What I did for beer today

[Schlenkerla]

Bought this for my BIL for his 55th Beerthday!

5 Rabbits Cerveceria

 

[aharri1]

Gravity tested my double IPA looks like it finished it 1.010. so 10.5% abv and I'm good with that ! Was aiming for 11.5. but didn't hit my OG. Now onto throwing in the dry hops [emoji16]

 

[Novacor]

Kegged my pumpkin ale. I put 2 tsp of pumpkin spice and a chopped up vanilla bean into 2 oz of dark rum back on brew day. Strained the bits of vanilla bean out and dumped the mixture into the keg today. Smelled fantastic!

Beer tasted pretty good before I added the spice too.

 

[Leapsandbounds]

Brewed a wit and bottled a raspberry ale. Technically I did this yesterday though.

 

[ehk089]

Kegged my pumpkin ale. I put 2 tsp of pumpkin spice and a chopped up vanilla bean into 2 oz of dark rum back on brew day. Strained the bits of vanilla bean out and dumped the mixture into the keg today. Smelled fantastic!

Beer tasted pretty good before I added the spice too.

I’ve never done a tincture like this before but you’ve inspired me to try...my pumpkin came out a bit low on grav and not as spicy as I typically like, so before I put the second keg on I might try this....also kegging a dunkelweizen today. Had our Halloween party at the house last night and put a keg of my zombie dust clone I’ve been dialing in, for everyone to try. This is the first time I’ve done this and got so many people trying my beer, got rave reviews!

 

[Novacor]

I’ve never done a tincture like this before but you’ve inspired me to try...my pumpkin came out a bit low on grav and not as spicy as I typically like, so before I put the second keg on I might try this....also kegging a dunkelweizen today. Had our Halloween party at the house last night and put a keg of my zombie dust clone I’ve been dialing in, for everyone to try. This is the first time I’ve done this and got so many people trying my beer, got rave reviews!

Next time I do this, I'll probably use double the rum. I ended up with a sticky paste which I'm sure dissolved fine in the keg full of beer, but was kind of a mess to work with.

 

[JAReeves]

Well, it was yesterday, but I taught a co-worker and my sister how to brew.

They loved the flexibility in a brew recipe and the idea that if se basic principles of sanitation and QC are followed, it’s going to be good beer.

Started with a Sierra Nevada Clone and ended with something slightly different.

Can’t wait to bottle in 2 weeks!

 

[aharri1]

Took a gravity reading of my Oktoberfest lager down from 1.056 to 1.020 I guess it's about time to rack it to a keg and lager [emoji16]

 

[homebrewer_99]

I finished brewing an American Wheat Ale about 2 hours ago.

 

[Schlenkerla]

Kegged my pumpkin ale. I put 2 tsp of pumpkin spice and a chopped up vanilla bean into 2 oz of dark rum back on brew day. Strained the bits of vanilla bean out and dumped the mixture into the keg today. Smelled fantastic!

Beer tasted pretty good before I added the spice too.

I’ve never done a tincture like this before but you’ve inspired me to try...my pumpkin came out a bit low on grav and not as spicy as I typically like, so before I put the second keg on I might try this....also kegging a dunkelweizen today. Had our Halloween party at the house last night and put a keg of my zombie dust clone I’ve been dialing in, for everyone to try. This is the first time I’ve done this and got so many people trying my beer, got rave reviews!

I did this with my Chocolate Banana Stout....

On brew day I put four oz of cacao nibs in a jar and covered with white rum. Then at kegging added the nibs to tea ball hung by fishing line and poured the cacao tincture into the keg. A week later I lifted the tea out and gassed it.

It's really chocolaty. I also mashed with 8 oz of Hershey cocoa. Smell is the cocoa, taste is the cacao. Banana was done late in the boil. It's got both smell and taste of banana. The taste dominance of banana and chocolate waver with time as the beer warms.

It's a weirdly nice sipper.

 

[tgolanos]

Work has been kicking my a** the last few weeks, so I haven't done much of anything beer-wise until this weekend: Bottled 10L of Rasberry Berliner Weiße, organized & rotated my current beer stock, and took count of my supplies. Best of all, I drank some homebrew!

 

[BrewMan13]

A couple days late, but last friday submitted 2 brews to my second competition. The LHBS was the drop off point, so also bought a new bag of 2row base malt, and the specialty malts and yeast for the next 3 batches.

