What I did for beer today

[seanjwalker1]

Brewing my first batch of a Vienna lager style {kinda} Lawnmower beer I'm gonna call " I just cut a big one" .
It's my second lager , drinking my Marzen which was my first lager and it's real good , happy about that ... reusing the 34/70 slurry from that batch which has been in the fridge chillin'. This will be a low alcohol session beer (3.8%) and my first Jedi brew where I'm not going to check gravity , not going to worry about nuthin' just trusting the process and letting it roll.

Love it ! Old school ! Though I do usually check my gravities, I believe most folks have gotten away from just brewing beer vs brewing beer in a CDC/MIT laboratory. My motto is Brew it, just do it. Guess I'm among the last of the old world beer slingers. Dying breed. Always tell my wife if I had the money to open a brewery, it would all be made old world style .

 

[bellhp]

Roger that Tmurph and Sean ... I'm 100% in agreement . I'm using the force and seat of the pants for todays brew ... It's not a serious beer anyway . I did test the conversion with some iodine and thats good so ... onward .

 

[bellhp]

My Marzen and my yeasties ... I'm a six pack into this batch and I'm still boiling Wort . Is that bad ? It is Saturday .. and I just got in from sea for a month so I'm giving myself a pass .

 

[JAReeves]

Put up the coir for the hop bines.

 

[HM-2]

Remove the PRV but keep a CO2 line connected and set to very low pressure (under 1psi) like I would for doing closed transfer.

Three days later and I've taken the first updated sample.

Ignore the murk, I've made zero efforts to clear it than the protafloc in the boil.
Isomerised bittering extract has 100% fixed this. In reality, I could have gone even harder (it's about 85 IBU now apparently, probably could be 100). But worlds better. Smells like dank weed and tastes like ripe mango in a sweaty gym sock.

 

[bellhp]

Smells like dank weed and tastes like ripe mango in a sweaty gym sock

mmm ok. is that what you where going for? ... if so yaaaay!

 

[HM-2]

mmm ok. is that what you where going for? ... if so yaaaay!

I wouldn't say I was intentionally and specifically shooting for athletic toe cheese, but it definitely feels to style and is much more pleasant than that description makes it sound.

"Sweaty" seems to be an occasional secondary flavour of Mosaic from certain regions at certain times so I reckon it's probably that, but the extra IBUs really brought it out.

 

[ba-brewer]

I wouldn't say I was intentionally and specifically shooting for athletic toe cheese, but it definitely feels to style and is much more pleasant than that description makes it sound.

"Sweaty" seems to be an occasional secondary flavour of Mosaic from certain regions at certain times so I reckon it's probably that, but the extra IBUs really brought it out.

I know the smell you are talking about from mosaic, does not seem like feet to me but maybe a sweaty t-shirt. Just glad it is not always a thing with mosaic and normally at a low enough level you need to look for it.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bought some NZ hops yesterday. Must brew with the stock pile I have in the freezer to free up some space. Such problems!

 

[ba-brewer]

Brewed a 2gal batch of American Light Lager, not a style I drink or brew it is to try and close out a BJCP contest section. Brew day went good and the wort tasted good, maybe too good to fit the style guidelines.

 

[seatazzz]

Fermzilla finally out for delivery today; still can't brew, since I promised my mother I would schlep our lawnmower to her house to mow the front yard. BIL who usually handles it is in Europe with my sister. Hoping it gets here early enough that I can at least unbox it, and play with it a little bit. Pitched yeast in the cream ale I brewed yesterday, took a while to no-chill; wasn't worried about it since it's in a keg.

 

[BrewZer]

Generated the recipe for my next summer ale, "Grass Clippings," based on last year's very tasty Lawnmower Ale, but with S-05 yeast and a different hops mix based on Vic Secret for bittering and Saaz and Hallertau for aroma/flavor. Projected ABV 5.5% -- just right for cooling off after a session pushing the mower.

Will likely brew it 2 June.

 

[day_trippr]

First thing today I pulverized 24 ounces of various hops (Amarillo, Chinook and Galaxy for one batch, and Citra, El Dorado and Mosaic for the other) and dry hopped 20 gallons of beer at 6 ounces per carboy.

Then ran out and fetched my beer gas cylinder from the local fire extinguisher company after its fresh hydro test and refill and put it back in place. Next, as we kicked the first keg of my latest WCIPA batch last night, I swapped in the other keg, then fired up the Mark IV to clean the kicked keg and another I'd been holding in a fridge.

Wrapped up the chores by cleaning the drip tray on the keezer, then enjoyed a short pour of the WCIPA to clear the tap

Cheers!

 

[SwampFoxBrewer]

Forgot to add yesterday’s items:

Started a mead that I’m really excited about. No frills, but used honey from two local apiaries.

