What I did for beer today

[45_70sharps]

I started with some general cleaning in the bar/brew area, then I mopped the floor.
Next came cleaning the inside of the kegerator.
Then I had a beer, well another one.

 

[user 51917]

Brewing 10 of BM Black Pearl Porter

 

[Channel66]

Coddled my starter. Checked on my 8 month old sour. Cleaned a fermenter.

 

[kmos]

Just picked up a Sanyo 4912 off of craigslist for $80. Such a good start to the weekend!

 

[Nightshade]

Detailed the hell out of the HLT interior and repassivated it
Back flushed and sanitized the heat exchange

 

[Channel66]

Biab. Too cold/late to fire up the 3 tier on the deck. I miss my garage

 

[LoloMT7]

Well today for beer I took one for the team folks...

It all started when I realized that I had left some hop material and wort in the brew kettle from my last brew session. Well in the Montana December "heat" wave of 10-30 degrees it was frozen junk that i needed to get out. So I warmed up the kettle on the burner to thaw it and went to dump it behind the house where I always do. I slipped and started to fall it happened so fast I wasn't thinking of anything other than pushing the kettle away from me so it didn't land on top of me. Well instinct was to grab the bottom and that was HOT. I got 2nd degree burns on the inside of my fingers on my left hand and had to visit the walk-in Clinic. And worst of all my Mash temp dropped from 148 to 142 over the course of the 3 HOUR MASH while i was at the clinic! All and all though it wasn't that bad and could have been worse. I learned that gloves should be used when moving HOT items! My good buddy Jeff came over and helped me finish the brew day. I hit the Pre and Post boil SG numbers and i think the brew will turn out fine..

Jeff chose the name for this brew

2nd Degree Saison

 

[Dave37]

Well today for beer I took one for the team folks...

It all started when I realized that I had left some hop material and wort in the brew kettle from my last brew session. Well in the Montana December "heat" wave of 10-30 degrees it was frozen junk that i needed to get out. So I warmed up the kettle on the burner to thaw it and went to dump it behind the house where I always do. I slipped and started to fall it happened so fast I wasn't thinking of anything other than pushing the kettle away from me so it didn't land on top of me. Well instinct was to grab the bottom and that was HOT. I got 2nd degree burns on the inside of my fingers on my left hand and had to visit the walk-in Clinic. And worst of all my Mash temp dropped from 148 to 142 over the course of the 3 HOUR MASH while i was at the clinic! All and all though it wasn't that bad and could have been worse. I learned that gloves should be used when moving HOT items! My good buddy Jeff came over and helped me finish the brew day. I hit the Pre and Post boil SG numbers and i think the brew will turn out fine..

Jeff chose the name for this brew

2nd Degree Saison

**** man sorry to see and hear that. Way to suck it up and get it done though! Who knows you might have something with the three hour mash technique. Hope the brew turns out great and the hand gets back to 100% ASAP keep those burns coated in that silvadene cream stuff and covered up. Cheers.

Dave

 

[runningweird]

We moved last month, and I never got my hops. in lovely Pennsylvania the winters are a mixed bag. I waited until today, warm weather at 45 degrees and I knew the ground would be soft enough to dig.
My night time raid only yielded my cascade root stock - the cluster is still enough to fill a 7 gallon bucket.

 

[Channel66]

Plus side of brewing when it is sub zero outside. .. chilled my wort to pitching temp in only 20 min with a simple water bath Plus snow. As much as I love brewing at our cabin my system is much more refined at home. Though I have never chilled in only 20 min with my submersion chiller.

 

[CaptainObvious1122]

Moved my Moose Drool clone partial mash from primary to secondary.

 

[thisoneguy]

Brewed a batch of Janet's Brown Ale.

 

[jdboes]

Helped LoloMT7 finish his brew and cleaned some equipment for a Blue Moon clone tomorrow

 

[pellis007]

Today I bottled my Oatmeal Vanilla Stout. Took a little taste out of the secondary after having been fermenting over 3 vanilla bean soaked in rum...yum...this is going to be a good beer.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Racked my Founders Breakfast Stout to a secondary (damn! That was a LOT of trub!)

