What I did for beer today

[Cheapo]

Bottled my 3rd and 4th batches. Batch 3 was weak and watery and could use some definite aging time (hey look, I made Budweiser!), but batch 4 rocked!

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

Brewed 6 gallons of IPA.

 

[SteveHeff]

Made a starter for my upcoming blood orange coriander brew. Dumped some skunky yeast. Fridge is clean again.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Kegging a batch today..

 

[pellis007]

Today I used my $100 Northern Brewer Christmas gift card. Bought some high-temp tubing, a strainer, a vinator bottle rinser, some more star-san, and another batch of all grain Caribou Slobber as I'm having trouble keeping this stuff in stock. Looks like I'm brewing next weekend!

 

[Gixxer]

Scored myself a new to me 5 tier storage rack from a neighbor cleaning out the house down the street. Re organized all supplies, empties, and full ones not ready to drink.

 

[unionrdr]

Trying to finish up clean up after bottling day yesterday.

 

[user 103238]

Drove 650 miles round trip to safely transport 81 lbs. of grain home. Well, that wasn't my only reason for the drive, but the drive through about 7 different ecosystems took at least a week or two off my life. After checking my watch, I do believe it's about time to find a homebrew.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Finished the second version of my stir plate and built my 10 Igloo mash tun!

 

[kpr121]

Kegged half a 10 gallon batch, bottled the other (Sterling Cream Ale). Cleaned two fermentors. Sampled/tested SG of five other brews/wines/hooches I have going! Straightened up the garage (that's my brewery).

Not to bad of a day. I haven't wanted to brew because my wife is 39+ weeks preggo. We are mostly just waiting around for our little bundle to make his entrance!!!

 

[Wig]

Made 42 slants and 3 gallons of starter wort. Had more planned this weekend, but had to work....

 

[ArcticBear]

Made a 10 gallon batch of a red ipa...chinook and amarillo...hells yes

 

[jdboes]

Made a blue moon clone

 

[Qhrumphf]

Dry-hopped my SMaSH.

 

[Stauffbier]

Made a low gravity 250 ml starter of Conan dregs from a Heady Topper, and finished cleaning up a few things from yesterdays brew.

 

[Neerdowell]

Made a single hop (Liberty) batch with Briess Pale and Munich 20L. Pitched Wyeast 1056 in one carboy for an American Amber and 2206 in the other for something Munich Dunkel-like.

 

[twalte]

Brewed the SWMBO Slayer Belgian Blonde AG, then helped a friend brew his first homebrew (APA). Fun to see someone else jump into the hobby.

 

[Medicbrewer]

Brewed up a five gallon all grain batch of a Sweetwater 420 clone (I hope).

 

[LoloMT7]

I was on vacation in Key West last Thursday - Sunday and went out to see what was going on down town. While I was at Irish Kevin's on Duval street I was called upon to take the stage and down a glass of guinness. Well just so everyone knows it was a trap lol! One guy had gone before me and managed a time of 5.6 seconds and then my "Friends" (actually my 1/2 drunk already self ) decided it was my turn. Well when I got on stage there were 2 glasses of guinness to choose from one was slightly down from the top and the other was all the way full to the rim! Well I picked up the wrong one cause they topped off the empty space with about 2 or 3 shots of Whiskey.

My time 4.92 seconds and I was still the champion of the guinness contest that night.

I was not the champion of anything the next morning though

 

[user 103238]

At home sick today, so I'm medicating myself with a glass of Galaxy Pale Ale. Decided to inaugurate my 5-gallon Rubbermaid mash tun with a homemade random ass brown ale.

 

[unionrdr]

Measured some PBW into my fermenter & topping it off with water. Too bad I gotta do it a gallon at a time...

 

[asidrane]

Measured some PBW into my fermenter & topping it off with water. Too bad I gotta do it a gallon at a time...

Why do you need to do it a gallon at a time?

Today I made labels to go on the caps of my last two batches. I've noticed now that I have an infant, it is easy to get lazy with the simple parts of brewing.

 

[unionrdr]

No water in the man cave. I don'y have a vessel free'd up to haul more than that atm.

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

Picked up five 6 gallon food grade buckets with gasketed lids - used but very clean, as well as a 6 gallon closed head jug to use as fermentors. $3 each for the buckets and $2 form the jug.

 

[jtkratzer]

Started cold crashing a porter and ordered pushlocks for my liquid lines.

 

[user 103238]

Renewed my HBT membership.

 

[zacster]

Put my lagerater back together (2 garbage cans with fiberglass between them, duct taped for a seal) with the styrofoam lids that fit around the airlock and into one of the can lids.

I put in my 5 gallon carboy filled with my American Lager, filled the can with cold water up almost level with the beer, and closed it up to bring it down to about 45. I'll add ice bottles tomorrow to get it down to 34, unless the weather does it for me. It is supposed to be colder this week, and colder still next week. I just need to watch that it doesn't freeze, but no real harm if it does as long as it doesn't freeze solid and break the carboy.

 

[lumpher]

drinking a few, since "i'm 500 miles away from home". trying sn ruthless rye. not bad, but not something i plan to make

 

[Haputanlas]

Kegged my English Mild

 

[Clemons3ea]

Don't be afraid to ask dumb questions they're easier to handle than dumb mistakes!