What I did for beer today

[BreeBrew]

Brewed a Black IPA today and pitched 10gr of Mangrove Jack`s M12 Kveik at 32 degrees celcius(89.6F), the lid of the bucket is already under pressure after 2 hours.

 

[Elric]

Transferred my apple and sour cherry cider from fermenter to keg. 3 liters of apple juice, 1 liter of apple/sour cherry mix, a bunch of yeast nutrient and a spoonful of harvested voss kveik. Had a small glass left over at bottom of fermenter that i used for gravity reading and a sample. Really happy with how it tastes. Kveik fermented out clean and dry and there's lots of apple flavor while the cherry adds a bit of taste and a nice level of sour as well.

 

[Dog House Brew]

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Planted these bad boys today. Hopefully they will survive like my Chinooks did many years ago.

Those things are huge. I’ve never received anything like that.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Germicidal UV-C chamber in action.

 

[JAReeves]

Germicidal UV-C chamber in action.

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Wow. Just wow.

 

[ba-brewer]

Cleaned a keg and refilled it. The keg had lost it's pressure so I replaced o-rings and the gas poppet. The beer I kegged was my dry kolsch yeast kolsch turned warm fermented lager. It did have a funny taste after it started fermenting but then it went away. Seemed to come back since I checked gravity last. Good news I can identify the funny flavor(and aroma), bad news it is green olives. Probably should of just dumped it but I am going to give it a few week to see if it turns not funny again.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Tried my precious sample of Chevallier malt in a best bitter with some invert, mix of First Gold & BX and Pub yeast that is happily churning away.

 

[pshankstar]

Those things are huge. I’ve never received anything like that.

I was quite surprised too. I preordered them from Morebeer.com when I received noticed they were taking rhizome orders (1/26/21). I bought small Comet plants from Great Lakes last year but none of them survived. So I figured this year I would go with rhizomes. I’m happy with my order!
My Chinooks I bought years ago were from a local hop farm about 10 minutes away. He and I walked the field and he cut back some large Chinook crowns for me which would make these Comet rhizomes look small.

 

[BreeBrew]

Brewed a Black IPA today and pitched 10gr of Mangrove Jack`s M12 Kveik at 32 degrees celcius(89.6F), the lid of the bucket is already under pressure after 2 hours.View attachment 727198

And in 18 hours from 1.070 to 1.014, and still going, WOW!

 

[Jhedrick83]

Ordered my first IC. Now to plan out the brew to use it!

 

[JAReeves]

Committed to Big Brew. Hoping to drag a couple friends/co-workers into the process that day.

 

[Staticsouls]

Got fittings to use soda bottles as close transfer growlers. Aka super poor man's counter pressure soda bottle filler.

 

[Staticsouls]

Also purged a keg for transfer tomorrow, closed a work deal and am currently celebrating with homebrew! Feels great to be working successfully again!

 

[bracconiere]

well, i spent $90 on a new brewing toy, but i was going to have to spend $90 on malt. so i just put $6 worth of barley to soak for making my own malt. i think i saved money!

 

[seatazzz]

Tapped the hard root beer, maybe a bit early but hey who cares. Tastes okay except for what I'll call an "undertaste" of yeast, probably due to first pour; also now I remember why I don't care for white lightning; slight asthma attack happening now. Once my body adjusts to it I'm fine, but I get the same reaction from white rum or vodka. Never happens with beer, bourbon or whiskey. Don't worry HBT friends, got my trusty inhaler handy. Need to research this thing.

 

[bracconiere]

Don't worry HBT friends

i'll worry if i want too! i don't want the hot older woman dying on me!

 

[seatazzz]

i'll worry if i want too! i don't want the hot older woman dying on me!

Just took a huff an all better now. Really sucks because I do love me a screwdriver once in a while when the husband and I go out to breakfast/cards with our friends.

And, @bracconiere...as they say, only the good die young. I'll be here for many many many more years! I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

 

[seatazzz]

well, i spent $90 on a new brewing toy, but i was going to have to spend $90 on malt. so i just put $6 worth of barley to soak for making my own malt. i think i saved money!

So what toy did you get?

 

[bracconiere]

Just took a huff an all better now. Really sucks because I do love me a screwdriver once in a while when the husband and I go out to breakfast/cards with our friends.

And, @bracconiere...as they say, only the good die young. I'll be here for many many many more years! I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.

yeah well i figure i got at least 20-30 more years of typing at you. with my drinking and smoking i'll probably be dead sooner, but with a smile!

So what toy did you get?

???? get your mind out of the gutter! lol, a Milwaukee MA871 digital refractometer! New - Open Box off ebay....

 

[kmarkstevens]

I might be able to swing by White Labs on Friday for a quick flight, and to see if they've got any Vault strains available? When I went 3+ years ago, they had WLP085 in stock.

I've got my eye on the WLP038 Manchester Yeast as the ONE I really want to try. Maybe the WLP022 Essex Ale, but Suregork puts this as the equivalent of West Yorkshire, which I can get and really like. Those are the only two I have on order.

