What I did for beer today

[djtecha]

Made a hibiscus honey saison. For those looking to fill a keg win something NA I'd also suggest making a light hibiscus water and save your money from buying 12 packs of La Croix

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A pint of my Otter Ale clone, a brewery in Ottery St. Mary, Devon.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Today I brewed 15 litres of my Arctic Ale, a Kolsch like brew.
2500g Pilsner malt
250g Flaked Maize
200g Honey Malt
100g Rye Malt
50g Acid Malt
60m mash, 45m boil
15g Magnum @ 45m
35g Saaz @ 10m
Norsk yeast from Crossmyloof in Glasgow, it’s a Northern European yeast by all accounts. Got it fermenting at 22C
OG 1048.

 

[VikeMan]

Gravity sample of Raspberry Pastry Stout. Maybe done at 1.044. Maybe not.

 

[T Murph]

Back in the states returning from a cruise to Cozumel. Wanted to find a local micro brewery or brewpub, not to be found anywhere on the island. So OK I'll settle for a fresh Mexican beer on tap. Even that was a challenge to find but I did indeed find Modelo on tap at a beach resort.

 

[mattman91]

Took a gravity reading for my pale ale. Down to 1.010 as expected. This is the the first non-lager I’ve brewed in well over a year

 

[T Murph]

An interesting tid bit I learned on my cruise. It was on Carnival Cruise lines and they had interesting beers on tap. They offered Wit beer, pale ale, red ale and IPA. All were tasty drinkable beers. I inquired who brewed them for them as each had names relating to Red Frog. I was informed that Carnival has their own micro brewery that brews all the beers for their cruise ships. One ship that sails out of Port Charlotte has an actual brew pub on board. I found that very interesting as I did their IPA. Quite a nice example of the style.

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

My first pour of my latest brew, a doppelbock that needs more age time and carbonation. Also my first pour from the new beer cooler I posted earlier. Good things are happening now. Working on the brewery tap sign next. Need to get rolling before the grass greens up more.

 

[ClaudiusB]

An interesting tid bit I learned on my cruise. It was on Carnival Cruise lines and they had interesting beers on tap. They offered Wit beer, pale ale, red ale and IPA. All were tasty drinkable beers. I inquired who brewed them for them as each had names relating to Red Frog. I was informed that Carnival has their own micro brewery that brews all the beers for their cruise ships. One ship that sails out of Port Charlotte has an actual brew pub on board. I found that very interesting as I did their IPA. Quite a nice example of the style.
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Old Pics from my kids. They read an article in the German newspaper that a German brewer was brewing beer on a ship and decided to check it out.

 

[Knightshade]

Milling grains…hopefully to use tomorrow. If not then…Saturday awaits. Maybe.

Or Sunday.

Yeesh.

 

[grampamark]

Milling grains…hopefully to use tomorrow. If not then…Saturday awaits. Maybe.

Or Sunday.

Yeesh.

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That’s the same milling setup I use. Same mill, same drill, same plastic bucket. Only difference is, I don’t use a booster seat.

 

[grampamark]

Pulled an FG sample of the Fizzy Yellow Lager I brewed a couple of weeks ago. Finished at 5.5%. Kegging tomorrow.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Brewed 3 gallons of Imperial Stout (1.110 OG), then dumped it onto a US-05 yeast-cake.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I was told by automation what to do, add water to the chiller.

 

[day_trippr]

Who's actually running the show over there?

 

[Knightshade]

That’s the same milling setup I use. Same mill, same drill, same plastic bucket. Only difference is, I don’t use a booster seat.

It’s odd how often those darn things have come in handy. Pretty sure we got them from friends after their kids grew out of them and ours were small enough to use them.

Ours are out of the house now as well, but these things are still around..

 

[VikeMan]

I don't usually use carboys. An exception is sours (often fruited). Presenting my new high tech puree delivery system:

 

[HM-2]

My best mate and his fiancée have just bought a rather spiffing new house and I felt it would be uncouth of me to pop over there without bringing a housewarming present.

5L of Pale Ale made with a mixture of US and British hops (Harlequin, Jester and Mosaic).

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

I stuck a Taprite 3-body regulator on my garage keezer right before heading to Cancun for my wife's dental implant. It kept leaking down, so I set things up so the kegs were pressurized and the regulator was isolated from it. Using soapy water to detect leaks didn't work well. I figured I would fix things on our return.

Today I did things the right way. I took the regulator, hoses, and disconnects and submerged everything I could in a bowl of water. Tightened everything up, and now I'm hoping for the best. I pressurized the kegs again and shut the shutoffs so the regulator and tank are isolated from them, and I will check the pressure on the gauges later.

