What I did for beer today

[day_trippr]

1318 starter 2nd phase to get to ~1200B cells. Will pitch 2/3rds - probably Tuesday - and stash the rest...

Cheers!

 

[connell89]

Going to bottle/keg my SMASH today. It wasn't very hoppy at fermentation time but we will see at bottling.

Bottled 12 bottles and kegged the rest. Not sure if the yeast gave me a white wine flavor or a bug, but it tastes a little like white wine and sweet. It was a new yeast so I am not sure if the yeast produces this fruity flavor. But it is not sour. I fermented at 67F.

 

[BrewZer]

Just put Summer 48 in the 'fridge. I'm sad to say I skimped on the priming sugar, and it's a bit under-carbed but still drinkable.

Frankenweizen's Monster is still sleeping, but I've got a bottle chilling for the 1-week taste test. Just mowed, so I'll be gettin' all scientific on it after I shower.

And first sample is very true to hefeweizen character -- light, slightly biscuity, with pronounced spiciness and banana notes, and a hint of sour at the back. Good mouthfeel, carbonating nicely, thin head that drops out over about 5 or so minutes.

I think it's worth the 10 minutes up front and 2 weeks of waiting.

 

[HM-2]

Wrote a simple Best Bitter recipe for a friend's barbeque next month. 85% Warminster floor malted MO, 5% wheat, 5% golden syrup and 5% crystal T50. 4.5%, 30-odd IBU, mix of EKG and Bramling Cross with a couple of ounces in the DH.

 

[grampamark]

Kegged a batch of CCC Blonde at the farm.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Packaged 34 bottles of Dunktoberfest? Bucktoberfest? Bieredegarde?

 

[MaxStout]

Drew up a recipe for my next beer that I'll brew this week. Leftover ingredients: Pilsner, a little MO, just over a pound of flaked oats, and a few oz of honey malt. The oats will comprise 11% of the grist, so calling it Haulin' Oats. Using Centennial for bittering and flavor/aroma. Will pitch US-05. Should end up somewhere between a blonde ale and APA. Never used oats in a pale beer, so curious to see what comes of it.

 

[Jonakr]

Yesterday I finally kegged 5 gallons of hard lemonade, 5 gallons of Cranberry-apple cider, and 2 gallons of a cherry cider. I think two had infections, but still tasted ok, so I also bleached everything they contacted.

 

[Wigglebutts Brewery]

Sharing a quick wrap up of Colorado’s HomebrewCon. A good time had by all, seemed to be 50+ attendees with 20+ kegs to sample in between technical sessions.
Concluding panel discussion was predominantly about competitions, it lasted until 6pm.
Conference had great material for everyone with usual top shelf socializing, if you’re in the area look for 2025 announcement next summer.

 

[BrewZer]

I grilled, therefore I beered. I don't know why it is, but a larger bottle of beer always tastes better than a smaller one. The 22-oz bottle of Summer 48 had no hint of sourness, so I'm guessing my earlier assessment was just carbonic bite in a 12-oz bottle.

 

[ClaudiusB]

We did toy brewery maintenance this morning, tomorrow is brew day.
My apprentice forgot to re-connect the cables he took off.
Thanks to the automation warning us it was an easy fix.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I donated my larger homebrew gear to a local mini brewery, and they will take good care of it in their new brewery. My gear was in paid storage for over 19 years and I needed to get rid of it. Those slim tanks are pieces for a brewing water de-oxygenation tank.

 

[bike2brew]

Awesome brewday. Process went smoothly, no mishaps w 63% efficiency. 1st use of Spike grain mill, @ 0.04. 5.5 gallon Heritage IPA w/ cluster hops, ~43 ibu's. OG, 1.063 & nice color..

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Homebrew club meeting was last night… I drank beer. Tomorrow I will call to set a place for October’s meeting.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I bottled my Elderflower Saison into 28 50cl bottles. But my bench capper broke half way through and my hand capper doesnt handle bottles with a narrow shoulder very well so hard work.

 

[HM-2]

Ordered some Amyloglucosidase 300 and extra lager malt, going to have a crack at my first Brut IPA.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Not sure where to file this picture. I thought about digging up some sugar thread corpses, but they were all long dead and buried. I figured I'd post it here since there's plenty of traffic.

Anyway, I hit the H-Mart today for some cooking related stuff and noticed a very interesting bay filled with Asian sugars that I've never seen discussed before. Obviously, it looks like a bunch of candi rocks, but there was some other interesting stuff in there too. I should've taken more pictures and it would've been helpful if I had tried to suss out whether they were cane or beat. They also have a decent stock of Latin and Indian sugars in their respective aisles.

I didn't buy anything because my next batch of invert will be #1 for some UK pales and IPAs I have coming up, but I think I'll swing by again when I need to re-up my #2 and #3 stocks.

Between the corn flour I picked up a few months ago and now this sugar, H-Mart is becoming an interesting brewing ingredients shop.

On topic: I pulled and washed three kegs today.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Sometimes I do dumb things. This duplicate post is a great example.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

For those with a creative eye, brewing related items can be found most anywhere.

Looks like a nice night for a fire so I'm getting ready with a dooplebock now.

 

[BrewZer]

Sometimes I do dumb things. This duplicate post is a great example.

Isn't there a "delete" option?

ETA: I guess not...

 

[day_trippr]

Busy day in the brewery today.

Split a 1318 starter 3 ways, two to pitch tomorrow and one to stash for the next cycle...

