What's Brewing: September 2018

[anteater1]

I've got a NEIPA on tap with 2:1 Amarillo:Galaxy. Very stone fruit forward, digging it the hop combo.

I just added some vanilla bean, cinnamon stick and apple brandy to my Bourbon County clone which has been on oak for the last 9 months. Sitting at 13.8% and should be kegged shortly just in time for fall.

 

[axeman91821]

I've got a batch of berliner that soured over the weekend chilling down from a quick boil now. Will get some peach and mango purees about 24 hours into fermentation.

I also kegged my pils with American Noble Mosaic hops. Yooper I'm usually a bad judge of my beers before they're properly chilled/carbonated, but I feel like I was maybe getting a little more Mosaic character than I was anticipating based on the description of the American Noble hops I got at NHC.

 

[smithj21541]

Labeled my bottles. Now just have to be patient and hope they carbonate.

 

[andrewdrinks]

Tested out a new brew kit yesterday while brewing something weird for the Flying Bike Iron Brewer fall contest - pick 3 adjuncts from the following list: berries, hot peppers, cinnamon, sage, basil, spruce tips.

Given that spruce tips are out of season and I didn't fancy brewing a stout or porter first time up on a new kit, I've gone with a simple pale Belgian with 3711 yeast - 90% pale, 10% spelt, 2oz hallertauer blanc in whirlpool along with 3 cinnamon stick and 2/3 oz of fresh sage. Plan is to rack onto 2lbs of cranberries to hit the third ingredient, and hope I haven't got 5 gallons of nightmare fuel.

 

[coldcrash1]

Productive but challenging double brew day today. Got caught in torrential downpour and almost lost the first batch while trying to put the canopy up, then was swarmed by bees while rinsing the mash tun.

Ended up with two beers in fermenters and one bee in a vial of starter wort. So, all-in-all a good day

 

[coldcrash1]

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