What I did for beer today

[Yellowirenut]

Nice, I brewed one of those a couple weeks ago. Have you brewed this before? If so how did you get the mint character in there? I'm having trouble getting much (if any) peppermint aroma in the gravity samples. I aroma steeped about .7 oz and now I am thinking I may dry mint with another .5 oz.

First time brewing this recipe for me.... I read in the VERY long andy mint thread that some had good luck with mint in the boil and then dry mint in the fermenter.

 

[govner1]

Brewed a batch of Gingerbread Ale for my club's 12 Beers of Christmas

 

[Leadgolem]

No problem know that oil will destroy the head retention and you are better off with mint extract though. Also in the baking isle

Really? I did not know that. Then again, I didn't use it in beer.

 

[BrewYoke]

Transferred my imperial stout to secondary. It's pretty intense right now. Hopefully a few months of me forgetting about it will mellow it out a little. Errr, a ton...

 

[Brewtah]

Bottled. Got another batch to bottle too. Ran out of steam today.

 

[Dixon9717]

Brewed a Light Amber on friday and just on a whim tossed in a handful of Cheyenne peppers into the primary on Sunday. Yep I'm a Pepperhead and been wanting to infuse some heat into my beer..

 

[unionrdr]

Got on live chat with Midwest to see what happened to my order of last friday. Should be going out tonight finally. I'll bottle one of my two IPA's friday & get everything cleaned up to brew their PM Traditional Stout for another,improved batch of my Whiskely on Saturday.

 

[Dolomieu]

Brewed a new porter recipe. Used four new to me specialty grains. Tossed my english mild into a keg. That used the same new to me specialty grains. The sample was smooth and tasty. I'm looking forward to trying it after it's carbed up. I'll get some objective feedback on these beers at beer for ****s.

 

[catdaddy66]

1) bought supplies for my next brew, (and probably final one of the calendar year), another attempt at the cream of three crops ale.

2) bottled my scotch ale

3) drank a blond and a summer ale from Waterfront ...

 

[Leadgolem]

Washed a case of bottles.

 

[Dixon9717]

Smoked some cheddar cheese to go along with the home brew. What a perfect match. I highly recommend to anyone who is into smoking as much as brewing. Just like beer it tastes nothing like what you buy in the store.

 

[JScott02]

Bottled my Toasted Pecan Brown Ale...sample was a bit green but pretty good. Looking forward to seeing how this one turns out!

 

[JonM]

Downloaded and started playing with Bru'n Water, and stopped at the science surplus store to pick up some 50 ml capped vials so I can try my hand at freezing yeast.

 

[LoloMT7]

did this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/hot-glue-bottle-wax-experiment-127485/index13.html#post5569665

 

[BGBC]

did this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/hot-glue-bottle-wax-experiment-127485/index13.html#post5569665

What beer got the special treatment?

 

[tommyguner03]

went to the LHBS and bought ingredients for the next brew and just finished cleaning bottles for bottling

 

[lilrokz06]

Made my self a 2lt starter for this weekends brew day.

 

[unionrdr]

Found out on UPS site that my midwest order will arive today. I'll be bottling one of my IPA's Friday to open up a fermenter for a brewday Saturday morning.

 

[LoloMT7]

What beer got the special treatment?

Nothing special just a handful of bottles from a batch of Belgian stout. Was a quick easy project and kept the kids busy and quiet for 5 minutes

 

[jrgtr42]

Setting my cider to ferment. Adding 2lbs Dark Brown Sugar into approx. 7 gal raw cider before fermentation, gonna let it ride, then split into do smaller carboys for secondary. Half will get bourbon-soaked oak chips, other probably with a couple cinnamon sticks and vanilla bean.
For BEER, I'm testing the gravity on a APA based on the New Albion clone as brewed by Sam Adams and reported in BYO magazine.
5.75 lbs each Maris Otter and pale malts, .5lb Crystal-40,
60min - 1oz homegrown Newport hops
15min - 1oz cascade
5min - 1oz cascade.
Ferment with .5L starter of California Ale (WLP001)

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Got my stater of ECY09 going. On Friday I'll split the yeast and save half to pitch at bottling time and step the other half up for Sundays brew day.

 

[unionrdr]

Well damn. I think I had a brain fart on my Maori IPA. I didn't record adding the cooled wort/super moss solution @ 10 minutes left in the boil. Last Wednesday,the FG was 1.015 & cloudy/turbid. Today,the third week to the day,it's very misty,but still at 1.015. OG was 1.074,so it seems it's done. But dang,I hate very misty PM ale. I'm thinking I should dry hop it today anyway,since the still rather green hop flavors seem to be ok yet. What do y'all think? I'm at a loss on this one?...

 

[jperry]

Got my stater of ECY09 going. On Friday I'll split the yeast and save half to pitch at bottling time and step the other half up for Sundays brew day.

I hope you have fermcap because that looks full...



Today, I made a starter w/ San Diego Super Yeast.

 

[unionrdr]

Since I got a duplicate bag of grains with my PM Traditional stout kit,I used BS2 to design a robust porter recipe with vanilla. I liked Leinenkugel's snowdrift vanilla porter so much,I designed my own version with leftover grains & hops.

 

[LoloMT7]

Entered my Shipwreck AS11 Saison into the Montana Mashup competition. Crossing my fingers! http://growlerfills.blogspot.com/2013/10/entry-deadline-for-montana-mash-up-is.html

 

[Channel66]

Entered my Shipwreck AS11 Saison into the Montana Mashup competition. Crossing my fingers! http://growlerfills.blogspot.com/2013/10/entry-deadline-for-montana-mash-up-is.html

I'm psyched about this! Good luck mate! Lmk the results

 

[tugbucket]

Drew a sample of our 17 month old black sour. yum. Really need to bottle this up soon.

 

[Dave37]

Drew a sample of our 17 month old black sour. yum. Really need to bottle this up soon.

Sounds interesting. Whats the gist of your method and recipe?

 

[BrewYoke]

Drank some beer. Neglecting my Pliny clone that needs a transfer and some dry hopping. Considering back sweetening the two gallons I have of cider. But only thinking about it. Think ill just drink my last cold Oberon clone and call it a night...

 

[tommyguner03]

Bottled 5 gallons of pumpkin ale