What's in your fermenter(s)?

[BeardedIdiot]

My sig says it all.

 

[Hanglow]

20l of belgian pa/ipa that I unfortunately dropped a tea towel into when transferring from the boiler. No idea how it's going to turn out

 

[Monster Mash]

23 gallons of a Dark Belgian Strong, OG 1.090

 

[SiriusStarr]

20l of belgian pa/ipa that I unfortunately dropped a tea towel into when transferring from the boiler. No idea how it's going to turn out

Never admit to a mistake! That was your completely deliberate attempt at giving it some nice, rounded, sour funk with some Brett.

In seriousness, though, I'd wager that it will turn out perfectly well, since your yeasties will outcompete everything else.

 

[Hanglow]

That's what I'm hoping too, I had a nice healthy starter and it smells lovely now with a thick krausen from the WLP530.

 

[OldBunny]

Just bottled my smoked porter and racked the Double IPA, so my primaries are empty. They'll likely remain so until after Christmas,, at which point I'll be brewing Nut Brown Ale and Wit.

 

[dfc]

Right now I've got an Irish Red that will get bottled next week. At the moment I'm brewing a Blueberry Chocolate Stout that will be in the fermenter in about 5 hours.

 

[SJM11232]

Currently hearing bubbles from the Hennepin Clone in the primary. Been in there two days and going strong. Found a great wealth of information regarding recipes here, so I want to thank everyone.

Currently sipping: Dunkelweiss

Currently planning to sip: Belgian Dubble

 

[Redbeard5289]

The Fall Semester ended last friday and I was in much need of some recuperation after finals so I brewed up a Sweet Stout on Monday and an English Pub Ale today. Both my fermenters are full and I am one relaxed guy ready for winter break.

Redbeard5289

 

[beergolf]

I have not posted in this thread in a while....

Here is what is going now.

Brown Ale
Rye Pale Ale
Black IPA
Saison.

 

[Padalac]

5 gallon pale ale batch with 200g chocolate malt, 200g crystal
columbus challenger and fuggles
wyeast1968
og 1040

just bottled it
tastes bangin!

 

[dickproenneke]

A big hoppy American Black Ale + a dry stout

 

[shizzy77]

90 shilling.

 

[rodwha]

4.5 gal spice beer
5 gal Arrogant Bastard clone
5.5 gal Chinook/Simcoe IPA

 

[zeg]

Not sure when I last posted, but things are moving along here in lager-land.

"Der Frobinator" Doppelbock in the lagering fridge at 32-34°F.

Meinbock in the (temporary) fermentation freezer, ramping down 2°C per day for lagering, should hit 1°C (34°F) Friday night, at which point it moves out to the lagering fridge where it can start the Bock party.

Dry mead chugging along, probably fermented out since it's at 0.996 SG. Still a ways to go on clearing. That's good, it gives me time to decide whether or not to oak it.

Primary sitting empty for at least a couple weeks. I'd like to brew a Maibock in the first week of January, but I have to figure out how to coordinate that with my secondary fermentors all being tied up until February with lagering or mead conditioning.

 

[rodwha]

I thought lagers needed to be done in the high 40's to mid 50's? Can a lager be done in the fridge w/o a temp controller?

 

[Padalac]

There's fermenting and then there's lagering. Two different processes.

 

[mcfadden23]

I just brewed up a Kolsch recipe I got from a friend yesterday but I added my own little twist to the recipe. This is only the third batch of beer I've made and I realized I should've been doing this a long time ago.

 

[zeg]

I thought lagers needed to be done in the high 40's to mid 50's? Can a lager be done in the fridge w/o a temp controller?

Like Padalac said, fermenting and lagering have different needs. Fermenting needs to be done in those temperature ranges, lagering can be done at a much wider range of temperatures (hopefully holding steady at whatever it is). When fermenting in either the freezer or the fridge, I use an external temperature controller to regulate at a more precise (and much higher) temperature than the fridge/freezer thermostat can hold. For lagering, I just set my fridge near the low end of its range and it holds at around 34°F well enough. (If I were lagering in the freezer, I'd have to use the regulator to keep it from freezing.)

 

[rodwha]

I was hoping there was a yeast that worked at that low of a temp. I can't afford a fridge and controller to do such.
I've been hanging on to my little Mr Beer fermentor thinking it would fit on a fridge shelf quite well... That or I'll maybe end up doing a Belgian or something I don't need to fuss over.

 

[Nightshade]

Irish Red Ale 3bbls
Hefe 3bbls

 

[DrunkleJon]

I was hoping there was a yeast that worked at that low of a temp. I can't afford a fridge and controller to do such.
I've been hanging on to my little Mr Beer fermentor thinking it would fit on a fridge shelf quite well... That or I'll maybe end up doing a Belgian or something I don't need to fuss over.

if you have some sort of fridge you can always go with a cheap homemade temp controller. A fair smattering of us use this link and build a STC-1000. Works great for me and cheap.

But in hindsight you do not have one, you could potentially get away with being very diligent with a swamp cooler, but I would avoid lagers personally until you have some sort of ferm chamber.

 

[rodwha]

We have 2 refrigerators, but still need a freezer, and possibly another fridge, which would be just for my beer, yeast, hops, ice, etc.

We fight over space as she buys from a co-op and farmer's markets, and does Laura Ingles cooking and canning.

I need room for venison and fish!

 

[Intimnasc]

I have 5 gallons of honey porter in my beer/ale fermenter and 10 gallons of Octoberfest Lager in my lager fermenter. Now I need kegging equipment or alot more bottle.

 

[Horseballs]

Currently have a batch of double american black ale and a batch of breakfast stout that'll both be bottled tonight. A hoppy pale made with mosaic is on dry hops, and a berlinerweisse is currently souring in the mash tun.

 

[Eman24dx]

Irish Red Ale from MW. 2-weeks in and tasted my hydrometer sample last night and it was super tasty. Cant imagine it getting much better.

 

[Deacon1856]

5 gallons of EdWorts Haus Pale
5 gallons Know Fire Rock clone
5 gallons of IPA (Jamils base, my hop schedule)

 

[JohanMk1]

3.5 gallons ESB

 

[skullface1818]

Sadly nothing. I'm away from home and need to be their to regulate temperature
However, as soon as I'm back, Illl be making my first dunkle recipe, so I'm pretty excited ^__^

 

[Haputanlas]

Reaper's Mild