What I did for beer today

[Willy]

I was hoping to stretch a bunch of tasks over 2-3 days - but alas, way too cold and not feeling it.
So today ..
1) cleaned a spent corny keg
2) PBW'd and starsan clean up of the conical fermenter - all clean and ready to do a batch, probably tomorrow (warmer still). An Irish Stout variation
3) measured FG in and American Porter with the EasyDens, 1.011.
OG was 1.065 (ABV = 7.2%)
4) still pending but will knock it out after a beer (I am on break, okay) ...
Off to Mill the MO, Golden Promise, Chocolate , coffee, dark roast etc... so everything is ready for brew day tomorrow. {Edit - all done}

Because tomorrow is the spring season opener for the Brewers - I will be ready!
Play Ball!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I was hoping to stretch a bunch of tasks over 2-3 days - but alas, way too cold and not feeling it.
So today ..
1) cleaned a spent corny keg
2) PBW'd and starsan clean up of the conical fermenter - all clean and ready to do a batch, probably tomorrow (warmer still). An Irish Stout variation
3) still pending but will knock it out after a beer (I am on break, okay) ...
Off to Mill the MO, Golden Promise, Chocolate , coffee, dark roast etc... so everything is ready for brew day tomorrow.

Because tomorrow is the spring season opener for the Brewers - I will be ready!
Play Ball!

Too cold in North Carolina what temperature is too cold?

 

[Willy]

Too cold in North Carolina what temperature is too cold?

Last few days has been high in the low 30s with lows in the teens. Yeah... I know. Mock me. I'm from Wisconsin, I can join in. Ha.

That said, water in the hose was frozen and I brew outside. Tomorrow we should get to the 50s and I am brewing up an Irish Stout.

 

[BrewZer]

Excellent.
"Je suis sur la valise" as Google Translate would have it.

Je suis sur l'affaire

That said, it's two weeks in the fermenter for Black Pearl's Revenge, so I ran a gravity check and it's lost a couple of points from last week, so now sitting at 1.010, or 10.37% ABV. Piraat goes out at 10.5%, so I'm happier this week than last week.

The taste starts with malty sweet tinged with complex sub-flavors almost like raisin or other fruits, but the sweetness is better balanced than last week. Middle is all malt and the end is ever-so-slightly hops, balanced to as to not denude the tongue.

Compared to the real Piraat (which I'm still enjoying as I type), it's very close. The Piraat has had the benefit of aging in the bottle, and a bit of carbonic tartness is evident so it's brighter and clearer, but the flavor profiles are clearly related. I can't wait to bottle the clone next Friday and get these bottles into the aging cellar (read milk crates in the dining room).

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Final brewery cleanup from Tuesday's brew. Slowly getting it done. Time for a beer!

 

[flipster]

I bottled my three recently brewed ales: Munich Kolibri Ale (red caps), Like Hell Ale (orange caps), Summer Ale w/ ginger (0,33l swing tops). I harvested the yeast and now it's settling in the fridge, playing the amazing "change the jar" game ...
Now I'm cleaning buckets, outlet valves and stuff.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Took a ride to my LHBS,
Got a 55 lb bag of Golden promise( for stock ), and the making for several brews, tomorrow I'll be brewing, member, Mystic brewers, Raging red Irish red ale tomorrow and my version of a black IPA,.on Thirsday,
I've got my grains crushed and my water adjusted..I'll mash in as soon as I give my wife breakfast( she had major back surgery 2 weeks ago and cant lift,twist or bend)

 

[jcav]

Tapped my Czech Dark Lager and man oh man this beer is amazing!

John

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Months old Kolsch yeast has Kausen, following a bit of a lag. Looks like I’ll be able to get a brew day in on Thursday. In the meantime, I made a simple display from finished wood about the size of firing strip and a woven cloth 1.5 ribbon and hanging hardware. Easy and not terrible looking.

 

[sdbbp]

I bottled a batch of Janet's Brown Ale, revisiting my very first brew. Low mash efficiency, but it otherwise went fine. The small sample smelled and tasted great. I took extra time to fill with reduced head space, so I'll see if I'm happy with the aroma in a couple of weeks.

 

[the user]

I made a Scottish Ale today. It was a lazy Monday.... I wasn't particularly efficient or speedy, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process. I mashed in at 156 for about 45 minutes before I mashed out at 170 and sparged. The rest was textbook.

I do these often; but I did this one today.
As they say... This is my beer. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me, my beer is nothing. Without my beer, I am nothing....

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Today I kegged my latest batch of Sussex Bitter, 19 litres at 4.2% ABV.

 

[elproducto]

Today I kegged my latest batch of Sussex Bitter, 19 litres at 4.2% ABV.

Do you mind sharing your recipe? I'm ready to fire up a Best Bitter.

 

[T Murph]

Yesterday I brewed 5 gallons of Czech Pilsner and kegged an APA. Today I just drank home brews after building a couple of gates.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Do you mind sharing your recipe? I'm ready to fire up a Best Bitter.

Malts (3.85 kg)​

3.5 kg (90.9%) — Crisp Finest Maris Otter® Ale Malt — Grain — 3.3 SRM
200 g (5.2%) — Crisp Flaked Torrefied Maize — Grain — 0.3 SRM
150 g (3.9%) — Crisp Medium Crystal 240 — Grain — 135 SRM

Hops (80 g)​

25 g (26 IBU) — Progress 8.1% — Boil — 60 min
25 g (11 IBU) — Bramling Cross 6.5% — Boil — 15 min
15 g (1 IBU) — East Kent Goldings (EKG) 6% — Aroma — 15 min hopstand @ 80 °C
15 g (1 IBU) — Fuggles 4.2% — Aroma — 15 min hopstand @ 80 °C

Nottingham style yeast
22 litre batch

 

[elproducto]

Malts (3.85 kg)​

3.5 kg (90.9%) — Crisp Finest Maris Otter® Ale Malt — Grain — 3.3 SRM
200 g (5.2%) — Crisp Flaked Torrefied Maize — Grain — 0.3 SRM
150 g (3.9%) — Crisp Medium Crystal 240 — Grain — 135 SRM

Hops (80 g)​

25 g (26 IBU) — Progress 8.1% — Boil — 60 min
25 g (11 IBU) — Bramling Cross 6.5% — Boil — 15 min
15 g (1 IBU) — East Kent Goldings (EKG) 6% — Aroma — 15 min hopstand @ 80 °C
15 g (1 IBU) — Fuggles 4.2% — Aroma — 15 min hopstand @ 80 °C

Nottingham style yeast
22 litre batch

Thank you! How do you like Bramling Cross? I'm pretty much an EKG/Challenger guy, but am about to do a hop order.

 

[T Murph]

I moved a fermenter full of Czech Pilsner to the fermentation fridge

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Brewing tonight. 20 minutes away from sparging.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Brewed member Mystic Meads Ragjng Red Irsh red,he's not joking when he said this sucker is red, it's a lovely brassy red..we will see how it is in 6 or 7 weeks

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Thank you! How do you like Bramling Cross? I'm pretty much an EKG/Challenger guy, but am about to do a hop order.

Excellent hop which also goes well with First Gold.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Picked up a case of Family Trip (Belgian Triple) and some Hissy Fit (Marzen) from Bitter Sisters Brewery to take back to Southern Illinois with me and to share with a couple of brewer friends of mine.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Brewed for second day in a row, this one is a black IPA, it's become a signature beer for me, every cook out, neighborhood get together or party, I get asked if I have any, even by guys that claim to dislike IPAs,I think it's the rye and the midnight wheat that gets it done, could be the citra dry hop..yeast is BRY 97.

 

[Rish]

I posted to the wrong thread!

 

[Brewsmith]

I bought hops from Hops Direct. A pound each of Cascade, Centennial, Columbus, Idaho 7, Willamette, and an experimental hop. I’ve always liked their selection and prices. Back in the day their “pound” bags were notorious for being closer a pound and a half or more.

 

[HaveABeer]

7am started working on a Dry Stout.
Maybe later today the ESB but probably tomorrow.

Currently, yes at 7am enjoying a Pineapple Cider.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

7am started working on a Dry Stout.
Maybe later today the ESB but probably tomorrow.

Currently, yes at 7am enjoying a Pineapple Cider.

