What I did for beer today

[SteveH aka shetc]

Kegged a Janet's Brown ale

Added 5 lbs of passionfruit to 5 gallons of a golden ale fermented with Suburban Brett.

Started brewing an IPA as a base for an experimental wine-beer. Wine must is Moscato and the yeast is Omega Cosmic Punch.

 

[BrewMan13]

Finished bottling and packing up my FOTHB offering, kicked the schwarzbier, cleaned the keg & line it was on, then kegged a NEIPA.

 

[Falstaff]

Fed my lacto starter. Beer did more for ME today, tbh.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Dropped off my FotHB beers for @Section1. Technically, I did that yesterday, but since UPS won't actually pick-up until Monday, it averages out to today.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Dry-hopped my all-Citra APA. It turned out fantastic last time, so I'm ready for some more. This is my first time dry-hopping just past peak krausen; in the past, I've always dry-hopped after fermentation is complete. I figured I'd try this, based on Scott Janish's recommendation to maybe cut down on a bit of oxidation.

 

[BrewChem]

Nothing... things are fermenting, clarifying, conditioning or aging.

non-brewers have no idea how hard it is to leave things alone.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Nothing... things are fermenting, clarifying, conditioning or aging.

non-brewers have no idea how hard it is to leave things alone.

Me between brew days:

 

[seatazzz]

I knew forgetting to put the Bazooka screen on was gonna lead to trouble!! Fought for 2 hours trying to stop the blasted thing from leaking. Went through about 12 combinations of washers and couplings. Finally had to take the ball valve off my 5 year old kettle. Just switched them around and WALLA! Both tight and no leaks plus the 5 year old valve has a 1/2 inch valve vs 1/4 so it worked out better. View attachment 740351View attachment 740354

So when are we going to finally see this epic creation in action????

 

[seatazzz]

So a few weeks ago I gave hard seltzer another try. Made some homemade blackberry syrup to flavor it. After carbonating it had an absolutely horrible sulfur smell, and to a lesser extent flavor, that completely obliterated the blackberries. Very disappointed. But, being the lazy brewer I am, decided to let it ride a week or two and see what happens. Tasted it again during brewday yesterday, after a week of letting it sit and then giving it some more carbonation. Smell is still there, but much reduced, and the flavor is actually quite good if you can get past the smell. I'm going to purge off the headspace (it's overcarbed anyway, could use the help) and see if that drives off more of the smell. In the meantime I've got a very nice light refreshing smelly drink to have other than beer. And it's pretty.

 

[seatazzz]

I would say please delete here but I know where that will go.

Just did some more reading, and I pushed this way too fast. Next one, and I hope I can get one done this week, I'll let go for at least three weeks; with three separate additions of nutrient. I really want this to work, not only for something other than beer to drink, but something for my girlfriends at work who aren't terribly fond of beer but want to try something I've made.

 

[seanjwalker1]

So when are we going to finally see this epic creation in action????

SOON!! I've actually got a Czech Premium I need to keg ( Light Side of the Force ) and was planning to do an Aventinus doppelbock clone which I have all the ingredients for but it will be Jan before that's ready so instead I'm thinking a dark ale I can have ready by the end of the month for some Wolverine football. So I'm hoping to brew this coming weekend.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

I tried to post this Sunday.
My new Brew Dog, Jackie G. 7 week old Standard Rat Terrier.

 

[brewgar]

I tried to post this Sunday.
My new Brew Dog, Jackie G. 7 week old Standard Rat Terrier.
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Dog looks good. Brew gear looks good. Old Guy? He's wearing the same out fit as I do every day! Nice clothes Dude. Brew on.

 

[danimal92sport]

Yeah love the dog and the brewery you’ve got there, Brewbuzzard!

 

[seanjwalker1]

I love Leavenworth. One of my relatives once ran one of the German themed shops up there. Almost time for Oktoberfest!

Really ? All my years in the Army it's the one place I DID NOT want to see !!!

 

[seatazzz]

Really ? All my years in the Army it's the one place I DID NOT want to see !!!

