What I did for beer today

[seanjwalker1]

And the nights are stronger than moonshine. What’s not to like?

Never been anywhere in Cali except 29 Palms and Mojave for desert warfare training

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Checked gravity on the kveik cream ale, should be the easy drinking yellow fizzy beer I intended. Also cleaned a few picnic taps.

 

[Elric]

Brewed up a golden promise and mosaic smash. Fermenting it with Kveik for the first time. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

 

[ba-brewer]

Been seeing people posting about Kveik and have not used it yet so I went to the LHBS today and was able to get some omega Voss. The weather has been a little mind lately but my bucket of starsan has been sitting at about 75 so I figure with a fermawrap I should be able to keep it close to 80.

 

[Joshua Hughes]

Took some Kveik slurry and mixed with some flour and spent grain flour. Will bake for breakfast tomorrow

 

[Joshua Hughes]

Been seeing people posting about Kveik and have not used it yet so I went to the LHBS today and was able to get some omega Voss. The weather has been a little mind lately but my bucket of starsan has been sitting at about 75 so I figure with a fermawrap I should be able to keep it close to 80.

Pitch it at 90-95 and it will hold above 80 till finished. Wrap in a sweatshirt or blanket.

 

[firerat]

Kegged my first kveik experiment 100F citra IPA.

 

[ba-brewer]

Pitch it at 90-95 and it will hold above 80 till finished. Wrap in a sweatshirt or blanket.

What are your thoughts on pitch rate?

The pouch is only 2months old and the beer will be 1050ish so I am sort of tempted to just do a direct pitch, but will mostly likely do a starter to validate the yeast health.

 

[Joshua Hughes]

What are your thoughts on pitch rate?

The pouch is only 2months old and the beer will be 1050ish so I am sort of tempted to just do a direct pitch, but will mostly likely do a starter to validate the yeast health.

Don’t need a starter with Kveik. i use 1 tsp of slurry for my 1.5 gallon batches. I could get away with a little less

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

What are your thoughts on pitch rate?

The pouch is only 2months old and the beer will be 1050ish so I am sort of tempted to just do a direct pitch, but will mostly likely do a starter to validate the yeast health.

Pitch some save some For another time.

 

[PberBob]

The weather has been a little mind lately but my bucket of starsan has been sitting at about 75 so I figure with a fermawrap I should be able to keep it close to 80.

I am really curious about Kveik, but my mind keeps blowing when I hear about trying to keep the fermenter WARM!

Just finished bottling up a Belgian Pale comparison brew. I made the the last batch with Wyeast 1762 Abbey ale, this one I brewed with 3522 Ardennes. It definitely has more fruity esters than the other. Both fermented between 68-73 F. 1762 brew is more ‘refined’ in its flavor profile - nothing crazy.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Cleaned and sanitized a keg for the cream ale, then transferred it. Saved a pint of slurry, and now I‘m drinking a couple ounces. The Opshaugh dropped out quickly after I removed the heater and added ice To the water bath.

Edit to add image.

 

[Bramling Cross]

To ensure that I'm not a useless brewer for the fifth straight weekend, tonight I built my water and weighed my grist.

Tomorrow, I will make beer, not excuses.

 

[seatazzz]

Not really beer related, but yesterday in my travels I bought a used violin. I played many years ago, when my daughter was in high school, so we had something to learn together; had to sell that one after a couple of years as money was low. This one needed new strings, and some TLC, but the sound is great. It does relate to beer, a small bit, as once I have it set up I'll be practicing during slow time in the brewday. Cats hate it, dogs are confused, but I'm happy.

 

[aharri1]

Brewing a kettle sour. Using Oslo and Omega lacto blend. Going to do lactose at flame out. Then vanilla beans and blueberries in secondary. I got eight pounds of blueberries I picked myself!

 

[JAReeves]

Did a beer and mead tasting last night for game night.

 

[seatazzz]

To ensure that I'm not a useless brewer for the fifth straight weekend, tonight I built my water and weighed my grist.

Tomorrow, I will make beer, not excuses.

