Who's Brewing this Weekend: Oct 5

[Schlenkerla]

Obviously the belated october fest.

Yah - I think you're right. I could drink Octoberfests all year round.

 

[Dgriff]

Just finished up the Christmas Ale. It's a big boy maybe 7.5 - 8%

5 gal in carboy

14lbs MO
1 lb 80L
.5 120L
.5 Victory
.25 BP
1oz Nugget
Spices: Cinn, ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg
London ale starter

finished up with a 1.075 which was a tad higher then target. Ferm at 60
Might have to make another batch becuse history tells me that these willbe gone by Thanksgiving.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Just finished up the Christmas Ale. It's a big boy maybe 7.5 - 8%

5 gal in carboy

14lbs MO
1 lb 80L
.5 120L
.5 Victory
.25 BP
1oz Nugget
Spices: Cinn, ginger, Allspice, Nutmeg
London ale starter

finished up with a 1.075 which was a tad higher then target. Ferm at 60
Might have to make another batch becuse history tells me that these willbe gone by Thanksgiving.

Mine's gonna be a biggen too, I"m adding 1.5lb's of candi sugar. Should be around 8.5 if I can hit 75% effic. My mash temp is SPOT ON! Right at 150.7, so should be good. Nice long, 75 minute mash too, so got some down time to clean and prepare for th eboil.

 

[ScoutMan]

Got my mash water heating right now.

Otis Campbell's Jailhouse Amber
American Amber Ale




Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 50.0 % (Late addition)
4 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 40.0 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.0 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 5.0 %
1.00 oz Cascade [6.90%] (30 min) Hops 13.4 IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.90%] (20 min) Hops 10.6 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.00%] (65 min) Hops 10.3 IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.00%] (40 min) Hops 8.9 IBU
2.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [4.00%] (5 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
6.00 oz Malto-Dextrine (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.069 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.0 %
Bitterness: 47.2 IBU Est Color: 14.5 SRM Color: Color



This is kind of my house brew, basicly my own version of Rogue's American Amber. It's been a crowd pleaser and is continually in short supply

 

[Robar]

BierMuncher's RedHook ESB Clone and EdWort's Haus Pale Ale are on the roster for this weekend.

 

[PseudoChef]

I was so pumped last night (and a slight buzz from some decent commercial brews) that I was about to pull an Evan! and just say **** it and brew a Pale Ale or another IPA as my first true AG.

Then I snapped back to reality and realized my LHBS isn't open on Sundays. Poop.

 

[david_42]

Just watching the gravity s-l-o-w-l-y slide on the current batches. The wild hop beer is down to 1.004 and still tastes sweet!

 

[Evan!]

Haha, "Pull an Evan!". Nice.

Yesterday, my wife tried to give me sh*t by telling me that this was an obsession. I countered: exactly, what's your point?



Yeah, my Cappuccino Stout is chugging along nicely at 66f. I love shining my surefire on the wort while it's churning...it's hypnotic.

 

[Beerrific]

Not brewing this weekend

But I am cooking...

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Mashing now, decided to go with a pumpkin ale. I love pumpkin beer so much and it is the season, soooooo. This is probably my last for a while, it will give me a total of 40gals of beer in fermenters or kegs, none even tasted yet. I decided to change up my last pumpkin recipe, this one is pretty different:

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Pumpkintastrophe II
Brewer: Christopher John Flannagan
Asst Brewer:
Style: Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 18.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 29.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
10.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 85.98 %
0.60 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 5.16 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.30 %
0.33 lb Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 2.84 %
0.20 lb Carafa III (525.0 SRM) Grain 1.72 %
1.00 oz Brewer's Gold [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 25.3 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (25 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
0.25 oz Cascade [5.50 %] (5 min) Hops 0.9 IBU
0.25 oz Cinnamon Stick (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.30 oz Nutmeg (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
0.50 oz Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs English Ale (White Labs #WLP002) [Starter Yeast-Ale

1 cookie sheet worth of carved pumpkin, toasted at 325 for 30 minutes, added to mash.

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 11.63 lb
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Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 14.54 qt of water at 165.9 F 154.0 F
10 min Mash Out Add 8.14 qt of water at 196.6 F 168.0 F

 

[Fish]

I have a pumpkin brew cooking up right now and it smells great!

 

[Onescalerguy]

SWMBO and i just finished up an impromptu brew session.Heading out of town for work for 2 weeks and had some empty fermentorsand cornies.We brewed a 12 g batch of an APA from an original recipe.Keepin the pipeline full!!
Cheers

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

Finished my pumpkin ale and it smells great, but I ended up with wayyyy more than I calculated for. Luckily I hit 83+ efficiency, so it'll still be a good beer.

 

[BierMuncher]

Just got back in town from a reunion tonight.

HOWEVER...Friday night I broke my land speed record by brewing 10-gallons of my Gold Rush Ale in 4 hours, 2 minutes...

Orfy inspired me with his 3.5 hour brew.

Just moved the Old Speckled Hen into kegs. Man that is going to be good.

 

[Ó Flannagáin]

God, I need a keg fridge.

 

[Shoopdog]

Just finished brewing an all-grain Sam Adam's Boston Ale Clone from AHS...Hit all my numbers on the money thanks to Brewsmith and my new Barley Crusher. Finally, 76% eff. as opposed to crappy 62% with LHBS crush. Life is good!:rockin:

 

[SW Brewer]

I brewed Beertool's Ruination Clone Partial Mash today. Its sitting in the fermentor now chugging away. I mashed 8 pounds of grain, so I think its time to go back and try another AG next weekend. My keggle is nearly done. I need to alter the siphon line inside to get all the wort goodness out to the fermentor when the boil is done!

Greg

 

[Undead8]

I brewed a chocolate porter today and a batch of apfelwein (with cranberry). Tomorrow it will be an english brown ale.

 

[Spyk'd]

I finally went ahead and did a double batch brew today, a Gruit and an IPA, and I'm happy to say that I got both batches done and cleaned up in under 9 hours.

There were a few "a-ha" moments when I figured out where I should overlap and do double duty and a few where I shouldn't have been trying to do so much at one time, however, overall it was a success.

I'm not sure I'll be doing this again any time soon, but now I know that it can be done and what the overall, top end time can be. It was worth it.

Both my Gruit and my IPA are chugging along happily now.

:cross: