What I did for beer today

[Stauffbier]

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

The figs looked wet. Did you re-hydrate them first or something?

 

[mcbaumannerb]

The figs looked wet. Did you re-hydrate them first or something?

They had a decent amount of moisture in them for dried figs, but a lot of what you saw was the pound of Candi syrup I also added to the carboy.

 

[tommyguner03]

transferred 10 gallons into secondary ..and now debating if i want to brew today?

 

[finsfan]

transferred 10 gallons into secondary ..and now debating if i want to brew today?

If you can, yes!

 

[govner1]

Picked up my recipe for Saturday brew day @ LHBS.

 

[bleme]

transferred 10 gallons into secondary ..and now debating if i want to brew today?

I can see
"debate if I can brew today"
or
"debate if I should brew today"
But "want to"?!!?!!?

I am going to just pretend that was a typo...

 

[slbradley01]

Tasted the Farmhouse Ale I brewed 3 weeks ago.


18LB Pilsner Malt
2 Lbs Rye
1 Lb Crystal Malt 30l
1 Lb Munich
6 oz cascade leaf from my garden, at various stages.

2 FHW, 2 At 60 min, 1 at 15 One at flameout!

White labs 535 Saison At 78 for 14 days, to keg for a week. Started at 1.051. Ended at 1.002.

All I can say is WOW! And YUM!

 

[nukebrewer]

Bottled up my Gandhi-bot clone. Two more weeks until the official results are in but so far it's looking good. Got all the numbers pretty much spot on, but I did have an issue with hop absorption. I had just over 5 gallons into the fermenter and only about 4 1/3 gallons come out. I severely underestimated the power of 4 ounces of hops to absorb wort. I even wrung them out when I removed them and they still had absorbed a lot of wort.

 

[Stauffbier]

They had a decent amount of moisture in them for dried figs, but a lot of what you saw was the pound of Candi syrup I also added to the carboy.

That really sounds like a great addition to a beer. I can't say I've ever noticed dried figs in my grocery store, but I've also never looked before..

 

[Leadgolem]

That really sounds like a great addition to a beer. I can't say I've ever noticed dried figs in my grocery store, but I've also never looked before..

They are in the produce section around here. Right next to nuts and raisins.

 

[Melana]

Broke down almost three pounds of hops into 1oz bags. This morning kegged my tasty porter.

 

[Leadgolem]

Broke down almost three pounds of hops into 1oz bags...

I bet you felt mellow after that.

 

[Melana]

I bet you felt mellow after that.

Wish I did. It just amped me up for brew day.

 

[user 103238]

Just finished bottling, caging, and corking 2.5 gallons of saison and 2.5 gallons of cherry saison. The uncarbonated samples were amazingly clear and tasted amazing. Looking forward to sampling them in about a month!

 

[tommyguner03]

I can see
"debate if I can brew today"
or
"debate if I should brew today"
But "want to"?!!?!!?

I am going to just pretend that was a typo...

Pretty much.. Was I did end up brewing

 

[BGBC]

Packed my suitcase extra carefully to avoid breaking the bottles/cans that I'm bringing back home with me.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Packed my suitcase extra carefully to avoid breaking the bottles/cans that I'm bringing back home with me.

You packed extra t-shirts & socks to use for packing material, right?

 

[unionrdr]

Had soaked the remaining fermenter overnight. Just finished scrubbin,rinsing it. Then dumped the starsan out of the bottling bucket after soaking it in PBW & rinsing recently after bottling the then lacto infected IPA. smells & tastes good bottling day. Looks clear & no odd stuff in bottles. Used Starsan drained from bucket to sanitize the fermenter Then dumped it. Cleaned,scrubbed & rinsed both spigots. Then soak in starsan,cleaned mounting holes & re-assembled wet with Starsan. Cleaned & put away cleaning tools,etc. Glad that's done.

 

[BGBC]

You packed extra t-shirts & socks to use for packing material, right?

And a few 'extra' hotel hand towels. I'll return them next week.

 

[JonM]

Read 3/4 or Palmer's "Water" book while on a plane.

 

[TNGabe]

Just finished bottling, caging, and corking 2.5 gallons of saison and 2.5 gallons of cherry saison. The uncarbonated samples were amazingly clear and tasted amazing. Looking forward to sampling them in about a month!

Those bottle crates look like crap and I'm not jealous. Are they sized so you can lay the bottles dowb to condition? I see they're different? V1 and V2?

 

[user 103238]

The one on the left was a random wooden crate we had that was essentially worthless until I started brewing. The one of the right was one I made by hand about a year ago. It didn't quite turn out as intended, but it's held up surprisingly well and holds a case of 12 oz bottles.

Those bottle crates look like crap and I'm not jealous. Are they sized so you can lay the bottles dowb to condition? I see they're different? V1 and V2?

 

[unionrdr]

I'll be buying some beer & vodka for the weekend. My Cougar Country IPA is three weeks in bottles,so I'll put a few in the fridge & see how far along they are.

 

[slbradley01]

Just finished bottling, caging, and corking 2.5 gallons of saison and 2.5 gallons of cherry saison. The uncarbonated samples were amazingly clear and tasted amazing. Looking forward to sampling them in about a month!

Cherry saison..??...sounds interesting, I can see the sour saison going really well with the sweet cherries. May try that in the spring. Recipe?

 

[ChefRex]

In the middle of racking a Pliney clone and a Belgium IPA to kegs to condition.

 

[TNGabe]

The one on the left was a random wooden crate we had that was essentially worthless until I started brewing. The one of the right was one I made by hand about a year ago. It didn't quite turn out as intended, but it's held up surprisingly well and holds a case of 12 oz bottles.

I've got way more 750s than boxes and need to make some crates out of scrap wood. Hopefully I'll actually get to it when the winter hits.

 

[Leadgolem]

Wish I did. It just amped me up for brew day.

Interesting. I always feel pretty chill after handling hops. I don't know if it's the smell, or the alkaloids or what.

 

[govner1]

Checked & cleaned all my equipment plus assembled all my supplies for the big Learn to Homebrew Day @ my LHBS tomorrow.

 

[unionrdr]

I hit my LHBS for the rest of the ingredients to brew my Snowbound Porter. Bought some SNPA & Leinenkuge;'s hoppin helles. First brew I bought with Hoppin in the title & wasn't from Hoppin Frog in Akron...http://[URL=http://s563.photobucket.com/user/unionrdr/media/PICT0001_zpsf8db13ab.jpg.html] [/URL]

 

[Guden]

Drinking a few altbiers and bottling a bitter. Loving these malty/bitter balanced beers right now.