What I did for beer today

[CJ-3]

Today I bottled 5 gallons of Cream of Three Crops.
Then I went out and picked up supplies to make a new stir plate.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Bottled 5 gallons of a sour brown that I brewed 16 months ago was on cranberrirs and cherries past 3 months. Also made a starter of Wyeast 3726 for a farmhouse ale I'm brewing Wednesday morning.

 

[MaryB]

Drank a 6 pack... recovering from a ham radio contest weekend that left me tired!

 

[ChelisHubby]

Still maintaining fermnation temp on a big porter!

 

[Oceantendency]

transferred 6.8 gallons of Bavarian Hefe from my chronical to my bottling bucket..Kegging and bottling tonight !!

 

[EtchyLives]

Fixed the gas problem with the Rye IPA, fired up the starter for the ESB for this weekend, and dry-hopped the barleywine.

 

[Erik_Mog]

Got bottles, caps, bottle tree and vinator. Hopefully bottling my Blood Orange Hefe this weekend. Still getting a bubble about every 25 seconds in the airlock. Gravity at 1.012 yesterday, so I am going to check again tomorrow or Thursday.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Yesterday I washed bottles and made 2.5 gals of wort... It got sort of late so I let it cool overnight covered on the stovetop. This AM I poured it on top of a yeast cake in the Carboy from the MOM I bottled last week. First time making beer this way "pitched" at 9:00 AM and it is chugging away now.

 

[brewbama]

Got my water report. Plugging it into software now.

 

[CJ-3]

Feels like I got a lot done today.

Put together my new stir plate.
Got a 1500ml starter going for the stout I am brewing soon.
Started some vanilla beans and oak chips soaking in burboun that I need in a few weeks.

It was a good day.

 

[brhenrio]

Put in order for parts for a keezer. Now scrounging to find a cheap used freezer.

 

[MaryB]

Bottled 5 gallons of Phat Tyre Ale (NB), this batch is going to be good stuff if it tastes at all like the hydrometer sample did! OG of 1.06, FG 1.012 so right in the ballpark!.

 

[bendog15]

Brewed 10 gal of ESB ale today. Thank god I'm kegging now that I'm doin 10 gal batches... [emoji6]View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1465976070.156937.jpg

 

[unionrdr]

I've found that I can clear up a lot of clutter in the man cave/brewery if I go to kegging & get rid of all these darn bottles. Got more bottles to clean & save the labels from...

 

[MaryB]

Oh yeah, I have bottles stuffed here there and everywhere... on the lookout for some cheap corny kegs... will save wear and tear on my spine too without all the bottle cleaning, filling, capping...

 

[Dlou84]

Brewing an AG Hop Head IPA from Midwest Supplies today. I've brewed it twice before. First time I thought it was my best brew, second time I believe it fermented too hot. Had a strawberry/bubblegum flavor.

Also kegged a Calypso IPA and moved a Belgian Tripel to secondary. I usually don't have this much home brewing going on at once. Cheers.

 

[MaryB]

Washed 60 bottles...

 

[razyrsharpe]

Went to the LHBS and bought several small items i needed. Grommets for the fermenter lids, whirfloc tabs, a few packets of dry yeast, a hopsock, a spare airlock etc.

 

[CJ-3]

Today I put my yeast starter in the fridge to cold crash.
Got my stuff organized for a brew tomorrow.
Read a few chapters of "The Craft Beer Revolution" by Steve Hindy - it's pretty interesting so far.

 

[bendog15]

Today I did... Nothing. Absolutely nothing for beer. And that was a first in a very long time.

 

[unionrdr]

Well, after answering some questions about the finer points of bottling & the like, I'm finally getting in the mood to brew again! That mumme' gruit ale & my Hopped & Confused hybrid lagers are calling to me, begging me to brew them. Let them live again!...

 

[Erik_Mog]

Bottled 5 gal of Blood Orange Hefeweizen

 

[unionrdr]

^This one's starting to pick my curiosity...^

 

[jmill]

Carefully studied the weather and ultimately decided my late start today means postponing brewing until sundown or early morning. I don't think my 2 step immersion chillers can cool wort to 70 when it is 97 out.

So I guess I'll rack that saison instead and continue with set up.

 

[Yeastieboy]

Glanced at pressures and temps on my way to urgent care. Strep throat. Damnit.

 

[unionrdr]

I'm in the same boat. Gotta use the weather patterns to determine brew day. And thusly, initial fermenting days...

 

[Erik_Mog]

^This one's starting to pick my curiosity...^

What has your curiosity up about it?

 

[unionrdr]

The flavors of the blood orange with hefe flavor. Besides, how much zest, etc to use?...Still looking to brew a good hefe with fruit, besides the traditional German one.

 

[Erik_Mog]

The flavors of the blood orange with hefe flavor. Besides, how much zest, etc to use?...Still looking to brew a good hefe with fruit, besides the traditional German one.

It has a decent orange aroma, but not overpowering. I got a good balance of clove and bananaup front, with neither dominating the flavor and it finishes with a hint of orange. It was a 5.5 gal extract batch using 9# 2oz of Briess Bavarian Wheat extract and WB-06 for the yeast. I let it sit on 49oz of Blood Orange Puree for about 10 days.

I would have liked a little more orange, but it is noticeable, and I am hoping that carbonation will help bring it forward some more (carbonated beer tastes so much better than flat beer. When I do it again, I may add the zest of 3 or 4 oranges to the secondary, or maybe late addition to the boil, or may just serve it with a slice of orange.

 

[unionrdr]

I'll have to try that soon? I'd like a good tasting Hefe for summer. Besides the standard ones...