What I did for beer today

[KYBLUE]

Assembled a 60L FermZilla All Rounder. Complete with pressure fermentation kit, strap and thermowell. Also added the thermowell to my 30L Zilla.

 

[T Murph]

Checked on my hops, found buds and flowers. First year plant.

 

[ba-brewer]

^burrs and cones. What variety are you growing?

 

[T Murph]

^burrs and cones. What variety are you growing?

Nugget, Centennial, Cascades, Columbus and Sterlings. I also planted Giggles and Chinook but they failed to come up. First attempt at growing hops in north Alabama. So far off to a slow start but I'm surprised these are doing pretty good. And it looks like I'm gonna get a few cones this year.

 

[T Murph]

Nugget, Centennial, Cascades, Columbus and Sterlings. I also planted Giggles and Chinook but they failed to come up. First attempt at growing hops in north Alabama. So far off to a slow start but I'm surprised these are doing pretty good. And it looks like I'm gonna get a few cones this year.

Lol, Fuggles not giggles

 

[ba-brewer]

Nugget, Centennial, Cascades, Columbus and Sterlings. I also planted Giggles and Chinook but they failed to come up. First attempt at growing hops in north Alabama. So far off to a slow start but I'm surprised these are doing pretty good. And it looks like I'm gonna get a few cones this year.

I have seen people growing hops in Florida and New Mexico so it seem like if you find a variety to grow for you then you should be OK. I think some of the people growing in more southern area have longer or multiple harvests compared to hops grown in the north.

I have cascade, chinook and columbus and a couple others that I lost the labels so not sure what type they are. The Cascade seem to do the best and chinook the second best. The Columbus stay sort of small and they seem to get oniony pretty easy.

 

[T Murph]

I have seen people growing hops in Florida and New Mexico so it seem like if you find a variety to grow for you then you should be OK. I think some of the people growing in more southern area have longer or multiple harvests compared to hops grown in the north.

I have cascade, chinook and columbus and a couple others that I lost the labels so not sure what type they are. The Cascade seem to do the best and chinook the second best. The Columbus stay sort of small and they seem to get oniony pretty easy.

I'm disappointed with my Cascades, I expected them to out perform the others but the cascade Columbus are currently the smallest and least productive. The nuggets and centennial are doing the best. I live in the Florida panhandle so next year I will see what I can get to grow there. These are on our family farm in Alabama.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Lol, Fuggles not giggles

I was scratching my head trying to think who made hops called giggles

 

[DBhomebrew]

I was scratching my head trying to think who made hops called giggles

That's another green flower.

 

[JAReeves]

Stopped at our local Italian deli and picked up a selection of Italian beer I had not yet tried. Was particularly impressed by the Birrificio Angelo Poretti Bock Rossa. A faint whiff of banana way in the back (thankfully!), but mostly a nice red roasted malt, dry, with pronounced noble hop bitterness. I was going to do a search for some more details, but anyone know anything about this beer: hops, yeast, etc.?

 

[seanjwalker1]

Stopped at our local Italian deli and picked up a selection of Italian beer I had not yet tried. Was particularly impressed by the Birrificio Angelo Poretti Bock Rossa. A faint whiff of banana way in the back (thankfully!), but mostly a nice red roasted malt, dry, with pronounced noble hop bitterness. I was going to do a search for some more details, but anyone know anything about this beer: hops, yeast, etc.?

Yeah I like that one. I have a few around here somewhere from last winter.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Got the thermometer and weldless valve on the kettle ( valve leaking but lucky I have several extra O rings and valve kits better than the one it came with, work on that later. Got the inside measured and marked off for the volume stamping. Ran out of time it's off to smoke pork on demand. Soon my Precious !!!

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Kegged my Belgian pale ale. It fermented out a little lower than I expected, but the hydro sample still tasted great!

 

[kmarkstevens]

I kegged 5 gallons of an English Golden ale, and 3 gallons of Jamil's Ordinary Bitter today.

My hops (East Seattle Goldings, N Brewer, Tettnang and Willamette) aren't doing so well this year. We had a 3 day heat wave, and my spouse has twice turned off the sprinkler system and it's been a week or so before I figured it out. All have cones going but the yield this year is gonna be lack luster I'm a fearin'.

 

[BrewMan13]

Our club setup at the Southern Vermont Homebrew fest today for the first time and it was a total blast! Can't wait to do something like this again. We brought 8 beers and a mead altogether. Kicked one keg (one of mine ), and just generally got a lot of nice compliments. When someone said "people are talking about you guys", I couldn't help but be a little proud. The beer names got some nice laughs as well. Also some people clearly didn't know it was a "homebrew" fest based on some of the questions, lol. Anyway, I was on picnic tap duty as you can see in this pic, so a lot of kneeling down...

