What I did for beer today

[BowAholic]

cleaned my brewshed a bit...made 2 crates for holding aging beer...opened my new pump-n-seal and tried it out of some of the 6 POUNDS of hops I just got in the mail... had one of my Imperial Blondes to see how it was coming along... great head but it needs a little time for all of the flavors to come together...

 

[wilson42203]

I replaced the blowoff rig with an airlock on my robust porter. I am now finishing up brewing a milk stout.

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

After having my first child, I made a yeast starter tonight for my first brew since our little boy was born, and my first attempt at a Heady Clone. Using GigaYeast Vermont IPA yeast. So excited!!!

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Made a batch of apfelwein, then lugged a giant old cyclomatic fridge out to the curb from the basement (with a lot of help from my dad). Now I have more storage room for my brewing equipment.

Fridge was picked up off my curb less than an hour after putting it out. Got new shelving and rearranged some brewing equipment where the fridge used to be.

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[JonM]

After having my first child, I made a yeast starter tonight for my first brew since our little boy was born, and my first attempt at a Heady Clone. Using GigaYeast Vermont IPA yeast. So excited!!!

Congrats on the first thing!

 

[BowAholic]

congrats on the new family member! I'm steeping grain right now and about to go start a boil..."Moonshine Malt Liquor" kit that I got for Christmas...need to use these kits up before I start using my new 50# bag of 2 row!

 

[markvale5]

Started cold crashing my first AG blonde.

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[Zekk]

Went to the LHBS and used my fantasy football winnings on grain for my next batch (Best Bitter), as well as star san, bottle caps, rice hulls, priming sugar and some yeast. Now I'm getting ready to start my first ever yeast starter.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Cleaning and delabeling bottles.

 

[finsfan]

Bottled a quad and added homemade wax.
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[SupervisingChildren]

Took a trip to the lhbs today and picked up some ingredients for my next batch and cleaned a few kegs. Might even do a couple more things tonight if I stop procrastinating.

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Bottled a quad and added homemade wax.
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Thats awesome. Love wax tops. Maybe not the easiest thing to open but it sure does look sexy!

 

[philipCT]

Brewed a Star Anise Imperial Stout. First time brewing something with this high a gravity. Missed it by ten points but still got 1.102 so I'm not crying. Guess I'll adjust my notion of mash efficiency on these high grav brews.

 

[JonM]

Ordered a basic pressure cooker for yeast slants and starter wort.

Holy crap, 48 hours after ordering and it's in my hands. Amazon Prime, man.

 

[watermelon83]

Mounted the new tap handles that my son made for me, they look pretty cool.



Brewing up a batch of Brown ale.

Those are way cool!!! I'd be geeked if my kid had skillz like that.

 

[rowan57]

Holy crap, 48 hours after ordering and it's in my hands. Amazon Prime, man.

Amazing when that happens, I ordered some stuff to make my manifold from a plumbing supplier, ordered at 6pm Day 1, arrived at 10am Day 2. 16 hours!

 

[unionrdr]

Crushed grains & heating steeping water for a quicky ESB that always comes out good.

 

[BowAholic]

stopped at a nice liquor store in the "Big City" (50 miles away) and bought a couple sixes of mixed beer styles to try... then stopped at a friends house (25 miles away) and picked up a couple of cases of bottles...traded him some homebrew for them... came home and checked my Buried Hatchet Clone that is 2 1/2 days old...have it set at 13*C...just started bubbling today, so I'm celebrating with a Buried Hatchet Clone from the last batch. It has picked up a nice coffee flavor in the past week...

 

[Psylocide]

Checked the SG on my Fat Centennial Blonde today... 1.009 down from 1.052, going to come in around 5.6%. It tastes like a Budweiser with more malt... which is kind of good, I suppose. I made this to convert some naysayers and fill the pipeline with a quick brew.

Ran down to the LHBS and bought myself a shiny new Auto Siphon since my second racking cane broke at the bend (2nd in 3 months) when I was trying to get the vinyl tubing off the end. Going to pick up some new tubing one of these days too.

 

[unionrdr]

Try spraying the end of the tubing on the cane with some Starsan. work it in & it should help it slip. Got my ESB wort in the sink with cold water & a bunch of ice gel packs. Forgot a bag of ice. Not working as well as I thought, or I need to experiment with how many & what size packs to use. Sure would save money on the overall cost.

 

[Psylocide]

Try spraying the end of the tubing on the cane with some Starsan. work it in & it should help it slip. Got my ESB wort in the sink with cold water & a bunch of ice gel packs. Forgot a bag of ice. Not working as well as I thought, or I need to experiment with how many & what size packs to use. Sure would save money on the overall cost.

Thanks for the tip... definitely scared my kid when that thing snapped. Sounded off like the dad from A Christmas Story.

 

[unionrdr]

Ha, yeah. Reminds me of my #2 son the first time I took him hunting & he heard the 12 gauge go off. Looks like I'll have to go back to ice for wort chilling. The armload of ice packs just aren't getting cold enough. But I still think strapping 3-4 of'em around a fermenter will keep the temps down. Gotta try that one yet.

 

[Zekk]

Just pre-ordered a nugget rhizome. Can't wait to plant this and see how it does in the nasty summers we get here. I know people in my area have grown hops successfully so I'm hopeful.

 

[Psylocide]

Ha, yeah. Reminds me of my #2 son the first time I took him hunting & he heard the 12 gauge go off. Looks like I'll have to go back to ice for wort chilling. The armload of ice packs just aren't getting cold enough. But I still think strapping 3-4 of'em around a fermenter will keep the temps down. Gotta try that one yet.

She was fine with the audible snap... what she was not ready for was the barrage of curses that flowed from her - up until this point - very laid back father.

Zekk, I also plan to grow hops this year. Let us know how it goes.

 

[unionrdr]

Don't feel to bad young'en. I've done that too many times & I always felt like 2c worth of sheep stuff on our Lord's sandals for having done so. Guess it took me a lifetime to breed out the habit??? Rehydrating some S-04 for the ESB wort now. Dang gone it was fine to smell wort with Northern Brewer hops & EKG again in the house. The floral & herbal really came out in this particular batch. Still got an OG of 1.054 after spilling a pint or so. I still can't figure out how it spilled down the side & the !#@#%&^&%^%#$ spigot came loose. Must've pulled some threads? Not bad though, & I'll take it. Almost done rehydrating...

 

[Psylocide]

Put my "Fat Centennial Blonde" in the fridge to cold crash for a few days. SG stable @ 1.009 from 1.052 by day 9... I'm liking the Nottingham.

 

[JonM]

Upped the temperature on my robust porter using WLP002. Fermentation was going really fast and furious - one of the most vigorous ferments I've ever seen - starting about 10 hours after pitching and continuing for about 12 hours. I struggled to keep the temp around 64 it was so vigorous. Then, as 002 seems to do, it quickly slowed down to almost nothing, so I'm slowly increasing the temp to about 70 to ensure full attenuation.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Kegged a DIPA and dry hopped another DIPA. Also organized some equipment.

 

[unionrdr]

Got my equipment cleaned up last night from brew day. My ingredients for the Kottbusser are scheduled to be delivered today. High of 14F should make that interesting.

 

[erick0619]

Hydro sample of our yeti clone one week after a successful brewday hitting all of our numbers. OG 1.090 View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1420648086.850145.jpg