What I did for beer today

[kadozen]

Picked up ingredients for my first ESB and went over the Kombucha making process with an employee at my LHBS.

 

[gometz]

Brewed a robust porter for mutt wedding in March. Worried because this is the same recipe that got silver in the porter category at a competition, but I tried making it again two weeks ago and it was terrible. I think I screwed up the water and then accidentally fermented to low.

 

[wilson42203]

Added the raspberries to my raspberry ale. Then I had to switch to a blowoff tube for a couple hours before it calmed down enough to go back to an airlock.

I hope I am getting it cooled down fast enough. Following White Labs' instructions to start in the mid 70s made me nervous.

 

[unionrdr]

Worked in BS2 designing version three of my hybrid lager.

 

[bford]

Writing my dates onto my physical calendar of when things need to be bottled... are done carbing....etc...

I first put it all in my phone calendar... but I like being able to look on the wall sometime and see it all laid out in front of me!

 

[razyrsharpe]

I spent time re-bookmarking brewing sites and downloading brewing software on my new desktop. then i researched for a great Hobgoblin all grain clone recipe.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Kicked a keg of zombie dust, cleaned the lines, and hooked up a keg of mixed fruit blonde. Might clean the keg later if I get motivated.

 

[gometz]

Brewed a saison with Mandarina Bavaria, will ferment with 3726 since the lhbs didn't have 3711.

 

[BGBC]

Brewed a saison with Mandarina Bavaria, will ferment with 3726 since the lhbs didn't have 3711.

Sounds like you lucked out.

 

[gometz]

Sounds like you lucked out.

How's that? I haven't used 3726 before, but I'm holding it at 75 for now. The scant information I've been able to find says it is similar to 3624 though.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

3726 is a great farmhouse yeast.

 

[BGBC]

3726 is a great farmhouse yeast.

^this.

 

[gometz]

3726 is a great farmhouse yeast.

So is what I have heard accurate? More fruity than 3711, but easier to work with than 3724?

 

[themachinist]

Gave my 1st mead it's 3rd sna. Down to 1.040 from 1.095 still chugging along. Smells amazing.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Bottled Belgian IPA and English Cider.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Hooked up my new taprite dual body regulator and creating a list of needed parts to upgrade more of my kegging system.

 

[Brettomomyces]

Worked to increase packaging space for future brews

 

[mcbaumannerb]

So is what I have heard accurate? More fruity than 3711, but easier to work with than 3724?

I've not used 3724 so I can't comment on it. Flavor-wise I definitely prefer 3726 to 3711 and have had no issue with it fermenting to a nice dry finish.

 

[gometz]

Bottling my Baltic porter right now, sample is great. Hides the almost 9%very well

 

[grevengrevs]

cleaned two 5 gallon sanke kegs to rack beer into

 

[warix]

Cleaned three corny kegs and transferred my Christmas Ale into one of them. Should be perfect by Sunday for our extended family Christmas celebration! Making root beer tomorrow!

 

[markvale5]

Checked on my very first AG in the fermenter. It's about 4 days in.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Last night I made some starter wort and put in some glasses and a jar to cool outside and collect wild yeast overnight. One picked up some aggressive yeast that has already taken a firm hold. Hoping I caught something useful
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[govner1]

Brewed a 6g AG batch of Evil Twin Red Ale w/ my daughter.

 

[Psylocide]

Labeled 46 bottles... they look great. Cost me about 30 cents at the most to do them all.

 

[warix]

Made up a batch of Rootbeer! Wow that was a trip. I have not made a batch in 10 years. The kids asked me to do a batch for our extended family Christmas gathering on Sunday. It is in the keg now and should be ready by then.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Bottled/casked a Dark Mild yesterday, brewing/repitching into a Robust Porter and Brown Porter today.

 

[bragona71]

going to get a beer gun to bottle my xmas beer..Might get ingredients to make another batch of something..Im thinking wooky jack clone.

 

[NTXBrauer]

Finished my mash paddle just in time to use on 24lbs of grain I will be mashing for a 10 gallon IPA tomorrow. Cheers!

 

[drainbamage]

Stared at all the full bottles in the basement and willed them with my mind to carb faster.