LOL the Washington Bavarian version my dear, not the Kansas hotter than hades military prison version!!!

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

Harvested yeast and dry-hopped IPA

 

[seanjwalker1]

LOL the Washington Bavarian version my dear, not the Kansas hotter than hades military prison version!!!

Didn't know there was another Leavenworth. The very name is enough to make any service member cringe with visions of busting big rocks into little rocks for 20 years !

 

[BrewChem]

Went to the LHBS and picked up the goods for a Flanders Red... brew day tomorrow.!

 

[seatazzz]

Didn't know there was another Leavenworth. The very name is enough to make any service member cringe with visions of busting big rocks into little rocks for 20 years !

It's a very touristy little town in Eastern Washington, everything with a Bavarian theme. Even the chain stores have to adhere to the theme (you haven't seen anything funnier than a Bavarian Starbucks or McDonalds). Lots of quaint little kitschy shops, great beer, wine shops, restaurants. All the while walking around you hear the oom-pah-pah of bavarian music. And they have a HUGE Oktoberfest celebration that we're hoping to go to this year now that we have a reliable AWD vehicle.

 

[kmarkstevens]

That said, all my German friends just cringe if anyone mentions Leavenworth WA. Fun fact, it was a dying Washington State lumber town, when the town decided to reinvent itself as a Bavarian village. There is no significant German diaspora but rather desperate marketeers that created this "Bavarian Village" in scenery that reminds someone somewhere of Bavaria.

It's kinda fun once or twice...

 

[KYBLUE]

Kegged twelve gallon of COTC.

Mounted an old fire tablet on the wall behind the kegerator. It is set up to wake on motion, play an audio file and display the taplist.

Cheers

 

[aharri1]

SOON!! I've actually got a Czech Premium I need to keg ( Light Side of the Force ) and was planning to do an Aventinus doppelbock clone which I have all the ingredients for but it will be Jan before that's ready so instead I'm thinking a dark ale I can have ready by the end of the month for some Wolverine football. So I'm hoping to brew this coming weekend.

Let me know how the pils turned out!!

 

[aharri1]

Transferred my 11 5% American strong ale with centennial, El Dorado, and Amarillo lupomax hops into my Puerto Rican rum barrel! I bottled the half gallon that wouldn't fit in the barrel to do a side by side later. Also, poured the once clear rum I had still left in the barrel out for my own consumption!

 

[Sunfire96]

Bottled an Amarillo blonde. Getting ready for an Oktoberfest brewday tomorrow

 

[hout17]

Ordered a Thermapen One. Should help with the mash and calibrating my other analog thermometers.

 

[seatazzz]

Sitting on my kiester for a few enjoying a nice HB IPA before I weigh out the dry hops for the Citra/Sabro (all Lupomax) IPA that I'm planning on sending to a competition next Saturday. Krausen fell like a rock between last night and this afternoon so it's time.

 

[BrewZer]

Loaded the last 24 bottles of my WITBAG into the fridge, freeing up the bottle box I'll need to cradle the Galaxy SMaSHer ale we're bottling tomorrow.

 

[seanjwalker1]

It's a very touristy little town in Eastern Washington, everything with a Bavarian theme. Even the chain stores have to adhere to the theme (you haven't seen anything funnier than a Bavarian Starbucks or McDonalds). Lots of quaint little kitschy shops, great beer, wine shops, restaurants. All the while walking around you hear the oom-pah-pah of bavarian music. And they have a HUGE Oktoberfest celebration that we're hoping to go to this year now that we have a reliable AWD vehicle.

Sounds like Frankenmuth here in Michigan. It's ok, they try so very hard to be authentic Bavarian German but it's just so commercial. Every German I've met here from Germany says the same thing. But good beer and good fried chicken at Zhenders restaurant !!

 

[BrewChem]

Finished Phase 1 of making my Flanders Red... did a turbid mash. Now it’s in a fermentor with a neural yeast for a few days then off the yeast into a secondary with the magic bugs and some oak cubes into a closet for a year.