What I did for beer today

[homebeerbrewer]

This is a thread intended for anyone that does anything related to home brewing. You can post any thing you want as long as it was what you did today. What I did was make a Stout. If you made a chiller, brew pot, ordered hops, ordered grain, brewed a beer, made your first beer, whatever... what did you do for beer today?

I now work at a LHBS, does that count?

A guy came in yesterday asking questions about an off flavor that he seems to be getting on a recurring basis. He's a new brewer, and brewed about 6 batches so far, so he thought he might have an infection. I said I can't diagnose a flavor without tasting it, and suggested that he bring some in for me to sample. Today, he did. I think I've steered him on the right track, and he'll be bringing some of his next batch in to make sure.

BTW, it wasn't infected, and it was a decent beer. I think it was a fermenting issue.

 

[jeffjm]

Pre-ordered centennial, goldings, and cascade rhizomes. Went to the LHBS at lunch and picked up a pack of 1028 for tomorrow's dry stout. Made starter with it this evening.

 

[stbnj]

Stepped up a starter of 1450, washed a few bottles, and punched in the recipe for Monday so I can try out the various brewing apps I put on my new phone. I also let the wife try samples of the Summer Shandy clone she requested before I bottle them this weekend. I split a 6 gallon batch between 2 3gallon fermenters and a one gallon jug with 1056, American Wheat 1010, and WLP 380 Hef IV. Not surprisingly she preferred 1056 the best, I like Hef IV personally, 1010 is still kicking up sulfur but shows promise. I added Lemonade Kool Aid to each once fermentation was over to get the Summer Shandy effect, worked pretty well.

 

[HolidayIF1488]

Found a HBS with simcoe in stock. Drove 23.5 miles and bought 3 lbs. Got home &brewed 5gal APA,5gal extract mystery,& 2.5gal coffee stout. During APA mash bottled a cream ale.

 

[C-Rider]

'Cashed in 21 lbs of pennies a few days ago for credit at Amazon. Today I ordered three brewing books;
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition
Radical Brewing: Recipes
Brewing Better Beer

My library grows. Hope my beers get better now LOL

 

[DannPM]

I made a starter of 3944 for my Belgian Dubbel I'm brewing tomorrow.

 

[Zamial]

I ordered 10 hop rhizomes, finished estimates and planning of the growing area. Now time to go drink with the in-laws!

 

[mikeysab]

Received a pound of hops, added 4 oz simcoe to my simcoe ipa, washed out a 3 gallon glass wine bottle and arranged my brew closet. Oh, and bought soil for my hop garden. Gonna turn some leaves in and make it into a compost heap till spring

 

[atgunning]

Kegged 5 gallons of Belgian Golden Strong, kegged 5 gallons of cider, transferred 10 gallons of IPA to secondary.

 

[Darkness]

Transferd Irish red, wheat to secondary. Added coffee extract into Stout and Transferd. Moped entire brewery cleaned tons of stuff. Went to brew store and picked up a grain bill for a Flanders Red and brewed it oganized my beer room and checked air lock levels

 

[usfmikeb]

I helped a friend do his first brew. In reality, I did the brew, but he bought the materials and brought it over to my house to brew. He's going to ferment at home in one of my carboys, and then will likely bring it back to my house to bottle.

 

[Mexicanconnection2002]

Drank homebrew.

 

[Rabid_Wombat]

Washed bottles in advance of my first bottling session.

 

[davidr2340]

Like others have said... Surfed this forum pretty much all day long!

 

[TomSD]

Decided to put off the brew day to tomorrow. I did run to the craft store though and pickup fabric and whatnot to make some BIAB bags. If they come out ok I'll start a thread on the project... I have my doubts though as I am not exactly Martha Stewart.

 

[mobilecabinworks]

Brewed up a 5 gal batch of Breakfast Stout, my first batch using my well water, which is rather alkaline and rather hard. Should be just what the doctor ordered for this one.

 

[DrBeer]

Thats awesome. I'm an ortho. tech. and work in a busy orthopaedic office. If I started putting my brewing stuff in our autoclave I can only imagine the stern talking to I'd get.

Yeah, I work at an orthopedic surgery center too, but fortunately the people at work like my beer so they don't mind. They even put it in peel packs it for me!

 

[grouperdude]

I used sketch up to design a keezer:rockin:

 

[Brew_Force]

I drank a about a gallon of brew, and now I'm getting ready for a brew day tomorrow. Also, I fed my dog some spent grain dog treats!

 

[DakotaRules]

Brewed 11 gal of ESB. My back hates me now. I can't wait to build my single tier.

 

[Brulosopher]

Started my kegerator build!



Just waiting for my faucets

 

[jiggs_casey]

Started on my fermentation / lagering chamber!

 

[Quadrupled]

I taught my old man how to homebrew!

 

[Rebekah]

Read many threads today. Learning so much!
Brewed a nutmeg/vanilla stout. Made the house smell lovely!

 

[Stauffbier]

What I did for brew today? Just broke my hydrometer! That's what I did today! Crap Balls!!!

 

[Aschecte]

Today I taught a class on decoction mashing for my homebrew club. I also read the newest byo magazine and plugged a member of the clubs pilsner into beersmith 2 so he could have a "printed" copy with brew steps.

 

[Stauffbier]

Read many threads today. Learning so much!
Brewed a nutmeg/vanilla stout. Made the house smell lovely!

Sounds good!

 

[msa8967]

I unpacked and cleaned my two new 10 gallon stainless steel brew pots, built a second 48 quart mashtun and tested my second Bayou SQ14 burner stand. In the winter I cannot run my wort chiller off of the garden hose so I will chill these two pots by placing each of them in tubs with ice, snow and water. With a 22 month old toddler and another one on the way I decided that the number of "free days to brew" are going to be very limited so I will be running two brews in tandem (at the same time) in order to keep the pipeline going.

 

[H-ost]

I will be running two brews in tandem (at the same time) in order to keep the pipeline going.

That's what I call compromising!

 

[tmurph6]

Brewed an ESB! Finally got to use my new chiller and temp controlled ferm chamber (fridge).