Brewed a batch of kolsch.

Drank a smurfload of beer!

 

[zacster]

I took a sample of my American Lager. Gravity was 1.014 after 5 days from 1.054. It was kept between 50 and 54. I took it into the warm part of my house for a D-rest.

I also got my USB powered fan in the mail today that'll turn into my stir plate.

 

[NewBrewB]

Today I bought a range hood through craigslist, installed it over my boil kettle, had two friends over and helped them brew a 10gal APA on my kal clone, and kegged a vanilla bourbon barrel aged imperial stout.

Not too shabby.

 

[LoloMT7]

**** man sorry to see and hear that. Way to suck it up and get it done though! Who knows you might have something with the three hour mash technique. Hope the brew turns out great and the hand gets back to 100% ASAP keep those burns coated in that silvadene cream stuff and covered up. Cheers.

Dave

Thanks Dave... Yup they gave me the Thermazene (Silvadene cream stuff ) & I'm keeping it wrapped up now that the burning has stopped.

 

[ehopps1]

Bought a 70 qt coleman extreme cooler and a bunch of copper fittings for a manifold. Now I just have to finish putting my kettle together.

 

[Dave37]

Helped LoloMT7 finish his brew and cleaned some equipment for a Blue Moon clone tomorrow

Way to be. Good job

 

[njs170]

Staring at my first brew (Grand Cru) bubbling away in the garage! Man the garage smells great now!

 

[user 103238]

Made three loaves of spent grain bread (regular, cranberry, and cheddar cheese).

Made dinner rolls by infusing caramelized onions and cheddar cheese into the dough and slicing them in cinnamon roll-like shapes before baking. They went amazingly with my wife's chili.

Brewed my one year / 20th batch for my Caribrewsary (all grain Caribou Slobber kit in honor of my first brew which was an extract version).

Invited a couple of friends over to partake in the food and brewing, one of which has sampled a variety of my brews, but it was his first time to experience the brewing process. The best part was that he even stuck around for cleanup!

And of course sampled completed product throughout the course of the day. Phew, I'm exhausted just typing that all out!

Edit : and performed the inaugural brew with my Blichmann floor burner. It preformed phenomenally!

 

[andycr]

Brewed an all-grain golden ale that somehow ended up 6 points lower than expected... Bottled 2 batches that badly needed bottling.

Didn't feel well towards the end of the brewday, so postponed cleanup for a few hours... Came back and saw a krausen in the hydrometer sample tube I had left out with wort in it. Realized I had pitched before aerating and taking a gravity reading, so I have the world's smallest open fermentation. If it's done tomorrow, I'll try it... Why not?

EDIT: Hey, that was pretty good. Hope the actual beer turns out like the mini-ferment.

 

[BorealBrewer]

I just started soaking 1.5 kg of wheat, and 1.5 kilos of barley to make some malt. The grain will eventually be turned into a two gallons of weizen, and the leftovers paired with some corn and rice to make some Co3C.

 

[davekippen]

Made three loaves of spent grain bread (regular, cranberry, and cheddar cheese).

Made dinner rolls by infusing caramelized onions and cheddar cheese into the dough and slicing them in cinnamon roll-like shapes before baking. They went amazingly with my wife's chili.

Are these recipes available? Willing to share?

 

[user 103238]

Absolutely. To help keep this thread on track, I've posted my response under this thread: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f56/kscarrington-spent-grain-recipes-379180/

Are these recipes available? Willing to share?

 

[Qhrumphf]

Bottling my Islay Scotch Ale momentarily.

 

[Gixxer]

Wow I haven't posted on this thread in a while... Today I put almost all the finishing touches on my DIY roller mill. Hand crank (for now) made, mounts trimmed, drilled, and mounted, and planning for a stand... Might go to HD and roam the aisles to see what I come up with. I have power for the mill already in the garage, just need to get a lovejoy coupler at northern tool.

 

[Gixxer]

Oh yea and I moved my starter of WLP 099 to the fridge to cold crash.

 

[NicoleBrewer]

I bottled my dunkelweizen! So excited to try it!!