What I did for beer today

[MaryB]

Crushed 20 pounds of grain, staged the brew rig with water in the kettles so all I have to do is turn the burners on tomorrow and brew. Need to cut the days workload down some so I am not so dead tired when I finish brewing!

 

[catdaddy66]

Divided my 55# sack of 2-row into 4 bags of 10# each, then the rest in one bag. It's 15# & 13ozs!! That one will be for a wee heavy...

 

[Chadzilla]

Studying beer styles and listening to podcasts in anticipation of landing a brewing job this week :O

 

[Bigfly]

Picked some of my Willamette hops

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Bottled my 20% abv RIS it's boozy but surpringly still has has roast and chocolate notes.

 

[CJ-3]

Last night I sampled my winter stout. After a month in the bottle it has carbed up nicely. In the basement it goes, not to be touched again until December.

Today I picked up a new bottling bucket and some honey in anticipation of my next brew day. Also washed some empty bottles I had and got the labels off.

 

[unionrdr]

Kinda sleepy most of the day today, so just cleaned some bottles. Found out it's international left hand day.

 

[Elkobrewer]

Kegged 5 gallons of Yoopers Oatmeal Stout.

 

[brewbama]

Tested my Cream Ale. It's still cloudy.

 

[ChelisHubby]

Bottlled a batch and bought the grains for the next batch and Idaphor and Hydrometer and some caps!

 

[Stillraining]

Kegged 30 gallons

 

[scaglikm]

Brewed 10 gallons of Centennial IPA.

 

[mrkrausen]

Finally got around to cleaning 4 kegs that kicked probably 4 months ago. Just couldn't get motivated do it for some reason.

 

[kpr121]

Put this all together... Seems to be working good

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[Stillraining]

interesting...are you using a pond pump to circulate glycol or water?

 

[Yeastieboy]

Slapped a blowoff tube on a pale ale that is really taking off. Took a gravity reading on a 12-month Kriek. 1.010... I really thought it'd be lower. Want to bottle but not sure what to do next.

 

[sleepspeaking]

Drank, I drank beer. That's what I did.

 

[Yeastieboy]

Drank, I drank beer. That's what I did.

Amen. I drank so much Homebrew last night my wife had to peel me of the living room floor. There might have been some other shenanigans involved. Either way. No regrets.

 

[kpr121]

interesting...are you using a pond pump to circulate glycol or water?

Pond pump in 5 gallon bucket circulating water when temp controller tells it to. Fans blowing on the trans cooler.

Glycol wouldn't help since the keezer temps are above freezing.

I have a thread on here in diy forum (on mobile/too drunk to link).

 

[MaryB]

Brewed 10 gallons of a what I have on hand English style sorta Ale...

 

[brhenrio]

Kegged an ipa. First time kegging

 

[unionrdr]

Bottled my first batch of Mumme today. Started clean up...but a couple pale ales come first!

 

[catdaddy66]

Bottled my first batch of Mumme today. Started clean up...but a couple pale ales come first!

Priorities... lol

 

[unionrdr]

Yup. Man's gotta know his limitations...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Checked gravity on a saison that's been still bubbling after 4 weeks -- tasting good. Also looked in on a pail of pale ale, that appears to have a pellicle the smell and appearance is of yeast, but gas is getting trapped under the film. This is an unintended result.

 

[JonM]

Hit my batch of Yooper's Fizzy Yellow Beer with a dose of gelatin now that it's kegged and chilled. Should be crystal clear by the time it's carbed.

 

[unionrdr]

Checked gravity on a saison that's been still bubbling after 4 weeks -- tasting good. Also looked in on a pail of pale ale, that appears to have a pellicle the smell and appearance is of yeast, but gas is getting trapped under the film. This is an unintended result.

Just looks like receding krausen to me, no slimy white bubbles. They're all clear. Looks ok to me?!

 

[sleepspeaking]

I spent 2 hours last night drilling the port out for my kettle's ball valve. Scuffed it up and broke 5 bits, but we got it done.

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[Hoppy2bmerry]

Just looks like receding krausen to me, no slimy white bubbles. They're all clear. Looks ok to me?!

Thanks for the opinion... It looks the color of yeast, which would be okay too. I used wlp080 the cream ale yeast which is a blend of lager and ale yeast. I took a sample it didn't taste sour or bitter, and for a very small sample was clear so I think it's okay. I might swirl the fermentor and see if it drops. Better yet I'll leave it be as it is only day 11.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Soaking labels off and cleaning bottles.