What I did for beer today

[seatazzz]

Tested and tasted the Mosaic Pils I brewed last Sunday. Already down to 1.010, so the dry hop goes in tonight. Later I'll give the Bastard clone brewed on Saturday its test & taste. Oh...and my hop plants that I left for dead last year (life got waaaay in the way) are coming up again, so moved them to their new home next to the house and trained them on the twine I strung to the roof. This year I'll be a good girl and not ignore them. Supposed to be Mt Hood and either Perle or Sterling, the friend I got them from wasn't sure, but both great hops for lagers. Hopefully by August I'll be able to brew with them, if all goes well! Already have three healthy vines going, and I hope to get more.

 

[GnenieGone]

Transferred Oktoberfest and now lagering. 1st attempt at a lager. Seems ok so far.

 

[aharri1]

Transferred Oktoberfest and now lagering. 1st attempt at a lager. Seems ok so far.

Awesome! Plan to brew a doppelbock soon

 

[catdaddy66]

Transferred Oktoberfest and now lagering. 1st attempt at a lager. Seems ok so far.

That was my first lager as well. Came out great! Good luck on yours.

 

[GnenieGone]

That was my first lager as well. Came out great! Good luck on yours.

Nice job! How long did you lager? ****, it's drinkable now.

 

[catdaddy66]

Nice job! How long did you lager? ****, it's drinkable now.

I believe it was 3 weeks in the primary at 50°, then 30 days in the bottle at 38°

It's hard not to drink for one month!

 

[ehk089]

Made starter, weighed grains, bagged and labeled hop editions, boiled and pitched kettle sour...ready for double brew day tomorrow!

 

[Gonefishing]

Got out the pressure washer and some Oxyclean and had a "clean everything" party.

 

[seatazzz]

Was supposed to help the brewpub boss brew tomorrow, but his supplier flaked out and didn't ship the grain in time. So now have a whole day to do....dunno yet but it will involve beer. Need to disassemble some empty kegs and completely clean them, also reorganize the brewery a bit. And also go out to the yard several times to giggle over my fast-growing hops, I swear there's three new bines started since yesterday and they are beautiful.

 

[6Tap]

Got the starter going last night for today’s batch of Barleywine.

 

[shetc]

Dry hopped my RyePA with 1 oz of Columbus hops.

 

[seanjwalker1]

So tired of this knee replacement recovery...[emoji853]...all 3 fermenters empty...I feel guilty when I look at them, like they are accusing me of a crime...or maybe it's the sad face reflection I see in the stainless steel !!!

 

[aharri1]

Went and picked blueberries and took 2 pounds worth and boiled/mashed them for my sour ale! It's the 5th day in primary and I'm gonna let it sit until next Saturday on the blueberries [emoji41]

 

[GnenieGone]

Went and picked blueberries and took 2 pounds worth and boiled/mashed them for my sour ale! It's the 5th day in primary and I'm gonna let it sit until next Saturday on the blueberries [emoji41]View attachment 620746View attachment 620747

What yeast are you using?

 

[seatazzz]

Just kegged up my Bastard to have a carboy free for brewing tomorrow. For the first time I'm giving secondary in the keg a try. Kept the siphon well above the yeast cake so shouldn't have too much gunk in the bottom once it's chilled & carbed. Letting it sit in the spare room for a few days at room temp before chilling. Also got a 22oz bottle carbing on sugar. I didn't have enough Chinook pellets to use for this one, so used some kinda old (2 years) Columbus leaf I had; bitterness is great, and the nose is perfect. Now just need to get the grain milled for tomorrow's Bell's Two Hearted clone attempt.

 

[beermanpete]

I finally reclaimed my chest freezer from use for left over holiday food and put some beer (store bought) in it.

 

[501irishred]

Installed faucet next to garage. No more bucket trips to the house on brew day!
Made it just under the wire before the rain hit.......

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

Cut plywood for fridge. Makes enough room for 6 cornies and can use the door shelves now too!

