What Are You Brewing Christmas Day?

[Talgrath]

So, I'm an atheist with no kids (that I know of), so Christmas Day is basically a free day off from work for me. With nothing else to do, I decided to brew (of course)! I'm brewing a slightly modified version of my oatmeal stout, is anyone else joining me in brewing on Christmas Day? And if so, what are you brewing?

 

[RustyHorn]

Just drinking. I'm agnostic, with no kids, but a **** ton of family!

 

[FirstAidBrewing]

Does brewing coffee count? Too many family functions today to brew anything that requires a mash. Have fun though!

 

[Pantherjon]

Yeah, does brewing coffee count?..LOL Heading in to work shortly so no beer stuff for me today...

 

[Subdivisions]

I actually brewed yesterday. I made Edwort's Robust Porter. Had a mishap and stepped on my only unused airlock so I rigged a blowoff tube into the bucket lid. It's bubbling away nicely already.

 

[histo320]

Family functions done, received Surly Bender kit yesterday so I am just making a yeast starter today for a brewday on Sunday. Fun part is I don't have any growlers available so I need to finish drinking a growler from Hailstorm's Prairie Madness (Tinley Park IL).

 

[Roland_deschain]

Brewing a Heady Topper clone. It smells great!!!!!

 

[chickypad]

I'm tinkering with a finished cider today. Hope to get a Belgian ale in the fermenter this weekend!

 

[hifidelity]

Thinking about mixing up a batch of Apfelwein. Not brewing, I know, but as close as I'm able to come since I just got back from the girlfriend's parents' house and it's storming out (which rules out brewing in the detached garage).

 

[madcowbrewing]

I brewed yesterday, a limited edition of my RIS, hit 1.136 on my OG...shooting for 15% alc.

 

[kaffeenjunkie]

Just brewed some coffee this morning. Did get in 3 hours of flight time today.
Took SWMBO for and the MIL for a flight and lunch. Beautiful day for a flight.

 

[pat10323]

Family functions done, received Surly Bender kit yesterday so I am just making a yeast starter today for a brewday on Sunday. Fun part is I don't have any growlers available so I need to finish drinking a growler from Hailstorm's Prairie Madness (Tinley Park IL).

I live in orland I just was drinking hailstorm's take me to your liter yesterday

 

[Siberian]

Just drinking today. Barleywine from a group brew that aged in a bourbon barrel for 8 months. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1451090302.641833.jpg

 

[TandemTails]

Brewed 5 gallons of the centennial blonde Ale from the recipe database. Only using cascade hops though.

Split the batch in half and added prickly pear purée to one carboy.

 

[tgmartin000]

Brewed a milk stout yesterday, then got some new gear today! I should have waited. ....

 

[Qhrumphf]

Don't really care about the holiday myself, but my wife and the inlaws do, so that's my day right there. Did take a couple gravity samples though. I will be taking the week of use-it-or-lose-it time that I've got between now and new years to brew a fair bit though.

 

[Amadeo38]

Brewed the Fizzy Yellow Beer by @yooper with a few modifications (mainly that I always add 0.5lb of melanoiden and acid malt to most of my brews, but also used WLP001 instead of us 05). Found out my efficiency is 83% today as well...which explains why my beers are always 1% ABV stronger than the recipe states! Time to start using beer smith.

 

[TandemTails]

Here are some pics from the brew day. It was pretty windy and cold (in the 30's) so I was a little worried about my mash temps. I needed to mash at 150'F for an hour. After adding my grains the temp was 155'F and after 50 minutes it had dropped to 143. I did a mashout to 170 for 10 minutes and got my pre-boil gravity to 1.032 (estimated was 1.034).

Also, fermentation kicked off a lot harder than I expected. I woke up to clogged airlocks so I had to quickly attach a blowoff tube.

As I said earlier, this was 5 gallons of the Centennial Blonde Ale from the recipe DB here. The LHBS was out of Centennial hops so I just used cascade and adjusted the hop schedule to hit the same IBUs.

I split the batch into two carboys and added 4 cups of prickly pear puree to one of them.

Mashing

Boiling

Siphoning

10 minutes after yeast pitching

12 hours after yeast pitching

 

[Dangeruss]

I brewed a 5 gallon pale ale. 10lb of 2row, 1lb of carared 20L, 1lb of c20. Crystal hops 2oz fwh, 30, 5, 1oz flameout. us-05, started at 6:30 am finished around 11:30 had lunch took nap then went to a xmas party. Great day especially being in Minnesota had great weather 30's

 

[Singletrack]

Couldn't get in a brew, but I did bottle a Black IPA. Decided I should finish drinking the last batch of Black IPA. It was just okay, so it lasted a long time.

I want to brew an Altbier tomorrow, but it will be very cold and windy, and I foresee a hangover too.

 

[Vex3521]

If Christmas eve counts, got my stout going then. Should be bottling mead sometime next week so I'll probably start my on deck then