What I did for beer today

[Bamsdealer]

Swapped some frozen bottles out of one one of my swamp coolers and stared at a couple airlocks wishing I had a carboy or better bottle.

 

[Darkness]

I keg'd a Hnney wheat and a Saison for a friend and put them on pressure for him. Also cold crashed a Peach Cream Ale, and a Rassberry Cream Ale. Also talked to brew friend about upcoming brews and cooked bacon to put into a Smoked Wheat.

 

[HellInABucket]

Helped a friend clear room in his garage by 'borrowing' his extra keggerator for my intended use of a ferm chamber. Was rewarded with a guiness from his kitchen counter top built-in Guinness tap.

Dilemma now is to brew another using the ferm chamber, or keg my recently swamp cooler fermented brew and enjoy it on tap.

 

[ktm250]

Bought all the parts for my mash tun! All grain here I come!

 

[duckredbeard]

Dilemma now is to brew another using the ferm chamber, or keg my recently swamp cooler fermented brew and enjoy it on tap.

I say brew using the swamp cooler and put the keg in the fridge. Swamp cooler is working for you, keep it going.

 

[cdeme123]

Yesterday I harvested a computer power supply and fan from an old computer that was lying around my office. Today I pulled the PS apart and began converting it to a bench power supply. I plan to use it to power the fan and pump in my next DIY project...a fermentation chiller. I hope to have the whole thing done by the end of summer.

It's a good project this summer since it has been so hot I can work in the basement where it's at least a little cooler. I have learned recently my basement is not cool enough to ferment even ales. The last ale fermented near 80 degrees no matter what I tried. I hope I don't get too much "fermentation" character out of it. Oh well, it's done now.

 

[Darkness]

I made a bacon infusion into a 1 1/2 quart of my smoked wheat beer. It smells so good.

 

[Bubba]

I weighed out grain for my next brew this weekend.

 

[freemanmh]

Made sure the fermentation temps on the BIAB Centennial Blonde I brewed last night were stable and acceptable (and the yeast appears to like it - was already starting to bubble 2 hours after pitching last night, nice krausen now and bubbling away happily). At the moment, I'm brewing the Southern Star Pale Ale kit I picked up at NB yesterday, since it seems wrong on several levels to have a clean and empty 6 gallon BB.

 

[Drewski8986]

Bottled what was left in a rye beer and a coffee chocolate porter so I had clean empty kegs to rack a few beers to this weekend . Cleaned and sanitized four kegs . Cleaned and sanitized my lines and faucets also wiped out the inside of the Keezer while it was fairly empty. Turned out to be a long evening . But a couple homebrews and music helped pass the time .

 

[Horseballs]

I just got back from a beer tasting at the local whole foods. I asked the guy in charge if I could have some empty bottles, came out with eight cases of brown longneck pop offs. Mostly great divide and great lakes which = easy de-labling. So happy right now.

 

[Channel66]

Brewed a 70/- with a roomate, her first brew and her 21st birthday present. Should be ready for her birthday bbq. also picked up grains for a saison that is going to receive roselare treatment, might add some blueberries before bottling, we will see. Also broke my first hydrometer in 5 years of brewing, hope I hit the OG on the scotch ale, it tasted alright so we will see.

 

[davekippen]

Cracked the top off my first strawberry blonde. It was way too early to taste it (1 week in the bottle) but I couldnt take the suspense. OMG it was good.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Cracked the top off my first strawberry blonde. It was way too early to taste it (1 week in the bottle) but I couldnt take the suspense. OMG it was good.

Bought ingredients for a strawberry blonde.

Also bought ingredients for a dubbel, ordered a pound of Citra wet hops, and then ingredients for an Imperial Red in which to use said Citra wet hops when the LHBS gets the shipment in following the hop harvest.

 

[Gixxer]

Weighed grain, filtered water, and measured hop additions for Calypso Citra Pale Ale. Brewing tomorrow.

 

[g2rnewton]

I unpacked my fall brew supplies that were shipped today. An English Bitter from Annapolis Homebrew.

This brew will be headed to the semi-annual West Virginia golf trip in Sept. Hope to brew it in the next day or two...

 

[cdeme123]

I just got back from a beer tasting at the local whole foods. I asked the guy in charge if I could have some empty bottles, came out with eight cases of brown longneck pop offs. Mostly great divide and great lakes which = easy de-labling. So happy right now.

Great find...nice one.

 

[cdeme123]

Test tasted an English mild. Very good and may be ready for packaging.

 

[duckredbeard]

Kegged my Earthworm Mild Ale. I kept finding earthworms on my patio during the brew. It was 104F in ATL that day, so they were just looking to cool off in the puddles of the wet shaded patio. I honor them by naming the beer after them. And sorry for those who gave their lives to die under my feet.

 

[jerryteague]

Ordered a couple of partial mash kits (stout and pale ale) from Midwest.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Just bottled up my Belgian Blonde and have the fermentor soaking with oxyclean so I can fill it with an APA tomorrow.

 

[step]

Washed and sani'd two cornies, then kegged/dry hopped 10 gals of IPA for a camping trip in two weeks... and drank some beer

 

[unionrdr]

Just got some scrubbed bottles dried,gotta put'em back in boxes for storage. Got my catch all bucket to empty & clean of it's old PBW. And one fermenter finally soaked clean to rinse.
And as luck would have it,my efforts were rewarded in a different way. I thought we only had one case of my wife's summer shandy left,& sent my son upstairs to fetch it down. What he returned with was a 12 pack of my Sunset Gold APA I thought we'd finished. Oh happy day!

 

[tennesseean_87]

Bottled Yooper's DFH 60 clone after two and half weeks in primary, eight days of which included dry hops. Yesterday I went scavenging for bottles and picked up more than a case, since I wasn't expecting much from my friend who I am splitting this batch with. Later that day, he ended up giving me another case worth, most of which were de-labelled already, and one of which was a flip-top. Now I'll save $.02 every time I use it!

 

[SkipperNC]

I drank a craft brew at the airport. I am not getting enough brew days in with this awful heat.

 

[freemanmh]

Picked up the ingredients for a 2.5gallon AG BIAB batch of pale ale that I want to brew so that the new 3 gallon glass carboy I picked up used today has something in it besides an oxy soak.

 

[sweed]

Bought a case of bombers, caps, and priming sugar for my RIS and hefe

 

[blkandrust]

Kegged a German Alt after a 6 week primary. Sample was fantastic!

 

[g2rnewton]

Brewed an ordinary bitter this morning.

 

[chuckstout]

Had a tasting with my brother and cousin