Brewed a Northwest Pale Ale extract kit from AHS this morning... Second batch ever, and first with a starter. Things went a lot smoother this time. Really liked using my new wort chiller better than the ice bath.
D*mn fedex...the tracking page said all day long yesterday that the package is supposed to be delivered that day even though it hasn't been scanned in to the local fedex center. Not until the day was totally over (midnight, not even close of business) could the website figure out that it might not be delivered that day, and in fact there is no longer any delivery date estimate at all. Obviously a delay took place a while ago and this could have been forseen. All of this is really doesn't matter that much except that UPS DOES adjust the delivery date as soon as a delay occurs so that you know and can plan accordingly. F*ck fedex.
I threw together 21 gallons this weekend. 6 gallons green apple reisling, 5 gallons hard cider (ala EdWort), 5 gallons amber with blackstrap molasses, and 5 gallons blueberry bock. Still doing extract until the weather allows for AG. This was a Saturday night Sunday morning kinda thing.
Yesterday turned out to be a entire day of brewing, got started at like 9am and was done around 7is pm. This is the first time I have used the water from the IC cooling the first batch to use on my second batch (doing the green thing). I actually collected 8 gal of water that was around 150, wasn't too hard to get that up to mashing temps. I'm pretty sure I saved a lot of propane and time.
Brewed a 6 gallon batch of starter wort Saturday, does that count?
10 lbs of two row and an ounce of some old Simcoe that's been sitting around for a long time. I've got one more batch left to can.
OBTW, the weather here was brutal this weekend, low 80's and sunny.
Brewed a Rogue Younger's Special Bitter (YSB) clone yesterday with a Pacman yeast starter from the night before. Things went smoothly.
Caught most of the Eagles/Cardinals game and barely any of the Ravens/Steelers. SWMBO wanted to watch Hamlet 2 when I was done brewing so no more football. The movie was funny though.
I'm a big Steelers fan. Born and raised in Pittsburgh. I get so damn nervous watching this time of year that I need to be doing something while watching. So I brewed a batch of Edworts HPA. Brewing really helps calm the nerves.
I'm a little late on the thread, but I did 10 gallons of BM's Kona Fire Rock Pale Ale clone. I still cant believe that I managed to stay sober the entire time.