 

[bracconiere]

not really beer, but hard lemon-aid.....i had a couple loaves of bean bread, and vital wheat gluten that didn't turn out. didn't want to waste food, so i dumped them in a bucket with 8-9-9.5 couldn't remember how many pounds of sugar...and 5 gallons water...got a brix of 6.8-7 and a hydro of 0.993-4...so 11.8%-12.1%...

just checked it, that's what i did today for drinking.....we'll leave how it's lower class then pruno, for tomorrow.....


(it may not be beer, but if i run out i can keg my 'preserves' and have it on tap in a jiffy, so i don't have to buy BMC!)

 

[seatazzz]

Not today but yesterday, dropped off the entries for the Washington State Fair. Got four in; Lager, Blonde, Citra/Sabro IPA, and American Strong. The only one that I don't think will do anything is the Strong; it turned out pretty cloudy (still don't know why) and more bitter than I like, but I had already paid for it so in it went. 2 years ago I got three 2nd-place ribbons, for the three entries I sent in; in 2 years I've improved quite a bit so I might do better this year. Today I'm pondering on giving hard seltzer another try; first two batches were way too cidery (too much sugar, no nutrient), and gonna go with RO water from the store with some additions.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Just pulled a pork tenderloin off the smoker, the butt's still got hours left. Got a spent-grain sourdough bulk rising in the fridge. An SNS starter cooling down for pitching. And finally, 4 gallons of wort headed to a boil on the stove.

First time with Golden Promise. First time doing a SM...ahh! Just caught a boilover!!!...aSH.

 

[DBhomebrew]

An SNS starter cooling down for pitching.

Shake, shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake.

 

[ba-brewer]

Shake, shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake.

SNS did not register when I first seen it now, thanks I get it now.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Just pulled a pork tenderloin off the smoker, the butt's still got hours left. Got a spent-grain sourdough bulk rising in the fridge. An SNS starter cooling down for pitching. And finally, 4 gallons of wort headed to a boil on the stove.

First time with Golden Promise. First time doing a SM...ahh! Just caught a boilover!!!...aSH.

I love Golden Promise! Use pounds of it in my English dark ales and Winter Warmers. Good stuff

 

[DBhomebrew]

I love Golden Promise! Use pounds of it in my English dark ales and Winter Warmers. Good stuff

Just opened a 55# bag!

 

[DBhomebrew]

Bottled my 1914 Courage Imperial Stout. 42 little 177s plus eight 12s. Bottling wand looked like an oil dip stick.

Cleaning its fermenter and yesterday's kettle to be ready for tomorrow's Voss Strong Pale Ale.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Case you are interested @DBhomebrew I got this in my email from brew your own. I have not tried it but it sounds very good! 100% Golden Promise.

 

[seanjwalker1]

I also mused and kicked around in my head what a porter or wee heavy would taste like with French Oak soaked in Absinth would taste like ??? Never ever tasted Absinth but it's something I always wanted to taste. Sounds like something though better left back there in the Time Tunnels of my youth !!

 

[DBhomebrew]

I also mused and kicked around in my head what a porter or wee heavy would taste like with French Oak soaked in Absinth would taste like ??? Never ever tasted Absinth but it's something I always wanted to taste. Sounds like something though better left back there in the Time Tunnels of my youth !!

I could see it doing ok in a clean roasty stout, but probably not a London Porter full of brown malt.

Definitely get yourself a bottle! After you assuage your curiosity by tasting it straight, mix yourself a Sazerac! I used to be an Old-Fashioned/Manhattan guy, but boy oh boy Sazeracs are good!

 

[North_of_60]

Weber High Life

 

[seanjwalker1]

I could see it doing ok in a clean roasty stout, but probably not a London Porter full of brown malt.

Definitely get yourself a bottle! After you assuage your curiosity by tasting it straight, mix yourself a Sazerac! I used to be an Old-Fashioned/Manhattan guy, but boy oh boy Sazeracs are good!

I have no idea what a Sazerac is ?? I quit drinking liquor about 15 years ago. I was a Crown Royal man for years with an occasional rum and coke or Gin and juice. Too much Crown Royal for my own good.

 

[DBhomebrew]

A classic New Orleans cocktail in the vein of an Old-Fashioned, but more savory and mysterious.

The absinthe is used to coat the glass, that's it. Ice, rye (or cognac), Peychaud's bitters, sugar, lemon garnish. Really old recipe, very classy. Currently pretty trendy.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazerac

 

[grampamark]

Kegged an Altbier.