What I did for beer today

[CJ-3]

Made a mash paddle for a friend of mine and bottled a Wee Heavy to give away as Christmas presents.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

@beermanpete yes, or instructions would come with it.

 

[beermanpete]

@beermanpete yes, or instructions would come with it.

@hoppy2bmerry, I think meant this for @Brewbuzzard. But an engineer would assume proper usage is obvious an not bother with instructions. [emoji6]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

^^^ pardon me... I must be half asleep.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

@hoppy2bmerry, I think meant this for @Brewbuzzard. But an engineer would assume proper usage is obvious an not bother with instructions. [emoji6]

Not instructions, proper alignment in the design and manufacturing.

 

[aharri1]

Hop plant rescue complete. Having some HB Belgian dubbel.

 

[BrewMan13]

Kegged and tapped the black IPA - great attenuation, but needs a week or 2 to round out the harsh edges. Got ingredients at my LHBS for 4 brews (1 already done), so I finalized my next 3 recipes, and updated my hop inventory.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Having a brew day splitting wort from one mash to yield 5 gallons of hot apple pie graf, and 2.5 gallons pale ale with galaxy and topaz hops

 

[CharlieW]

Bottled up my Blueberry Ale, the only one my wife drinks, haven't made it in a few years. 11 days in the secondary on 5 lbs of berries. Very nice, slightly malty with just enough hops to keep it from being too sweet and nice light Blueberry aroma and flavor. Nice red-amber color and will probably improve after some conditioning for awhile. Even flat and warm it tastes pretty good.

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

Practiced using my new beer gun.

 

[CharlieW]

Not too bad. Not a really good pic though.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Pitched yeast yesterday and harvested mt hood today. Apparently I have something that is a male the Newport and the mt hood have seeds.

 

[davidabcd]

Belgian bottles corker

I was going to buy a Portuguese floor corker--I think it is called "Portuguese" but maybe not. The guys soaked the corks in Starsan which I found interesting. A very fancy tool. All in all, though I make mostly Belgian beer, the 750ml bottles are a little too tall for my set up. Hopefully, you had a good run of getting those corks seated.

 

[Immocles]

Bottled a rye bitter. Comes in a hair under 4%. Tastes like a winner

 

[johnnymash]

Built a 6 pack holder out of scrap

 

[JaymzMF]

I brewed an APA of my own design. Had been having trouble with my BH Efficiency in the last couple brews and was able to fix it and then some. Had been at 83-84%, but was dropping down to mid to high 70's. First time building a water profile and maintaining PH, and stirred mash every 15 minutes. No heat loss as I run a small HERMS setup. Managed to hit 89.9% I've never had my efficiency this high before. Was pretty happy, but at the same time my easy drinking APA got another percent of alcohol added. That's ok.

 

[JaymzMF]

Built a 6 pack holder out of scrapView attachment 642900

Hey, nice work! I've been wanting to do that.

 

[Phildo253]

Sunday, cleaned 4 kegs

Yesterday, picked and cleaned 5 ounces of coriander, checked on grapes. Still sour as hell.

Today, checked hop plants, dry-hopped NEIPA and added 6 lbs of blackberries to berliner Weisse.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Check this bad boy out. This one is new and unfinished. It's my 4th one, the other 3 have a varnish finish. 3/4" pine with dovetailed corners, internal dividers are notched 1/4" pine. Holds 12 22oz bombers snugly, no rattling.

Remember back in the day, when soda came in glass bottles, and they came in wooden crates? I wanted something similar, but tall enough that you could stack them while protecting the tops.

Now I need to design/dimension a crate for a case of 12 ouncers.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I was going to buy a Portuguese floor corker--I think it is called "Portuguese" but maybe not. The guys soaked the corks in Starsan which I found interesting. A very fancy tool. All in all, though I make mostly Belgian beer, the 750ml bottles are a little too tall for my set up. Hopefully, you had a good run of getting those corks seated.

Yes, auto correct problems... I only did 2 for that beer, but now I’ve got the technique down for my barrel aged imperial stout.

 

[seatazzz]

Fixed my car. How does that pertain to what I did for beer today? Well. No car=bus to work, which equals no second job, which equals no spare $$ for brewing, which of course leads to no beer, which leads to extremely unhappy me and unrest in the household. So $20 relay for the fuel pump fixed the problem (believe it or not, I'm not only a homebrewer but a fairly experienced home mechanic as well, with the power of Google behind me; yes I know how to do more than plug in a relay), and I have permission to refill the grain bins this weekend (within reason). Long ago when my first husband and I divorced (fairly amicable) he insisted I learn everything I could about maintaining my vehicle so I wouldn't be stranded; I've expanded on it over the years until I do my own oil changes, brakes, alternators, radiators, and small electrical repairs. Even did a water pump once. Last weekend I replaced the rotors and pads in my husband's Elantra, and did a very good job of it.

 

[aharri1]

Took apart and cleaned 3 kegs and racked my kveik dry irish stout into one! Still crazy that a beer is done in 2.5 days!

 

[OnePlate]

I drank the gravity sample I took for my American wheat using Voss kveik at roughly 40 hours post-pitch. Sure, it was only 1.019 so far but I could have drank a full glass of it already! This is my first kveik ferment and I'm already thinking about which jars of yeast slurry I can toss down the drain.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I pitched hot head into a graf yesterday, it is smelling wonderful... I sniffed airlocks today.

 

[seatazzz]

Just took a test and taste of the Pale/Amber/Something I brewed last Saturday, because all we have in the house to drink right now is CL (yes somebody let the pipeline get way too low). Absolutely amazeballs at this one. Down to 1.014 from 1.059; no residual sweetness from the malt, since I bittered wth Chinook; the late additions of Southern passion give it a nice fruitiness on top of the dankness that Chinook can give, and the home-caramelized Crystal gives it a slight darkness that is pleasing. Bit fuselly but I know that will fade with a bit of time, but very sorely tempted to get this in the keg tonight. Darn proud of this one, kinda like Manny's on steroids.

 

[jcav]

Just made a yeast starter for a Northern German Altbier using WY1007 German Ale yeast, for my brew day on Sunday.

John

 

[Immocles]

Just made a yeast starter for a Northern German Altbier using WY1007 German Ale yeast, for my brew day on Sunday.

John

Waiting for the temps in the basement to drop just a smidge and I’ll be doing the same in hopefully a few weeks. It’ll be my first go at the 1007 yeast.

 

[aharri1]

Racked my doppelbock to the keg for lagering! 9.2%

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Shipped some beers to competition today.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Harvested crystal hops