What I did for beer today

[Dmlsys23]

Researching what my buddy needs to start brewing so he knows what to ask for for Christmas. My 2nd conversion!

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Going to my first brew club meeting. Hoping Bruclear is a good place to hang out with some fellow brewers!

 

[bleme]

Going to my first brew club meeting. Hoping Bruclear is a good place to hang out with some fellow brewers!

That's awesome! One of the best things I ever did for beer was joining the local club. Every month I get to sample a dozen other brewers creations. Every month I get feedback on something I made. People talk about how valuable feedback is from competition entries, but we have BJCP judges in our club. It is much more valuable to me to sit down with them and talk about beer.

As a bonus, clubs are usually the first place beerfest's go to get volunteers. I love being able to educate while I pour, then sample a few great craft beers for myself.

 

[Eugenio]

Went on vacation in Puerto Rico, and found a local brew shop. Bought a couple of Pyrex 2.5g carboys for cheap and an ipa kit. Happy me!

 

[jerryteague]

I decided to brew a simple blonde ale tonight, since I don't have to work until late tomorrow night. I also had a few beers while mashing in.
Also watching the best movie (miniseries) ever made while waiting for the wort to chill (Band of Brothers).

 

[Qhrumphf]

Drank some beer. Ordered my copy of Palmer's water book.

 

[BGBC]

Waxed and labeled some bottles for wedding party gifts. Barleywine and coffee brown. No wax for the other two brews.

 

[Cathedral]

Attached a co2 cartridge to my first ever tap a draft to force carb it; ordered ingredients for a porter to brew this weekend for a competition on Halloween!

 

[unionrdr]

Had to wash another bunch of bottles today.

 

[Cathedral]

Had to wash another bunch of bottles today.

I hate that part. Worst part about brewing. Enough to make you quit. Or start kegging.

 

[ballsy]

Dumped 50+ bottles in the tub with oxy free...will be bottling an oatmeal apa this wknd...took another SG reading and its down from 1.019 last week to 1.013 tonight. Will check again Sat night and if stable will bottle Sun.

 

[Cheapo]

Brewing up a blonde kit today...any pointers?

 

[BrewYoke]

Bought the ingredients for my imperial stout. Picked up a drilled 6.5 stopper for a one gallon jug to try my hand at a small cider batch. Wish me luck.

 

[Leadgolem]

Picked up a 6 pack of Odell Brewing 5 Barrel Pale Ale, and a single 12 oz of Lindemans Kriek Lambic. I've never had either, so it should be an interesting Saturday night.

 

[Cheapo]

Picked up a 6 pack of Odell Brewing 5 Barrel Pale Ale, and a single 12 oz of Lindemans Kriek Lambic. I've never had either, so it should be an interesting Saturday night.

Definitely nice.

 

[Shred]

Threw a bunch of bottles in the dishwasher hoping for an easy way to get rid of this "ring around the neck" problem one of my recent brews left behind... minimal success. Also dry hopped my ESB.

 

[user 103238]

Worked up a starter of 3724 for tomorrow's sour cherry saision brew day, picked up 50 pounds of pilsner malt and 2 pounds of wheat malt, kegged 6 gallons of west coast blaster, salvaged the yeast from the 2-gallon Notthingham batch, and probably a few other miscellaneous things I forgot about. TGIF!!

 

[Dave37]

Worked up a starter of 3724 for tomorrow's sour cherry saision brew day, picked up 50 pounds of pilsner malt and 2 pounds of wheat malt, kegged 6 gallons of west coast blaster, salvaged the yeast from the 2-gallon Notthingham batch, and probably a few other miscellaneous things I forgot about. TGIF!!

Haha that's a slight difference in weight there. 50:2 ratio. I'm guessing you use pilsner malt more often than wheat. What country of origin did you go with on the pilsner malt?

 

[winvarin]

The nut brown is dead. Long live the nut brown. Note that the previous glass was clear as a bell. This glass brought the bottom of the keg with it.

