What I did for beer today

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Brewed spiced Dunkel weizenbock also making Dunkel Weisse partigyle.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Brewed up a batch of tripel and had a slow start on the fermentation, but it's banging away now! This batch is kind of experimental, used Nugget for bittering, and Amarillo at 15 and knockout. Really smelling good. Normally do the fermentation in a temp controlled chest freezer, but was having trouble getting it warm enough!

 

[Dave Sarber]

Just cooked up an experimental pale tripel with Nugget FWH and Amarillo late additions. Cooling now, waiting for OG reading before I decide on the yeast to use.

Brewed up a batch of tripel and had a slow start on the fermentation, but it's banging away now! This batch is kind of experimental, used Nugget for bittering, and Amarillo at 15 and knockout. Really smelling good. Normally do the fermentation in a temp controlled chest freezer, but was having trouble getting it warm enough!

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Well. Been working on another batch of tripel. Should maybe be called a pale ale, as I hopped it a wee bit more than is called for in a tripel. (I love Amarillo!). Had a slow start on the fermentation, but that's all over with now. On some of my other posts, I've recommended Northern Brewer's carrying harness for the Big Mouth bubbler, that has the straps that go over the top to hold the lid on. I kinda expected an active fermentation with this batch, so was prepared ahead of time with a blowoff tube. Good thing. One of the straps broke on the harness, allowing a wee bit of krausen to escape (tongue in cheek!). Currently, holding the lid on with bricks, and harvesting krausen to bottle condition a spiced RIS (vanilla and cinnamon tinctures).
It will all be good in the end. As far as the RIS is concerned, transferred out of bourbon cask, and cold crashing, will bottle tomorrow or Friday. Planning on using some of the collected krausen for bottle conditioning.

 

[BrewMan13]

Got a starter going early for a lager in a few days; need to give it extra time as it's fairly old. Also dry-hopped a stout (wort from local brewery + sabro dry hop). Always like to try different things when he gives me some wort; I'm thinking the coconut from the sabro could be interesting in a stout.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Cleaning... pitching... more cleaning.

 

[Sheehan]

Kegged my brown ale. Based on the warm, non-carbonated sample I tasted, it’s going to be a really good beer. Came in around 4.5%.

 

[aharri1]

Dry hopped my voss kveik pale ale with all motueka

 

[BrewMan13]

Kegged the sahti.
Next mission to kick the porter and/or pumpkin and keep the taps rotating!

 

[Immocles]

Bottled the stout. Sampled well, can't wait for it to condition.
Bottled the 1/2G of cider I had sitting on pears and spices, very happy with that one. I think it will be the new lead candidate for regular cider.
Washed the rest of my empty bottles

 

[Dave Sarber]

Bottled a batch of Christmas RIS, now I have to put them in the closet. Luckily, there's a few "extra" bottles for sampling?

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

My first go at purging a keg of StarSan with CO2. Will try part 2 tomorrow.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Checked gravity and flavor on the pumpkin ale, could be spicier so I’ve got a cinnamon and clove tincture going. Sniffed airlocks. Actually, the aroma is filling the room.

 

[Imhoppy]

Kegged 5 gallons of Brickwarmer Holiday Red. I always slightly upsize each batch to ensure the keg is always full. So as usual I had some left over. Instead of dumping it down the drain, I decided to drink it down the hatch "as-is" (uncarbonated and unchilled).

It was worth it to help me ease into the upcoming holiday spirit. After all, a drop of beer is a terrible thing to waste. [emoji481]

 

[Imhoppy]

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Bottled a batch of Christmas RIS, now I have to put them in the closet. Luckily, there's a few "extra" bottles for sampling?

Might be a hard thing to figure out which is best...the crates or the beer. Both look awesome!

 

[aharri1]

Made a starter yesterday of omega 052 DIPA for a Sierra Nevada celebration ale clone that me and my buddy are brewing a 10gal batch together for national learn to homebrew day at our club event.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Might be a hard thing to figure out which is best...the crates or the beer. Both look awesome!

Thanks. I need to get off my butt and make some more, but I'll have to get some more wood first.

 

[seatazzz]

Got up this morning with the idea that I would finally get the stand built for my grain mill. So far have cut down the board it will sit on, and cut the actual hole for the mill; thanks Dad for the jigsaw! Now just need to head to HD for the hardware and 2x2 I'll need for fixing it to the board, and the legs. And husband has graciously given permission to buy grain, so I'll get to test the finished project later today. I've got the Amazon Ferroday mill, it came with a board to attach to, but my drill makes it vibrate so hard I have to stand over it and hold it down while it's running. Should be able to get it all done for less than $20. Will be so nice to fill the hopper and walk away for a few minutes to do other things, rather than making my back spaz out by bending over the mill. Yes it's just a 2-roller mill, but the rollers are stainless and it has served me well.

Later I'll post a picture of the finished project, time to get dressed and go shopping!

 

[aharri1]

National learn to home brew day! My homebrew club members are out doing different clones of Christmas beers! I'm skinny a celebration ale clone.

 

[seatazzz]

Here it is. Doesn't have legs yet because my cordless died, and I don't want to take this apart again to use the corded. Doesn't matter, just used it sitting on the grain bucket and it worked just great! Was so nice to dump grain in the hopper and walk away. Still needs some tweaking but proud of this project. And yes I am aware the mill is upside down, I just run the drill in reverse.

 

[blkandrust]

Kegged an APA and enjoying a couple of my Dubbel's.

 

[Saunassa]

Had to drag the garden hose into the garage to thaw. Need it for when I brew Papper's Cream Stout tomorrow. Will be a balmy 39.

 

[Dave Sarber]

LOL! 85° in Tucson today!

 

[Saunassa]

LOL! 85° in Tucson today!

30 for a high plus snowing in northern Minnesota. Wish I had 85 today, need to finish some me outdoor projects before winter gets here.

 

[Dave Sarber]

I grew up in Cloquet. Can't really say I miss it!

30 for a high plus snowing in northern Minnesota. Wish I had 85 today, need to finish some me outdoor projects before winter gets here.

 

[BrewMan13]

Brewed up a Munich dunkel (gravity ended up more in bock territory), and bottled some of the pumpkin to set aside for my step-father-in-law. Also kicked the porter, so tapped the sahti.

 

[itsnotrequired]

cleaned six kegs

 

[kmarkstevens]

Brewed up 5 gallons of a session Steam beer partial mash. DME, crystal 60, two ounces each of melanoidin and rye flakes, hopped with Northern Brewer, and wyeast SF Lager. Should clock in around 3.5% ABV.

At the same time, did my hack Czech 9 plato (1036) or around 4% ABV. 3.5 pounds each munich & Vienna, 4 ounces melanoidin ('cause chuck p sez so) with tettnang for bittering and saaz for aroma. Past tries with Saaz wasn't to my taste, but it's been a few years so try again. will pitch 34-70 (which my palate much prefers over the Urkel yeast).

I bottled a six pack of American Wheat and then ~4 gallons are spunding in the keg. Tested out the Red X and carared combined with the Danstar wheat (not the classic) with an ABV ~3.5%.

Also bottled a six pack plus 4 gallons of an English old ale experiment. Split batch to test the WLP026 Premium Yeast vs WLP017 Whitbread. That's a big beer for me clocking in at over 5%.

I still need to get around to
1. one last try at purging the pichia apotheca from my 30L Speidel. Keep that stuff quarantined if you wanna play as it is a real bitch to get rid of.
2. trouble shoot my steel boil pot converted to a fermentation vessel. Even though I replaced the rubber gaskets, I'm getting a "burnt rubber" taste that shouldn't be there
3. clean out 2 Mr Beer fermenters and decide on my next split batch yeast off
4. pick the backyard apples for a cyser. Restart the solera with WLP773 Scottish cider blend yeast

 

[seatazzz]

Here's the (almost) finished project. Still has a tiny wobble but will use a screw on the bottom of that leg to even it out. Also later today will use an old grain bag to make a spout underneath to cut down on grain dust. Darn proud of myself.

 

[aharri1]

Finished up the learn to homebrew day using all whole hops! Didnt account for the absorption loss of those lol

 

[catdaddy66]

Bottling a batch tonight. Warm fermented lager, about 6 weeks in primary. Once done, a thorough cleaning of all my vessels.

Ambitious, I know!