Kegged my latest batch of Raspberry Hibiscus Wheat beer...

Swapped out a kicked keg and cleaned it on the venerable Mark II...

Milled the grains for tomorrow morning's brew...

Replaced the saturated pair of EVA Dry dessicators from the keezer with a dry pair, and set the wet ones to dry...

Gonna brew my 3rd batch of my "All Your Citra [Are Belong To Us]" in the morning

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I’ll soon be brewing a Scottish ale kit for an event that’s late September and I’ve been researching Flanders red and oud bruin for possible competition beers.
My English barley wine needs to be packaged soon. I’m short on empty bottles so a little planning and work is ahead.

 

[loganklaas]

I decided to do one of MoreBeer’s new Flash Kits. I went with the Irish Red, and sure enough, “brew day” took about 10 minutes. It said you don’t need to stir the malt or anything and I followed their instruction.

You just put 3 gallons of water in your sanitized fermenter, add in the Flash Malt, hops, Hop Shot, and Flash Yeast. Then add the remaining 2 gallons of water on top. We’ll see in a couple of weeks how it tastes. I’ve watched videos from others posting their full “brewing” and fermentation process, and they seemed pleased with the results. I’ll keep my fingers crossed!

 

[loganklaas]

Almost 2 hours later, it’s bubbling away.

 

[day_trippr]

Cranked out the third batch of my All Your Citra [Are Belong To Us] today.
Went well, hit the expected OG with the full 11 gallon volume to the fermentors...

Cheers!

 

[ClaudiusB]

I brewed yesterday and today was quality control. The quick ferment's performance will give me enough information on what to expect from my brew.
The hop dispenser required a new trapdoor cable after yesterday's brew.
Cheers

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I drank beer last night with a buddy. Had a fire in the fire pit, split a growler of helles and a pitcher of my latest Saison. The Saison needs to carb up but it tasted great.

So, what I did for beer today? Nursed a slight hangover and spent time with my daughter who drove up for a visit. A joyful time.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Today I brewed 22 litres of Tribute Best Bitter
3400g Maris Otter (Crisp)
500g Vienna malt (Crisp)
100g Torrefied Wheat
35g Challenger at 60 minutes
25g Willamette at 15 minutes
25g Willamette & 25g Styrian Golding at 80C for 20 minutes.
OG 1044
Nottingham style yeast @ 20C.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Today I brewed 22 litres of Tribute Best Bitter
3400g Maris Otter (Crisp)
500g Vienna malt (Crisp)
100g Torrefied Wheat
35g Challenger at 60 minutes
25g Willamette at 15 minutes
25g Willamette & 25g Styrian Golding at 80C for 20 minutes.
OG 1044
Nottingham style yeast @ 20C.

Have you brewed this recipe before? If so how does it tastes?

I looked it up and I found a couple versions of the recipe so I was wondering how your recipe compares.

 

[Bramling Cross]

First runnings of a German pils making their way into my stupidly large grant while I munch on a pair of brats for second breakfast. There’s nothing wrong about going full hobbit on brewday.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Have you brewed this recipe before? If so how does it tastes?

I looked it up and I found a couple versions of the recipe so I was wondering how your recipe compares.

I haven’t brewed it for two years but I remember it being good. I’ve drank quite a lot of the real stuff but never done a comparison test, I think I will now.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

First runnings of a German pils making their way into my stupidly large grant while I munch on a pair of brats for second breakfast. There’s nothing wrong about going full hobbit on brewday.
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Brats for breakfast sounds perfect!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I haven’t brewed it for two years but I remember it being good. I’ve drank quite a lot of the real stuff but never done a comparison test, I think I will now.

Please post some results when it's ready?

 

[T Murph]

Swapped out my Murphy Brown ale that kicked and replaced it with my Railroad Porter brewed two weeks ago. And I adjusted the pressure on a batch of Pale Ale that I brewed Tuesday to maintain 10 psi.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Very murky, needs to settle out a lot, but VERY tasty - hard raspberry lemonade!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Very murky, needs to settle out a lot, but VERY tasty - hard raspberry lemonade!

And to add more fruit into my system it pairs well with a cherry Kolsch - in the same glass!

 

[BrewZer]

Frankenweizen's Monster: Compared a bottle fridged last week with a bottle that sat at room temperature for the second week and was fridged overnight.

Both were very pleasant and enjoyable -- I think the whole batch can go in the fridge any time now. But first I have to either eat or find other room for 3 jars of home made kimchee.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Frankenweizen's Monster: Compared a bottle fridged last week with a bottle that sat at room temperature for the second week and was fridged overnight.

Both were very pleasant and enjoyable -- I think the whole batch can go in the fridge any time now. But first I have to either eat or find other room for 3 jars of home made kimchee.

Kimçhee and beer, beautiful pairing!

 

[ClaudiusB]

First runnings of a German pils making their way into my stupidly large grant while I munch on a pair of brats for second breakfast. There’s nothing wrong about going full hobbit on brewday.
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If you brewed Southern German Pils the Bratwurst is the wrong sausage for breakfast, Weißwurst is the one.
You got a winner with your grant, mine doesn't come close.

 

[BrewZer]

If you brewed Southern German Pils the Bratwurst is the wrong sausage for breakfast, Weißwurst is the one.
You got a winner with your grant, mine doesn't come close.

Even so, brats aren't the wurst that could happen...