What I did for beer today

[Dmlsys23]

Brewed up 5 gallons of a Samuel Smith Taddy Porter clone as a college graduation present for my buddy.

 

[ShepFL]

Kegged my Pumpkin Ale and Santa's Helper (winter warmer). Cleaned carboys and rearranged garage for winter.

 

[Yellowirenut]

Bottled 5gal of Andes Mint Chocolate Stout.. Should be ready for the holidays.

I have not bottled a full 5 gal in 9 months, I forgot how tedious it can be.

 

[Trippel-A]

Because I somehow lost the box with my hydrometers, refractomer, and beer thief, and because today was bottling day, I had to make a run to the LHBS to at least get a hydrometer and thief. I took my father-in-law along, and he seemed to have a good time. Then he helped me bottle my Galaxy hop, 2-row pale malt SMASH. The passionfruit aroma and flavor from the Galaxy hops is great, but next time I might do something a little more interesting or robust with the malts.

We also checked the gravity on the porter that is going to be dosed with bourbon and bourbon-soaked oak cubes when it's time for secondary. Unfortunately the SG is still at 1.027 after two weeks of fermentation. There are still some small remnants of the krausen on top, and I tried to gently stir up some yeast from the bottom. We'll see how it looks in a week. This was our first beer using White Labs yeast in the vial, and we lost a fair bit when it sprayed while we were opening it. As a result, we under-pitched.

Under-pitching, losing gear... what else did I screw up for beer lately?

 

[unionrdr]

Checked the calander,& next Friday (retiree payday) it'll have been 3 weeks that my Cougar country IPA will have been in bottles carbing & conditioning. But it's been chilly till the heat got turned on...so it might need another week.
Can't wait to savor the flavor of all those hops...!

 

[drainbamage]

Bottled a Scottish 80/.

 

[govner1]

Picked up three new/used ball lock kegs & restocked my beer cooler w/ goodies from the Left Coast sent by my daughter while she was back in CA for her school's homecoming.
Enjoying some Big Daddy IPA right now.

 

[ianw58]

Bottled 2 cases of Mike's Brown Ale. Dry hopped another 5 gallons of Brown Ale with an ounce of Kent Goldings and started force carbonation on it.

Need to get another two cases bottled for my son's wedding next Saturday.

Two cases each of Mike's Brown Ale, Dry Hopped Brown Ale. One case of ESB. Half a case of Centennial Blonde. All for the "After Party"...

:rockin:

Hope it's enough. No time to brew more...


Oh, picked up a bottle of Fin du Monde at Costco and knocked most of it back, too...

 

[starsman20]

kegged 5 gallons of Brulosophers blonde and 5 gallons of No short measure (from brewing classic styles), added 2 taps to the keezer to make 5 total, worked on wiring the controller for automating my brewery, all while watching the cowboys blow it.

 

[Oceantendency]

I replaced my old straight SS braid with a circular SS braid connecting to drain with another SS braid pice, tested and drains better than ever

 

[Qhrumphf]

Finished cleaning/delabeling the last of my backlog of bottles, removed the paper towel/rubber band from my Short Mead and fitted an airlock as fermentation dies down.

 

[nukebrewer]

Just removed the dry hops from my Gandhi-bot clone and took a gravity sample. It's a has a bit of a fruitier aspect to it than before the dry hops. Not sure how that's going to effect the final beer as far as how close it is to Gandhi-bot, but my pre-dry hop sample tasted really close, so I fear it may be a detriment. Not saying it won't be good, the sample I just took was very good, just think it wasn't as close to Gandhi as the first one. We'll find out in about two weeks because I will be bottling this bad boy tomorrow afternoon or evening.

 

[govner1]

Bottled my 12. Beers of Christmas Gingerbread Ale & brewed an AG Belgian IPA w/ lots of help from my brew buddy!

 

[jperry]

Today, I cleaned out an empty keg, that I finished last night. Dry hopped a 5 gal batch, in the carboy, with 3.5 oz's. Included, Simcoe, Centennial, and CTZ. I also whipped up some knox unflavored gelatin, to clear a stubborn batch. And will dry hop tomorrow, after the gelatin crashes.

