What I did for beer today

[OakIslandBrewery]

That sounds good @OakIslandBrewery

Well Thank You!
We'll see how it all turns out. Just about any day in the brewery is fun!

 

[leedspointbrew]

Bottling what started out as a khaki / beige ale, but slowly turned brown. Good grain bill though, so I'm thinking it's going to be enjoyable; muddy-colored, but enjoyable.

 

[seatazzz]

Kegged my Elysian (kinda) Men's Room clone on Novalager that I brewed last week, using my tried & true pressure lid; that decided to fail on me. Probably an o-ring. So quickly set up the other pressure lid, which fortunately does not leak but was letting a ton of bubbles into the keg. Said the heck with it and let it finish (no foam, thank ninkasi) only to find out that the barb under the lid was loose. Yah, that will let in some bubbles. Also told myself no more kegging on brew days, it's just too hectic.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Split a small batch of American wheat to rack onto blueberries and apricots. The damn lid to the 2 gal bucket doesn't fit right, so I wrapped it in plastic film. Fingers crossed.

 

[BeerAndTele]

Dry hopped both halves of a split batch American IPA: WLP001 vs. WLP002.

.6 OZ. (~17g) into each fermonster of ~1.25 gal.

A 50-50 blend of Centennial and Chinook in each.

 

[Skeeter686]

Cleaned four beer lines and faucets, five kegs, and one carboy. Now it's time to test a faucet with the new IPA!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Cleaned four beer lines and faucets, five kegs, and one carboy.

Reminds me that I need to clean out the fermenter I’ve got soaking.

 

[T Murph]

I finished cleaning 3 kegs, got a fermenter ready and put 12 gallons of water in the HLT to brew tomorrow.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Latest (last?) configuration of the hop dropper, now with all tri-clamp connections, eliminting NPT threads.

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Human brewing units are an infestation...My Prime Function...I must sterilize...Ster.....Ril......lize !!!!!

 

[catdaddy6676]

Back after a few years off (formerly @catdaddy66) and that was due to personal issues. I was still brewing but not as much but today my brother and I did our first batch this year, a California Common with Triple Perle hops and wlp810. Decided that at our current pace it would be better to do ten gallon batches.

 

[Brewsmith]

I kegged up my English Bitter and an English Brown. The bitter is in the kegerator. The next thing I need to do for beer is polish off a keg so the brown can go on!

 

[BrewMan13]

Kicked the scotch ale, so re-tapped the Baltic porter. That extra lagering time worked wonders (as it usually does). Getting this very nice dark chocolate note; definitely worth the wait!

 

[seatazzz]

Working on getting past the disappointment of not getting a medal in last competition; I know a three of the five didn't deserve one, but the other two should have got thirds. And although I only have two scoresheets so far, my old nemesis oxidation is getting mentioned in one that I thought had the best chance, an NEIPA that was less than 10 days old when it got sent in. I go as LODO as I can with my system, the only thing I can think of is the bottling. Next time going to purge the bottles with co2 before filling them. Big surprise was the Witbier I entered, first one I've ever sent to a comp; got a 38 aggregate, don't have the scoresheet yet but anxious to see what went right with it. Personally I think it's a bit too belgian-ey. Oh well, somebody has to drink all this beer.

And trying my hand tonight at a 1g batch; doing an english porter. Got way too low a preboil gravity (did a modified BIAB) but it smells and looks great.

 

[BeerAndTele]

Bottled my 2.5 gal split batch, WLP001 Cal Ale vs. WLP002 English Ale in an American IPA. Just wrapped up a 2-day dry hop with Chinook and Centennial. Filled to within .75 in (~2 cm) of the top and pushed a shot of wine preservative (argon+co2) under the cap before sealing. Stoked ... both tasted great out of the fermenter.

 

[camonick]

Kegged 5 gallons of Pilsner

 

[T Murph]

So far I got my starter of Czech yeast going for tomorrow's Pilsner Urquell Clone brew. Constructed a temporary make shift temperature controlled fermentation chamber for an IPA I brewed Sunday. And still pressure testing this leaking conical and getting the water ready for tomorrow.

And the wife thinks that I don't think about anything but beer. Ha Ha, I didn't even mention the word beer.