Also bottled a Hefeweizen brewed with orange peel and coriander. Trying to stock the pipeline with some crisp summer brews.

Also ordered some more priming sugar for bottling, but that’s not nearly as exciting

 

[seatazzz]

Because I'm an impatient sort, raced home from work to brew a quick Mosaic Smash, that will ferment in the new Fermzilla. Milled grain this morning, so all I had to do when I got home was get the water heating. Smells amazing in here. Been a while since I've done an evening brew; with my work schedule (don't start til 8am) I can stay up a bit later to make sure all cleaning is done. Weather cooled off the last two days so I'm hoping I can at least chill it down to 75.

 

[T Murph]

Hey @seatazzz did you get the Fermzill G3.2? My son's are getting one for a father's day gift me me

 

[seatazzz]

Hey @seatazzz did you get the Fermzill G3.2? My son's are getting one a father's day gift me me

Not sure which version I have; it's the 6.9g all-rounder, so no yeast-catcher thing on the bottom. I can't fit one of the big ones in my ferment fridge the way I currently have it set up. Quite happy with this one, it's big enough for 5.5g batches and I can ferment under pressure. Here's a pic of it right now; just put it to bed. Fermenting a Mosaic Smash IPA under pressure, the weird-looking thing in the back is my dry-hop bag, secured with magnets.

 

[T Murph]

Looking good @seatazzz my nephew got one. He brews at my house loads it in the car buckles it in the seat and takes it home. Even though I have 3 other fermenters, I just got to add one to my brewing arsenal,

 

[Langerz]

I’m late posting so this is a “what I did for beer this weekend”. Had middle sons graduation party so got to roll out the first full use of new Keezer and and four beers available. Also kicked my first keg since starting kegging. Was my first attempt at a NEIPA and was excellent.

 

[BrewMan13]

Kegged my hef. Not sure what happened, but it's definitely not my best work. Let's see when it's chilled and carbed.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yesterday I checked on a keg that’s been lagering unchecked for months to find it lacking carbonation but tasting pretty good (much improvement from its original state) so didn’t pull out the beer gun yet. Today I packaged a mead I tweaked and in about an hour entries will be delivered a day ahead of the deadline.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Generated the recipe for my next summer ale, "Grass Clippings," based on last year's very tasty Lawnmower Ale, but with S-05 yeast and a different hops mix based on Vic Secret for bittering and Saaz and Hallertau for aroma/flavor. Projected ABV 5.5% -- just right for cooling off after a session pushing the mower.

Will likely brew it 2 June.

Saaz and Hallertau! My 2 fave hops

 

[seatazzz]

Busy day in the brewery. This morning moved the magnets on the Fermzilla to dry hop the Mosaic semi-Smash I brewed on Monday. Then this afternoon transferred the cream ale I brewed last weekend from the fermenting keg to the serving keg. Partially carbonated, much more so than the lager I did two weeks ago; which also just kicked. It was yummy. So tomorrow, since I don't have to go into the office, going to brew another one. For this one I'm going to get 5g in the keg instead of the scant 4.5g I did for the last two fermented in this keg; taking a chance, yes, but it should be fine. Or I'll have krausen all over the floor of the ferment fridge. Whatever, it's going to be fun.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Deep cleaned a keg for a wit I brewed that’s going to a fund raising event. It was given to me and now I see it has 2 liquid posts. I have a spare set, but they aren’t the right size. So now I get to clean another keg or “borrow” a post from another keg. Well, a brewer needs something to do on a long weekend, do they not?

 

[deuc224]

Built a starter for 10 gallons of hefe.

 

[Deric]

Brewed a 10 gallon batch of Hazy Pale…

 

[grampamark]

Brewed 5 gal of Cream Ale.

 

[day_trippr]

Kegged one of two neipa batches before heading out to a pool party & BBQ (I'll keg the other batch tomorrow).

Wanted to show a handy device for purging the transfer line including the racking cane. Simply a gas post to a beer post, plug the former in the CO2 QD and the latter in the beer QD and flow gas for a bit.

Cane tip then goes straight into the beer so any head space gas does not end up in the keg. I also snap the transfer QD off the keg at the end before any headspace gas gets pushed into the keg...

Cheers!

 

[Dr_Jeff]

Cleaned, and sanitized 8 kegs today.
Also got the kettle hot and ran oxy through the CFC, pump and hoses for several hours, while cleaning kegs, one big loop.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Deep cleaned a keg with proper posts and will dump about a gallon of pale ale leftover from the fall of last year from a keg which I’ll clean as well getting double duty from the PBW. Tomorrow I’ll keg that Wit and steal about a six pack for competitions. It’s nearly time to fire up the grill and open a beer.