What I did for beer today

[Virginia_Ranger]

Just crushed and put 63 Oreos in an imperial milk stout (post primary ferm) - gave the keg a little CO2, noticed a leak an hour or so later and attempted to poke the out post to fix said leak; stout shot in my face. Best part is I had the biggest smile because the bastard already tastes like Oreos an hour after adding them.

 

[seatazzz]

Big competition next month has been postponed...and I've got three of my four entries already in kegs. What to do? As much as it would suck for a lot of people, kinda hoping for a quarantine or at least being told to work from home so I can make sure the pipeline stays full. Priorities? I got 'em in spades. Also grain, hops, yeast, and propane. Bring on the zombie apocalypse! If I give em a beer maybe they won't eat my brains.

*edit: please don't be offended if you or a loved one/acquaintance/coworker/random person you know has been affected by this stupid virus. Laughter is always the best medicine....washed down with homebrew, of course.

 

[Brewbuzzard]

I'm washing and sanitizing bottles.

 

[Immocles]

Pulled out my small batch gear and brewed a gallon Munich Dunkel on the stovetop. Been a few months since I brewed in the kitchen, or even in a heated room. Been cold in the basement...

 

[pshankstar]

Cycling cleaner through a sanke tap that hasn’t been used in years. Next some hot water and sanitizer before tapping an OH keg tomorrow.
Need to rearrange one faucet in the kegerator to use this sanke tap too.
Figured now is the time to stock up on some beers before only grocery stores are open and their beer selection gets depleted. Plus this helps a local craft brewery.

 

[grampamark]

Bottled the Kölsch I brewed a couple of weeks ago. 2.5 gal batch; got 21 bottles. Finished right at 4% ABV. With the weather warming up here it might not be too early for a lawnmower beer.

 

[Robert65]

Bottled the Kölsch I brewed a couple of weeks ago. 2.5 gal batch; got 21 bottles. Finished right at 4% ABV. With the weather warming up here it might not be too early for a lawnmower beer.

I just got a chuckle from the idea of a grain farmer mowing the lawn.

 

[grampamark]

I just got a chuckle from the idea of a grain farmer mowing the lawn.

Well, at our city house we have a little yard that takes less than half an hour to mow; maybe 10 minutes for the front yard and 15 for the back. That works up enough of a sweat to warrant a beer or two.

At the farm there’s about 10 acres that has to be mowed around the building site and a lawn around the house that’s not quite an acre. We use a small tractor with a finishing mower on the 3-Point hitch to mow the larger areas. My wife has a smaller zero turn mower to maintain the lawn around the house. There’s actually a fair amount of mowing to do around a grain farm.

 

[aharri1]

Bottle conditioning my 5 gal westvelteren clone. Haven't bottled beer in years! Brings me back to old times lol. Soaking the other half of on port wine soaked light oak chips for a few weeks then bottling that.

 

[kmarkstevens]

@grampamark Do you really grow grains, and more importantly do you malt and sell some?

 

[grampamark]

@grampamark Do you really grow grains, and more importantly do you malt and sell some?

I’m a grain and pulse crop farmer in north central Montana. We do grow malting barley sometimes; our mix of crops is determined by market demand, price, and how well a crop fits in our particular rotation. We do not malt any of our production. Everything we grow is for sale; it’s not a hobby.

 

[SirHC_]

3/15, cancelled church so I mashed 10g cream ale. Had some stalled and over sweet corn wine in the basement so I used a gallon of that at the very end of the boil to pasteurize and kill the wine yeast without boiling off all the alcohol. Half of the batch got boiled Sunday
3/16 Pitched with US05 on Monday (I do mostly no chill)
3/17 The second half got boiled yesterday after kettle souring for a couple days. Added 1/4 lb each of C120 and black malt to steep for a KY common. Also got 1g corn wine. I'm hoping the corn wine makes up in the flavor for the smaller portion of flaked corn I used this time.
3/18 Today I will pitch the yeast into the common.
All the while drinking beer!

 

[Dave Sarber]

Weather not conducive to brewing today, so I bottled instead.
This is an experimental BDSA. 16% ABV, so I added CBC-1 for priming. This has been in a bourbon cask the last few weeks, but still tastes a little hot.

 

[Punx Clever]

Bottled up a 13.25% Wee Heavy brewed as part of my club's barrel project. Aged 4 months in a fresh Buffalo Trace Single Malt barrel.

