What I did for beer today

[seatazzz]

Helped my boss brew his brown ale this morning, also helped keg his amber to the detriment of my left middle fingernail (stupid keg ring) and came home to enjoy the first draw of my super high ABV helles bock (previous sentence took a LONG time to type) and now happily listening to Jack Johnson on Pandora and skulking on HBT.

 

[BrewMan13]

Bottled my first lambic. Did half plain, half blueberry. The blueberry half came out great, so pleased! A weird but not unpleasant taste in the plain that isn't in the blueberry.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Turned my regular down for a shorter wait for the foam to die down after pouring.

 

[Drk93TT]

Kegged a 4.5% mexican lager
Brewing version 6 of an IPA Ive been working on over a year

MMMMMMMM cheers. Thank god its Mondayyyyy

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Gave yeast energizer to the cherry quad which isn't showing signs of fermentation and moved it to a warmer spot in the house. WLP 500 should be able to get to 14 % ABV and it was 9.5 before the addition. Fingers crossed.

 

[hagar]

Yesterday actually but, transferred my kolsch into refridgeration. Very very tasty as is! Can't wait til it's finished!

 

[BudgetBrewer]

Taster of The Inky Squid black IPA. N

ice n tasty, and Black. lol

 

[seatazzz]

Started getting set up to keg my cream ale, then sniffed the (what I thought was) clean keg. Ugh, stinky. So it's soaking in oxyclean for an hour or so while I enjoy an American Strong I kegged Friday. 10.2% ABV, I get one before kegging otherwise I *will* screw something up. After that it's on like Donkey Kong, horrible Monday at work that I just want to forget. Oh look, beer!

 

[RevKev]

so found out why my 2.5gal torpedo is leaking. Haven't used it but the prv is missing an old ring. It doesn't like a rig of PTFE tape...

 

[Jayjay1976]

I just bottled my first attempt at a hoppy beer a week ago Sunday; even though it's not ready yet it already tastes awesome and my wife loves it. It was a belgian pale with 40 IBU's of Opal + 2 oz dry hop @7 days. This minor success gave me an immense boost in confidence had me thinking about my next, even hoppier brew. I started looking into more exotic hops as the Opal is kinda pedestrian, and tasted a fantastic ipa at the LHBS hopped with only Rakau...it was luscious. Described as "the whole orchard", the flavor and aroma were stunning. So, I ordered a pound each of jarrylo and rakau pellet hops from Yakima Valley on Saturday... I'll try the jarrylo for bittering @60 and 30, reserving the Rakau for late additions and dry-hopping.

So what did I do for beer today?? I received the tracking number from YVH and clicked it every couple of hours in anticipation.

 

[johnstod]

Ordered a pH meter, meat thermometer and a 0.001g scales. Worked on first draft of a neipa that I'm planning next.

 

[Widukind]

I managed to start my own brewing yeast yesterday.

 

[Pkrd]

Kegged my Citra Centennial IPA. Tastes great.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Drank it because it needed dranking. LOL

Apfelrauchbier

 

[brewcat]

Made yeast starter. Going to be gen 3. Ordered some ingredients. Should be good for a few brews.

 

[RevKev]

View attachment 559945 so found out why my 2.5gal torpedo is leaking. Haven't used it but the prv is missing an old ring. It doesn't like a rig of PTFE tape...

A little tappy tap tap with a BFH and she holds... Order SS PRVs off of Amazon prime

 

[itsnotrequired]

swapped out the blowoffs for airlocks on my french saison, cleaned the blowoff tubes/caps/blowoff vessel.

 

[Jayjay1976]

swapped out the blowoffs for airlocks on my french saison, cleaned the blowoff tubes/caps/blowoff vessel.

Saison. Such an exquisite style. Good luck with your batch, BTW did you use 3711 or 3724? I like to mix the two.

 

[MaryB]

Cleaned a keg line and moved the last keg of my warm brewed SMASH lager into the fridge.

 

[itsnotrequired]

Saison. Such an exquisite style. Good luck with your batch, BTW did you use 3711 or 3724? I like to mix the two.

3711. it is the cottage house saison recipe here on the site. i made it about a year ago and that was the batch where my glass carboy blew up on me. lost 5 gallons of beer and spilled all over my brew stand/basement floor. no injuries to me, fortunately but i only got to enjoy 5 gallons out of the original 10 i made.

i went and got pet carboys later that week.

 

[brhenrio]

Made a starter of wyeast 1275 for a mild i am brewing tomorrow

 

[BudgetBrewer]

Installed a water pressure gauge on the water input of the brewstand to help fine tune the boil kettle condenser and installed a new Chugger Mini Max pump. Going to use it on the boil kettle exclusively. Hoping the higher power motor will increase the flow somewhat through the plate chiller, O2 stone etc.

 

[seatazzz]

Drinking some because hey, it's there. Also overthinking what I want to brew next...and next...and what to brew for Fantasy Football draft in August because I opened my big mouth and said I would....and drinking some beer. And deciding how much I can spend at the LHBS tomorrow without making the husband have knicker fits. "But honey, if I buy a full bag of two row I'm SAVING money!"...that I can then spend on more yeast and maybe some kind of hop I've never used before. And hoping the boss got everything ready for brew day tomorrow so I have TIME to hit the LHBS before they close. Sometimes I think homebrewing is the only thing that makes me think.

 

[BudgetBrewer]

My "beer guy" has a bulk grain sale tomorrow. Bags of 2row for 30 bux.... yup
Trouble is its GF birthday, and the trip will kill a good 3 hours lol. Hope the presents and cake hit a home run! lol

 

[seatazzz]

My "beer guy" has a bulk grain sale tomorrow. Bags of 2row for 30 bux.... yup
Trouble is its GF birthday, and the trip will kill a good 3 hours lol. Hope the presents and cake hit a home run! lol

If she likes beer, take her with you and let her pick the recipe...that would be an awesome birthday present in my book.

 

[BudgetBrewer]

Thx. Yea, she hates beer. lol She loves making dog treats with the spent grain tho!

 

[MaryB]

Filtered a little more water so I have 18 gallons ready to brew Saturday.

 

[jcav]

Kegged 10 gallons of my Irish Red today. Got it carbing now. Lots of caramel and toast, with balanced hops. This one is going to be a dandy!

John

 

[brhenrio]

Cleaned a keg and then kegged 5 gallons of kolsch. Carbing up and cold crashing now.

 

[seatazzz]

Got up early like a kid at Christmas to check on the Bittersweet Red I brought home from the brewery yesterday, awesome boss always makes sure we have enough volume when we're done so I can take some home for myself. That way I can experiment with different yeasts and temperatures to see if we can improve. Used the slurry from my cream ale (was straight Notty) and wasn't expecting what I walked into...blowoff going nuts, foam escaping from one side of the lid, and a small mess on the floor. Not to mention the delicious smell that now permeates the room. Oh yes this will be fantastic. And made a mental note to retire the current lids and buy new ones.