 

[HockeyBoy29]

Building a keezer, and kegged up the first occupant:

 

[HockeyBoy29]

Two more pics from the build:

 

[aharri1]

completely cleaned out my Kegerator while having a beer. Now I'm about to rack my pumpkin Imperial stout onto vanilla beans in a keg for a week while it carbonates for Halloween [emoji41]

 

[Brewbuzzard]

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Racked my session mead onto some blueberries and strawberries.

Brewing my American Barleywine and a partygyle beer too.

That's a good looking APBT you have for a brew buddy. I love those dogs.

 

[bracconiere]

I did this with my Chocolate Banana Stout....

On brew day I put four oz of cacao nibs in a jar and covered with white rum. Then at kegging added the nibs to tea ball hung by fishing line and poured the cacao tincture into the keg. A week later I lifted the tea out and gassed it.

It's really chocolaty. I also mashed with 8 oz of Hershey cocoa. Smell is the cocoa, taste is the cacao. Banana was done late in the boil. It's got both smell and taste of banana. The taste dominance of banana and chocolate waver with time as the beer warms.

It's a weirdly nice sipper.

Sounds interesting, doesn't sound like you back sweetened though? what was the FG of it?

And yesterday i put some green malt in the oven at 150f, today i'm cranking the temp up to 230f, for 12 hours to hopefully get a light crystal, for smoking!

(now that i'm thinking about it, next batch i think i'll use the smoker to get the green malt up to 150f....doh!)

 

[pshankstar]

That's a good looking APBT you have for a brew buddy. I love those dogs.

APBT = American Pit Bull Terriers?

She’s a rescue mutt & we think she’s a Pit and Ridgeback mix. Great family dog and great with kid, but leery/suspect of some new people & other dogs.

There’s two other mutts roaming around that are not in the photo. We love our pets!

 

[Schlenkerla]

Just doughed in on my Big Alt

I'm using;

-5lbs of home smoked pale malt using peanut shells.

- 3 lbs of my home roasted 20L, pseudo Munich

- 1lb of my own 40L crystal malt.

- 2 lbs of store bought wheat. Hell I can't do it all.

[emoji481]

 

[homebrewer_99]

I racked a Perry (Pear Mead) from the primary today.

It's been in the primary (sitting on yeast the entire time and bentonite for 2 years) for exactly 4 years and 10 days.

It's actually paler than the pic:

 

[homebrewer_99]

Two more pics from the build

What did you use for the collar? Any plans/instructions on attaching it?

I've been wanting to convert mine, but there is still an "uncertainty" in my action.

 

[aharri1]

I re-assembled my tap handle after cleaning it and all the lines the other day. Also, put my pumpkin Imperial Stout on some gas to get it carbed up for the weekend [emoji3]

 

[6Tap]

Filled 14 ea. 22oz bottles. Some with porter and some with IPA. This week will be “Free beer Friday” for my coworkers.

 

[homebrewer_99]

Filled 14 ea. 22oz bottles. Some with porter and some with IPA. This week will be “Free beer Friday” for my coworkers.

That's one way to stop them from getting a 4 day weekend...

 

[jaymosbeershack]

Started my day by kegging off a peach&mango milkshake ipa. Finished at 8.5% and tastes pretty good flat. Then I brewed an American Amber Ale. Over shot my gravity so it will be closer to 6.5 than the intended 6.0. Cleaned up. And now im drinking beer.

 

[aharri1]

Made a starter with wlp 1007 for my Brew Day. Doing a hybrid beer I created German IPA with honey. Having an IPA also [emoji16]

 

[homebrewer_99]

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As a lifelong student of History, and having lived in Germany for 9 years, I don't recall the Germans ever exploring India...hmmm.

What I did for beer today? I drank a couple of pitchers of Festbier.

After the kidneys were full, I performed a miracle by turning it into an American lager and deposited it into one of my 3 porcelain punch bowls. (OK, I'm still drinking some...).

 

[aharri1]

As a lifelong student of History, and having lived in Germany for 9 years, I don't recall the Germans ever exploring India...hmmm.

Lol. I used half German pilsner malt half us two row. I made it a year or so go pretty good [emoji12]

 

[MT's AZ Ale Haus]

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Your beer looks like the mask from Scream

 

[govner1]

Kegged my India Brown Ale, cleaned carboys & 3 kegs