What I did for beer today

[seanjwalker1]

Yes, I think it does

Abeerlutely!!

 

[seanjwalker1]

More home brew joy..sharing the brewing spirit [emoji16]View attachment 624873

Feel the Brew!!

 

[seatazzz]

Exchanged my "new" 20lb co2 tank on the way home from work; MAN those things are heavy when full! Good thing I'm a strong little woman. For some reason the regulator didn't want to go on the one I bought from my buddy this weekend, and I was worried I would have issues with this one; but no, it went on smooth as butter, all cranked up and happy to have enough co2 to last for probably a year now, with the little 5lb tank as backup, and also available for field trips! And it's a beautiful spring day, the hops are growing like, well, hops, and all is well with the world. And here is a goat.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Kegged 5 gallons of the Muscles from Brussels Belgian Golden Strong ale

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Whipping up a WLP644 starter and getting materials to make hard lemonaide and brew a Miller Lite clone.

 

[jiMithing83]

... brew a Miller Lite clone.

But why though?

Last night I picked up some zombie dust to bring back to California and compare to my clone in the fermenter.

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

But why though?

I will drink more Miller Lite than anything in a year no doubt so being able to HB some from a recipe that seems rock solid is something I am definitely interested in trying out. Plus I tried and failed at this type of beer last summer and it has been my only dumper...so revenge is part of it too.

 

[jiMithing83]

I will drink more Miller Lite than anything in a year no doubt so being able to HB some from a recipe that seems rock solid is something I am definitely interested in trying out. Plus I tried and failed at this type of beer last summer and it has been my only dumper...so revenge is part of it too.

Fair enough. It definitely shows any flaws in process, I know a few people that brew a light American lager to make sure their sanitation is on point.

 

[ApolloSimcoe]

But why though?

Because homebrewed versions always taste better

 

[catdaddy66]

I will drink more Miller Lite than anything in a year no doubt so being able to HB some from a recipe that seems rock solid is something I am definitely interested in trying out. Plus I tried and failed at this type of beer last summer and it has been my only dumper...so revenge is part of it too.

Don't let that beer whip you! Now it is the principle of the matter.

 

[bracconiere]

Exchanged my "new" 20lb co2 tank on the way home from work; MAN those things are heavy when full! Good thing I'm a strong little woman. For some reason the regulator didn't want to go on the one I bought from my buddy this weekend, and I was worried I would have issues with this one; but no, it went on smooth as butter, all cranked up and happy to have enough co2 to last for probably a year now, with the little 5lb tank as backup, and also available for field trips!

a 20# co2 cylinder will last 'me' a year, and i push a full 5 gal keg every ~4 days...(unless i get a god damn leak!)

and i'm going to order 60#'s of 2-row from morebeer....for a heroic week long brew session!

 

[aharri1]

Put the German wheat ale into the keg, cleaned the fermenter, and made a starter of safale 34/70 for sundays IPL brew. Had some HB berliner weisse blueberry sour

 

[ESBrewer]

Brewed two batches of ESB in a row. It's almost 3 a.m. now but I am quite pleased with the results. If they come out fine I will have plenty of ESB for the summer.

 

[bobeer]

Filtered and pitched a kolsch after a no chill brew day.

 

[seatazzz]

Finally ordered the sight glass for the keggle at brewhardware.com. Wish I'd done it a long time ago, will be nice to not have to use the gallon pitcher to measure strike & sparge, and know exactly what I've got in the BK. And just started the lauter on the Czech lager that I'm brewing today, first one with some water adjustments.

 

[histo320]

Cold crashing my Boozy Cow (loosely based on Spotted Cow but more alcohol). Will keg tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Attended the National Homebrew day at Steam Theory Brewing Company in Dallas.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Got tar paper up literally 2min before the down pour started, yesterday evening. Still working on exterior before shingles, with help of course. Made Brew Pub too big for 1 old inexperienced guy to handle..

 

[helterscelter]

Started cold crashing my Easter weisse Bier. Gonna bottle tomorrow.

Estimated fg was 1.012, came in at 1.013. that's about 6%. Can't wait to taste.

 

[orionol73]

Brewed 5 gallons of a Mosaic ipa and bottled 5 gallons of a scotch ale

 

[BrewMan13]

Yesterday I got my yeast starter ready, today I kegged 2 beers, put one of them in my lagering fridge and put the other on tap, kicked a keg, made preparations to brew, spent a couple hours my brew clubs big brew day event, brewed my 2nd crack at a NEIPA. Going to clean the kicked keg and line tomorrow.

 

[aharri1]

Brewing a 10 gal IPL at my friends house and we are splitting the wort and doing two different hop profiles.

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

Busted out the Beer Gun

 

[JAReeves]

Since my job (high school teacher) hasn’t allowed me a brew day since January 2, decided to go sort of halfway on it.

Brewed up 1gallon of LDME in order to capture the dregs from:
1, a couple of bottles of Duvel Tripel Hop Citra
2, a bottle of Duchesse de Bourgogne Flemish Red
3, a bottle of Panil Barriquee, an Italian sour
and
4, a bottle of Roen Pale Ale, an unfiltered organic PA from Italy

We shall see what grows.

And...

Tasted my two aging sours. Both are swabs and fruit samples from various places in the respective cities:

Torrance, CA tastes nicely sour, could be more tart, but it’s nice.

Burbank, CA still tastes likes baby diaper. Could be Walt Disney's fault, not sure.

And received 3 oz of Cryo hops I *had* to buy to make up the $25 minimum free ship order for SWMBO’s stuff, wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean?

 

[JAReeves]

Cleaned my silicone hoses. Right: clean. Left: ugh.

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What is the best method you have found for cleaning them?

 

[JAReeves]

Trimmed back the bull shoots in the “hop yard” and planted some cascade rhizomes.

Because our winter was so cold and wet, my hops are only between 1-4” so far in SoCal. When you say you trim the bull shoots, what do you mean, exactly? Mine are putting out more shoots than last year (year one), so if I need to do something to increase yields this year, please enlighten me.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bull shoots simply refers to the first shoots. They tend to be long, big and hollow. Trimming them back encourages stronger and more compact growth. If you have shoots trimmed to keep just two to three bines growing more of the plant’s energy goes into the cones increasing the harvest.

 

[ApolloSimcoe]

First pour off the new Keezer!

 

[helterscelter]

First pour off the new Keezer!

Nice!

 

[Andrew Hodgson]

Well because I'm a slacker I did not get to brewing over the weekend but did:

Whip up a 5gallon batch of hard limeaide.

Start a tincture for my Sour Pineapple Shake (vanilla beans, 1oz tangerine peel, 500ml vodka). And add pineapple puree to the ferment.

There's always this Saturday for brewing.