What I did for beer today

[Channel66]

Yeah, it worked great, but it's been sitting around waiting for full boils.

I haven't picked up a burner, yet, so I can't use that nice keggle, either.

I'm doing my partial boils in that old canning pot sitting on the counter. It's too wide for an ice bath in the sink.

I'm hoping to pick up a burner, soon. Been trying to hold off for a Blichmann, but might go the other route and pick up something cheap, for now. Looking to pick up one of those Dark Stars, maybe.

Wait for the blichmann you won't regret it

 

[Shred]

Brewing up a 3 liter starter for my Pliny the Elder inspired IIPA, "Shredy the Brewer".

 

[govner1]

Racked my Dark Chocolate Hazelnut porter to secondary & racked my Whitbread Flowers Ale & Attitude 65 IPA to kegs for conditioning

 

[user 103238]

Kegged my Oktoberfest and brewed up an Autumn IPA. Decided to keep it simple, I ditched the keg mash tun and the pump for this batch and used my trusty 5-gallon cooler as my mash tun.

 

[tugbucket]

Built that DIY keg line cleaner. Worked like a boss.

Through Holmesian deduction, found out my stir bar is probably in the bottom of our IIPA.

Needed to check to viability of an old vial of yeast so made a 1L starter and will just do the old stir method instead.

 

[JonM]

Stepped up my starter for the Scottish 70/- I'm doing this weekend. (I'm stepping it up because I decided to split the smack-pack so half of it goes to the Scottish ale, the other half went into cider)

AND I got a starter going for the Belgian dubbel I'm doing this weekend (It'll be a busy weekend of brewing.) I'll step the Belgian one up later because I need a 3L starter for that one.

 

[tugbucket]

June 2012 vial dead. road trip across town for yeast tomorrow.

 

[NicolaiGj]

Preparing a talk I'm having today. Here in Bergen, Norway we have a student organization, which I have been a part of the last 6 years, which run this concert place, and I'm going to talk about tasting beer to all of the volunteer bartenders. It's common knowledge that volunteers are fantastic people, but they sometimes lack experience and information about beer, and it's my job today to give them knowledge about the product they are selling, and how to handle and serve beer.

My beer interest seriously picked up in the autumn last year, and I started brewing in January, and from there it has escalated quickly. So being asked to do this talk is a big thing for me, to be renowned as "the beer guy" in my social circle is quite fantastic.

So today we are going to taste through this list:
- Bulmers
- Lervig White Dog
- BrewDog Trashy Blonde
- Fullers London Pride
- Lervig Betty Brown
- Kona Longboard
- Lervig Lucky Jack
- Kona Big Wave
- Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
- Lervig Hoppy Joe
- BrewDog Punk IPA
- BrewDog Hello, my name is Mette-Marit
- BrewDog Rip Tide

Wish me luck!

 

[tommyguner03]

transferred to secondary my pumpkin ale ..

 

[slbradley01]

Went to my local pub this morning at 8:30, it doubles as a coffee shop in the AM. Got in line with all the coffee drinkers, got to the front of the line, asked coffee girl if I might have a taste of the Farmhouse ale that I think I was drinking last night but don't quite remember . Coffee girl gives me a look, tells me the bar is not open yet. I give her a smile, puppy dog eyes, tell her I wanted to brew a batch but had to taste it again to get a better idea how it was made. Just a little sample. Coffee server girl gives me a look, realizes I'm serious. Says she is not allowed to pour beer samples. Coffee girl realizes I'm not leaving and, after a moment of indecision, decides to go over to the bar and pour me a small sample. "Yup, that's the stuff I say!! mmmmm A sort of saison I think, with some rye maybe? spicy, a little fruity, a little sour note, nice balance, smooth, dry finish, must be a Belgain type yeast" Coffee girl looks at me like I'm crazy. I'm going to try and make a batch this weekend.

 

[Trail]

Coffee girl looks at me like I'm crazy. I'm going to try and make a batch this weekend.

