What I did for beer today

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Roasted 8oz of cacao nibs to soak in coconut vodka for my chocolate covered coconut stout using hornindal kveik View attachment 655024

How'd it come out?

 

[aharri1]

Straining and adding them tomorrow with some of the tincture to taste. I will keep you updated!

How'd it come out?

 

[aharri1]

I am! Gotta terraform the soil for them, but then climate is perfect! Comet plant shown there

Your profile says you're from Central FL/Orlando area. Is that where these are grown? Didn't know that you could grow hops down there, but they look great!

 

[Dave Sarber]

Posted above, bottled a batch of tripel today. Just getting around to updating my brew notebook. I used a blend of WLP530 and a packet of Danstar Abbaye in a 2liter starter. OG was 1.080, FG was 1.004, ABV of 9.98%. That makes the attenuation 95%! I occasionally impress myself, but I imagine this one will be a little on the dry side!

 

[Imhoppy]

Cleaned a beer line after kicking my keg of Fresh Squished IPA. Started carbonating my keg of Brickwarmer Holiday Ale to be ready to drink by Xmas. I didn't gift-wrap it yet.

 

[JAReeves]

Brewing up an IPA with Cascade and Amarillo.

Grading papers, too, but that’s only related to beer in that I am having some while I read.

 

[501irishred]

Brewing up an IPA with Cascade and Amarillo.

Grading papers, too, but that’s only related to beer in that I am having some while I read.

That’s quite the multitasking feat! I’m not sure if I should feel good or bad for the student though.....

 

[grampamark]

Swapped out my 20# Co2 bottle for a full one, kegged a Porter, and unwrapped two shipments of 12 BOC beers.

 

[brewbama]

Kegged a 80/- and cleaned the fermenter

 

[Imhoppy]

27 hours after yeast pitch I looked at my carboy of Dry Irish Stout to see if I need to install a blowoff tube. Almost to the neck as the Safale S-04 working hard now. Gonna wait a bit longer and then decide...

 

[JAReeves]

Bought ingredients to introduce a friend to the joys of brewing on Monday afternoon.

Kegged the winter warmer spiced ale.

Replacing o-rings on some of the kegs also.

If time allows tonight, I will also keg the stout.

Edit: yup, got it kegged.

 

[Immocles]

Light amber ale. First run with the ukeg!

now to clean and store some bottles.

 

[Dave Sarber]

I've been ordering lots of stuff lately. While moving cases of bottles to a warmer area for bottle conditioning, found this on the floor wrapped in plastic. Apparently, somebody included this as a "complimentary gift", but I never saw it when unpacking stuff, and have no idea who sent it!

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

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I've been ordering lots of stuff lately. While moving cases of bottles to a warmer area for bottle conditioning, found this on the floor wrapped in plastic. Apparently, somebody included this as a "complimentary gift", but I never saw it when unpacking stuff, and have no idea who sent it!

Looks useful. And like a bird.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Looks useful. And like a bird.

Not as much as my "every day" one does!

 

[JAReeves]

Kegged an IPA and put the winter spice ale on tap.

it tastes young but I am hoping that it matures a bit before Christmas guests come a’drinkin’.

 

[BrewMan13]

Finally kicked the DH oatmeal stout, cleaned the keg and line, then put the dunkel on.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Trying to select bottled beers from the batcave, and figuring out what I can get brewed and bottled before Christmas, for gifting.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Just washed out the MonsterMash©, and cleaning brew kettle, HLT, and various buckets and pots. Considering brewing up a wee heavy. (AKA, Scotch barleywine)!

Just put a new thermometer in the mash tun, so it deserves a leak check.

 

[kmarkstevens]

Listened to a podcast with Anchor Brewing head brewer Scott Ungerman. Really fascinating if you like Anchor Steam. Dropped a few insights on Steam. As well as some on the Porter (only use US grown Northern Brewer hops and an English Ale yeast).

Anchor Porter was the first porter I ever tried circa 1980. I think both it and Steam stand the test of time. I like session beers so tonight is my first attempt to do a 2.5 gallon batch of something akin to an Anchor Porter session:

2.5 gallons​

Mash at 154F for 1 hour
Steeping grains last 30 minutes of mash
3# 2 row viking malt
.25# black patent
.25# bairds chocolate
.5# bairds crystal 50
.5 oz US n brewer for 30 minutes
.5 oz US n brewer 10 minutes and let cool overnight
BU/GU = 1
Burton Ale Yeast WLP023

And I'm sampling this year's 45th Anchor Christmas ale. It's good.

 

[501irishred]

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Light amber ale. First run with the ukeg!

now to clean and store some bottles.

Id be interested in hearing how things go with your ukeg. Ive had one for a couple years but hardly use it because I had so much trouble with the co2 cartridges sealing (2 returns and multiple o ring attempts). It was my hope that some day they would redesign that section to be more robust and I'd just buy a new top pressure section. I bet I went through 15 cartridges to pour 2 gallons of beer.

 

[Saunassa]

Bottles up Papper's Cream Stout the day, samples were tasty, I could drink it with the carbonation it has from fermentation.

 

[orionol73]

Brewed at RIS and bottled and oatmeal stout

 

[HB2 HughBHomeBrew]

With the help of more crafty family members, put some Christmas gifts together for neighbors.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Brewed up a wee heavy batch this afternoon. Started the last quad batch conditioning at 50F°

 

[JAReeves]

Changed where the thermometer hangs in my keezer. What I thought was an empty keg turned out to just be frozen. Guess I’m not the alcoholic I drink I am.

 

[Immocles]

Id be interested in hearing how things go with your ukeg. Ive had one for a couple years but hardly use it because I had so much trouble with the co2 cartridges sealing (2 returns and multiple o ring attempts). It was my hope that some day they would redesign that section to be more robust and I'd just buy a new top pressure section. I bet I went through 15 cartridges to pour 2 gallons of beer.

First pull after 60 hours force carb. Solid carbonation and pour. Everything I’ve read tells me one canister to carb, one to pour so I’m sure I’ll be switching it out tomorrow (or later tonight..) Kind of a bummer to go through two per gallon but so far so good

Side note: this is probably my best hoppy ale to date. Should be fun to compare to the bottles in a couple weeks

 

[aharri1]

Took a sample of my chocolate covered coconut stout that I used hornindal kveik on. Calibrated my new refractometer also!

 

[501irishred]

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First pull after 60 hours force carb. Solid carbonation and pour. Everything I’ve read tells me one canister to carb, one to pour so I’m sure I’ll be switching it out tomorrow (or later tonight..) Kind of a bummer to go through two per gallon but so far so good

Side note: this is probably my best hoppy ale to date. Should be fun to compare to the bottles in a couple weeks

Awesome to hear! Maybe I’ll get ahold of them after the holiday rush and discuss my options. It’s been a cool “ornament” for too long!
I force carb using a corny keg and 20lbs co2 so I don’t know about force carbing In one. Seems cheap enough if you just did a batch here and there, and bottled the rest though. You can also find deals on bulk cartridges if you keep your eyes open for them.

 

[Immocles]

Yep, already added a ten pack to subscribe and save. I probably brew one 2.5g batch a month. Maybe toss a one gallon brew in once in awhile. It’ll be fun to play around with. I’m pretty excited about it haha. It does make me want to invest in a tank and a 2-3g keg though...

maybe Christmas will be kind