What I did for beer today

[mcbaumannerb]

No - I did the pomegranate last year in the same beer without any issue. I did sanitize the bowls, knife & cutting board to keep it as clean as possible, but if they gush so be it. I'm going to get about 8 bottles of each so it's not a big loss if it happens.

 

[buzzardbrew]

Kegged five gallons of rye IPA. First all grain attempt!


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[plath]

Delabeled bottles.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[bleme]

It doesn’t look like it, but did you do anything to pasteurize the fruit? Last time I added fresh fruit (apricots) I briefly pasteurized but it wasn't enough. Most of those bottles became gushers.

I've never pasteurized fruit as it totally changes their flavor and I've never had a problem. I currently have an American Wheat on apricots. I rinsed the apricots in a tub of water, transferred them to a bucket of StarSan, then squished them enough to split them open, packed and froze them. They went into the beer as a 10 lbs ice cube.

 

[MrNickVT]

I've never pasteurized fruit as it totally changes their flavor and I've never had a problem. I currently have an American Wheat on apricots. I rinsed the apricots in a tub of water, transferred them to a bucket of StarSan, then squished them enough to split them open, packed and froze them. They went into the beer as a 10 lbs ice cube.

You should try freezing before the squishing. Freezing helps with breaking down the cell walls and makes it much easier. I made a saison then re fermented it on over 4 lbs of raspberries. Bought them frozen and as they thawed I kept squishing them in the bag. When fully thawed I cut the corner and dumped them into the carboy.

Siphoning was really tough though with all the debris next time I'll have to some marbles.

 

[JonM]

Added the dry hops to my Columbus/Chinook IPA. It should be ready for kegging this weekend.

 

[plath]

Replaced the blow off tubes with airlocks in my cream stout.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[Quaffman]

Purchased the wood to build my keezer collar

 

[sburnt]

Bottled my all-grain wheat. FG overshot at 1.005. Sample tasted on the bitter side. So it's a higher-alcohol, lower body, extra bitter wheat. Still beer!

And got a pump in the mail! Woo-hoo!

 

[bleme]

Pulled out a gallon of a Brett Saison that has been aging for 2 years to see if it was worth bottling up and entering in the county fair. Unless they have a category for malt vinegar, I think not. It is a mighty fine vinegar though.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Added cherries to a cherry wheat and bought a couple beers.

 

[wilson42203]

I made sure that Lost Coast's quality standards are still up to par as I drank some tangerine wheat.

I also fed my hops with some miracle grow. Two of my four 1st year plants are producing.

 

[govner1]

I picked up a 50 lb bag of Pale 2-row for my next few batches @ my LHBS. Crushed about 25 lbs while there plus the specialty grains. Also picked up the needed yeast & hops.
Got a CO2 setup for force carbing my lagers. I keg condition my ales.

 

[plath]

Researched my next ingredient order.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[frozennorth]

Tore apart two destroyed hard drives to get the rare earth magnets out. Building a stir plate this weekend.

 

[govner1]

Were the recently destroyed by the IRS! Somebody may be looking for them!!!


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Making my first batch of mead! DisturbdChemist's texas twang

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Kegged a strawberry blonde and got an order into hophouse brewing too. Excited!

 

[frozennorth]

Were the recently destroyed by the IRS! Somebody may be looking for them!!!


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Nope, work. The boss gave them to me when he heard it might help with my brewing.

 

[unionrdr]

Gotta order the stuff for my watermelon hefe. Put four styles of my beers on ice, since I finally got paid today. Dampfbier, saison, Irish red & ESB! Gotta wash some more bottles out right quick too.
* Decided to order the German hefe kit from Morebeer,all DME. Gunna add 3C of sugar baby watermelon juice @ flameout. Should be interesting with WLP300 yeast.

 

[JonM]

Went over to the LHBS and got a couple sets of keg o-rings, as well as a replacement set of silicone o-rings for my boilermaker kettle, because the original set is on borrowed time.

Then I kegged my Columbus/Chinook IPA, transferred the last quart or so of kegged root beer to a growler to make room in the keg fridge, and cleaned out the 30 feet of liquid line that connects to the root beer keg.

 

[Clankenbrew]

Gravity check, 1 day into diacetyl rest. 2 more days and it goes into a keg for lagering until October. Tastes good.. A little sweet but matly otherwise.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[brewbama]

Brewing a Weizenbock. Biggest beer I've done in my little 36 Qt Extreme 5 Mash/Lauter Tun.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[catdaddy66]

Had to make a mad dash to the LHBS to get a fermenter for the centennial blonde I'm brewing today. Forgot I can't use my carboy anymore as it's cracked, though not leaking. Brain bubbles... Lol!


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

 

[unionrdr]

My German hefe kit with WL300 yeast was ordered yesterday afternoon & got here at 11:10AM this morning! Now that's PDQ! Got their black & tan (!) logo trucker's cap too. Gotta get some spring water from Giant Eagle to hopefully brew it up tomorrow with 3C of juice from some sugar baby watermelons. This ought to be good!...

 

[Peruvian802]

Dry hopped a blonde and made the orange zest tincture to add tomorrow.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Dropped off some entries for a somewhat local comp.

 

[unionrdr]

Got spring water & ice to brew the watermelon hefe tomorrow.

 

[LeeAveBrewery]

We made our first mead for AHA's mead day.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew.

 

[govner1]

Brewed a 6 g batch of ESB w/ my daughter.
We also racked a Kolsch to secondary & out I. To cold crash @ 35F & kegged a Blonde also to cold crash.
Finally set up my new force carb system for the above.


Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew