What I did for beer today

[ESBrewer]

Fining the Irish Red. FG was 1.014, a bit higher than I expected but the dry, roasted character at the back end is almost perfect.

 

[aharri1]

Checked gravity on my dark Czech style lager after 3 weeks in the fermentation chamber and gravity went from 1.070 to 1.018. gonna leave it another week then start lagering for a month.

 

[Master]

Assembled my Ferrari.

Hey, the bottle corker for the "Lambic" and Berliner Wiesse is made by them. Say so on the box.

 

[jaymosbeershack]

I couldnt brew this weekend( Tuesday Wdnesday for me) beacause usps lost my package with Voss in it[emoji36]. So, I took a sample of my breakfast stout. Its about 2/3 carbed and very tasty. Kegged a batch of IPA. Finished at 1.015 from 1.069 and 7.1%. Now the fermentasaurus is sitting on the washer. Later i will drink beer.

 

[SirHC_]

Yesterday bottled 5 g chocolate milk stout, 1 gallon HOT! chocolate ( chocolate milk stout aged on one Chipotle pepper and one dried Serrano), 1g old ale aged w bourbon and oak.
I think I overdid the pepper but should be fine mixed w the base beer at drinking time. Intended to give it 5 days on the peppers, ended up being 2 wks...

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

I ordered two pouches of OYL605 Lacto blend for my next couple sours. The rest I can source locally so I figured its payday why not just order it before stock runs out. Made my last one with Good Belly now lets see what a real pitch can do.

 

[grampamark]

I'm a member of the local Lion's Club. We meet once a month and take turns bringing supper to the meetings (small, rural community, no restaurants, we meet in the American Legion hall which has, sort of, a kitchen, so everything is prepared at home and brought in).

Last night was my turn to cook. Made pulled pork, coleslaw, tater salad and baked beans (my wife made the tater salad; hers is the best). I had three nearly full kegs on tap, a California Common, a Weisenbock, and a Wheat Ale, so I brought a growler of each.

We plan for about 20 people but last night there were only 10. So, I brought home a lot of leftovers, but also, three empty growlers.

Most of the guys there had never had homebrew. They were a little hesitant but when the first guy to pour took a sip and said "Wow, this is pretty good!" The ice was broken.

One old guy, a 90 year old high school classmate of my mother, remembered the nasty homebrew of his youth and didn't really want to try mine. Someone handed him a short pour of the Cali Common. He had a second one. Made my day.

 

[BikerMatt]

Bought a water gun off ebay for cheaps. The connector doesn't fit ours but pretty much guessed that already.

First thing took the twist adjuster off the tip, ground the T flat off the end and drilled a new hole pointing forward.

One plastic male euro connector later and bam, a bottle wash gun for a fiver.

 

[bracconiere]

I bought a new octoberfest beer stein today! (the big oone on the right) figured i'd take a pic, of my progression as an alcoholic...

All i need to do before i can drink out of it is make my ounce marks on it...

 

[BrewMan13]

Still trying to coax about 2% more abv out of my braggot. Have already tried adding fresh yeast, nutrients, additional oxygenation, but barely moving. The last yeast add was less than a week ago, so I added some table sugar to give it some simple sugars to munch on (assuming it returns to the current SG, I'll hit my goal). Here's hoping I'm not ruining it...

 

[aharri1]

Made a 3 liter starter this morning from harvested German ale yeast wlp 1007 for my smash double IPA I'm brewing this weekend! Also, I did a overbuild by 1 liter so I can draw that off to harvest!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bought some things to research.

 

[aharri1]

View attachment 600244 View attachment 600245 Bought some things to research.

I haven't seen that before or after beer in a while! that's a Russian Brewery I believe I really like it! I'm going to have to see who carries around here

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I haven't seen that before or after beer in a while! that's a Russian Brewery I believe I really like it! I'm going to have to see who carries around here

The label states Lithuania ABV 12% this is kind of a crappy picture, but maybe you can make it out.

 

[aharri1]

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The label states Lithuania ABV 12% this is kind of a crappy picture, but maybe you can make it out.

All good I knew it was somewhere in that area haha.

 

[itsnotrequired]

washed four kegs, picked up yeast and grains for a kolsch.

 

[ESBrewer]

Bottling Irish Red now.

 

[pshankstar]

Took a gravity sample of my American Barleywine I brewed on 10/19. Down to 1.024 when it started at 1.107.

 

[jiMithing83]

Kegged my Christmas ale, cleaned the fermenter

 

[seatazzz]

Yesterday finally got around to tasting the lager I've had on secondary for a week or so. Clear as the proverbial bell, with a nice flavor that is reminiscent of very light barleywine for some reason. Could be the crystal 40 I had in there for color. Gonna get kegged up tomorrow since today was spent working at the boss' brewery turning out two, and getting paid with the leftover Mosaic pellets from today's Rye IPA and 3lbs of Cascade leaf he had lying around. Want to brew tomorrow, but we're attending a friendsgiving at our dear friends' house that I have to do some cooking for (cheesy potatoes and homemade butter) as well as chores that got laid by this week. Planning the brew for next weekend which will get fermented in a quarter barrel keg gifted from the boss after some alterations; never fermented in stainless before and eager to see and taste the difference.

And not really beer related, but soon will go get myself cleaned up and fawncy for dinner at a posh restaurant with the husband, to celebrate signing the papers on our house this week! And we already live here (been renting for 10+ years) so don't have to move! Great big steak here I come!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

@seatazzz congrats on the celebratory dinner for closing!

 

[itsnotrequired]

kegged an american amber, cleaned the conical

 

[Brett Erickson]

Drilled a hole in my kettle to finally add a ball valve.

 

[BikerMatt]

Nursing a vicious hangover...

 

[Schlenkerla]

Nursing a vicious hangover...

You need some hard water and ibuprofen.

Too much Rauchbier and schnapps?

 

[bracconiere]

I'm brewing beer today! don't have any yeast, so i'm just going to pour some cool wort into a freshly empty/unrinsed keg and dump the dregs into the fermenter!

Wish me luck! had a couple accidentally sour beers. but this keg was a clean ferment.

 

[aharri1]

Brewing a smash 90 min double IPA with honey, oranges, Cascade, and two row at a buddies house. Having some of his HB stout.

 

[BikerMatt]

You need some hard water and ibuprofen.

Too much Rauchbier and schnapps?

There`s a Finnish saying that goes something like "what gave it takes it away"

 

[govner1]

Kegged my Oyster Stout & put in to cold crash before carbing. 6.9% ABV.
Cleaned fermentors and CO 2 transfer equipment.

 

[BrewZer]

Fired an American Amber with cinnamon, 6 lbs of raw amber agave nectar and Citra finishing hops, using Wyeast 2112.