What I did for beer today

[frankieboy007]

Brewed batch of Doppelsticke today, 3rd attempt at this style. Scored 42 @ FOAM Cup in November, though this recipe has been tweaked slightly. Hoping this will be even better!!

 

[catdaddy66]

Just bottled my porter! Took all of 45 minutes and the worst part was the cleaning, which was another 90 minutes. Tasted great!!

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

Brewed on a beautiful Saturday.

 

[unionrdr]

Yesterday was indeed a beautiful day here as well! The robins are back,& the male cardinals were already fighting over territory in the garden by mid-morning. Spring is near folks! So get those May & June beers going!
I cleaned up some more bottles to back fill two case boxes for the next brew (like I really need to). Dug out some collection bottles to take pics of for the purty bottle thread too. Re-aranging bottle stacks as well,including give away pile. Gotta take an FG reading too. Dang wind is howlin on this sunny Sunday.

 

[zeg]

Trying my first all-grain today. Not full-boil, I don't have the space for that, so it's a BIAB all-grain partial boil. The recipe is a simple Premium American Lager, just 10 pounds of 2-row and a pound of flaked corn.

Obviously I want to fit as much as I can in the boil kettle/mash tun. It was a little close for comfort. Beersmith calculated I'd need 4.4 gallons out of my 5 gallon tun, but it was just a bit optimistic. I'd say I am about half an inch from the top, with foam actually up against the lid...

But it fit, and I hit my mash temp on the nose.

 

[Piratwolf]

Brewed 10gal Black IPA
cleaned 3x fermenters
cleaned & sanitized 5 kegs
x-ferred my Grommet C.A.P. to keg & started force carb
x-ferred my last 5gal of Sculpin clone to keg to dry hop & started force carb
x-ferred my French Oaked Old Ale to keg & started force carb
discovered I have another 5gal keg of Tasty APA
put the heating pad on my 10gal of Calypso-Amarillo Saison to get that yeast roaring towards a 1.004 finish
kegged 10gal of RIS to store for filling our club Whiskey Barrel in about 3 weeks
Rinsed the 001 yeast cake from the RIS to pitch half in my Black IPA and refrigerate the other half

 

[unionrdr]

Just checked the 1st FG on my dark pseudo lager. Looks like it'll be brown instead of the black it was. no discernable smoke flavor. Grilled roasty flavor gone,but down to 1.012. Damn,back to the drawing board...

 

[Vedder014]

Bottled my 2nd brew, an Irish Stout. It tasted awesome despite being green and flat.

 

[jperry]

Brewed my first Partial mash, and realized I can go All-grain, without buying a ton of stuff!

 

[zeg]

My all-grain didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped. Entirely due to inattention to detail, though. The recipe is one I put together leisurely over the last couple months. I forgot that I had started it just as a concept, not tailored to any particular equipment, so I had the efficiency set at 70%. I consistently get 50-55%, so I came out substantially low. Fortunately I caught this, and just added a pound and a half of DME. Everything else went according to plan and it looks and tastes great. Now just have to get it down to 9°C and pitch!

This is the last of the lagers for the year, I think. Did pretty well, though. Started with two vials of WLP833 and did a Vienna lager, a doppelbock, half a gallon of a "little doppelbock," a bock, a gallon of an experimental starter beer, a maibock, and now a premium American lager. I've got a lot of beer queued up in and nearly ready for bottles....

 

[Brewtah]

Rode 25 miles on my bicycle so I can enjoy a couple darker beers quilt free.

 

[Curtis2010]

To my knowledge, nobody else has. I'm very eager to see how it comes out.

Me too be sure and post. Might be best to put the recipe and results on a new thread since this one gets a lot of traffic.

 

[Curtis2010]

Recently drove from Guatemala City to El Tunco, El Salvador for beer. Brew Revolution and Hotel Mopelia there are some of few places in Central America where you can get real beer.

On our way down to Panama and am transporting a liter of my recent Pilsener to a friend there - hope it travels ok.

 

[hedbutter]

Cleaned some bottles so i can take some brew with me on my trip next weeknd.

 

[Gixxer]

I just got done reading all 30+ pages of a WLP 644 thread so I can decide on what to do when I buy said WLP 644... Which I think I am gonna go with pils malt base, some C10, some wheat, some oats. Make a starter, and pitch in primary unaerated.

 

[catdaddy66]

Just brewed a batch of pale ale tonight after bottling 5 gallons of porter last night. Took liberty to doctor the kit to my taste this time. We shall see how that decision works.

 

[DirtyOldDuck]

Ordered a refractometer.

 

[Leadgolem]

Rode 25 miles on my bicycle so I can enjoy a couple darker beers quilt free.

You had to ride your bike 25 miles to find someplace warm?

It's not for beer, but I'm cooking 6 different grains for some rice wine experiments.

 

[chuckholding]

Bottled my burton ipa.

 

[LoloMT7]

I'm a little late on my post (it was yesterday) but I mixed up some must and started my first ever batch of mead. Fermentation was visible after about 6 hours.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Brewed my first partial mash yesterday. Gonna go all grain next time :rockin:

 

[jerryteague]

Checked the status of my order from Midwest this morning. Does that count? I also printed out some more recipes for a friend of mine that's interested in home brewing (I've invited him to my next brew day).

 

[TNGabe]

Finally started my Berliner Weisse for nationals. It'a ready to drink in 7 days, but I might be cutting it a little close for strawberry rhubarb half of bath

 

[Piratwolf]

Hit my 1.079 Black IPA with another dose of pure O2 at 15 hours after pitch. There was a faint krausen forming already (not bad since my starter didn't work out & I had to pitch straight from a rinsed batch...grrr) but I wanted to give those yeast cells an extra taste to get 'em healthy and hungry!

 

[pellis007]

Picked up grains, spices and hops, and extra bottle caps for a batch of Saison I'm doing next weekend. Also ordered a 5 Gal kegging system and got a great deal thanks to a special offer code from @homebrewfinds.

 

[Channel66]

Kegged 5 gallons of milk stout, and cleaned an a$$ load of equipment for a double brew day on Saturday (blonde ale, and honey brown ale, both AG). Also did some shopping around for a grain mill (still undecided), and a new 60qt brew pot. I'll probably pull the trigger on those Friday, if I can decide on what I want.

Go with the barley crusher with the larger hopper for the price it's hard to beat and will last ages

 

[jerryteague]

Go with the barley crusher with the larger hopper for the price it's hard to beat and will last ages

I decided on a Schmilding adjustable mill. My LHBS has them in stock, and everyone that I've asked gives them great reviews. Headed to pick mine up either Wednesday, or Thursday.

 

[Channel66]

I decided on a Schmilding adjustable mill. My LHBS has them in stock, and everyone that I've asked gives them great reviews. Headed to pick mine up either Wednesday, or Thursday.

They are nice! Just figured it would be between the monster and the crusher, seems most all places only carry the two and a corona DIY option around here. Enjoy the crush!

 

[JonGrafto]

Saturday, I drove 150 miles to pick up 486 lbs of grain from a group buy.
Today I got my bargainfittings in and had the guys in my shop weld in my coupling for my ball valve and pick up tube on my keggle.

 

[Howiedw]

Yesterday Bottled a batch of Drunken Emu, and a batch of Pedrohearts' beer time capsule. Took every 12oz bottle that I had empty plus a few bombers. Cleaned both of my primary fermenters, Then sat down with a beer from the Keg. Searched the Craigslist again trying to find something sutible to turn into a kegarator that will look good in the house. Cheers!