Awesome, dude. I want to hear how it turns out.

My day: Took the boy to the dentist at the crack of dawn (+goodwill points from SWMBO.) Took a gravity sample of my Saison and declared it delicious and ready to bottle. Moved it out into the shed on top of the ferment fridge so it can settle back down for racking tomorrow afternoon.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Planning a double brew day to make sure I have sufficient beer to provide at a prominent local businessman's Oktoberfest party to market my new brewery and ordered three books: Water, Yeast, and Hops.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Planning a double brew day to make sure I have sufficient beer to provide at a prominent local businessman's Oktoberfest party to market my new brewery and ordered three books: Water, Yeast, and Hops.

Just got my copy of Water today (to go with the others) and can't wait to sit down with a beer and start reading it!

I wonder when Grains will be coming?

 

[TNGabe]

Just got my copy of Water today (to go with the others) and can't wait to sit down with a beer and start reading it!

I wonder when Grains will be coming?

My copy of Water is on the UPS truck. The driver actually told me to 'have a nice day' yesterday, so I'm guessing he'll just throw my book in a ditch somewhere so he can get home early.

Guess I better finish re-reading Yeast this afternoon if I can. I'd love to see Grains as the next book.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Just got my copy of Water today (to go with the others) and can't wait to sit down with a beer and start reading it!

I wonder when Grains will be coming?

My copy of Water is on the UPS truck. The driver actually told me to 'have a nice day' yesterday, so I'm guessing he'll just throw my book in a ditch somewhere so he can get home early.

Guess I better finish re-reading Yeast this afternoon if I can. I'd love to see Grains as the next book.

I agree, that would be awesome!

 

[three_bags_full]

Kegged my first all grain -- a Left Hand Milk Stout clone.

 

[govner1]

I topped up all my propane tanks to get ready for a double brew day tomorrow. PumKing + Doug's Dunkel.

 

[Trippel-A]

I drank my own homebrew from frosted mugs...

My mother-in-law thinks frosted mugs are this extra special kind of thing, and I haven't the heart to correct her. My brother-in-law and his wife both loyally complemented my beer, and I believe they may have even meant it. :grin:

 

[Ridire]

Set up a temporary "entertainment system" in the garage so the boy (7 years old) won't tell me he's bored while we are brewing this afternoon.

 

[Yellowirenut]

Bought sum.

Upland brewing variety pack

 

[Shred]

Started assembling my temp controller project box. Yay! No more crazy esters!

 

[luke_d]

Got this fermentation chamber and mash tun from Craigslist! Early birthday present to me!!





Can't wait to use these!! Good deal for $200.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Put labels on the last batch of beer, Then de-labeled & washed a case and a half of bottles, soaked a bucket load of bombers & 750s. Off topic for this thread, but also racked & sanitized a batch of wine.

 

[jperry]

F***** guy at the LHBS, sold me some tubing that doesn't quite fit the 3/8" auto siphon. Went back to the store, but, thats the only size they have that's close. Then the guy working today, tells me to put tape on the end. :smack:

I walked out, not knowing if i'll ever support that place again. Too many times, I've walked out disappointed. I'm already looking up another LHBS, and it has all rave reviews.

 

[free2scour]

Kegged a batch of Pumpkin Ale....

 

[munro]

Made a yeast starter for my next batch of ipa (14oz of hops and 19.5 lbs of grain for 6 gallons. Going to be big). Fined my pumpkin ale.

 

[nukebrewer]

Got a part-time job at a local liquor store to beef up the brewing budget. Got some big, expensive equipment upgrades I want to make that my current salary simply won't support.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Long day. Finally did our club big brew. Ended up putting 50 gallons of Oatmeal Stout into a bourbon barrel. One 15 gallon and three 10 gallon batches with a couple that were over volume. It's gonna need a big blowoff.

 

[Dmlsys23]

Bottled 5 gallons of Smashing Pumpkin Ale,

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Ordered up ingredients for next weekends brew. 2 x 5.5gal batches of different pale ales.