What I did for beer today

[Beermeister32]

I meant the stainless -4 AN coupler nut.... Don't play coy with me.... !

 

[grampamark]

Kegged the Irish Red I brewed a couple of weeks ago and brewed the “light” version of my Blonde Ale recipe to try out a different arrangement of my brewing rig. We‘re moving to our city house full time in a few months and I’m trying to find a way to make my 3 vessel setup fit in the limited space which is available there.

 

[grampamark]

Paused for a moment to consider that, for the first time in 11+ years of brewing, I have a remarkably full pipeline. Split between two locations I have three brews in primary and five on tap. And I’m sitting here wondering what I’m going to brew next.

 

[ba-brewer]

Paused for a moment to consider that, for the first time in 11+ years of brewing, I have a remarkably full pipeline. Split between two locations I have three brews in primary and five on tap. And I’m sitting here wondering what I’m going to brew next.

Full Fermentor Blues

I think pipeline management is the toughest part of brewing

 

[Jayjay1976]

Full Fermentor Blues

I think pipeline management is the toughest part of brewing

I like to keep a couple extra fermenters on hand beyond what I usually have in use, that way I can always just push one out when the urge strikes. Nature calls, so to speak.

 

[Section1]

Got some kegging and bottling done today.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Paused for a moment to consider that, for the first time in 11+ years of brewing, I have a remarkably full pipeline. Split between two locations I have three brews in primary and five on tap. And I’m sitting here wondering what I’m going to brew next.

Funny you should mention that. I was, once more, pondering the opposite problem. I really should fabricate a dedicated kegerator. Currently, I have room for four kegs. It would be great if I could have an extra two kegs. But, a kegerator build would leave me with an extra two slots beyond the two that I want...and that would put me in your situation.

I'm too cheap for that.

As ba-brewer noted, it's all about pipeline management--very likely one of the truest statements that has ever been typed on this forum.

Instead, I bought a third vittles vault. My LHBS ran into cash flow problems last year so I wasn't able to get my annual sack of Otter and I skipped my UK season last year. Instead, I bought a sack of N. American malt, then proceeded to have gobs of fun with it. I had so much fun that I decided I should add an additional bulk grain vessel--it took me 30-years of brewing to reach this very basic milepost.

I also ordered a sack of Warminster Otter from the LHBS (hurray! they have money again!) because an empty vittles vault is space wasted.

I am currently psyching myself up for yet another hair-raising adventure into the automotive hellscape that is Northern Virginia. Having missed one season of UK brewing, I'm more than willing to risk my life for that sack of malt.

 

[ba-brewer]

Cleaned a keg and filled it with a strong bitter. Was hoping to enter this beer into a contest but not so sure about it now. I somehow got higher than expected attenuation from WY1469 then I was expecting. I was hoping for maybe 73 or 75% but ended up 82%.

Also working on reslanting some yeast. First step of 10mL was shaken yesterday and today and appeared to alive so I made 3 more slants and stepped up to 100mL.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I ordered iodophor so I can finally clean out that fermenter I let get moldy.. hope it hasn't picked up any moldy flavors.

I don’t know if it is true, but I’ve read that sitting full with starsan will eliminate smells. I haven’t experimented myself yet, but I bought a used Spidel that smells a little like grandmas attic, so I hope it works!

 

[Cellar_Dweller]

We brewed a Best Bitter on the electric system while drinking a Marzen we made a few weeks ago. Started planning an Oak Aged Cherry Quad that will hopefully be ready for the holidays.

 

[mattman91]

Took a FG reading for an IPA. 1.010.

Should have a nice 6.6% IPA on tap next weekend

 

[BrewMan13]

Over the last week or so: I've kicked the sahti, cleaned the keg and tapline it was on, kegged and tapped the roggenbier, shipped out the last of my porter for a comp (it already got silver in one), prepped and brewed up a "Kaimiskas" (Lithuanian farmhouse ale) using Omega Jovaru for the first time. Also taste-tested the marzen and it's lagering very nicely!

 

[Hanks]

I went to some old haunts in my hometown in the UK and found not enough IPAs or choice like I have in the US where we live! There is one place which has a good few to try so I’ll post a pic if I remember lol

 

[pshankstar]

Kegged my Kölsch last week, cleaned the fermenting kegs, cleaned a keg line in the kegerator for the Kölsch, while sanitizing extra serving kegs and emptied & cleaned a serving keg of an old IPA that needed to go.

Tonight I kegged my hard lemonade & decided to toss some apple juice (4 gallons) on the yeast cake & fruit from the hard lemonade. Figured it’s something easy & fun to try.

 

[Henbrew]

After I neglected to fix a leaky tap and it made a mess of the carpet, I decided to add a leak detector to my drip tray.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Have not ordered anything in awhile so since Northern Brewer and Midwest supplies keep tempting me with irresistible 20% off emails, I went ahead and ordered a 1.4 gallon PET siphonless Big Mouth Bubbler fermenter so I can start doing mad fermentatinalist taste experiments with wood and spices without ruining a 3 or 5 gallon batch and needed a new sparge arm jet aerator so why not ? $4 for the aerator which on Amazon is $8 and the fermenter was $22 and reduced to $18 with the 20% code. I'm already thinking maybe a spiced Xmas ale or stout with whiskey soaked pecan wood experiment ??

