What I did for beer today

[Zepth]

Used my new false bottom tun. Man that thing makes life nice and easy. Highly recommended from OBK who was also awesome to do business with. Also the first time I actually hit my OG while following the mash instructions, instead of topping it up with extract or adding an extra kilo to the grist. Life is good.

 

[NervousDad]

Finally figured out a good use for my jaw horse.

Bourbon maple porter.

 

[brewbama]

I finally went to Blowes and got some shelves to organize my fermenters and brew equipment in the basement. I think they'll like it better down there. I know SWMBO will.

I also picked up the hardware to finish my hop spider. This should make brew day easier and make the wort cleaner.

And cleaned up the beer fridge. Drips and drops had accumulated and it was time for a spring cleaning. PBW works great on those spills.

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[ian128]

Bottled my first brew. Brewers Best Red Ale. Now the wait to try some.

Racking to bottle bucket

First bottle.



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[warix]

Cleaned 60 bottles that have been sitting around for 15 years. Lots of dead spiders in them bad boys.

Now they are resting in a 20 gallon bucket full of star-San and will be ready for bottling in the morning. I am very excited to bottle the first batch in 15 years and also the first batch with my son.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Babysat the ESB going in primary, and bottled my Spruce Brown and Arrogant Bastard clone.

 

[1fast636]

Gravity reading and transfer on my hard rootbeer clocking in at 10% then made a mix of hydro sample and cherry coke and it's going to be amazing

 

[TrustyOlJohnson]

Bottled my first brew. Brewers Best Red Ale. Now the wait to try some.

Racking to bottle bucket
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First bottle.
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Congrats!! Welcome to the obsession.


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[CaptKiRkLeS]

Gravity reading and transfer on my hard rootbeer clocking in at 10% then made a mix of hydro sample and cherry coke and it's going to be amazing
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Hard Rootbeer?....explain...

 

[warix]

Hard Rootbeer?....explain...

Yes please - put it out there for us all to learn!

 

[warix]

My son and I bottled our Alaskan Amber Clone. It was a great time. Now I am ready to fill that fermenter with something new and more complex.

 

[abeasst]

Kegged a dogfish 90 minute ipa clone and brewed a peanut butter stout.

 

[quincy07]

I'm drinking some Squatter's Full Suspension Pale Ale. I also turned off the mini fridge I have an amber fermenting in to raise its temp, I don't have a temp controller yet.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Brewed an Ordinary Bitter and Mild.

 

[MarathonMurse]

Replaced the wet towel cooling the mild I brewed yesterday.

 

[steelcurtain]

Kegged an IPA and put my new mill together.

 

[AkTom]

Drove 180 miles, one way to pick up some gear from Craigs List. Guess who got a keggle, 3 tier stand with burner, 2 coolers, mill. bottle tree, 3-6gal and 1-5 gal carboy, turkey fryer and 8 gallon pot, 3 gallon enamel pot, hoses spoons, etc.???? What a day for BEER
Tom

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Yesterday I transferred 10gal of California Common to kegs and bottled about 4gal of coffee/cacao/bourbon RIS from the keg.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I killed TWO kegs over the weekend. I made the mistake of shaking them Thursday night, which always means one will immediately go dry. Which it did, Friday night. And Sunday afternoon, the other one went.

I now have 3 empty kegs and no full ones. I need to get my rear in gear

 

[khallene]

To be honest, this happened yesterday, but I was in no position to type anything readable.

We recently moved and had a couple over that helped us with the move. While the kids played, we drank and drank and drank some more homebrew. My buddy and I have been trying to get a weekend where I can introduce him to the homebrewing "hobby" (obsession). We took a look at the equipment and I walked him through the process. He is really interested in getting started, so I told him about this site, obviously. I pointed him in the direction of a decent LHBS and we are planning on a brew day in the next few weekends.

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[DrunkleJon]

To be honest, this happened yesterday, but I was in no position to type anything readable.

We recently moved and had a couple over that helped us with the move. While the kids played, we drank and drank and drank some more homebrew. My buddy and I have been trying to get a weekend where I can introduce him to the homebrewing "hobby" (obsession). We took a look at the equipment and I walked him through the process. He is really interested in getting started, so I told him about this site, obviously. I pointed him in the direction of a decent LHBS and we are planning on a brew day in the next few weekends.

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Well done. Spread the love of the hobby!

 

[NTXBrauer]

Kegged my American "Amarillo" Pale Ale. It should be nice and ready come the weekend.

 

[TopherJohn]

Asked the local beer store (not to be confused with my LHBS) to let me know when Pranqster comes in so I can get a couple bottles. I want to harvest the yeast for a belgian I'm planning.

Tested the first bottle of Cascade SMaSH: after one week I expected mostly flat, but it had a fair amount of carbonation, and a bit of sweetness. I want a higher carbed beer, so right on track, and other than being a touch sweet was really good. My 4th batch and I think I finally hit what I was aiming for. Vowing to keep it simple for the next several batches!


"I will make it felony to drink small beer. "

 

[prohl84]

Plumber came out to install a new toilet. Saw my carboy and bottle de-labelling project on the counter and asked me if I brew. We talked about it (well I did anyway) for a minute and he decided he's gonna start brewing and growing his own hops. Sent him home with an Imperial Red.

 

[unionrdr]

Got taxes done a lil bit ago & with escrow from refinance,I should have a tidy sum by the middle of next month. Man cave,car & kitchen upgrades coming soon!...

 

[Hello]

Yesterday I transferred 10gal of California Common to kegs and bottled about 4gal of coffee/cacao/bourbon RIS from the keg.
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That sounds delicious. Like the caps too.


I ordered a chugger pump, guess that counts.

 

[1fast636]

Hard Rootbeer?....explain...

Let's see this recipes grain bill:
14lbs 2row
.75 lbs crystal 80
8lbs dark brown sugar
1.5lbs lactose

Let tht ferment as usual with 001 then at bottling use
Rootbeer extract
Honey
White sugar

Bottle one in plastic to make as test bottle for carb then pasteurize or cold crash I'll find the link to how I found out about it, oh and that grain bill was for 10 gals

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=416406

 

[Clankenbrew]

So tuesday I kegged an IPA. Wednesday it tasted great. I tasted it again on thursday and it had a tinge of metallic taste. So bad I wanted to dump it. I couldn't get a half glass down. I took the co2 off and put it on a keg of pumpkin. On saturday I tasted the IPA again with a sandwich at lunch time and it was Back!!! No metal taste at all. I did notice the fairly new 5# tank was about empty so... Either my regulators acting up or the pumpkin keg is leaking. Any thoughts??


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[geek_chaser]

I transfered my strawberry milk chocolate stout to the secondary today. Not much strawberry, but that could potentially take time. It was almost a richer chocolate then the first time i brewed the milk chocolate without strawberries. Really good either way.

 

[finsfan]

Added jameson to oak and vanilla beans to put in a RIS that I am brewing Thursday.