I also used my 20-lb CO2 tank and transfer tube for the first time, to replace the gas I lost. Works perfectly. I even remembered to purge the tube.

 

[bike2brew]

Bottle my 2.5 gallon trial batch Hops Kitchen Amber @ 5.12 abv. Beers later this afternoon in my private beer garden. Living the dream.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Brewed 3 gallons of Imperial Stout (1.110 OG), then dumped it onto a US-05 yeast-cake.

Checked gravity, already down to 1.023 after about 36 hours -- hoping it stops there and doesn't get too thin (I mashed at 155F for 60 mins).

 

[BrewZer]

Just put to bed a Citra/Mosaic IPA that is my very first overnight mash. I ferment this one on Imperial Mangosteeni kveik yeast (because I got it free from my fabulous LHBS, expired but worked great the first time) so it has to be in the house, wrapped up. The fleece blanket I usually use to wrap it is dirty so needed something else. Husband left his puffy columbia jacket with the reflective lining in the room I ferment in, so I thought why the heck not? Zipped it up, and it fits perfectly over the fermonster I have it in. And has the added bonus of being absolutely adorable.View attachment 844786

Necessity is a mother, or so I've heard.

Meanwhile, I've got bottles and tubing in the laundry sink soaking in bleach solution to put my Summer 24 Amber Ale to bed for carbonating. Sadly, I've already had to cut the grass once this season, so I'm behind schedule.

Summer 24 is a bit stronger than I wanted, and I attribute that to better-than-expected attenuation. 7.09% vs the 6% I was shooting for. We'll see how it tastes after I finish bottling, and then again after it carbonates for couple of weeks.

 

[BeerAndTele]

Brew day!
A 2.75 gal stovetop BIAB batch, American IPA. Will be splitting into 2 fermenters for a dank-off: one will be dry hopped with Columbus, the other with Nugget. I've used both before but only in combination with other hops, never isolated.
Cheers.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I didn't do anything exciting today, I upgraded the grain processing system with additional wiring (black cable) for more important stuff. I had to stop early because of the flying dust since the enclosure is located outside and it started to get full of sand.

 

[Cameronl]

I finished my new magnetic stir plate this morning. My old one was kind of janky and the speed control went from zero to "throw the stir bar" with the slightest touch. For the new one I purchased an inexpensive low-voltage speed control (~$5 on Amazon) and used a 4.6v 3v wall wort from my stash of old charging bricks. I don't remember the source for the motor, it's been in my parts stash for a while, but it's not a computer fan like most DIY stir plates seem to be. The wooden disk with the magnets is just a piece of plywood cut with a hole saw and friction fitted on the motor shaft. Stuffed it all into a small wooden cigar box and it works a treat.

*edit: using a 3v power supply, not 4.6. After trying a number of different supplies, I settled on the 3v. Can go full power without throwing the stir bar, and goes more than fast enough for the yeast.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Today I brewed 16 litres of Roosters Yankee Golden Ale
2850g Maris Otter
230g Flaked Maize
50g Acid Malt
50g Carapils
25g Cascade @ 45 & 15 minutes
Kolsch yeast
I was expecting 17 litres and a BHE of 70%. Ended at 15 litres so added another litre. OG was 1048 giving BHE of 77% and a predicted ABV of 5.0% when the original beer is 4.3%.

 

[HM-2]

Cleaned my Fermzilla out in preparation for a brew day tomorrow.
Wrote up a red rye IPA recipe based on Brewdog's "Albino Squid Assassin" which I might do tomorrow in lieu of the NEIPA I was planning

 

[seatazzz]

Recap of the last few days:

Saturday: Group brewday, had a lovely time, my best brewfriend did his very first all-grain brew and did it well. As it was his retirement party, I gifted him my spare 15g HLT so he can keep on with it. I've got a 12g kettle that will do for an HLT when I need it (I mainly do full volume BIAB anyway).

Sunday: Cleaned up the brewery. And tested positive for the covids!!!

Yesterday/Today: Not much for brewing because I am sick as a sick dog. Later if I feel up to it need to dump grain bag from Saturday (ewww, yes I know) and boil out the chiller. Still testing positive so two more days out of work, oh darn.

 

[BikerMatt]

Totally unplanned brew session, was feeling kinda down so wanted to do sth fun and got all the ingredients at hand plus just washed the entire kit a couple days back, guess I`ll be washing them again tomorrow Of course had to order more bottles to put it in, oh and caps to close them, oh yea ran out of starsan so a litre bottle of saniclean too 88 and change eur again... They do say if it doesn`t take all your spare time and all your money it`s not a hobby right

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Shipped entries to two competitions and a care package to my SIL and brother.