What I did for beer today

[leakedmiley]

Just checked in on my american wheat. It is happily bubbling away in the fermentation chamber though the krausen is starting to fall and it is slowing... right on time. Not much time to do brew-stuff during the week.

 

[hio3791]

Not for beer directly but for the brewing community...

Picked up dinner last night and noticed a nice shiny keg sitting quietly next to the dumpster adjacent to the restaurant. Part of me thought "it's next to the dumpster, give it a good home!" but reasoning kicked in and I asked the manager about the keg next to the dumpster. Turns out, it was waiting on the distributor for an exchange, someone put it there and I guess he didn't even know. I told him that he may not want to leave it there as someone may grab it. He laughed, thank me and walked to the back as I walked out. By the time I drove out, it was already taken inside.

The best part, my 5 yr old son was with me and it was an opportunity to explain to him that taking that would be stealing.

 

[tripplehazzard]

Picked up some grain and yeast to brew a zombie dust clone. Brewing it now

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[Dmlsys23]

Bought a 10 gallon cooler, a 2L flask and a 15 gallon Blichmann Boilermaker with ball valve and thermometer. Hoping it all arrives soon so I can start brewing all grain!

 

[Hulud]

Cleaned up the blowoff mess in my closet fermenter

 

[masonsjax]

Got a starter going of WLP029 Kolsch from a harvested mason jar. Mayne brew tomorrow.

 

[1fast636]

Unpacked these from my wife's aunts hall back from Mass. Lots of good stuff 4 we can get around here but there still good so not complaining at all, but it was 60 bucks and I said that's like 4 batches of home brew I could of brewed 8cases instead of 1, but my wife loves to do this for me and surprise me so can't complain

 

[signpost]

Bought my first 50 lb. bag of base malt. Got some Briess 2-row. Also picked up a few pounds of crystal malts to round out some simple pale ales. Can't wait to get brewing. I'm guessing I'll get about 5 batches out of this bag of grain.

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[khallene]

Bottled a California Common and drank a Pale Ale in the process.

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[DanCoBrewing]

Brewed my "Whiskey Oaked Chocolate Porter".

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

Today I might have done the best thing for my beers to date! I picked up this (http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...ge-only-2yrs-old-paid-2300-W0QQAdIdZ557571768) and ordered these (http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2PCS-All-Pur...LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e8468b781&_uhb=1). I plan on using the cooler as my fermentation chamber. Also a few days ago I grabbed one of these (http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-furniture-desks-Cubicle-Workstation-W0QQAdIdZ553356895), The cooler should fit right below the longer of the two work tables. I think I have the full set up now, gawd I hope so anyway lol! My wallet is starting to give me cut eye every time I try to dig it out of my pocket lol.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Made enough starter wort for 2 starters and got them going. One is San Fran lager yeast, the other is Brettanomyces bruxellensis Trois for a single hopped 100% Brett saison.

 

[user 103238]

Worked up a double starter for Friday's double brew day: Maibock and Doppelbock.


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[tripplehazzard]

Brewed skeezers zombie dust clone

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[finsfan]

Made enough starter wort for 2 starters and got them going. One is San Fran lager yeast, the other is Brettanomyces bruxellensis Trois for a single hopped 100% Brett saison.

We will have to trade saison bretts when they are finished I am doing two single gallon experiments with Crooked stave and RR dreggs tomorrow on my already fermented saison.

 

[Sabuj23]

Gave my 500ml Pacman starter that I made last night a hug and wished it a good day before I headed off to work. He's growing up so fast!! Will be a 2liter starter by Saturday and will probably start ignoring me, think he knows it all and end up knocking up some skanky belgain strain before I know it.

its just nice . i like that.

 

[Trippel-A]

We will have to trade saison bretts when they are finished I am doing two single gallon experiments with Crooked stave and RR dreggs tomorrow on my already fermented saison.

How long does a Brett saison take? We've been thinking about a sour, and have read we need to leave it for a year or more.

 

[finsfan]

How long does a Brett saison take? We've been thinking about a sour, and have read we need to leave it for a year or more.

Its hard to say. It depends on the strain of brett and the environment, plus personal tastes. I am hoping for 6 months but am ready to go a year or longer. I really want to start a 5 gallons batch of a sour soon for that reason, it may take 18 months. I guess I will just have to get a good sour/brett pipeline going, darn!

EDIT: I guess I should say that the one I except to wait a year on, I am adding brett/lacto/pedio.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

How long does a Brett saison take? We've been thinking about a sour, and have read we need to leave it for a year or more.

Brett does things on it's own timeframe. If you ferment with Brett only it can be done fermenting in as little as two weeks, could take 6. After that it will continue to develop and change character over time. If you add brett after fermentation, expect to wait several months at least for the character to develop.

 

[masonsjax]

Brett usually gives you funk and fruit, not sour so much. You'll need lacto and/or pedio for real acid production.

For beer today so far, I diluted some phosphoric acid down to 10%. I think I'll brew a Kolsch this afternoon.

 

[prohl84]

Roasted up a batch of Maris Special B- it tastes so burnt raisin caramelly awesome I can't wait to crush and infuse it. First I was asked if I was baking brownies then I got a few complaints about the smoke but wgaf... it didn't seem that smokey.

Bottle and blend a couple batches this evening if I can't get dinner going quick enough.

 

[max384]

I built a stir plate:

Works great.

(not a starter, just aerating some freshly washed yeast before pitching)

 

[Clankenbrew]

I kegged a pumpkin ale today. The cover oring fell into the keg and I was a bit stressed out trying to fish it out for 10 minutes with the siphon tube. Then put the pin locks backwards and struggled for another 10 minutes threading the CO2 connector to find out I had a stubby tube and oring inside the connector as well as another in the inlet. Removed the stubby one and it screwed on. Thank god thats over!!! Im pouring a stout and forcing the pumpkin ale. Next time I'm pouring a beer and de-stressing before i begin!


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[stbnj]

Tried beers at a new brewery that is 5 minutes from my house. The founder is actually a dude I met when I first started brewing at the LHBS. He was pouring samples and I was getting ready to brew my first all grain batch. Now he has a new brewery and I am on like my 100th batch of all grain beer.

 

[Trippel-A]

Swapped out the spigot on my turkey fryer BK for a ball valve. Unfortunately, the supplier forgot to ship the hose barb I ordered with it. Hopefully it will get here tomorrow so I can have it for brew day on Saturday. I'd rather not buy one, when one is on the way.

 

[unionrdr]

Internet got shut off last Saturday& had to wait till retiree payday today to get it back on to talk to you guys. I did get my 1st book about done though. Now if these frosty temps wouldn't have killed my battery,I could get cigs & coffee. C'mon,spring!!

 

[brewbama]

Transferred my Caribou Slobber from the primary to the secondary which allowed me to free up the primary for an Irish Red. Cleaned everything. Started my yeast in prep for brew day.


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[Hello]

Sending 5 boxes-o-beer I mean, olive oil, out to various folks. Some who have been waiting a bit too long for me to get off my ass and ship.

I did it in an effort to clean up my house as well, so it was mostly self-serving.

 

[Bulls Beers]

Finishing up a starter for a Helles brew tomorrow.

 

[TxBigHops]

Dry hopped my IPA. Used leaf hops for the first time. A bit of a pita to get into the bags and into the carboy, but I think it will be worth it for the aroma they should add. I used one ounce of Citra and one ounce of Cascade in a 5 gallon batch.

BTW, Bulls that is one sick flame top! Is it yours? Recent or vintage?