 

[BrewMan13]

Got stuff ready for brewing tomorrow. Also checked on the braggot - it's been months, with lots of various efforts to drop the gravity, but it seems to be done. Didn't get where I ultimately wanted it, but super high-gravity brewing is a fickle beast. And it's the taste that ultimately matters anyway.

 

[JAReeves]

Yesterday I bottled my Barley Wine, 13.9%!

Hoping to brew today with the grain I bought two weeks ago, but the wind may have other plans.

Haven’t brewed since Jan 1, man, I hate withdrawals.

 

[catdaddy66]

So tired of this knee replacement recovery...[emoji853]...all 3 fermenters empty...I feel guilty when I look at them, like they are accusing me of a crime...or maybe it's the sad face reflection I see in the stainless steel !!!

I feel ya! Keep up the good work and do all of the standing activity that your therapist has you performing. Pretty damn soon you will be able to squat and lift your fermenter like a boss.

When you're ready, there will be beer... Oh, yes!! There will be beer!!

 

[aharri1]

Added my blueberry mash to the sour ale last night and today it was reawakened lol. It's only been 5 days in primary so the yeast was still hungry.

 

[aharri1]

What yeast are you using?

My 5th gen of wyeast 1007 German ale. Been resuimg that alot. Works well for IPAs too!

 

[BrewMan13]

Brewed up my doppelbock: double decoction mash, extra long boil, etc. Took ~2 hours longer than a normal batch, but no major issues, plus I got great efficiency.

 

[aharri1]

Picked one pound of ripe hops from my comet plant! That was only 25% of what's on there! Putting them in thebl dehydrator now

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bottled a Belgian IPA... had dry hopped with lemon drop it’s gonna be alright.

 

[deadwolfbones]

Kegged my golden milk golden ale ("Do You Even Yoga, Bro?"). I was going to bottle it, but kegging is easier on a broken ankle and I'm moving soon. Needed to get it out of the fermenter.

 

[MNfarmer]

Kegged my coconut oatmeal stout, started some yeast for a Spotted Cow clone, cleaned equipment.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Well I can't brew because of the knee replacement but I can still support by drinking one! My first since surgery a month ago! Good ol Scotch Ale[emoji481]

 

[seanjwalker1]

Added my blueberry mash to the sour ale last night and today it was reawakened lol. It's only been 5 days in primary so the yeast was still hungry. View attachment 620958

That looks so weird! But I'm sure it's delicious!

 

[aharri1]

That looks so weird! But I'm sure it's delicious!

Lol. The sour ale tasted good before adding the blueberries. They'll probably fall back out once fermentation is done.

 

[ESBrewer]

Haha it definitely looks like blueberry smoothie, but that's probably what you would expect to see with blueberries & yeast together. I am waiting for the ESB bottles to carbonate. Planning to brew Irish red v2.0, but I need to get some fresh wyeast 1098 from the LHBS first.

 

[501irishred]

probably what you would expect to see with blueberries & yeast together

Fruit tends to bring out the “best” in yeast. Some learned there lesson harder than others.....

 

[catdaddy66]

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Fruit tends to bring out the “best” in yeast. Some learned there lesson harder than others.....

That happened to me when I added some apricot puree in a wheat ale. Less than 10 hours later my swamp cooler was apricot color!

 

[aharri1]

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Fruit tends to bring out the “best” in yeast. Some learned there lesson harder than others.....

Damn!!

 

[seanjwalker1]

Lol. The sour ale tasted good before adding the blueberries. They'll probably fall back out once fermentation is done.

Looks like you're fermenting Pepto bismal!![emoji23]

 

[aharri1]

Looks like you're fermenting Pepto bismal!![emoji23]

Lmfao

 

[aharri1]

Picked another whole basketful of comet today. My triple pearl plant looked like it had some ready and it did. I picked about 2.2 ounces wet. Just put them in the dehydrator

 

[histo320]

Poured my first pint from my keg system. Needs a bit more time but overall very happy. Was a Maris Otter Amarillo SMaSH with London 1318.

Color is much lighter than pic shows.

 

[cochised]

Kegged a NEIPA extract I did, smells amazing

Will do a yeast starter, my first ever, later for a Mosaic pale ale