I make excuses to make beer....

 

[seatazzz]

I've said it before, but I am eminently lucky in my marriage; my husband loves what I do in the brewery, and brags on it every chance he gets. One of the fun things about having a spouse who is in tune with my hobby, is testing my beers on him; just now did a blind (to him) taste test of my WF and CF lagers; grain bills and hops were the same, just the fermentation was different. I didn't really have a goal for the test other than to see which one he preferred. So I gave him a small taster of each, and just asked which one he thought was the 'younger' beer. After several tastes, he selected the cold-fermented one, which at 5 weeks is definitely the older of the two. When I asked him why he picked that one (still not telling him which was which), he said it was just meh in flavor, while the other one (the WF one which is just 7 days old today) had better mouthfeel, and more flavor. In my own opinion, I like the WF better; I tend to like my beer fresh, and it's got a stronger malt backbone than the CF one. If I give it a chance, it would age out into something more resembling a 'traditional' lager, but I like the fresh taste when it's new. If I were to compare it to something commercial, it's close to a Heineken without the lightstruck flavor that Heineken can have. All in all, a great day for my brewery.

 

[duckredbeard]

Did a double CIP on the brew system. First cleaning flushed out much junk. Second cleaning was reverse flow. Much more stuff broke loose. Finished with a good cold rinse. May do another CIP and super hot rinse tomorrow. Wish the weather would quit threatening 70% thunderstorms every day, but no storms materialize. Got a great amber in the bag ready to mash in. At least everything will be clean for the next brew day!

 

[cochised]

Kegged first brew from Fermzilla using closed transfer

Foamed up a few times so need to get a bit more practice in with PSI levels etc but went ok I think.
Partial APA and taste was good so fingers crossed

 

[Pkrd]

Went to get my CO2 bottled refilled and found it needs testing. Bloody hell, 5 years of kegging as gone fast.

 

[BrewMan13]

A bit late, but brewed on the 4th; great efficiency on my brown ale. Made some slight tweaks, so curious how it comes out.

 

[Joshua Hughes]

Bottled a Session Kveik Pale Ale. Used some of the left over slurry to make some pizza dough. It is rising as I type. Now planning what to put in this empty fermenter

 

[kmarkstevens]

Bottled a Session Kveik Pale Ale. Used some of the left over slurry to make some pizza dough. It is rising as I type. Now planning what to put in this empty fermenter

HOw was the pizza dough? Now that I'm getting into sourdough bread baking, I'm looking for some good beer yeasts that are also good bread yeasts? Will have to put Kviek on the list to try

 

[Joshua Hughes]

It was a good pizza! Here is what I did.
50ml slurry
4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup spent grain flour
10g salt
10 ounces warm water

mix it and knead for 10 minutes. Put in a ball and cover a few hours.

 

[Transamguy77]

I made 2.5 gallons of cider, 5 gallons of skeeter pee, washed 3 kegs and then filled 2 of the 3 with a Citra IIPA That I brewed 3 weeks ago.

 

[JAReeves]

Well, not exactly for beer, per se; I checked on the fermentation of the Malbec that is the base for the Port I want to give away for Christmas gifts (along with my Barleywine and Imperial Stout). Big, inky, purply bubbles and a divine smell. It took all my willpower to not faceplant in the fermenting bucket.

TMI: I really, really, really, like yeast farts.

 

[Joshua Hughes]

Brewed a session pale ale. Got some spent grain in the oven I’ll grind tomorrow for flour

 

[JAReeves]

Brewed a session pale ale. Got some spent grain in the oven I’ll grind tomorrow for flour

What do you use to grind your spent grain flour? I normally just throw a couple cups of dried spent grain in to my normal sourdough mix for a whole grain sourdough. I would use more of my spent grain, though, if I could grind it finer.

 

[Joshua Hughes]

What do you use to grind your spent grain flour? I normally just throw a couple cups of dried spent grain in to my normal sourdough mix for a whole grain sourdough. I would use more of my spent grain, though, if I could grind it finer.

Nutri bullet. Not quite flour consistency but works for me