What I did for beer today

[JonM]

Oh, and if you cut out a little square of MDF or plywood or something, you can drill two holes on one edge, insert a pair of those little hangers that go into the pegboard and, voila, a mini shelf.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Put my ropes up so my hop vines can climb!

 

[bleme]

Set up, poured, and then cleaned up at the 3rd Annual Visalia Craft Beer Fest.

 

[Puddlethumper]

Built and installed a collar on my kegerator so it would hold 4 ball-lock kegs + the co2 tank. Brewed a batch of Irish Red this afternoon and emptied a keg of cream ale in the process. Pulled a keg of Common Bitters into the kegerator to replace the cream ale as the "light beer" on tap.

Finally got things set up so I can have 4 kegs in the kegerator at the same time. Serving 3 with one one carbing up and getting ready.

 

[unionrdr]

Took the ingredients out of the freezer & Fridge to get an Irish red going this morning.

 

[mgortel]

Cleaned my garage to get it in order for brew day (next Saturday)......cleaned all of my gear. Tested burner to make sure ok. Heated up water and put in mash tun to check my equalization temperature (to make sure my equipment profile in BeerSmith is correct in order to er temp for mash in to reach desired step temp)

Made a new wort chiller from 50' of copper tubing.

 

[Melana]

Brewed 10 gallons of barleywine, 10 gallons of a rye amber, cleaned and filled 4 kegs to make room, cleaned and refilled two carboys, and wish for a nap.

 

[DakotaSouth]

I knew brewing on a gas flame was going to be a lot faster than on the kitchen stove. Still just a bit amazed at how much faster. Shaved a full hour off the normal brew day. Didn't hurt that it was a NB Irish Stout and that thing is so simple and easy it would be hard to stretch the time out any longer.

 

[unionrdr]

Got my Irish red in the new fermenter. Out of the kit's OG range of 1.049-.053,I got a 1.061! 2.4lbs of grains steeped in 2G of spring water @158F then dunk sparged in 1.5G of 170F water worked real well apparently. And I stirred it again for another minute or so,got the same reading. Not too wild about 7lbs of LME in those more beer pouches.

 

[Hopinista]

Got my Irish red in the new fermenter. Out of the kit's OG range of 1.049-.053,I got a 1.061! 2.4lbs of grains steeped in 2G of spring water @158F then dunk sparged in 1.5G of 170F water worked real well apparently. And I stirred it again for another minute or so,got the same reading. Not too wild about 7lbs of LME in those more beer pouches.

I rarely brew kits anymore (sometimes they're fun though!) But I refuse to buy morebeer kits. I don't understand why they don't include yeast. With the yeast added they end up being a full 4-8 dollars more expensive than Northern Brewer kits. I don't get it.

 

[unionrdr]

Yeah,that part's a little odd. The Irish Red E/SG kit was $21.72 plus the S-04 yeast. That's par for the course with NB or Midwest ime. I just wanted to take a break from pb/pm biab & fire a couple quicker beers. The kits come with a whirlflock tablet. Strange to get that & not the yeast. But that tablet gave a crap ton more trub than the Super Moss does. I'll have to compare final quality between super moss & whirlflock when it's done.

 

[Hopinista]

Yeah,that part's a little odd. The Irish Red E/SG kit was $21.72 plus the S-04 yeast. That's par for the course with NB or Midwest ime. I just wanted to take a break from pb/pm biab & fire a couple quicker beers. The kits come with a whirlflock tablet. Strange to get that & not the yeast. But that tablet gave a crap ton more trub than the Super Moss does. I'll have to compare final quality between super moss & whirlflock when it's done.

I've been doing all grain for three years now but I still brew an occasionak extract kit, usually for my wife who isn't big into beer but likes Irish Reds, Nut Browns, basically nothing hoppy or Belgian (I'm Belgian ) and I like NB kits the best. They also have amazing customer service when there's a mistake (not sure about more beer, only did 2 orders and no issues)

But last time I put together a recipe I ordered from NB and I ordered 1 oz of US saaz, usually a low AA hop(and listed on their site as 4-6% AA. When it came they were 8.6% AA. Way more than I wanted. I told them about it and they sent me 3 oz of us hallertau that were in my aa range

 

[unionrdr]

For a bit over a year now I've been doing pb/pm biab. These steeping grain kits are nice once in a while. I figured from reading the reviews between Midwest & more beer,the more beer would taste better. We'll see if such is the case. More beer's ESB E/SG is up next.