46 Scottsmen On Parade!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

RIS action... pushing 12% hopefully. Local pils. Locals are hurting. Layoffs already.

 

[Novacor]

Ordered some ingredients for curbside pickup at my LHBS. I've always used bottled water when I brew, and now it's just about impossible to find in the stores, so I added one of these to my cart:

 

[BikerMatt]

Long time no see. My inspiration seems to hyperfocus in one thing at a time and been deep into rebuilding a street ATV lately, that is currently awaiting parts so over the last say, two weeks:

-washed all 200+ bottles
-bottled a batch of apple-pear-ginger hard cider that`s been in the fermenter forever
-bottled a batch of "Otter`s Promise" ale that`s been sitting in the fermenter forever
-Brewed a batch of British bitter style something (basically kicked up the recipe while brewing LOL)
-Washed all brewing gear for a second ad hoc brew session tomorrow, gonna be another brit ale as I got otter, golden promise, EKG and challenger as the base with some crystals to choose from to spice it up

^ You know, it`s funny you only appreciate the fact of having tap water clean enough to drink and brew with as is when you get reminded not all do...

 

[kmarkstevens]

RIS action... pushing 12% hopefully. Local pils. Locals are hurting. Layoffs already.View attachment 671677

Everyone, support your LHBS as much as you can during these times. On line ordering has it's place in the ecosystem, but it would be shame if the local HBS doesn't weather these times.

@grampamark I hope I didn't come across as being flip. I grew in in Northern California farm country, and have an inkling as to how hard it is. That said, there seems to be a growing trend of farms malting their own for sale. "Shaniko" grains from Oregon being one. Basic Brewing Radio did a podcast on Brewing for Distilling with the Wyoming Malting Company (partway down the page) that I found fascinating.

 

[grampamark]

@kmarkstevens, no worries. Our farm is pretty far off the beaten path to start a specialty venture like craft malting. When the potential customer base within, say, a 200 mile radius, would number no more than a few dozen it’s just not realistic.

 

[Pkrd]

One of my workers is getting hitched tomorrow (the happy couple have less than 100 friends coming so thats OK to do here in NZ this weekend).

Got my much neglected portable kegerator out and decanted a couple of kegs for the reception.

 

[Novacor]

Had both of my CO2 tanks filled this morning. Now I'm all set for any upcoming lockdown.

 

[Robert65]

Went to the copy shop and made a fresh supply of my brew sheet. Because my sheet is actually a sheet. Of paper. I know, heads of millennials and engineers exploding.

 

[Dave Sarber]

Went to the copy shop and made a fresh supply of my brew sheet. Because my sheet is actually a sheet. Of paper. I know, heads of millennials and engineers exploding. View attachment 671904

That's an A size sheet. You need at least a B.

 

[Novacor]

Attached my brand new regulator to my freshly filled CO2 tank and had significant leakage through the threads on the tank. A trip to Home Depot today for some yellow Teflon tape has me up and running again.

 

[orionol73]

Found out a mouse found my grains inside of a plastic tub...thinking I didn’t fully close the lid last time I was in there

 

[Dave Sarber]

Supported my LHBS. They didn't have the bottles I wanted, so I bought a bunch of stuff that wasn't really needed, but nice to have in my stockpile.

 

[_BullDog_]

Drank some beer and decided to brew tomorrow

 

[BrewMan13]

Dryhopped my NE PA/session IPA thing the other day. Cold crash tonight and keg tomorrow.

 

[Robert65]

Decided NOT to brew tomorrow. Coming to grips with the fact I've got NO routine for a while, so no need to keep to my regular weekend brew schedule . I can brew any day. Tomorrow I think I'll nap.

 

[seatazzz]

Ran up to LHBS to spend the $50 I won on a scratch ticket the other day; that and some ready cash got me 55lbs of pilsner and an exchange on the 5lb co2 tank to have as backup in case the zombies show up at my house and drain my 20lb tank. Also for bottling, although with competition postponed/possibly cancelled got no reason for bottling. Later I milled the grain for the Amber Lager I'll brew tomorrow; 10lbs pilsner, 1lb home crystal, and a scant handful of home-roasted dark stuff that could be roasted, could be chocolate, could be blackprinz, I don't know; it's just very dark and roasty, and adds some nice color and a bit of roasty flavor that I like. I don't need to be exact on my SRM, I just want to brew something tasty.