What I did for beer today

[Cheshire Cat]

My Erdinger clone yesterday evening. Very refreshing in 32C heat.

 

[seatazzz]

Yesterday kegged a cream ale that was quite tasty at testing just the day before; was in the fermzilla so only needed a few pulls of the PRV to get it ready to tap. Ugh, acetaldehyde! Still not quite sure what caused it; the usual good sanitation practices, fresh yeast, plenty of oxygen at pitching, good temperatures and was as done as it could get. Pulled the keg out this morning and let it offgas with a spunding valve all day, then when I got home did the co2 bubbling trick through the Out post for about 7 minutes. I've had good luck with that in the past. Chilling now, will test it again tomorrow. It wasn't horrible, just not what I wanted. I'll drink it no matter what since it's all I've got on tap except for a very little bit of aged porter. Arrrgh.

 

[Snuffy]

I'm trying to get my porter keg to kick so I can swap in the Uley's Old Spot clone. The porter is good but I'm over it at this point.
How's that knee?

 

[seatazzz]

I'm trying to get my porter keg to kick so I can swap in the Uley's Old Spot clone. The porter is good but I'm over it at this point.
How's that knee?

Not bad unless I forget and kneel on it, then it's OUCH. Probably bruised the kneecap worse than I thought.

 

[Willy]

Off to the mountains near Asheville - no HB styles for 3-4 days. Thankfully, lots of good commercial options, but the craft beer industry is exceptionally weak at providing an awesome English Brown Ale. How can this be? This is crazy to me. Nothing better than an English Brown Ale, EKG/Fuggles.

Thankfully, I can suffer in the sauna at the ridiculously nice place we are staying at.

 

[hopfenstopfen]

Off to the mountains near Asheville - no HB styles for 3-4 days. Thankfully, lots of good commercial options, but the craft beer industry is exceptionally weak at providing an awesome English Brown Ale. How can this be? This is crazy to me. Nothing better than an English Brown Ale, EKG/Fuggles.

Thankfully, I can suffer in the sauna at the ridiculously nice place we are staying at.

Recommendation?

 

[Willy]

Recommendation?

The area around Black Mountain has been the spot for immediate family vacations for several years now. It's about 20 minutes to Asheville which in my mind is the epicenter of craft brewing - for the country perhaps and certainly for the East Coast. Lots of awesome breweries are everywhere, and you can get a Sierra Nevada or New Belgium variety that is so fresh it is very pleasing. Just had a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale at My Father's Pizza (awesome pizza, stellar!) and I was always a fan of their Pale Ale but this draft was spectacular. Too many local beers to name - hard to go wrong with any of them. It is a beer town and the weaker breweries have been weeded out over the last few years. Hard to go wrong - they know how to make beer.

For places to stay - I have always used Greybeard Rentals, which offers a wide selection of places depending on the size of your party and what you want. Currently at Peak Perfection, which is a huge place, but not too bad when 4 families are splitting the tab. Yeah... I would recommend it. Really nice place.
https://www.greybeardrentals.com/asheville-vacation-rentals/peak-perfection

 

[Snuffy]

Off to the mountains near Asheville - no HB styles for 3-4 days. Thankfully, lots of good commercial options, but the craft beer industry is exceptionally weak at providing an awesome English Brown Ale. How can this be? This is crazy to me. Nothing better than an English Brown Ale, EKG/Fuggles.

Thankfully, I can suffer in the sauna at the ridiculously nice place we are staying at.

Green Man Brewery. Not a brown, but passable.
https://www.greenmanbrewery.com/esb

 

[day_trippr]

Had a stout keg kick last night, swapped in a freshie today and ran the kick through the venerable Mark II. No big whoop...

Cheers!

 

[Snuffy]

The area around Black Mountain has been the spot for immediate family vacations for several years now. It's about 20 minutes to Asheville which in my mind is the epicenter of craft brewing - for the country perhaps and certainly for the East Coast. Lots of awesome breweries are everywhere, and you can get a Sierra Nevada or New Belgium variety that is so fresh it is very pleasing. Just had a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale at My Father's Pizza (awesome pizza, stellar!) and I was always a fan of their Pale Ale but this draft was spectacular. Too many local beers to name - hard to go wrong with any of them. It is a beer town and the weaker breweries have been weeded out over the last few years. Hard to go wrong - they know how to make beer.

For places to stay - I have always used Greybeard Rentals, which offers a wide selection of places depending on the size of your party and what you want. Currently at Peak Perfection, which is a huge place, but not too bad when 4 families are splitting the tab. Yeah... I would recommend it. Really nice place.
https://www.greybeardrentals.com/asheville-vacation-rentals/peak-perfection

Suhweeeet!

 

[ClaudiusB]

I saved a local brewery from a disaster today.
I received an emergency call stating that their European system was down due to two problems, and flying in a repair crew would take too long.
They know I have a little knowledge of brewing and automation, and ask me for help.
The first problem was in the mill room with the grain mill.
The second problem was with the läuter tun's rake not turning.
With the help of a few beers, I was lucky to take care of the problems, and on Monday, a few batches can be brewed again.

 

[Tony B]

Everything I do is for my family. Whatever’s left is done for beer. Every day.