 

[BrewMan13]

Working on getting past the disappointment of not getting a medal in last competition; I know a three of the five didn't deserve one, but the other two should have got thirds. And although I only have two scoresheets so far, my old nemesis oxidation is getting mentioned in one that I thought had the best chance, an NEIPA that was less than 10 days old when it got sent in. I go as LODO as I can with my system, the only thing I can think of is the bottling. Next time going to purge the bottles with co2 before filling them. Big surprise was the Witbier I entered, first one I've ever sent to a comp; got a 38 aggregate, don't have the scoresheet yet but anxious to see what went right with it. Personally I think it's a bit too belgian-ey. Oh well, somebody has to drink all this beer.

And trying my hand tonight at a 1g batch; doing an english porter. Got way too low a preboil gravity (did a modified BIAB) but it smells and looks great.

Bolded a sentence for emphasis - definitely do this! Bottling has been my nemesis for years; for competitions especially, it is a critical step. For me it took getting a tapcooler bottle filler to mitigate the oxygen exposure and more consistently medal.

 

[day_trippr]

Staged everything to brew the third batch of a raspberry hibiscus wheat beer tomorrow.
It's so pretty - I wasn't able to brew it last year and I miss it

Cheers!

 

[catdaddy6676]

Keeping track of the early fermentation process at about 48 hours it's off the chain! Active doesn't begin to describe it lol there was good krausen at 24 hours but the liquid is churning vigorously.

 

[MaxStout]

Bottled a Festbier and Schwarzbier today that had been lagering since Feb. 105 bottles. Getting my pipeline filled.

 

[day_trippr]

Got a late start to a Raspberry Hibiscus Wheat brew today but at least it is going smoothly. Started the fly sparge awhile ago...

Cheers!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yesterday I stopped into a local Turkish market, for some dried fruit for baking, and scored some lavender and rosehips at a reasonable price. They also had hibiscus flowers… maybe another time for that.

 

[ba-brewer]

Got a late start to a Raspberry Hibiscus Wheat brew today but at least it is going smoothly. Started the fly sparge awhile ago...

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Cheers!

Glad to see your back is better and able to brew again.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

Having a beer while reading HBT.
Cherry Blonde Doppelbock.

 

[day_trippr]

Glad to see your back is better and able to brew again.

Thank you! You're very kind to remember
Two level/3 unit spinal fusion ftw!

Cheers!

 

[Skeeter686]

I can with my system, the only thing I can think of is the bottling. Next time going to purge the bottles with co2 before filling them.

For the styles that are more sensitive to oxidation, I've started purging the head space with CO2 bubbles, rather than the empty bottle. I only started recently, so I don't have lots a data, but it seems to be working.

I got a cheap air nozzle with a rubber tip and "straw-style" a coffee stirrer fits neatly through the nozzle. (This is the one I got: Blow Gun with Safety Tip and Rubber Tip)

I fill the bottle, then stick the straw intothe beer and shoot a little CO2 under the surface to throw up some CO2-filled foam to the top, and quickly cap.

This would probably work much better with something like an air stone, but as a proof of concept, this seems to work for me for now.

 

[seatazzz]

The little 2g porter I brewed on Monday has already dropped the krausen; used Lutra for it at about 74°, so no surprise there. Had the intentions of bottle conditioning this one, but decided to bottle off the mead that's in my 2.5g keg instead, and use that. Will give me a chance to practice purging bottles with co2, as has been suggested to me a couple of times so far by my most excellent friends here. It seems like every time I turn around there's something else I *should* be doing but haven't, for whatever reason; that usually improves my process/beer/attitude by leaps and bounds. Conversely, there are things I *could* be doing but don't, mainly because I'm lazy.

 

[Deric]

Brewed a Czech Pale Lager …

 

[T Murph]

Brewed a Czech Pale Lager …

Good luck with it. I brewed a SMaSH Czech Pils yesterday. Now the hard part, waiting two months to enjoy it. Did you do a triple decoction mash?

 

[Deric]

Good luck with it. I brewed a SMaSH Czech Pils yesterday. Now the hard part, waiting two months to enjoy it. Did you do a triple decoction mash?

No decoction but did step mash (Hockhurz).