 

[unionrdr]

I took a 2nd FG sample of my PM traditional Stout. Still @ 1.012. So today I rack it onto white oak chips soaked in Bourbon in secondary. Color is a lil darker than last week & taste is a bit roastier. Very nice so far...
11:50AM-Got the stout onto the oak/bourbon in secondary. Had to split the oak chips between to sanitized muslin hop sacks to physically get'em in the better bottle's neck. Gunna be fun gettin'em out. At least it made some co2 to fill the head space & get a blip out of the airlock.

 

[jerryteague]

I worked 15 hours, so I could have a beer. Now that's dedication...

 

[jperry]

Went to my lhbs, to get some tubing, yeast, and grains. Also, went to home depot for a little oxygen canister.

 

[finsfan]

Racked my Nut Brown to secondary. Just from the gravity sample I can say this is probably the best beer iv made. And the best racking experience as I almost got every drop. Good beer day

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Racked my BDSA to the secondary over three pounds of figs and one more packet of Candi syrup. The ECY09 Belgian Abbaye yeast took it from 1.080 to 1.013 so it's at 8.7 before the latest additions ferment.







Tastes pretty good already!



*EDIT* - I should learn not to trust my memory. It the OG was actually 1.088 so the new estimated FG (I'm using Sean Terrill's refractometer calculator) says it's now 1.009 ... and 10.2% After the added Candi syrup and fig sugars ferment this is going to be a big one

 

[Stauffbier]

Checked gravity on my dopplebock to see if it's ready for d-rest yet. It's not..

Washed some Greenbelt and Conan from a couple starters I made.

Changed out frozen water bottles in a swamp cooler a few times. Had to resort to a swamp cooler for an ale for the first time in over 1.5 years, since the dopplebock is in the fermentation chamber. The ale is actually just a small 1.5 gallon batch that was party-gyled from the dopplebock mash.

 

[Stauffbier]

Racked my BDSA to the secondary over three pounds of figs and one more packet of Candi syrup. The ECY09 Belgian Abbaye yeast took it from 1.080 to 1.013 so it's at 8.7 before the latest additions ferment.

That sounds fantastic!

 

[Shred]

Dumped in the second dry hop addition (1 ounce each Mosaic, Simcoe, Centenial) into my Pliney-inspired Imperial IPA.

 

[Leadgolem]

I worked 15 hours, so I could have a beer. Now that's dedication...

You sure work cheap.

 

[nukebrewer]

Checked gravity on my dopplebock to see if it's ready for d-rest yet. It's not.

It probably won't be for another week or so. It's a pretty high grav brew and lager yeast will take a while to chew through those sugars.

 

[Dave37]

My starter is cooling right now for a big imperial stout I have scheduled for Friday. Going to pitch the yeast and call it an evening.

 

[TNGabe]

Racked my BDSA to the secondary over three pounds of figs and one more packet of Candi syrup. The ECY09 Belgian Abbaye yeast took it from 1.080 to 1.013 so it's at 8.7 before the latest additions ferment. Tastes pretty good already!

I'm on mobile, but it looks like you went with dried? I may have forgot to mention that those things are going to steal some beer.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I'm on mobile, but it looks like you went with dried? I may have forgot to mention that those things are going to steal some beer.

Yeah, that was all I could find. I planned for it though - that 6 gallon carboy is quite full

 

[Channel66]

Yeah, that was all I could find. I planned for it though - that 6 gallon carboy is quite full

They will take a significant amount. That's going to be a tasty beer though

 

[unionrdr]

Dumped in the second dry hop addition (1 ounce each Mosaic, Simcoe, Centenial) into my Pliney-inspired Imperial IPA.

Mosaic & simcoe play quite well together. I bittered my Cougar Country IPA with warrior,then flavor & dry hop with 2oz each of mosaic,simcoe,ahtanum & EKG. Great aroma & flavor even though it was green. 1st week of November I finally get a taste. Should have 2 IPA's for Thanksgiving.:rockin:

 

[Stauffbier]

It probably won't be for another week or so. It's a pretty high grav brew and lager yeast will take a while to chew through those sugars.

Yeah that's what I figured. Being my first lager, I'm in newb territory all over again. It had dropped 14 points in 3 days (1.075 to 1.061), so I figure it's going 4-5 points per day. According to that math I'll check gravity again on Sunday...