What I did for beer today

[BrewMan13]

Took an inventory of my hops and tweaked some recipes. Would ideally like to use the rest of the 2017 harvest hops this year. Shouldn't be a problem, but I'll probably be brewing more IPA's in one year than I've done in my brewing life up until now .

 

[tgolanos]

Getting ready to bottle 21L of Hefe this afternoon. Off to take inventory and plan my next brew.

 

[jcav]

Brewed a Chocolate Milk Stout today! Great way to spend a holiday!

John

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Pitched some west coast into that black ipa

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Yesterday brewed a IDaBro IIPA with Idaho Gem, Idaho 7, and Sabro hops in the hopstand. Got a 1.070 OG which was disappointing but learned lessons about brewing big beers on my system. Will dry hop with hop hash in a few days and see how she goes.

 

[bobeer]

checked the gravity on my cda and top-cropped some yeast for the next batch while I was at it. I had to move the beer up to the top step of the basement since it's 62 degrees down there. Trying to warm it up some when the ambient temp in my house is in the 60s!

 

[seanjwalker1]

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Rigged up an emergency temp controller for a previously out-of-commission freezer. It had a bad fan and tstat. My hop freezer went down. It was a nice chest freezer. I had roughly 30 lbs in it, along with 2 or 3 bags of ice. The ice melted, and floated/submerged my hop inventory. Lost about 4 lbs of galaxy, 2 lbs of Denali, 2 lbs of El Dorado, and quite a bit of miscellaneous whole cone. Even one of the unopened bags managed to get water in it. I am depressed.

That's rough. So sorry. But at least those things are replaceable. You'll be restocked in no time! Keep your head up brew trooper!

 

[seanjwalker1]

Gave away samples of Scotch barrel ale, Amber Ale, Xmas Porter, about 12 pack worth...happy to spread the love...even if it was a bit hard to let go!

 

[Homergah]

That's rough. So sorry. But at least those things are replaceable. You'll be restocked in no time! Keep your head up brew trooper!

Hey thanks. At least I didn't lose everything. Still have plenty to keep me going, just have to reassess some recipes. My big juicies will have to wait. Maybe I'll do some sours and a Mild or two.

 

[seanjwalker1]

T

Hey thanks. At least I didn't lose everything. Still have plenty to keep me going, just have to reassess some recipes. My big juicies will have to wait. Maybe I'll do some sours and a Mild or two.[/QUOTE. That's the right attitude! Old Army saying: Improvise, over come, adapt! Never quit, go and get!

 

[seatazzz]

Took a hydrometer & taste sample of the Manny's clone I brewed last Saturday (yes only 4 days in) because the krausen already dropped...probably because it fermented in the house because ferment fridge is still working on lager at 50. APA is already down to 1.012 from 1.065, cloudy and a bit sweet yet but should finish out into something good. Going to let it work on getting rid of a slight fusel/ester issue for a few more days then move it out to the garage to cool off. Dunno yet if I'm going to dry hop it, has a great flavor from the Cascade that went in at 60 and 30 so might leave it out.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Been washing bottles, and cleaning. The airlock on the black ipa is bubbling vigorously and smells great. Also, on the not beer side of brewing, I transferred a gallon of JAOM to secondary.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Replaced the o-rings in 1 of my Perlick faucets, yeehaw!

 

[aharri1]

Replaced the o-rings in 1 of my Perlick faucets, yeehaw!View attachment 608801

I keep having to unstick my cheap faucet my Kegerator came with so I'm thinking about buying a double tower with two perlicks

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

I keep having to unstick my cheap faucet my Kegerator came with so I'm thinking about buying a double tower with two perlicks

Love the Perlicks. This one started to drip oh so little, and figured was time for an overhaul.

 

[catdaddy66]

Came up with my next three recipes for this winter's brewing. A California common, a saison and a blonde stout.

That was fun!

 

[seatazzz]

Came up with my next three recipes for this winter's brewing. A California common, a saison and a blonde stout.

That was fun!

I absolutely adore sitting here on my laptop dreaming up what I want to brew next. Mostly it's tried and true recipes that are family favorites, but once in a while I try to come up with something new. Can't wait for my home-roasted and caramelized malts to be ready to turn into something in two weeks.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Last night added 32g dry hop of hop hash to my IIPA. Today will be no brewing but tomorrow will include:

Bottling Beet Kvass
Bottling Margarita Gose
Drinking my last Hermit Thrush Green St. and making a starter with the yeast sediment for my next sour fermentation.

 

[tegman]

Yesterday I kegged my smash Golden Promise / El Dorado. Dry hopped loose in the keg. First time trying the Clear Beer Draught System.

 

[catdaddy66]

Attempting to resuscitate some yeast! Bought some yeast 1450 (Denny's Fave) about 3 months ago. They aren't out of date but when I looked in the fridge, where they have resided since date of purchase, somehow the pack was activated... Shiznit. But I am determined to try and grow them out in a starter. I will post once I determine viability.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Made a starter, and prepping for a brew day tomorrow.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Attempting to resuscitate some yeast! Bought some yeast 1450 (Denny's Fave) about 3 months ago. They aren't out of date but when I looked in the fridge, where they have resided since date of purchase, somehow the pack was activated... Shiznit. But I am determined to try and grow them out in a starter. I will post once I determine viability.

.Return of the yeasty Dead! Good luck, probably be ok since refrigerated

 

[seanjwalker1]

Cruising the usual online sites for a 3-4 gallon fermenter for small batch lagers that will fit in my half fridge. Torn between 4.7 gallon glass wide mouth and stainless steel 4 gallon conical.. decisions decisions..I'm a stainless steel fanatic

 

[catdaddy66]

.Return of the yeasty Dead! Good luck, probably be ok since refrigerated

I just saved about 500ml of Denny's fave, wy1450! 24 hours after the making of the starter there was krausen on the wort. Pardon, but I have to...

"It's alive... It's ALIVE!!"

 

[seatazzz]

Moved my APA out to the garage last night to start crashing. BTW, using an old office chair to move big heavy glass carboys around (use a bungee!) is the shiznit. It got a little stirred up but this morning is dropping clear and down to 52.

 

[cochised]

First BIAB, a Citra Smash

Then bottled a black IPA partial

Drinking a beer now

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Brewing up some piwo, batch sparge in 3,2,1 gotta go.

 

[seatazzz]

What's piwo?

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Polish word for beer. I’m making Grodziskie, using oak smoked wheat.

 

[ListerH]

Flushing my beer lines ready for a starsan soak... 3 kegs to crack into next week!!