 

[finsfan]

Super irish moss does not work. You should just use regular irish moss.

 

[unionrdr]

What I think it could be is how Fivestar instructs you to mix it with some chilled wort first. I'm thinking of trying it just sprinkled directly into the boil. See if that works any better. These more beer kits come with the whirlflock tablet & I tossed a whole one into about 3.5 gallons of wort. It gave 3-4 times as much trub.

 

[winvarin]

Checked clarity on my melomel (I can almost read a newspaper through it) an decided it should be ready to package I another 4-6 weeks. Fermented in Sept. And it has been bulk aging since November.

Kegged a 5 gallon extract Irish stout and decided that once again, Jamil is right. I did a 5 gallon extract kit. The only thing I did differently is to use a proper sized starter, temp control and adequate oxygenation.

I'm calling it a "win". I had about 3/4 of a pint that would not fit into the keg. I drank it room temp and flat. Just like it was meant to be.

My job and family schedule usually make it tough to brew regularly. It's nice to know that I can occasionally work in an extract batch and cut my brew day in half ... All in the name of keeping the taps full of course.


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[brewbama]

Bought Beersmith.


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[philipCT]

Cleaned the new brewery space top to bottom. Brought all my brewing equipment out of storage. Organized for an outdoor propane brew day next weekend.

On deck: an imperial star anise stout. Yup, a winter beer. Thinking ahead for a full six months of conditioning Immediately after that I'm putting a centennial blonde into the (completely empty) pipeline for late May/early June drinking.

 

[philipCT]

Oh, and I drank a Lawson's Maple Tripple 750 this evening! About two years old. Had it in the cellar for a year. Truly wonderful. Lovely clarity. Sweet in the way a Tripple should be. Medium body. Very smooth. Maple flavor prominent. I have two more of these. Planning on having the next one a year from now. Tried to share it with swmbo, but she's not a fan of the style.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Kegged Yooper's Cream Ale and a Mojave Red from here. That reminds me, better check the CO2 tonight . . .

 

[warix]

Bottled up an Amber Ale! I got 60 bottles from the batch. Would have been 61 but on neck broke during a cap crimp. Also got my brother and his wife interested in brewing and plan their first brew day!

 

[bleme]

Bottled up an Amber Ale! I got 60 bottles from the batch. Would have been 61 but on neck broke during a cap crimp.

I hate it when that happens. Damn you Anchor Steam!!!

 

[jperry]

Bottled the rest of a keg, to empty it. Disassembled faucet, shank, QD's, and keg, for cleaning.

 

[Oceantendency]

Yesterday my dad and I finished cutting the mini fridge, cut out the back of the chamber for just the condenser plate to fit through, had to bend it back into the U shape, cut some R board to help seal off so no air leaks down in the empty chamber part of the fridge and all goes directly into the Fermentation Chamber. Just need to finish silicone caulk sealing in around the outside of the fridge and the window between the fridge and chamber, getting so close now.

 

[bulldogwinters]

Got my first full volume boil going since the move into my new apartment! I miss brewing outside already... But I'd rather be brewing inside than not at all!

 

[histo320]

Did my 2nd stage dry hop of the Plinian Legacy. Bottling day will be on Saturday!



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[danath34]

didn't do much today other than once again go creep on my beer fermenting away in the chamber. Checking temps, looking at bubbles... Though I did have to clean and replace the airlock as krausen got pushed up into it (and no hose of the right size to make a blowoff tube)

It's seriously become a twice-a-day habit to go watch friggin bubbles in an airlock atop an opaque bucket fermenter. I think I have a problem.

 

[plath]

Soaked bottles and cleaned the jugs I'm using for my mead. Hope to get that going tomorrow.


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[jperry]

I cleaned, and sanitized, a corny keg.

I also created a recipe format, to organize my recipes into a binder, instead of scribbling on loose papers.

 

[Beernik]

Figured after three days and not pushing any krausen through my blowoff tubes, I pulled the tubes and replaced with airlocks.