 

[HM-2]

Having kicked the last of my experimental hazy DIPA, the finally got round to kegging up my Japanese Rice Lager with Sorachi Ace and Yuzu peel.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Added some gelatin to (hopefully) clarify an almost-marzen in the fermenter that' s a few days away from bottling.

 

[seatazzz]

Brewed up the house NEIPA this morning, which is right now going insane on proven kveiking slurry. Sent husband off to paint disposal event at local high school, he then hit up our local Grocery Outlet and besides street taco fixings (minus cilantro, I don't eat soap, yuck), brought home two different styles of 2 Towns Cider (Blueberry and Pog) as well as a sixer of Ecliptic Phasy IPA, and four different cans of Cascadian Outfitters wine. Mama's gonna have a GOOD night.

 

[TexasTea]

Painted a bunch of black pots white to plant hops in (so they stay cooler in the Texas Heat). Planted 1 huge centennial and 4 other medium centennial hops rhizomes. I have 5 medium Cascades and 20 smaller unidentified mixed B grade rhizomes to go. I had thought they were cascades but then remembered they were unlabelled. I bought them because the price was right (20 rhizomes for $21.99). Those are going to be a hoot. I will plant them all together and call them the "Mystery Grab Bag" hops. You never know what you will get.

 

[Halfakneecap]

I saved a local brewery from a disaster today.
I received an emergency call stating that their European system was down due to two problems, and flying in a repair crew would take too long.
They know I have a little knowledge of brewing and automation, and ask me for help.
The first problem was in the mill room with the grain mill.
The second problem was with the läuter tun's rake not turning.
With the help of a few beers, I was lucky to take care of the problems, and on Monday, a few batches can be brewed again.

Saint ClaudiusB!

 

[Halfakneecap]

My 100th batch in my 35L robobrew is a 6.5%ish cascadian ale. I rarely brew over 4%, but this is a bit special, and today i dry hopped it with 140g of Centennial ( 5gal ). Will get 5 days at 15c, and then i'll bottle.

Haven't dry hopped for a bottled beer for years. Threw them in a hop sock. Probably bottle on sunday.

Hoping for a big Centennial punch

I bottled this today, it smelt Dankalicious haha

 

[BrewZer]

I saved a local brewery from a disaster today.
I received an emergency call stating that their European system was down due to two problems, and flying in a repair crew would take too long.
They know I have a little knowledge of brewing and automation, and ask me for help.
The first problem was in the mill room with the grain mill.
The second problem was with the läuter tun's rake not turning.
With the help of a few beers, I was lucky to take care of the problems, and on Monday, a few batches can be brewed again.

I surprised they didn't just hire your brewing rig for a few weeks...

As for me, the Twin Blades of Fury is now in the beer fridge. Testing assured that it's ready to drink.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Took my FG reading, numbers look correct. Had to drink the gravity sample, for the sake of science; tasted good.
Visually, it looks like the clarifying gelatin helped. Every season I get closer to my goal of an almost-legit O-fest.

 

[leedspointbrew]

Packaged 42 bottles. Deep-cleaned fermenter and bottling bucket.
Now I'm done doing things for beer for awhile.

 

[BrewZer]

Packaged 42 bottles. Deep-cleaned fermenter and bottling bucket.
Now I'm done doing things for beer for awhile.

Every bottle quaffed is a scientific exbeeriment.

 

[MaxStout]

Drew a sample of the Dunkelweizen that's been in the FV for a week. SG was 1.012 (OG was 1.055), so about 5.6% and 78%AA. Right within Munich Classic's attenuation range. Sample smelled and tasted good.

I'll give it more time, take another gravity reading, then bottle.

 

[T Murph]

What I'm doing for beer today! I returned home from a weekend trip to the beach and found significant damage to my hop plants. While I was away a storm came through with crazy winds that blew my hops around enough to snap the strings. All strings broken either at the top or bottom. Two larger Nuggets had latched onto the upper cross beam but everything needs attention. Pictured below you'll see my pride, a double bined Saaz with one bine laying on the ground. Doesn't appear to have damaged the hops although now I have to re-string them back up. And the trellis is 20 ft tall.

 

[BrewZer]

1) mowed the grass, so I win a bomber of Twin Blades of Fury as a reward
2) emailed a local hop grower about availability and minimum quantity for purchase

 

[JC Mendyka]

Yesterday I bottled a batch of Kolsch. Looked great.

 

[catdaddy66]

I made a new homebrewtalk account for beer today!

It was because my old account was compromised and non recoverable

 

[day_trippr]

Welcome back!

 

[catdaddy66]

Welcome back!

You may remember my account as Catdaddy66, started in 2008 I believe

 

[TexasTea]

Got the last of the hops rhizomes in pots today. A total of 31 Rhizomes in 16 pots over the past couple days. 20- B Grade unlabelled hops, 5 Cascades, 1 Nugget, 5 Centennials. I should have gotten the other C hops too (Columbus and Chinook) as I'm told the C hops do better in this area.

I painted the pots white to keep them cool in Texas heat.

A little baby hops sproutlet near the left edge of pot

Hops sprouts (the white ones peaking out at about 2 o'clock location in the pot.


Now I wait untill spring to transplant.