What I did for beer today

[jaybo]

I ordered a Heady Topper clone kit. I haven't had that beer in several years and finally decided to brew it, especially since I can't get it here in Oklahoma. I also washed a batch of London ale yeast, and cleaned about a case of bottles.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

I took a ten day hydro reading on my saison. Dropped the stopper into the fermenter. Put star sanned foil over the fermenter opening. Slick.

 

[itsnotrequired]

transferred a belgian wit starter from the flask to mason jars. chilling in the fridge for decanting, ahead of a weekend brew session. cleaned the damn flask.

 

[HornyGoatStout]

Hooked up a picnic tap to my fermenter and decided to drink it instead of kegging it today. Oops.

 

[BrewMan13]

Kegged my scottish ale (2nd half of a parti-gyle). The gravity sample was pretty tasty and I got crazy good attenuation. Also transferred my doppelbock to secondary for an extended lagering. Definitely on the right track taste-wise despite just ok attenuation at this point. Had a massive amount of trub, so final volume will be a bit low compared to what I planned.

 

[seatazzz]

Guess it's my month for equipment upgrades...husband bought a new house fridge from offerup yesterday, which means our old one (only issue is freezer side ices up) is now the NEW fermentation chamber in the garage with huge cold glass & hop storage. It's a big side-by-side Samsung, can fit my big 7.5g glass carboy and either the 6g plastic carboy or a 6.5g bucket at the same time. Come my birthday in July will get a couple of brewbelts and a 2-stage Inkbird to replace my single stage Ranco, and I'm gonna be in homebrewer heaven. After I tear apart the garage tomorrow to make room for it I get to go shopping for grain & yeast for a nice double brewday on Sunday, will do House IPA and another lager to replace the one I kegged the other day that tastes funny. Movin on up!!

 

[seatazzz]

I have been reading, How to Brew, by John Palmer. I purchased extract today to make my first batch, which I am hoping to do soon. Beer brewing is fascinating having come from cider making. I have really immersed myself into it. I can hardly wait to make my first all grain batch.

Starting out the right way, congratulations! All-grain is easy, and it gives you way more options for different flavors and styles. I keep my copy of Palmer in my brewery and there's so many pages folder over it's funny. Welcome to the obsession!

 

[County_Brewer]

Think I'm ready to do my first AG batch.
Test run of my glycol chiller for the counterflow chiller had no leaks and was properly controlled by the Inkbird ITC1000.
Fermentation chamber had the collar insulated today, heating pad put in and it all connected to an Inkbird 308.

Now to find a straight forward IPA recipe. West Coast or NE work.

 

[fourfarthing]

Think I'm ready to do my first AG batch.
Test run of my glycol chiller for the counterflow chiller had no leaks and was properly controlled by the Inkbird ITC1000.
Fermentation chamber had the collar insulated today, heating pad put in and it all connected to an Inkbird 308.

Now to find a straight forward IPA recipe. West Coast or NE work.View attachment 574266

With that setup?! You are ready for your first pro batch!! Rock on sir.

 

[bstacy1974]

Gathered and vacuum sealed 4.5 oz of spruce tips from the yard. Can someone recommend a spruce tip IPA recipe?

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Kegged a chocolate porter

 

[itsnotrequired]

brewed up a belgian wit

 

[baldm79]

Brewed a starter for my English ale. Finally ready to break out the new setup! Will update tomorrow with brewday pics

 

[Schlenkerla]

Cleaned up my brewing supplies shelf, and added 3 pounds of berries (blackberries and raspberries) to an oatmeal brown. Having a sample bottle of my oatmeal, chocolate, coffee stout (with 1lb each of local honey, and black strap molasses). It's excellent!

All of that sounds good. I've thought about doing a banana brown ale, but then decided it's needed to be chocolate banana stout.

I might have to do a wheat with a bunch of sour cherries too.

 

[6Tap]

Just finished brewing a 10 gallon batch of cream ale.

 

[seatazzz]

Just finished up a batch of House SMasH IPA and am trying to motivate myself to clean so I can brew up a lager in the morning...pipeline is low so need to step up my game. All I've got left to do is rinse the tun, the kettle, and the bags. Keggle is soaking in PBW (just bought some today, looking forward to seeing how well it does) and will just need a good rinse in the morning. I need a nap.

 

[Sparkncode]

Checked on last nights brew, bubbling along slowly snf holding temp at 20C+/- 0.2
It is US-05 and my last few brews have been S-04 and a M33 so much more aggressive start than the US-05 but its up and going. The batch will be dry hopped once the fermentation is over with more Motueka hops. A nice fresh batch at 7.2AA

I had left the doors on my fermentation chamber open since the last brew so it didn't get smelly and when I checked on the brew a cockroach came out the door... Oh well couldn't harm the well sealed up fermentor. I will have to check more throughly in future though. it was hiding between the blocks of wood i sit the head pad on.

 

[Gregc]

Bottled 5g of crime ale w/ orange peel, and 5g of Hefeweizen. Summertime beers are here!

 

[mortfrom]

My son and I bottled about 240 22oz bottles of three batches we brewed three weeks ago at Saugatuck Brewing. Good people; good beer. It was fun using professional equipment. Makes it easy to long for stuff I can neither afford nor find find room for.

 

[Gregc]

I also brew with my son. It’s pretty cool that we can do it together. Definitely adds to the enjoyment.

 

[pshankstar]

Kegged my Pale Ale tonight. Half with WLP001 and have with a 50/50 blend of WY1318 & OYL-052. I’ll set the regulator to 12psi and when I return home on Saturday I hope they will be carbed enough to toss in the kegerator that morning and enjoy in the afternoon.

Cleaning kegs (used as fermenters) now. I may just fill them with hot water and finish in the morning. It’s freaking midnight already.

 

[jaybo]

I also brew with my son. It’s pretty cool that we can do it together. Definitely adds to the enjoyment.

I brew with my son's as much as I possibly can. I have 6 boys, so I'm never without a brewing partner. My big problem now is; I'm out of fermentor space now, so I'm not brewing for the next couple of weeks...

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Kegged 5 gal Newport Sloop

 

[seatazzz]

New fermentation fridge all set up and working great! IPA brewed yesterday is happy at 64, and the carboy on the bottom is waiting for the warm-fermented lager mashing right now. Yay for new house fridge giving me this huge upgrade to my process!

 

[baldm79]

Super ghetto brew stand

 

[brewbama]

Needed room for an APA so I drank the Vienna Lager until the keg kicked. Cheers!

 

[beermanpete]

I cut the grass in an attempt to get caught up with chores so I will have time to brew next weekend.

 

[govner1]

Brewed a 6g AG batch of my Hoppy Saison with my daughter. Pitched @ 68°F w/Omega Belgian 5

 

[catdaddy66]

Liberated a few empties for my next batch.

Vive la resistance!

 

[jaybo]

I just got home from a work related trip. I was gone for less than 30 hours, but my fermenting Citra IPA didn't care. Hop reissue got into the airlock, and built up enough pressure to blow the lid off of my bucket fermentor. Lucky for me, my oldest son knew what to do and got the lid back on, but left the mess for my tired butt to clean when I got home. I used S-04 that I harvested and washed 2 days prior. It took off like a friggin rocket!