What I did for beer today

[weirdboy]

I cleaned out all the disconnects and cleaned/lubed/replaced all the gaskets on some kegs, then I cleaned out and sanitized all the lines on my kegerator, then I kegged 4 beers, and finally I cleaned out my fermentation temperature control, moved it out to the garage, and got it ready for some lagering in a few days.

 

[Gixxer]

Moved batch of blue moon clone to secondary so I could rinse and harvest the yeast. Brew day with that yeast is tomorrow hopefully.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Was hoping to get my Kölsch in bottles tonight, but it'll have to wait until morning.

 

[Stauffbier]

Dry hopped an IPA with 2oz of Simcoe, 2oz of Summit, and 1oz of Citra pellets.

 

[TNGabe]

Did a lot of 'research' tonight and came home with 6 cases of 750s a friend snagged for me. Brewed another version of my Citra Nelson saison and finally put a blow off tube on right away instead of waiting until there was a mess already.

 

[Guden]

Brewed a Belgian quad in my new mash cooler. Missed my efficiency badly but did a second mash for a small beer that ended up near 1.050 OG. Should be nice to have two Belgians to try out.

 

[Guden]

Also used some of the second mash wort to make a starter for my Marylambic wild yeast project. Oh and burned my self pretty badly with home made candi syrup.

 

[unionrdr]

Cleaning up after yesterday afternoon's brew day. Tired & buzzed over,but it was worth it. I now have 11 gallons of beer fermenting from two brewdays this week.

 

[TNGabe]

Also used some of the second mash wort to make a starter for my Marylambic wild yeast project. Oh and burned my self pretty badly with home made candi syrup.

I was going to like your post, but then I saw that you burned yourself. Hot sugar syrup burn sounds awful. That sounds terrible!

I've made a few batches of syrup myself and never been 100% happy with results. Found D-180 online for $5.50 a pouch. More expensive than homemade, but still less than a bottle of a commercail quad and that's enough syrup to make a 5 gallon batch.

 

[Guden]

I was going to like your post, but then I saw that you burned yourself. Hot sugar syrup burn sounds awful. That sounds terrible!

I've made a few batches of syrup myself and never been 100% happy with results. Found D-180 online for $5.50 a pouch. More expensive than homemade, but still less than a bottle of a commercail quad and that's enough syrup to make a 5 gallon batch.

Yeah, I will probably just use that next time, depending on how well the beer comes out with the homemade version. The burn was only a few spots on my arm and a tiny drop on my face, could have been much worse. Note: non-boiling sugar can still be hot enough to boil water explosively when mixed.

 

[pellis007]

Took an SG reading of my Honey Cream Ale. Damn...was really surprised it got down to a 1.002. Target was 1.008. OG was 1.045. This one needed a blow-off tube by day 2 so I guess it was a pretty intense fermentation. I pitched a 36 hr starter on this one.

Also formulated my first AG recipe from scratch. It will be a pretty high ABV American Pale Ale. We're shooting for around 7.7%. IBU's just under 50. My buddy and I are going to try this one next weekend up at his place.

 

[mgortel]

Bottling my Irish Red Ale right now.....drinking some homebrews made previously and watching Lord of the Rings....all in garage....what a glorious Sunday!

 

[TNGabe]

Spent $70 to take a 10 minute quiz online. Hope it helps me get a beer job!

 

[Frige]

Kegged 10 gals of blonde ale and working on my water supply.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Brewing a rye ipa right now

 

[Gixxer]

Just finished brewing Old Jubilation Ale. Efficiency numbers through the roof on this one, I love milling my own grain.

 

[unionrdr]

Cleaning up the brew kettle & other things after 2nd brew day this week yesterday. Having a few of my Hopped & Confused ales atm.

 

[ShepFL]

Drinking my BIG LHMS Clone and breaking hydrometers!! Thats what I'm doing :?
Racked my Irish Red to secondary from some additional clearing, racked 5 gal. of huckleberry wine.
Cleaned my gear and debating whether to brew up a Blue Moon hefe.
Oh yea, broke a hydrometer - that starsan is some kind of slickery

 

[Jbird]

Made a new beer log. I use to use not book paper but I found printable sheets on line. Today I made a three ring binder of a few sheets of the brew log sheets and added my old ones. Also added a chart for my refractometer. I have an all grain section and an extract section.

Happy brewing!

 

[zacster]

I made a yeast starter for my brew tomorrow. I also put the DIY stir plate together. That stir plate is just a computer fan with some magnets but it works really well.

 

[Jbird]

I made a yeast starter for my brew tomorrow. I also put the DIY stir plate together. That stir plate is just a computer fan with some magnets but it works really well.

I would think you would have started the yeast at least 3days before you need it.

 

[LoloMT7]

Drilled holes for my taps (should be here tomorrow) and ran co2 line into the fridge good riddens kegerator happy to be switching to a full size fridge

 

[Bulls Beers]

Making a starter for a brew later this week...

 

[davekippen]

Racked a Maibock to a keg for long term lagering; Racked a Citra/Galaxy Pale Ale to secondary to cold crash; Tested the carb cap I bought yesterday on a 12oz plastic coke bottle of the Maibock. What a cool little gadget!

 

[zacster]

I would think you would have started the yeast at least 3days before you need it.

I made the starter Saturday afternoon actually for the brew on Monday evening. It should be plenty of time, especially with the stir plate.

 

[msa8967]

Kegged 40 gallons of beer today (8 five gallon cornies) and washed all of the yeast. Looking forward to having good brews here in 2-3 weeks.

 

[jperry]

Brewed 6 gallons of ale and pitched my first starter, WLP007.

 

[BGBC]

Bottled my first batch of Graf.

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

Managed to kill a keg of Blonde and a 5 pound cylinder of CO2 at the same exact time. I got one last perfect glass and when I went back for another - nothing. No sputtering dregs or anything. I knew both were close, but did not expect that kind of timing.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Bottled my Kolsch.