What I did for beer today

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Looks great, save for the easy-to-get big head. Mine needs to finish & get rid of some green flavor from the 1st FG sample Sunday. Tasted like roasty coffee with a bit of semi-sweet chocolate so far. I used Black Prinz & English chocolate malt in the mash. I have 1 1/5ozs American white oak chips on a little Beam's Black 8 year-old bourbon in the fridge.

So the answer is YES, yours will be better. No more imperial stouts with Makers Mark soaked with vanilla...ever.

This is now working on my Pliny. Cheap temp controller.

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[erick0619]

Placed my order for my kegging set up )))

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Placed my order for my kegging set up )))

Good for you! One of the best investment with the hobby.

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[Michigan_Wolfman]

What I did for beer today....I went to the fridge after I got home from work and grabbed my next to last bottle of Leinenkugel's Canoe Paddler from the six pack I bought about a week ago. Yeah, I know...it's not homebrew, but for a commercial beer, it is really good.

 

[unionrdr]

So the answer is YES, yours will be better. No more imperial stouts with Makers Mark soaked with vanilla...ever.

This is now working on my Pliny. Cheap temp controller.

That's IF the sharp, green flavor goes away! The Black Prinz malt is made so that it doesn't have that harsh, roasted flavor, so less conditioning to get it smooth. The American white oak is definitely more pronounced than the others. I hope the smaller amount finally gets just right this time! I'll take another FG sample tomorrow & see where I'm at...
At least I'm back on my desktop, even though I have a lot of file associations to reconnect. Like Bones reconnecting nerve endings in Spock's brain...

 

[Oceantendency]

Took a measurement of my Cream Ale, dropped trub, switched from blow off to airlock, and cold crashed...time to Lager.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

That's IF the sharp, green flavor goes away! The Black Prinz malt is made so that it doesn't have that harsh, roasted flavor, so less conditioning to get it smooth. The American white oak is definitely more pronounced than the others. I hope the smaller amount finally gets just right this time! I'll take another FG sample tomorrow & see where I'm at...
At least I'm back on my desktop, even though I have a lot of file associations to reconnect. Like Bones reconnecting nerve endings in Spock's brain...

Thanks for heads up on that black Prinz. I have all grains for an RIS, try and use it next time.

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[unionrdr]

I think you'll find the Black Prinz interesting. I can't wait till it comes out of secondary & into bottles.

 

[brisboy]

I bottled two firsts last night.

My first mead: Clove-spiced fizzy melomel (5.5% ABV)

My first no-boil beer: Belgian Summer (5% ABV) (Here's hoping it tastes ok)

 

[erick0619]

Good for you! One of the best investment with the hobby.

Thank you man I'm so stoked I sprung for the dual reg so I can add a second keg sometimes next month if swmbo approves

 

[1fast636]

Kegged two beers my citra dipa and a wheat beer aged on mango pineapple and papaya dipa is 8.5% wheat beer is 5.25%. And both tasted amazing in samples, and I will say I wish I got ferm temp control a long time ago best beers to date no questions asked
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Citra dipa
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[Cheapo]

Kegged two beers my citra dipa and a wheat beer aged on mango pineapple and papaya dipa is 8.5% wheat beer is 5.25%. And both tasted amazing in samples, and I will say I wish I got ferm temp control a long time ago best beers to date no questions asked
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Citra dipa
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Awesome

 

[unionrdr]

You know, it's a good thing I post about my brew days, OG's, FG's, etc on here all the time. After that malware attack on 6/11, I lost some BS2 notes & was able to recover part of the information from my posts on those days. Good thing I yak about such things in a happy state of mind on brew/bottling days. At least I was able to recover some information to add back to my brew notes. Something to keep in mind, folks!

 

[gometz]

Bottling a Flanders red, then brewing a oud bruin to go on the washed cake. Going to harvest some of the cake for later uses too.

 

[Peruvian802]

Got an abbey yeast starter going for a father's day brew session.

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[1fast636]

Installed two taps on the keg fridge
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And the back where I can add 4 more down the road
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Was too excited and took pics before cleaning up the mess lol I'm excited can't wait two legs sitting on the gas carbing as we speak

 

[Alpotun]

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Third step Yeast culture from a sixer of Bell's Two-Hearted, wrapped in a swaddling towel, sitting on the counter.

 

[JonM]

Pulled some 3068 off a slant for step one in a starter. Brewing a hefeweizen next weekend.

 

[unionrdr]

Gotta check my dry stout & see if it's ready for secondary today. We have our 40th class reunion on 7/18, & I wanted to add some bottles of Whiskely to the 12'r I wanna take for an after-party. The stout may not make it...

 

[philipCT]

Yesterday I tapped and got a first taste of a BCS Brown Porter that's been carbing for 8 days (before you ask "what's wrong with you???" - I was away on business that whole time or I totally would have hit it before).

Pretty bright/lively on the front-end with roasty aromas lifting off the head and moderately rich flavors. Good mouth feel. Very drinkable IMO but I'll be looking for second opinions later today...

Also threw two kegs of BCS American Amber in the kegerator to chill. They had been conditioning in the keg for 10 days. Will put them on gas today.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Cleaned 3 "brewing" (5 gallon) kegs.
Hydrometer measurement on my mosaic/MO SMaSH (1.008) - dry hopped it.
Quality control on 2.5 gallons of flower power clone that failed to start fermenting for 48 hours. Still don't know if its worth dry hopping.

Brewing later.

 

[s3psys]

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First Belgian

 

[catdaddy66]

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First Belgian

Just finished bottling my first attempt at a Belgian quad! Made the Westvleteren 12 clone two months ago and bottle 12 bombers and 4 twelve oz bottles withy friend that split the batch with me. He used a Serbian yeast variety and I used the standard Westmalle strain (wlp530). Tasted amazing! Can't wait for the next 2-4 weeks to fly by!

 

[Clankenbrew]

Moved 20 gallons of Clangtoberfest to kegs for lagering.

Started reassembling my system for my Clangenator Dopplebock, a Celebrator inspired brew next weekend.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Thank you man I'm so stoked I sprung for the dual reg so I can add a second keg sometimes next month if swmbo approves

That's wise. I have 4 kegs all at same pressure, image ipas, ris, and hard lemonaids at same pressures, then use the 2nd for clearing air out of fermenters, etc.

 

[1977Brewer]

Bought hops and some Munich for the pale im brewing tomorrow. Woo.

 

[1fast636]

Drank it while cooking a whole tenderloin and 3 chickens in the coonass microwave admiring the hops growing then the rain came so had to improvise a roof
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[ChelisHubby]

Bottled a 2 hearts clone for a friend and brewed a Blonde!

 

[Scotty_g]

We ported another keggle, replumbed the propane manifold to handle two burners with modern fittings, and made our first 20-gallon batch (lautered into three vessels, then combined to equalize volumes and OG's in two keggles). So far, so good!

 

[unionrdr]

Gotta get my dry stout in secondary today with the bourbon-soaked white oak. I was also just thinking, with all the blonde ales being brewed lately, that I'm surprised no one named one after Clint Eastwood's "Blondie" character from the spaghetti westerns? " Hey Blondiiiiie...you know what you aaaaare?"?... Then put a close-up pic of him on the label!