 

[ba-brewer]

Yesterday I brewed a dark mild and gave Wyeast 1469 another shot. This yeast is half of the starter I used to ferment the strong bitter that over attenuated so also sort of a test to see if the high attenuation was the previous recipe or the yeast. Recipe was the Machine House Dark mild grain bill but only with a single bitter hop addition and no late hop additions. No molasses in the recipe but the wort had a molasses like smell, it does have a modest amount of crystal and chocolate malt.

Today I made the rare exception and sniffed the airlock of the dark mild. Did not get molasses but a dark chocolate covered cherry type thing. Going to be interested to see if the esters make it into the finished beer.

 

[seatazzz]

I meant the stainless -4 AN coupler nut.... Don't play coy with me.... !

Believe it or not, that came with the injector thing. Had a largish (would say 12-14 gauge) needle on it, I cut that off so I could get the tubing on it. I'm not much into hot meat injections (insert many wink-wink-saynamores here) (also I'm a girl) (NTTAWWT) and it came with another needle that I'm hanging on to for any time I DO feel the need for a hot meat injection (insert more wink-wink-saynamores here).

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Put some cacao nibs in dark rum for a stout I’m brewing this weekend (thanks @day_trippr ) … debating if I should use some toasted oak too. Well, I could have said wood but, I’m all out of winks.

 

[Neldog0]

Good luck on getting anything quickly from Midwest or Northern Brewer. I ordered beer supplies from them. Thank was two weeks ago. No hint on when the supplies are shipping. I got frustrated so I order some of it from More Beer just to keep me going. More Beer got it to me in 3 days.

 

[seanjwalker1]

Good luck on getting anything quickly from Midwest or Northern Brewer. I ordered beer supplies from them. Thank was two weeks ago. No hint on when the supplies are shipping. I got frustrated so I order some of it from More Beer just to keep me going. More Beer got it to me in 3 days.

My 1st time ordering from Midwest. I've used Northern Brewers at least 10 years never a problem. To each his own. Besides with the way things are in this age of COVID, trucking driver and worker shortages everywhere, any order arriving on time is basically a crap shoot and luck !!

 

[seanjwalker1]

Put some cacao nibs in dark rum for a stout I’m brewing this weekend (thanks @day_trippr ) … debating if I should use some toasted oak too. Well, I could have said wood but, I’m all out of winks.

Toasted Oak instead of wood..! So, you're an aristocrat! I'm not offended, half the kings and queens in history started out in my barbarian class !!

 

[Neldog0]

I have used Midwest & Northern for over 15 years. I have seen some alarming changes & not just with the onset of COVID. I have not dumped them. I can’t wait 2-3 weeks for a shipment or even a response without using an alternate. My point here is that they need to re-evaluate and reinstate their customer service to what it once was. You are correct, & I agree, “To each his own”.

 

[seanjwalker1]

I have used Midwest & Northern for over 15 years. I have seen some alarming changes & not just with the onset of COVID. I have not dumped them. I can’t wait 2-3 weeks for a shipment or even a response without using an alternate. My point here is that they need to re-evaluate and reinstate their customer service to what it once was. You are correct, & I agree, “To each his own”.

I'll see how this transaction goes. Like I said my 1st time with Midwestern. Have not ordered anything from Northern in about 2 years so maybe they have changed. I hope not , they have been my go to company for my stainless gear and an occasional recipe kit for about the same amount of time as you. And I love the 20% off coupons they send to my email often ! Be a crying shame. I've saved hundreds of dollars over the years using those coupons

 

[mattman91]

Finished off my Kolsch while transferring my IPA to serving keg. Cheers!

 

[seatazzz]

Today got to use my new injector setup on my freshly kegged blonde. Should have added the gelatin to the empty keg prior to running the beer in, but as I usually do, got ahead of myself and started the beer running into the keg before I remembered the gelatin. Worked just fine, and since I pressure transfer into the sanitized, chilled, and co2-purged keg, really cut down to the minimum o2 ingress. Later tonight will mill grain for another batch of WF lager, on some proven 34/70 slurry. Going to be a good weekend.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Kegged my tropical stout. It was a bit roastier than I expected. I'll be interested to see how it changes with carbonation.

But, for the first time, I have more beers kegged than I have taps. This means that I am:

1) Brewing too much,
2) Not drinking enough, or
3) All of the above.

 

[DBhomebrew]

Swung by my most excellent LHBS after work. Had received this email earlier in the day.

The White Labs yeast order has arrived on-time, cold and in A-1 condition. The White Labs yeast and other items have been placed in our dedicated yeast cooler. The yeast is ready for pick up.

A season of WLP-037 shall commence just as soon as Autumn arrives for good.

 

[HM-2]

Cleaned out my Fermzilla for my next beer. Currently deciding between a Dubbel or a Doppelbock. I think I've got the ingredients for both but not sure which I'll brew. Done really good Dubbels before but never been quite able to nail bocks, other than Weizenbock. On the other hand, I don't really want two of my kegs tied up conditioning for 3+ months.

 

[seatazzz]

Brewed up a batch of the House WF lager this morning; as so rarely happens, nothing went wrong with the day and all equipment is clean and put away for next brewday. Fermenter from yesterday's Blond kegging, not so much...didn't need to save the yeast (new packet of dry Lutra arrived yesterday) but that fermenter is staring at me with angry eyes-WHY AM I STILL DIRTY YOU LAZY MF. Fortunately it's hidden behind my chair where I can't see it, and has my spunding valve on it so it won't explode. Will get to it sometime today. And should be able to tap aforesaid Blond in about an hour thanks to force carbing. Shut up fermonster, I will get to you eventually.