What I did for beer today

[govner1]

Moved 6 gal batch of single hop IPA to 2 kegs for conditioning.
Moved kegs of ESB & Saison to lager chamber for cold crash.
Cleaned keg & washed carboys & transfer equipment.


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[wilson42203]

Bottled what ended up being 4 gal of a special winter amber ale.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Kegged 5 gallons of a Marstons Pedigree clone.

 

[unionrdr]

Wrote some more of my homebrewing book.

 

[CRAFTBEERKING]

Got some great advice on HBT about glycerol and "how to" on using the freezer compartment of my kegerator to house a coolant tank for my "in the mail" 7 gallon chronical fermenter with FTSS, courtesy of SS Brewtech. I began the build for a custom tank to fit in the freezer to maximize the space available.

Cleaned two cases of bottles.

Ordered some how-to books for home brewing.

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Bottled: Scotch Ale, Belgian Tripel, Red Ale
Primary: Empty
Secondary: Empty
Kegged: Pumpkin Spiced Porter, Belgian Tripel
Tomorrow: English Red Hopped Ale

 

[metanoia]

I'm finally getting back to homebrewing after an almost 2-year hiatus. Cleared off my workbench in the garage today, which is where I'll be mashing this time around since we just got rid of the old cabinet I was using last time.

 

[CJ-3]

Today I bottled 5 gallons of Scottish Ale, got everything I need for the next batch and did my first ever yeast starter on a DIY stir plate.

 

[jperry]

Today, I replaced my old vinyl lines, with the bev seal barrier tubing. I struggled with the 1/4in. fittings, for awhile, but eventually got them all on. I know about the john guest QD's, just haven't bought any yet. Strongly considering it, though.

Besides that, I also took apart, and cleaned, all the nooks and cranny's, in my perlick faucet. And tapped into a fresh keg of Pale Ale. Quite refreshing!

 

[Qhrumphf]

Took the BJCP exam. Fingers crossed. That was challenging.

 

[brewbama]

Racked the Porter to secondary and added the Bourbon soaked Oak cubes. It's gonna be a long month.


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[philipCT]

Spent the weekend punching holes in my 20 gal kettles, then rigging electric heating elements, temperature probes, ball-valves and the SS HERMS coil. I was dragging my feet on that for weeks because I was nervous about screwing up those beautiful kettles.

I just went slowly, measured twice (okay, maybe four times), and then cut away. Everything worked out very well. Didn't hurt to have Kal's step-by-step instructions handy the whole time. That site is a godsend.

One thing though, those damned Blichmann kettles are tough. I was freaking out until I figured out you have to drill a 3/16" pilot hole first, and you have to bear down pretty good on that drill bit. After that, the rest were easy.

Ended the weekend water testing the HLT. All good! This week it will be odds and ends and more water testing in the evenings, but I aim to do the inaugural brew in the new brewhouse next weekend for sure.

 

[ubnserved]

Started looking for a simple brew, finally feeling good enough to attempt a brew day... haven't brewed or done a thing since June. I am looking for suggestions. The brew needs to be an extract for simplicity and weight. This is going to be the only chance I get to brew the rest of the year and the first month or 2 or 3 of next. The brew also has to be kegged by the end of October or first week of November. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it I love brewing Belgians and stouts but those are probably way to much for me to try to do right now. I want to do 2, 5 gallon batches but may not get the fermenter empty in time to do a second brew. Send any ideas my way. Just keep it simple.

 

[jperry]

Ordered another vittle vault, for grain storage, and a second stc1000, for the keezer.

 

[Trippel-A]

Started looking for a simple brew, finally feeling good enough to attempt a brew day... haven't brewed or done a thing since June. I am looking for suggestions. The brew needs to be an extract for simplicity and weight. This is going to be the only chance I get to brew the rest of the year and the first month or 2 or 3 of next. The brew also has to be kegged by the end of October or first week of November. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it I love brewing Belgians and stouts but those are probably way to much for me to try to do right now. I want to do 2, 5 gallon batches but may not get the fermenter empty in time to do a second brew. Send any ideas my way. Just keep it simple.

Northern Brewer has a petite saison d'ete extract kit that is really good and quick. Not very autumnal, but definitely simple and tasty. The French saison yeast adds a bit of tartness, and I found it was fully fermented in less than two weeks.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Got some oak soaking in Chardonnay for this weekend's Lamebic, and making the first step of a two step starter for next weekend's Malt Liquor.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Bottled up some of DC's texas twang mead.