Is there an English vault yeast I should put on the list?

 

[ba-brewer]

I've got my eye on the WLP038 Manchester Yeast as the ONE I really want to try. Maybe the WLP022 Essex Ale, but Suregork puts this as the equivalent of West Yorkshire, which I can get and really like. Those are the only two I have on order.

Which version of the yeast tree are you looking at, I think the latest one does not show them being so close. wlp022 does not bring out the malt aroma as well as west yorkshire for me. The vendor description makes them sound similar for sure.

WLp038 has a fairly prominent clove flavor and aroma, it threw me off a bit at first but I sort of dont mind it too much now. Wyeast seasonal Schelde Ale yeast is very similar.

WLp026 premium bitter ale yeast is a unique one to try, it has a little vanilla like flavor. I want to use it in a wheat beer to see if it comes through stronger.

 

[kmarkstevens]

WLp026 premium bitter ale yeast is a unique one to try, it has a little vanilla like flavor. I want to use it in a wheat beer to see if it comes through stronger.

I got WLP026 in the great purge. It definately should NOT be used in session beers. Seems to come into it's own in bigger beers. I'm doing 95% session ales, so not a lot of experience with it. I did do a "big" 8% type ale, and the premium bitter did well. That same brew also made a nice malt vinegar.

PS. I think I'm looking at the latest Suregork. W Yorkie and WLP022 seem to be the same pair on what I'm looking at. I really like the W Yorker. My LHBS dude raves about the WLP022. Since I'm going all the way there, I'm gonna try grab both strains if they are in stock. As well as see if they will spill the beans on WLP085 mix - we "know" it's WLP002 but what is the second yeast? WLP006 or WLP007 or a curveball?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Today, I bottled my first fruit beer, a raspberry blonde. I'm not a huge fan of fruit beers, but SWMBO is, so I figured I'd give it a go. The uncarbonated sample I tasted tonight was...pretty nice!

 

[ba-brewer]

I got WLP026 in the great purge. It definately should NOT be used in session beers. Seems to come into it's own in bigger beers. I'm doing 95% session ales, so not a lot of experience with it. I did do a "big" 8% type ale, and the premium bitter did well. That same brew also made a nice malt vinegar.

PS. I think I'm looking at the latest Suregork. W Yorkie and WLP022 seem to be the same pair on what I'm looking at. I really like the W Yorker. My LHBS dude raves about the WLP022. Since I'm going all the way there, I'm gonna try grab both strains if they are in stock. As well as see if they will spill the beans on WLP085 mix - we "know" it's WLP002 but what is the second yeast? WLP006 or WLP007 or a curveball?

Do you see something newer than this one?
http://beer.suregork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Brewing_yeast_tree_Oct_2019.pdf

My british style beers have been under 5% for a while now, but it does seem wlp026 has an active STA1 type attenuation like wlp037. I would say the flavor of wlp038 is close to wlp037 but it does not attenuate so much.

 

[Staticsouls]

Kegged with my little guy

 

[Immocles]

Finally brewed again after a two month lapse. Just hadn't found the time, and when I did I seemed to not find the ambition. Brewed up an IPA with Centennial, mosaic, and Idaho 7.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Do you see something newer than this one?
http://beer.suregork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Brewing_yeast_tree_Oct_2019.pdf

D'oh! It's much newer than what I'm looking at. And has additions and changes.

I tried WLP037 when it was named Yorkshire Square and a subscribed vault release. Way too much yeast for me. The half dozen or so batches were all over the place. Some were clean and then turned into a Saison 2 months in the bottle, some just came out of the fermenter like a Saison, and others were something different (its been a few years). I gave up. Couldn't figure out how to make it ferment correctly in my setup, and frankly thought even if I got to a consistent result, that it probably wouldn't be worth the effort.

Anyway, I am going by White Labs San Diego on Friday afternoon for a quick flight, maybe a growler, and hopefully break a few yeasties out of the vault

 

[Bramling Cross]

???? get your mind out of the gutter! lol, a Milwaukee MA871 digital refractometer! New - Open Box off ebay....

But, but, but.... Didn't you just get your first ever refractometer? Seriously, though, let me know how that thing works out. While I'd like to think that my trusty old refractometer is getting a bit worn out, I'm all too aware that it's my eyes that are starting to wear out.

 

[bracconiere]

But, but, but.... Didn't you just get your first ever refractometer? Seriously, though, let me know how that thing works out. While I'd like to think that my trusty old refractometer is getting a bit worn out, I'm all too aware that it's my eyes that are starting to wear out.

yeah, that i did! but i can't really tell the difference between ~1%. and i always wanted a digital hydrometer...so why not!


edit: and i was trying to get one around $50+shipping, figured $90 was good enough....

 

[Immocles]

Dry hopped an extremely enthusiastic ipa. First time using S33 and, oh boy, does it start quick and ferment hard. I try to find my dry hop with a couple points left, and the tilt showed that it had already chewed through about 95% of the expected gravity in like, 30 hours. The basement has never smelled so good.