

 

[SlobberinDog]

kegged American light lager two days ago, gonna re use the yeast cake for another batch of it as this one goes stupid fast with the neighbors.

 

[seatazzz]

Just put a Lutra Blonde to bed after a quick brewday. Totally forgot another competition coming up, entries are due 11/6 so going to push this one fast. Now excuse me while I convince my husband that we do NOT need to take the dogs to the ocean this weekend while he bowls a tournament, leaving me to amuse two hyper never-been-to-the-beach dogs OMG is that a seagull look another dog bark bark bark pull (shoulder dislocates) yep I'm gonna stay home. Pipeline is a bit low anyway, might brew up a WF festbier on 34/70 tomorrow.

 

[Airborneguy]

I brewed a porter yesterday, my first brewday in about 9 years!

 

[leedspointbrew]

I brewed a porter yesterday, my first brewday in about 9 years!

My wife saw your post and thinks that I should take 9 years off from brewing.

 

[Airborneguy]

My wife saw your post and thinks that I should take 9 years off from brewing.

Tell her it was a terrible time, a horrible hiatus fraught with fear and loaded with loss.

I’m glad it is over and she’d regret wishing for it!

 

[AlexKay]

Brewed a Kolsch two days ago, a Grodziskie yesterday, and currently midway in what will be a passionfruit gose. Tomorrow’s brew is blueberry Kolsch.

 

[passedpawn]

I brewed a porter yesterday, my first brewday in about 9 years!

 

[Bramling Cross]

I brewed a porter yesterday, my first brewday in about 9 years!

Welcome back!

 

[Beerstein]

I brewed a Scottish 80 schilling. First time using treacle. Thats interesting stuff…

 

[Abrayton]

Had to add some DME as the brewers malt I’ve been getting from a local distillery isn’t very efficient.

 

[BongoYodeler]

I have a WLP028 yeast starter I started spinning up a couple hours ago. May make it a 2-stage starter for an ~8.5% Scottish Wee Heavy I'm planning to brew on Monday.

I've postponed my brew day until Wednesday. Currently in the middle of a 2-step starter build. Step one was uneventful though apparently successful. Cold crashed and decanted. Let it warm up a bit and then added Propper Starter/water and put it back on the stir plate. It took off quickly and violently!! An hour later my 2 liter flask looked like a volcano, and the entire kitchen now smells like a bakery. Hopefully I didn't blow too much yeast out.

 

[BongoYodeler]

30 minutes into the mash of a Scottish style Wee Heavy.

*Edit: Bag pulled. About to start an extended boil.

 

[corkybstewart]

About to sparge a 10 gallon Columbus/Centennial/Cascade IPA.

 

[AlexKay]

Lavender saison yesterday (I’m afraid I put too much lavender in; time will tell) and dark saison tomorrow.

 

[balrog]

Made a WY1450 starter to make a @Yooper 's Haus Pale Ale this weekend, finishing with some Talus instead of Cascade, to see what that's all about.

 

[cfrazier77]

10 gallons of Honey English Ale, 7%, 5 lb of buckwheat honey

 

[kylewag]

I have a Schwarzbier fermenting now.

 

[z-bob]

I bottled some Lithuanian raw farmhouse ale last night. This should be pretty close to the actual Jovaru Alus, but I don't pretend that I got it exactly right. Jovaru Alus | Larsblog The ones in plastic bottles are already getting hard and there's sediment in the bottles. I'll give 'em a week and then open one of the small bottles. (I bottled most of it in quarts and liters)

Tonight I'll be bottling some apple cider that I started in February and then was out of town for a couple of months dealing with unpleasant family business when it should have been bottled. When I came back the airlock was dry and there was crap floating on top. I finally got up the nerve a month ago to sample it and it was fine. I racked it to a new carboy, and added some more juice and a little K1V-1116 yeast because I didn't know if there was any live yeast to carbonate it. (and '1116 should kill any wild yeasts in there) It has been bubbling very slowly for 2 weeks and is clearing again, so I think it's time to bottle it.

Next Wednesday or maybe Thursday I'll be brewing a Belgian dubbel, as much as anything to use up a pound of D-90 syrup I bought on a whim 2 years ago. I'll post more about that when I actually do it.

It's good to get some old projects finished, especially one that I thought might be a dumper.

 

[Dr_Jeff]

10 gallons of Witbier <-- White Labs 530
10 gallons of an IIPA from Golden Promise and Idaho 7 <-- US05

I'll reuse the WLP530 for a Triple or a Quad

 

[DBhomebrew]

A mead or two to bottle. The 'easy peasy' 037 bitter to bottle. Brewing a brown ale, top-cropped 037's next lunch.

 

[Cellar_Dweller]

Brewing Sunday. Making a Gingerbread Porter to be served on nitro as part of our Christmas beer lineup. My brew partner lives down the street and we've been squirreling away winter ales.

We've also got a Pumpkin Pie ale that's been aging since last year (also on nitro), our Belgian Quad (halfass Westvleteren clone), and finally this Gingerbread ale. Going to do a nice little British Bitter in a week or two so we have a lighter beer as well.

 

[SlobberinDog]

5:58AM- I’m 40 minutes into the mash on the first of a double brew day. This one- banana-Rama hefe, been talking about doing a banana bomb for a while now and decided to pull the trigger!

Second brew will be the staple Pisswasser brew onto the previous yeast cake. Simple and quick but going to try with 6-row this time due to all of the rice in the beer.

Everyone remember to set their clocks back?

 

[leedspointbrew]

Brewing Sunday. Making a Gingerbread Porter to be served on nitro as part of our Christmas beer lineup. My brew partner lives down the street and we've been squirreling away winter ales.

We've also got a Pumpkin Pie ale that's been aging since last year (also on nitro), our Belgian Quad (halfass Westvleteren clone), and finally this Gingerbread ale. Going to do a nice little British Bitter in a week or two so we have a lighter beer as well.

Been reading up on Gingerbread porters / stouts - what's your method of imparting flavor, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Cellar_Dweller]

Been reading up on Gingerbread porters / stouts - what's your method of imparting flavor, if you don't mind me asking?

We are going to make a spice mix and dose both the fermenter and the keg, which is how we make our pumpkin ale, and that one comes out pretty nice.

 

[Sailingeric]

First brew in awhile, doing 5 gallons of simple IPA..it is cold, rainy, and windy but we now have a solid covering over the deck so time to take advantage of it

 

[jdauria]

Brewed a Schwarzbier Saturday.

 

[South Arm Brew]

Brewed a Mosaic APA yesterday with my brew club!

 

[AlexKay]

Decided to stay home and brew today. Garage is cold enough for lager fermentation, so I’m making a rauchbier. Here we are mashed in on the stovetop: