What I did for beer today

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Brewing up some piwo.

 

[Willie66]

For beer, I brewed 5 gallons of an AG brown ale yesterday. And, I did a quick 5 gallon batch of cider the day before.

Now we just sit back and wait...

 

[BrewMan13]

Brewed up a schwarzbier. Ended up being a bit colder then forecast, along with some unexpected snow flurries, but after fighting with the frozen hose a bit, the brewday proceeded more or less normally.
Broke the refractometer though - guess I'm going back to the hydrometer.

 

[Imhoppy]

Cleaned an empty keg that held Dead Ringer IPA. Started carbonating (set and forget mode) a keg of Caribou Slobber. Placed a keg of Dry Irish Stout in the kegerator to chill (where it will wait to carbonate until a tap is available). Baked a loaf of cinnamon raisin spent-grain bread and washed it down with some Brickwarmer Holiday Red while watching Vanna turn letters on Wheel of Fortune.

 

[TheEagleRising]

Worked on the kegerator. Framed the chalkboard paint above the tap, sanded, stained, and sealed the wood I mounted tap to. Final step is to remount tap, run and mount liquid and gas lines. Then of course clean and sanitize everything and brew and keg my 1st [emoji481]

 

[grampamark]

Brewed a California Common. Waiting for the wort to chill now.

 

[Robert65]

Brewed a California Common. Waiting for the wort to chill now.

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I like that your thermometer says "thermometer" right on it. So you don't mistake it for a speedo. That would be some fast wort.

 

[Robert65]

Just blew a Helles and tapped a Dunkel. Big enough b-day excitement for me anymore.

 

[grampamark]

Just blew a Helles and tapped a Dunkel. Big enough b-day excitement for me anymore.

HBTY. After a certain age, just having another birthday is exciting enough.

 

[JAReeves]

So the Imperial Stout I brewed Saturday was foaming and bubbling, so I figured I could add some of last year’s batch to it to meld flavors. Apparently that got it really going so when I came back a few hours later to sniff the airlock it had erupted all over the brew table.

Awe-inspiring.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I should have done this yesterday.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Sanitized fermenter and pitched yeast into the piwo, more cleaning to do

 

[TheEagleRising]

Finished up my kegerator, minus getting my first brew for a keg. Soon though, I'll be doing a single hop NEIPA with Ella, or as I'll call it; WUNNSPEED

 

[brewbama]

Heated strike water, dosed with minerals, weighed and milled grain, underlet mash, recirculated, transferred to brew kettle, sparged, transferred to brew kettle, heated to boiling, added hops, added whirlflock, chilled, transferred to fermenter, pitched yeast, cleaned RIMS tube, fed deer, cleaned mash tun, and cleaned brew kettle.

 

[Imhoppy]

Cleaned a beer line, tap, and ball lock fitting with BLC recirculating using a Beckett fountain pump. Rinsed, reassembled, and made ready for the next keg of delicious and satisfying home brew!

I always clean these after every keg has kicked no matter what. Would not even think of skipping this important step.

 

[Robert65]

Turned key in faucet lock counter clockwise, lowered faucet lock and set aside, placed mug under spout at 45° angle, pulled tap handle towards me, brought mug to upright position, pushed handle away from me, set mug on drip tray, returned faucet lock to original orientation, and turned key clockwise.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Turned key in faucet lock counter clockwise, lowered faucet lock and set aside, placed mug under spout at 45° angle, pulled tap handle towards me, brought mug to upright position, pushed handle away from me, set mug on drip tray, returned faucet lock to original orientation, and turned key clockwise.

You have a lock on it? You must have kids at home!

 

[Robert65]

You have a lock on it? You must have kids at home!

Nope. A cat who jumps up and down on the keezer (and everything else.) Had visions of one day finding that chasing a fly had led to an empty keg and CO2 bottle. Better paranoid than beerless. [emoji16]

 

[kmarkstevens]

Sanitized fermenter and pitched yeast into the piwo, more cleaning to do

can you share your piwo recipe please? What's your preferred lager yeast?

 

[aharri1]

11.25% HB RIS

 

[kmarkstevens]

Lessee, did a 6 gallon best bitter with floor malted Maris and a WLP085 starter in my Brewers Edge (pretty much maxed that out at 11+ pounds of grain) on Sunday. Then yesterday did a second runnings with 3+ gallons of an ordinary bitter, that I will pitch more WLP085 into a just delivered big mouth fermenter.

Chinese new year (CNY) is coming up, so the Chinese company I work for is shutting down for a week. Soooooo, gotta do a CNY brew on Saturday. Planning out something with 5 pounds of floor malted Czech barley as a base....

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Heated strike water, dosed with minerals, weighed and milled grain, underlet mash, recirculated, transferred to brew kettle, sparged, transferred to brew kettle, heated to boiling, added hops, added whirlflock, chilled, transferred to fermenter, pitched yeast, cleaned RIMS tube, fed deer, cleaned mash tun, and cleaned brew kettle.

Brewed a batch

 

[brewbama]

LOL. Yep.

Cleaned the pump today.

 

[Robert65]

LOL. Yep.

But I enjoyed your attention to detail. You saw how it instilled in me a zen like focus on the everyday acts we so often take for granted... [emoji6]

This morning, I harvested yeast, and cleaned the fermenter and a keg. Details left to your imagination.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

can you share your piwo recipe please? What's your preferred lager yeast?

Oh, sorry I didn’t fully disclose this is a piwo Grodziskie so no lager yeast. If you are still interested in the recipe it is nearly 100% oak smoked wheat occasionally I’ve gotten feedback from judges that it is too smoky, but more often the beer has gotten awards. Judges are human, or perhaps I sent off a bottle that I could have cleaned better. (Who knows?) Most people I’ve shared it with find it enjoyable. Even natives of Poland.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

LOL. Yep.

Cleaned the pump today.

Could you expand on that a bit. Lol just funning with you

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Getting a couple entries ready to drop off for a competition, while listening to the sounds of a bubbling airlock.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

Getting a couple entries ready to drop off for a competition, while listening to the sounds of a bubbling airlock.

Which competition? I have all of mine bottled for the Bluebonnet Brew Off this march except for 3.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Which competition? I have all of mine bottled for the Bluebonnet Brew Off this march except for 3.

Homebrew alley in Brooklyn.

 

[Mutant]

So is the coronavirus coming out of China, a virus from a Mexican beer?