What I did for beer today

[aharri1]

Made by own IPA yeast blend for my hazy double IPA I'm brewing this weekend. I had some old London fog I've only used once. So, I blended it with some London ale III, and metschnikowia reukaufii wildflower yeast. It smells really good so far! Calling it London's juice haha.

 

[Beerstein]

When I get off I work I'll be opening up my pump and cleaning out the stuck cocoa nibs.

 

[earachemyeye69]

Tested my immersion chiller system using a 60l aquarium chiller. Seems it will hold at 13c no problem. Total cost $120
Drink the first glass of my Dongguan Lager. Tasty!

 

[jcav]

Mixed up a yeast starter for a Czech Pilsner that I am brewing in a few days and threw it on the stir plate. Using the Weyermann Barke Pilsner malt this time. I think this one is going to be a dandy!

 

[BrewChem]

Started a starter… OYL111 for a Munich Dunkel

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Modifying another keg lid to use for fermentation.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Shed a wee tear. Mom-in-law fell and now requires full-time care, so my wife has moved in with her for the next month or so as we sort stuff out. As I am traveling up there a couple times a week also to help out, brewing will probably have to wait until April. I feel like I need to cover my gear with a shroud.

On the other hand, I went crazy at Total Wine and have a fridge full of a half dozen IPA's and PA's I have never tried before, so there is a silver lining.

Sorry to hear about MIL. We all go through trials and tribulations. We are all pulling for her! My wife is a Director of Admissions and Director of Marketing for a local elder care facility so it's everyday thing in this house. We all love our beer and everything it entails but sometimes it has to go on the back burner. Sending prayers

 

[seanjwalker1]

Modifying another keg lid to use for fermentation.
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Such a simple yet beautiful sound! How it resonates through our collective beer soaked souls!!!!

 

[BrewChem]

Stepped up the started to make more yeasts..!

 

[HoneyBadgerBru]

Finished hooking up the birthday kegerator and tapped a batch of Jamil’s chocolate hazelnut porter!

 

[loganklaas]

Finished hooking up the birthday kegerator and tapped a batch of Jamil’s chocolate hazelnut porter! View attachment 762534

I think I have that same kegerator. It has treated me well. Hopefully it does the same for you! That’s a good sounding beer you have there!

 

[ba-brewer]

Opened Beersmith to work on a recipe and found all of my recipes and custom items deleted. Not the first it has happen but still a sick feeling. Had recipes disappear before but not equipment and other things I created. Spent time digging recipes and stuff from the auto backups.

 

[earachemyeye69]

Keged the Dongguan Kveik ale, cleaned a fermenter, finished the chiller system. Drank a glass of Dongguan lager, gave away a bag of

 

[earachemyeye69]

Modifying another keg lid to use for fermentation.
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Why not just use a spunding valve?

 

[leedspointbrew]

First ever double brewday yesterday : Old Jabberwakai Motueka Pils and a 2-gal hefeweizen extract kit that I'm hoping to add some grapefruit to in secondary and end up with something like Schofferhoffer.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Why not just use a spunding valve?

I would if I were keeping in the keg, or doing a warm fermentation, but this is a tripel that will be bottled and mostly cork finished.

 

[seatazzz]

Brewing up another batch of my award-winning (yes I am damned proud of it) Citra/Sabro IPA; on a whim I'm going to ferment it on Lutra because I have some lovely slurry in the fridge, and I want to see what it does. And ordered four new taps/shanks for the kegerator; the ones I have on it now are cobbled together from my previous kegerators, and need replacing. This purchase brought to me by actually winning at the local native casino yesterday, which will also allow me to replenish the grain bins after work tomorrow. Also kegged off the Munich Helles I brewed 2 weeks ago, fermented on some proven Imperial Urkel yeast, busy day in the brewery today.

 

[Elric]

Why not just use a spunding valve?

Don't even need a spunding valve. I have corny posts installed on a fermonster lid and I frequently just connect a bubbler off of a disconnect when fermenting. I just use a small bit of tubing (x2) and an elbow joint connector to have the bubbler pointed up.

 

[hout17]

Checked my gravity in my 1971 Boddington's attempt been holding 1.009 for the past few days so looks like 1.009 it is. Also threw in a dry hop of EKG to finish it off. Oh and I drank the sample of course and hell yes it's good.

 

[aharri1]

Brewing a double hazy IPA, with a triple dryhop load. Galaxy, mosaic Lupomax, and citra. Custom yeast blend of london fog, london ale III, and metschnikowia reukaufii wildflower yeast! It's hazy-time now!! Golden promise for the base with some torrified wheat.

 

[JAReeves]

Moved the Blackberry Cider out of the barrel and into a keg for carbonation. After giving that barrel a rinse, a Blackberry/Sauvignon Blanc Wine went into it. Put the Wild-Fermented Passionfruit Cider into the Rum Barrel. Tasted the Imperial Stout that is in the Bourbon Barrel, topped it off with the stout that is on tap. Note to self: let the beer degas before you use it to top off the barrel! That was a god-awful foamy mess!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

My first brew day in over two months. Way too long, and it won't be two months before my next brew day!

 

[aharri1]

Dropped my 5oz of bio hops. After just 14 hours it was already at a high krausen!

 

[hout17]

Cooking up 4lbs of invert for bodds recipes and for a fuller dark mild recipe.

 

[Ls7corvete]

No brewing yet, though my brewery is almost ready. Just organized it today.

 

[seatazzz]

Installed the new taps on the kegerator; and promised myself I would disassemble them once a month and clean them good. The old ones were quite nasty. Next up on the DIY agenda; I have just enough evabarrier line left (and space) to add the 5th tap, and one of the old taps is salvageable for it. Just need the duotights for it. Husband says I'm crazy; FIVE taps??? Variety, baby!! Also means I can brew more.

 

[Brewer dad]

Brewed my first all grain batch!

 

[ba-brewer]

Was trying to brew my first munich dunkel today but goofed up and ended up missing my expected gravity by a mile. Was hoping for 2.5gal of 1050 but got 3gal of 1042, thought about reboiling for a second. May not fit the guidelines but will still be beer. Thinking it was due to a weak boil off and/or too much sparge water.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Packaged a bunch of hops.
Next up on my DIY agenda is to assemble my kegerator that I got all the parts for now, and then to plant my hop rhizomes when they arrive.

 

[loganklaas]

Took apart, deep cleaned, lubed, and sanitized the keg I’ll be putting my hazy pale ale in.