What are you drinking now?

[Remmy]

drinking a gravity sample of my NB bavarian hefeweizen, so tasty! get to bottle this tonight

Nice. I'm bottling my Hef this weekend. Last gravity reading (Sunday) was 1.018...waiting for it to get down near 1.011-1.012. OG was 1.054. :rockin:

Currently drinking coffee to stay up!

 

[finsfan]

mine has been right at 1.012-1.013 the past couple days and it was brewed on june 1, good enough for me! it will be ready for my bday too, aug 2nd!

 

[Remmy]

I brewed mine June 13th. Hefs shouldn't take too long. I'm bottling this Friday come hell or high water! I want to be drinking by next weekend!

 

[finsfan]

should hefes normally be put through both ferms or did you wanna clear up your primary?

 

[Remmy]

Don't have to secondary. I do, but not for very long as I don't necessarily want the beer to "clear." I just want some of the clumps of yeast to drop out - that's why I'm not giving it too long in the secondary before I bottle.

 

[finsfan]

thats a good idea, mine looked pretty cruddy when i took a peak inside my ale pail, looked clear from yeasties in the test tube tho. i will probably start doing both on all my brews, are there any styles that do not like to be secondary-ied??

 

[Remmy]

A hef doesn't have to be but then again neither do most of the beers I brew. I just like them to clarify even further even if it means risking infection.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I'd argue that you should just throw in a whirlfloc tablet (or Irish moss) in the last 15 minutes and skip the secondary. I only use the secondary for a beer that will benefit from bulk aging (big stouts, Belgians) or need to lager. No harm in using one - just increasing the risk of infection.

Edit: Still drinking water. Five o'clock seems to be moving further away instead of closer?

 

[Remmy]

I've used Irish moss for only one beer (Imperial Stout) and I still racked to Secondary.

 

[finsfan]

i did use irish moss in this brew actually, its a hefe tho so it is meant to be a little cloudy, cant wait to get home and try a resin!

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Enjoying a Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. Pretty refreshing! (Funny, a couple years ago I thought their Pale Ale was "too hoppy". Funny what home-brewing does to the palate (...sophisticates it - that's what!). Now I can't find hoppy-enough brews commercially. No worries - I'll brew my own!!

 

[coldcrash]

The Neighbor

 

[TNGabe]

First DC Brau, good stuff!

 

[Spraentart]

Velvet Rooster. I'm sure this doesn't stand up to the red Coq but it is decent.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Finally five!

 

[coldcrash]

Three in a row in cans. I told my wife this is the summer of the can. She called me a nerd.

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Three in a row in cans. I told my wife this is the summer of the can. She called me a nerd.

Nothing wrong with being a beer-nerd! Own it!

 

[TNGabe]

Goose island sofie paradisi waiting to meet up with DCHokie on day one of beercation.



Good beer, I'm guessing it has Brett. Light funk goes with the grapefruit and hops really well. Nice saison.

 

[TNGabe]

Velvet Rooster. I'm sure this doesn't stand up to the red Coq but it is decent.

Cooler can though. I'm saving that one for see when I get one.

 

[TNGabe]

Finally five!

Speaking of five, that stout at tired hands sounds pretty excessive. Growler fills of that are gonna break the bank!

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Speaking of five, that stout at tired hands sounds pretty excessive. Growler fills of that are gonna break the bank!

Then pick up a 1L TH growler...or are you Turning all InityBrew.

 

[finsfan]

about to go get a growler of Little Apple Brewery's new 10# IPA, on $6 growler fill night! i always wait till tuesdays haha

 

[govner1]

SN Pale Ale, now on to my Hoppy Columbus IPA!

 

[coldcrash]

Another can. This one more local.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

This one is a little fresher.

 

[Spraentart]

Goose island sofie paradisi waiting to meet up with DCHokie on day one of beercation.

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Good beer, I'm guessing it has Brett. Light funk goes with the grapefruit and hops really well. Nice saison.

Beautiful picture of a beautiful beer in a glass that I happen to own.

 

[TNGabe]

Then pick up a 1L TH growler...or are you Turning all InityBrew.

I was being a little sarcastic. Victory at Sea. This is good!

 

[Remmy]

Can never go wrong with Torpedo. Ever.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

My gf did sooo good for my birthday... She got me a beer kit (which she knows nothing about) a true brew oaked imperial Stout, a starbucks travel French press cause she knows i love some good coffee... And the coffee at work is horrible and this will do wonders for me... She also got me a 4 pack of founders breakfast stout and a year of the sunday ticket! Which i was pretty bummed i thought we couldn't afford this year.... Im a lucky man.... Sooooo im drinking a breakfast stout for the first time and lovin life

 

[NIZZLE]

My gf did sooo good for my birthday... She got me a beer kit (which she knows nothing about) a true brew oaked imperial Stout, a starbucks travel French press cause she knows i love some good coffee... And the coffee at work is horrible and this will do wonders for me... She also got me a 4 pack of founders breakfast stout and a year of the sunday ticket! Which i was pretty bummed i thought we couldn't afford this year.... Im a lucky man.... Sooooo im drinking a breakfast stout for the first time and lovin life

Well well happy birthday man founders breakfast stout is enough to say she loves you cheers ;-)

 

[Spraentart]

Ballast Point while playing some Borderlands 2 on PC.

 

[WesleyS]

My gf did sooo good for my birthday... She got me a beer kit (which she knows nothing about) a true brew oaked imperial Stout, a starbucks travel French press cause she knows i love some good coffee... And the coffee at work is horrible and this will do wonders for me... She also got me a 4 pack of founders breakfast stout and a year of the sunday ticket! Which i was pretty bummed i thought we couldn't afford this year.... Im a lucky man.... Sooooo im drinking a breakfast stout for the first time and lovin life

I'm so buying myself one of those travel French presses!
I love Founders Breakfast Stout. Such a good beer. I have one in the fridge, maybe I should do something about that.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

My gf did sooo good for my birthday... She got me a beer kit (which she knows nothing about) a true brew oaked imperial Stout, a starbucks travel French press cause she knows i love some good coffee... And the coffee at work is horrible and this will do wonders for me... She also got me a 4 pack of founders breakfast stout and a year of the sunday ticket! Which i was pretty bummed i thought we couldn't afford this year.... Im a lucky man.... Sooooo im drinking a breakfast stout for the first time and lovin life

Happy Birthday!

 

[NIZZLE]

I'm so buying myself one of those travel French presses!
I love Founders Breakfast Stout. Such a good beer. I have one in the fridge, maybe I should do something about that.

Yup you should drank it ;-) I got a four pack in the cellar I been saving for two years I should do something about that

 

[finsfan]

wait for it, wait for it...............

 

[finsfan]

First one ever!

 

[coldcrash]

My gf did sooo good for my birthday... She got me a beer kit (which she knows nothing about) a true brew oaked imperial Stout, a starbucks travel French press cause she knows i love some good coffee... And the coffee at work is horrible and this will do wonders for me... She also got me a 4 pack of founders breakfast stout and a year of the sunday ticket! Which i was pretty bummed i thought we couldn't afford this year.... Im a lucky man.... Sooooo im drinking a breakfast stout for the first time and lovin life

Happy Birthday!

 

[NIZZLE]

First one ever!

Thats a gooooood beer right there

 

[LoloMT7]

Out at big sky brewery they released 2 cases of Ivan the Terrible today
.. hurried out after work but none left F$%& !!!!! Guess I'll drink the 4 free tester limit and go find some good beer! Bastards.... haha

 

[dcodd87]

Southern tier 2X IPA