What I did for beer today

[tripplehazzard]

Bottled my donkey sprayer ipa. Rinsed some California ale yeast and added some dry hops and earl grey to my . Earl the grey imperial ipa

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[crookedibrews]

I finally bleached my fermenting frig. After a bucket lid blow off 2 weeks ago.. I know a little late and unsanitary. But what can you do. Rhahb

 

[winvarin]

Just finished kegging 10 gal of robust porter.

 

[tsl346]

I tasted my first Rye today to make sure it was carbonated. Yes carbonated, needs a little more time, though.

 

[bleme]

Went to my brew clubs monthly meeting and tried some great beers.

 

[nukebrewer]

Added dry hops to my coffee black IPA and bottled my dopplebock that's been lagering for six months.

 

[Dave37]

Dry hopped my simcoe/Columbus IPA.

 

[BeastMaster]

Put together a stir plate, bought a new hydrometer.

 

[uatuba]

Brewing another batch. I moved a couple months ago and I've just now been able to start back up, other than the occasional quick no-boil mead.

 

[unionrdr]

Had to run to Giant Eagle for some greens & such to put in my ham bone soup. I found Fat Tire & Ranger IPA bombers for $2.99. Fat tire later...

 

[jjefrey]

Scored a killer deal on 12 corny kegs yesterday.

 

[Dave37]

Scored a killer deal on 12 corny kegs yesterday.

12?! Awesome.

 

[tripplehazzard]

Ordered some azacca hops!!

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[Trippel-A]

We bottled our Bedeviled Bourbon Porter (with vanilla bean and toasted oak). This one has been a challenge, ergo the name. See the full drama here if interested: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f163/lost-some-yeast-fermentation-very-slow-any-advice-437699/.

We also brewed a Black IPA extract kit from Northern Brewer. We've done this one before and really liked it.

And on my way home from Madison yesterday, I picked up a case worth of New Glarus and Ale Asylum beer.

 

[max384]

Brewed a five gallon AG batch of porter, transferred an IPA to secondary and dry hopped it, and put five gallons of cider in the primary.

 

[kman6234]

Cleaned and organized the brewing area in my basement. It was a mess after this weekend... Brewed a bohemian pilsner and cleaned some kegs and kegged a Dubbel.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Cleaned and organized the brewing area in my basement. It was a mess after this weekend... Brewed a bohemian pilsner and cleaned some kegs and kegged a Dubbel.

If I had known how much cleaning was involved I may not have started brewing

Kidding of course, but it is a lot of cleaning and I always end up soaking wet

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

Bottled my first ever brew today. Had a buddy show up and drink my hydrometer sample right out from under my nose! Turned out pretty good though. Could have used more body but meh.... First time right?

 

[Dave37]

Bottled my first ever brew today. Had a buddy show up and drink my hydrometer sample right out from under my nose! Turned out pretty good though. Could have used more body but meh.... First time right?

You can't let the hydrometer sample be your gauge as to how the body of your beer came out.

The CO2 will have a huge impact on the mouthfeel and body of your beer. What kind of beer did you make and what temp did you mash/steep at?

Edit: oh yea and congrats on your first batch!

 

[max384]

I kegged my first batch, a European pilsner. It was SOOOOO nice not to bottle! I'm already way into this kegging thing! lol

 

[Qhrumphf]

Calculated mash/decoction profiles for this weekend's Roggenbier and Weizenbock. Realized I forgot to grab rice hulls. Calculated water additions for the same. Calibrated my new refractometer. Put my Dusseldorf Alt up onto the counter for a last settling overnight before bottling it tomorrow night.

 

[jperry]

Today, I organized my brew area, inside my garage, and cleaned/sanitized a keg. I also "made space" in my fridge, by drinking some beers!

 

[moranjp019]

Made an immersion wort chiller, plumbed a separate hookup, under sink and brewed my first BIAB, a chocolate milk stout. I also put a small dent in one of my kegs (Hoptical illusion) while doing this! Ah, life is good.

 

[provball96]

8f minus whatever c outside cooling a batch of nb caribou slobber. Should be ready for st paddy's.

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[Dave37]

Calculated mash/decoction profiles for this weekend's Roggenbier and Weizenbock. Realized I forgot to grab rice hulls. Calculated water additions for the same. Calibrated my new refractometer. Put my Dusseldorf Alt up onto the counter for a last settling overnight before bottling it tomorrow night.

Nice man I see you are on a German kick lAtely. A Weizenbock and alt are my list of to do brews.hope the brews come out well. Cheers.

Oh and I drank some.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Nice man I see you are on a German kick lAtely. A Weizenbock and alt are my list of to do brews.hope the brews come out well. Cheers.

Oh and I drank some.

The three Alts all came out very well. I'll be tweaking the bigger ones should I brew them again (they taste just like the regular Alt, which I guess is good or bad depending on how you look at it, I was hoping for a little more oomph). But the Dusseldorf Alt tasted like a comp winner, at least before I "lagered" it. Haven't tasted it since. I'll find out tomorrow. And hopefully the Sticke and Doppelsticke will be better after "lagering" (where they go tomorrow).

As far as Roggenbier or Weizenbock, my first time with either of these styles, so who knows what'll happen.

 

[Dave37]

The three Alts all came out very well. I'll be tweaking the bigger ones should I brew them again (they taste just like the regular Alt, which I guess is good or bad depending on how you look at it, I was hoping for a little more oomph). But the Dusseldorf Alt tasted like a comp winner, at least before I "lagered" it. Haven't tasted it since. I'll find out tomorrow. And hopefully the Sticke and Doppelsticke will be better after "lagering" (where they go tomorrow).



As far as Roggenbier or Weizenbock, my first time with either of these styles, so who knows what'll happen.

Any particular reason you decided to brew German lagers predominantly lately? Definitely a fun and seemingly not as treaded path on the homebrew level. I've only brewed traditional bock so far it has been my only lager. I plan on cranking out a couple before winter is through.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

You can't let the hydrometer sample be your gauge as to how the body of your beer came out.

The CO2 will have a huge impact on the mouthfeel and body of your beer. What kind of beer did you make and what temp did you mash/steep at?

Edit: oh yea and congrats on your first batch!

Thanks for the tip! The brew was American Pale ale from a brewers best kit. Two 3.3lb cans of LME and some caramel malt to steep so no mash really.

 

[bleme]

I'm taking my Caribou Slobber to work today. My boss loved it and was wondering how close it came to Moose Drool (he has never had) so he picked up some MD for a blind side-by-side.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Any particular reason you decided to brew German lagers predominantly lately? Definitely a fun and seemingly not as treaded path on the homebrew level. I've only brewed traditional bock so far it has been my only lager. I plan on cranking out a couple before winter is through.

I buy ingredients in bulk when possible and repitch yeast. So it only made sense to do as a sequence.