 

[NTXBrauer]

Got a batch of Christmas Ale wort in the FV, thoroughly being enjoyed by the billions of yeast cells.

 

[Komocabo]

Set my STC-1000 to zero degrees to cold crash an IPA. That's some heavy lifting

 

[unionrdr]

Northern Brewer has a petite saison d'ete extract kit that is really good and quick. Not very autumnal, but definitely simple and tasty. The French saison yeast adds a bit of tartness, and I found it was fully fermented in less than two weeks.

I brewed that one for summer. Not bad at all, but the French yeast didn't give much of that peppery ester?

Washed some bottles yesterday & re-arranged the brewery/man cave. Got more bottles to wash today after finally being able to have some beer again! So more to do today...

 

[cochised]

Kegged an APA kit. Lovely smell and taste off it so looking forward to it

 

[Michael357]

Looked in the fermenter at the 10 day old Cream Ale and 3 day old Honey Bee American Ale. And bought a 24 inch stir spoon :-D

 

[Ski12568]

Ordered parts yesterday so I can build HLT and mash tun with the beverage coolers I bought today

 

[gometz]

About to oxygenate my sour with 3203.

 

[erick0619]

Had the first two bottles of my latest batch mmmm beer


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[Komocabo]

Kegged 10 gals of IPA, Made a 2 L starter for Saturday's brew. Drank a few beers. (Last night counts, right?)

 

[ubnserved]

I brewed that one for summer. Not bad at all, but the French yeast didn't give much of that peppery ester?

Washed some bottles yesterday & re-arranged the brewery/man cave. Got more bottles to wash today after finally being able to have some beer again! So more to do today...

I have never even tried a french beer.... what is the taste profile like? I did find this one https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-210253/ and will probably make it on Sunday. Does this french have a recipe somewhere? I still want one more to brew.

I continued looking for recipes for those of us who have been injured and still want to brew and i started a new thread on hbt just for it. (Never started a thread before ) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/one-armed-brewing-493268/

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Cleaned a keg and sanitized it, and sanitized another keg and filled it with beer. Should be fully carbed and cold when I get back home in a week.

 

[unionrdr]

I have never even tried a french beer.... what is the taste profile like? I did find this one https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/15-minute-cascade-pale-ale-210253/ and will probably make it on Sunday. Does this french have a recipe somewhere? I still want one more to brew.

I continued looking for recipes for those of us who have been injured and still want to brew and i started a new thread on hbt just for it. (Never started a thread before ) https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/one-armed-brewing-493268/

It's Northern Brewer's Petite Saison De ete' kit with French saison 3711 yeast. After a couple months in the bottles, I got'em quite cold & poured into a warm (room temp) glass. It had a tiny bit of peppery flavor on the back with the atypical barnyard thing. Both were subdued & the beer is actually pretty good. But there are likely better saison kits/recipes out there. I just bought this one to try it on for size. I like how the barnyardy thing is on the back & not that strong. I just ordered another ESB, E/SG kit from more beer. It has a great balance between malts & hops with a color that's spot-on for the style. http://morebeer.com/products/extra-special-bitter-ale-extract-beer-kit.html I also used S-04 dry yeast re-hydrated which worked great! The flavor is toasty/bready with the EKG hops giving their characteristic herb/lemon grass contribution that's perfect for the style, in my opinion. I brewed the Cascade pale ale PM kit from Midwest as my 1st partial mash brew over a year ago. Great beer with good balance even my son loved.
ESB;

Held nice cap after a couple sips.

cascade pale ale;

Very nice flavor where the cascade hops weren't overpowering. Cheap price & easy PM kit.

 

[Bobcatbrewing42]

Today I got the details worked out in my kegerator so I can fit 3 corny kegs and the 10# co2 cylinder in there. I have pin locks and ball lock kegs so I have worked out interchangeable parts. My tower only has two taps so I have a Perlick jury- rigged inside the door to tap the third beer. It seems to work OK.

On tap- robust chocolate porter

Kegged and carbonating- a hoppy pale ale

Fermenters- "Tuesday's Ruby," an Irish red with a bit of extra hops

 

[Beernik]

Apparently my drill will only allow me to drill 1.5 holes in my keggle each night before the battery is dead.

So the ball valve is installed. The thermometer hole is still 1/8" too narrow.