What I did for beer today

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Ordered some hops including the pink boots blend, since the nearest brewery that collaborated is a 2 hour drive and half of it hellish with congestion.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

is that an easter egg in that?


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Not an Easter egg but a pre-Superbowl TV upgrade. TVs seem to be inflation-proof.

 

[BrewMan13]

Kegged my Irish red ale. Going to cold condition it for a little bit before putting it on.

 

[seanjwalker1]

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[mattman91]

Gravity reading on my Belgian single.

Was shooting for an ABV of about 5.5, ended up being 6.5%. Oh well

 

[seatazzz]

Checked on the WF lager I made yesterday; it's going a bit slow, possibly because I have a pressure lid on it. Valve is wide open, don't have the gauge on it yet, but it's not going as crazy as it usually does with an airlock or blowoff. Also checked the mead from yesterday as well; fermenting this one on Lutra for an experiment, and it's already slowed waaaaaaay down from the frenetic pace it started out with. Going to add some more fermax to it in a bit.

And got back not long ago from taking the oldest dog on her final journey. Was peaceful and quick, with us both there telling her how much we love her. My eyes are going to be puffy for a while. Young dog got lots of treats and love when we got home, she's a bit confused but we hope she'll be okay. Going to see how she does as an only dog for a while, as neither of us have any vacation available to acclimate a new dog into the family.

 

[lumpher]

And got back not long ago from taking the oldest dog on her final journey. Was peaceful and quick, with us both there telling her how much we love her. My eyes are going to be puffy for a while.

It's a painful thing. Done it more than I care to think about. Drink a few beers in her honor.

 

[Rish]

Catching up... poured 2.5 gallons of apple juice on the yeast cake of the smoked porter I bottled Saturday. Yesterday added 1# dark brown sugar, sealed fv. It's chugging away happily today.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Happy Valentine's day Lady Brewers !!

 

[seatazzz]

Happy Valentine's day Lady Brewers !!

And to all the Gentlemen Brewers too!!!

 

[seanjwalker1]

And to all the Gentlemen Brewers too!!!

I reckon so Tazzz but the gentlemen can't get no cyber flowers from this ol brew dog!!!

 

[seatazzz]

Brewed a WF lager last weekend, and delved deeper into the rabbit hole of pressure fermentation. Had my pressure lid on it from the getgo, last night closed the valve a bit so it held some co2. I brewed this on Sunday; today, Tuesday, it's at terminal gravity (1.009 from 1.059) and tastes pretty good. FYI, a picnic tap held below the fermenter works great for a LODO siphon as long as you have a floating dip tube in it. Fermented this on some proven 34/70 slurry at 66°. Just set it to crash after giving it about 3psi; will check in the morning and probably give it a bit more. Hoping for great things from this one, it's set to go to competition mid-March.

 

[lumpher]

Not exactly beer, but I'm setting up so I can bottle my 5 month old homemade Watermelon Wine today I made from watermelons grown in my garden. While I'm doing that, I'll be brewing a Citra Pale Ale. Got the fermenter sanitizing now. The wine will age another year or so.

 

[South Arm Brew]

Took a reading of my competition beer. 1.012. Into the cold crash!

 

[South Arm Brew]

Brewed a WF lager last weekend, and delved deeper into the rabbit hole of pressure fermentation. Had my pressure lid on it from the getgo, last night closed the valve a bit so it held some co2. I brewed this on Sunday; today, Tuesday, it's at terminal gravity (1.009 from 1.059) and tastes pretty good. FYI, a picnic tap held below the fermenter works great for a LODO siphon as long as you have a floating dip tube in it. Fermented this on some proven 34/70 slurry at 66°. Just set it to crash after giving it about 3psi; will check in the morning and probably give it a bit more. Hoping for great things from this one, it's set to go to competition mid-March.

I just did this beer for the first time pressure fermenting. Brewed it 8 days ago, put on 5 psi. When I put the sample in my hydrometer, it looked carbonated. But it’s not yet finished. I’ll try my first try at transferring into the keg under pressure tomorrow or the next. Then bottle a few to send off to AHA.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Happy Valentine's day Lady Brewers !!

Thank you kind sir. I trust you had an enjoyable one.
Today I got aquatinted with a beer gun. Pew pew pew.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Thank you kind sir. I trust you had an enjoyable one.
Today I got aquatinted with a beer gun. Pew pew pew.

Yes quite nice thank you Madame !

 

[grampamark]

Pulled a gravity sample of the Mosaic SMaSH I brewed 10 days ago. Tasted very much good.

 

[govner1]

I ordered the grains, hops, & yeast for my next two beers. A Grisette & a Red IPA

 

[brewbama]

Kegged an Ordinary Bitter. My take on Lee’s Bitter.

 

[mattman91]

Started the cold crash on my Belgian Single. Starting to worry that it may not be quite bitter enough. Brewfather says it will be on the low end at .53 BU/GU.

 

[BrewZer]

TVs seem to be inflation-proof.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that advertisers subsidize TV production costs...

 

[seatazzz]

Busy day off today. Kegged the Orange Coriander Wit, tapped the WF lager that I originally thought would be sh*t but is actually settling out very nice, brewed a quick batch of Blonde fermenting on Lutra, and finally visited our local honey farm. Bought 6lbs of their raspberry honey that tastes just amazing, and will make a small batch of mead with it later today. Was cheaper than I thought it would be, so for future batches will definitely go back.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Dropped in on Bootleg Biology to buy the 2 mixed cultures on the left. Jeff, the owner, threw in the 2 on the right for free.

 

[grampamark]

Went to Airgas and swapped out my 5lb C02 tank. I got 7 months and 7 or 8 kegs out of the last one.

 

[VikeMan]

Bottled "Pineapple BrettSide-Down Cake." Blonde ale with Pineapples, Cherries, Vanilla, Lactose, Lyle's Treacle. 3 months in secondary (actually tertiary) with White Labs Brett brux. Still needs some brett time in the bottle. Pic is of siphon loss. Not sure what the weird reflection band was. You can read a newspaper through this.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Worked on a wheat wine recipe, organized a beer cabinet, put some bottles in the fridge to see if there’s HB I should toss or use. Tidying up for a brew day as soon as this weekend fingers crossed. Oh, and emptying and cleaning a few bottles of HB that wasn’t going to be drank like the last 2 bottles of the infamous bacon wrapped scallop stout.

 

[grampamark]

Went to the LHBS and picked up ingredients for a Cream Ale.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Bottled the Cali Schwarz. Too new at this & sufficiently unfamiliar with Northern Brewer hops to understand when they were described as minty. Drank the leftovers at the bottom of the bottling bucket - like a deep black Shamrock Shake!

 

[TheCache]

Bottled my Irish red. Should be carb'd up and conditioned just in time for St Pat's day.