Its 5 o'clock somewhere!

 

[BrewZer]

Staged my bottling line for sanitizing and filling -- today's the day the Black Pearl's Revenge goes into hibernation for a couple of weeks...

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Dry-hopped my IPA, and tasted a drop, delicious so far. Planning to bottle on Monday.

 

[BeerNsteadofH2O]

Spent the day doing brew house maintence and preparing for my 3rd brew this week, as I've posted before, m.y wife of 30.years had major back surgery 3 weeks ago today, ive been her only care taker, she's
Improved to the point that shes tired of me hovering, so I ho down to the brewery,I cant go too fsr so I'll brew..
So,today, I changed a cracked pump housing on my sparge tank, washed and sanitized and disassembled the butterfly valve on my original plastic conical in anticipstion of my 3rd brew this week, i.made a trip to the LBS to.procure some specialty grains and yeast for a coffee porter, I got home, crushed the grains, prepared my water for brewing in the morning..

 

[brewskitom]

Cleaned and sanitized a keg that kicked recently (a SuperCaliTwoRowMaltedExtraHopIdiocious)
Restocked my brewing salts Nalgene containers with more: Gypsum, Epsom Salts, Calcium Carbonate and Campden tablets
Dumped the yeast cake from the Unitank of a Northern European Pilsner after cold crashing yesterday
Banked 4 vials of the dumped Danish Lager yeast for future use
Mixed up another keg of sparkling water (not technically something for beer, but She Who Shall Be Obeyed likes me to keep a keg of sparkling water on tap)

 

[leedspointbrew]

Once again, overcame massive lack of motivation and bottled the 5-gal Lusitania Shipwreck Stout. Hoping for the best, as usual, after not shooting but torpedoing myself in both feet during the brew.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I fixed a CO2 leak that an overpaid family member created yesterday.

 

[day_trippr]

Holy crap - that was a pretty big leak if it actually moved your flow meter

 

[Brewsmith]

I’ve begun cleaning and rebuilding my kegerator. It’s an old GE fridge from at least the 70’s if not older that used to be in my grandparents house. I aquired it in 2006 and turned it into a kegerator.

With my recent move it has sat unplugged for a month. Besides needing cleaning, it was getting gross just sitting in the garage. It’s time for a redo.

I cleaned it out top to bottom, and it’s now ready to get some sanding, rust removal, and then new paint. I’ll replace all the beer lines and get it all back to working condition.

They don’t make them like they used to. That fridge was old when I was a kid, and now I’ve had it as a kegerator for the last 19 years!

 

[ClaudiusB]

Holy crap - that was a pretty big leak if it actually moved your flow meter

The CO2 loss lasts only a few seconds, and the CO2 monitoring part of the program shuts off its own supply.

 

[PCABrewing]

Today I finished reconciling my fermentables inventory in beersmith.

Not necessarily for beer, more for brewers.
I'm going to submit a change request that they add a "Fermentables.Loc" (freeform text) column to the database table so I can identify the bin or location the item is in. Also I will suggest they add "Inventory.Count" to the inventory report to simplify reconciliation.
Probably won't get them but it's worth a try.

 

[HM-2]

Similarly, I sorted my Brewfather inventory (that I've been very lax at keeping up to date).

I've also boiled up, oven dried and recharred my smaller oak staves that had come out of my imperial red rye ale. These will be going into some Bulleit bourbon tomorrow in preparation for a tropical stout hopped with Sabro and Amarillo I have planned.

Did some recipe prep and tweaking m, including finalising the recipe for a single hop Nectaron hazy IPA using 1/3 of a kg of 2024 harvest stuff from Charles Faram I've split with a couple of brewing buddies.

 

[MaxStout]

I bottled 5 gallons of Skibsol, a Danish "ship's beer." The hydrometer sample had a nice, smoky aroma and flavor from the Weyermann Rauchmalz. Filled 51 12oz longnecks. About 4.6% ABV.

 

[Jonakr]

Defrosted an ice bridge in my kegerator.

 

[OddNotion]

Dry hopped my Rye IPA.

Finalized the recipe for my next beer, which will be an Italian Pilsner.

A few other random homebrewery related tasks.