As I poured the first glass to drink with dinner, I remarked to my wife. This must be almost empty. You know that the last couple of glasses from a keg are alaways the best

 

[user 103238]

You mean I shouldn't shoot for an OG of 1.325?! Since there were no 10-pound bags available, and I decided to make a 10-gallon batch anyway, I selected Briess Pilsen malt. Basically that was the only pilsner malt I could find in the greater Fairbanks area!! I've only used wheat malt for a handful of batches, but now that I have lagering capabilities, I figured having pilsner malt on hand isn't abad thing.

Haha that's a slight difference in weight there. 50:2 ratio. I'm guessing you use pilsner malt more often than wheat. What country of origin did you go with on the pilsner malt?

 

[Dave37]

You mean I shouldn't shoot for an OG of 1.325?! Since there were no 10-pound bags available, and I decided to make a 10-gallon batch anyway, I selected Briess Pilsen malt. Basically that was the only pilsner malt I could find in the greater Fairbanks area!! I've only used wheat malt for a handful of batches, but now that I have lagering capabilities, I figured having pilsner malt on hand isn't abad thing.

Haha sounds like quite the imperial pilsner you've got planned. My lhbs has castle(Belgian) pilsner malt on hand which I hear is one of the better pilsner malts around. I've had lagering capabilities for a while considering I've only been brewing one year. (1st anniversary is Monday) but have only used the pilsner in a BGSA. Will be acquainting myself with more in the near future though.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Haha sounds like quite the imperial pilsner you've got planned. My lhbs has castle(Belgian) pilsner malt on hand which I hear is one of the better pilsner malts around. I've had lagering capabilities for a while considering I've only been brewing one year. (1st anniversary is Monday) but have only used the pilsner in a BGSA. Will be acquainting myself with more in the near future though.

My LHBS doesn't have Castle, but they do have Dingemans. I've never used it, although I've been meaning to give it a shot. I'm quite fond of the Weyermann Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner malt. I've used the regular Weyeramann Pils, as well as Briess Pils, and found them both very lacking.

 

[Leadgolem]

You mean I shouldn't shoot for an OG of 1.325?! Since there were no 10-pound bags available, and I decided to make a 10-gallon batch anyway, I selected Briess Pilsen malt. Basically that was the only pilsner malt I could find in the greater Fairbanks area!! I've only used wheat malt for a handful of batches, but now that I have lagering capabilities, I figured having pilsner malt on hand isn't abad thing.

Uh, no.

I built my DIY stir plate. A variable speed computer fan. Hookups for it to usb. A usb wall adapter. Some random tiny aluminum briefcase from a second hand store. Magnets out of an old hard drive. Some bits of sheet vinyl I bought for something else. Leftover pieces of rubber from a fan balancing kit. Some 3m foam backed tape.

Altogether, it came out better then I expected.

 

[Krazykripple]

brewed my first AG batch, a Centennial Blonde. my POS burner couldnt get a decent boil going. i think I'll be upgrading soon

 

[TNGabe]

Sat in line

 

[Shred]

The nut brown is dead. Long live the nut brown. Note that the previous glass was clear as a bell. This glass brought the bottom of the keg with it.

As I poured the first glass to drink with dinner, I remarked to my wife. This must be almost empty. You know that the last couple of glasses from a keg are alaways the best

Whew... I can almost feel your gas!

 

[user 103238]

Working on my second10-gallon batch of the day. Usually I would feel proud, but since my trial run with my RIMS system scorched the **** out of my first batch, I'm essentially going through the motions (no RIMS) to be able to finish before the night is over.

 

[BrewYoke]

Dry hopped an IPA with the almighty Amarillo hop.

 

[ShepFL]

Introduced a coworker and his dad to homebrewing. Kegged up my Autumn Amber Ale. Did some bulldozing on the property for new driveway and now having some home brews

Pretty good Saturday.

 

[cheesehed007]

Starting yesterday I cleaned and de-labeled 168 bottles, today I bottled up a Red Ale and made a starter for my vanilla porter I'm brewing up tomorrow. Cheers all!