What's everyone brewing?

[sleepyjamie]

70g magnum
150g cascade
150g Columbus
150g galaxy

Needed to get rid of some hops.

[S-04]

Jamie: That sounds like a dangerous amount of hops! Was it a 6 gallon batch?

I'm just about to start the boil on a batch of Peculiar that I will be fermenting with the yeast from my ESB, which I will transfer to carboy at the same time. I'm still debating using the same bucket and the whole cake vs. using just a portion of it in a fresh bucket.

Edit: according to Mrmalty I only need somewhere between 50ml and 250ml of slurry depending on how thick it is. I guess I'll just make a judgement call when I see what I'm dealing with.

[Dirt Chicken]

Anyone planning on brewing anything during the snowstorm today?? Was thinking it would be fine if I rigged a tarp lean-too

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[sleepyjamie]

Jamie: That sounds like a dangerous amount of hops! Was it a 6 gallon batch?

I'm just about to start the boil on a batch of Peculiar that I will be fermenting with the yeast from my ESB, which I will transfer to carboy at the same time. I'm still debating using the same bucket and the whole cake vs. using just a portion of it in a fresh bucket.

Edit: according to Mrmalty I only need somewhere between 50ml and 250ml of slurry depending on how thick it is. I guess I'll just make a judgement call when I see what I'm dealing with.

the hops absorbed so much wort i only ended up with 20L. Its only 167 measured IBU...

[derek]

70g magnum
150g cascade
150g Columbus
150g galaxy

Needed to get rid of some hops.

That's what I did with my latest ESB. I had a pound of hops picked off my own vines. Not having a clue what the real AA content was, I used my normal amounts of Goldings, then tossed in the whole pound of frozen leaf-hops (for 40l). For the first time ever, Marta says it's bitter enough.

[Dirt Chicken]

Boiling up a black IPA!

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[ethier.sc]

Trying out NG's Cascade West Coast Pale. My first that's not a festa and it was a damn fun time. I had a boil over but now that I know my burner, I think I'm hooked. I'm eye balling my cooler now, I think it's time to get started on making the MT.

[Dirt Chicken]

Trying out NG's Cascade West Coast Pale. My first that's not a festa and it was a damn fun time. I had a boil over but now that I know my burner, I think I'm hooked. I'm eye balling my cooler now, I think it's time to get started on making the MT.

Also good to have a spray bottle with water, when the boil is rising out of control, hit it with the water to tame it down!

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[mr x]

Fermcap is a lifesaver.

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[Dirt Chicken]

Fermcap is a lifesaver.

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That too, but still won't save you every time on it's own

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[ethier.sc]

Also good to have a spray bottle with water, when the boil is rising out of control, hit it with the water to tame it down!

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Yeah, I completely forgot about the spray bottle. It was only as it shot over the sides did I think "Oh yeah.... spray bottle" I'll have to look into this fermcap.

[amartin]

I was going to make a dry stout tomorrow, but I don't have any roasted barley on hand and I don't feel like driving to Burnside in bad weather. So, I'm making a dubbel instead.

[sleepyjamie]

I was going to make a dry stout tomorrow, but I don't have any roasted barley on hand and I don't feel like driving to Burnside in bad weather. So, I'm making a dubbel instead.

i got some RB if u need any.

[GAM]

I was going to make a dry stout tomorrow, but I don't have any roasted barley on hand and I don't feel like driving to Burnside in bad weather. So, I'm making a dubbel instead.

I have lots of barley if you need it.

Sandy

[amartin]

Thanks guys, but I ended up going to work anyway, so I'll be commuting home through Burnside now. I may end up making the dubbel instead anyway, and make the stout next weekend.

[Tony L]

I got a couple of Festas I'm going to shove in the lager fridge tonight so it can ferment this week, so no brewing for me.
I have to try to finish off painting my kitchen this weekend, so it will be work work work ( and a little drinking ) .

[LiverDance]

Brewing up a, Black Rye IPA.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

probably brewing up something with my brother today, with the PEI barrel barleywine on schedule for tomorrow

[gm-]

Brewed up my first home made recipe, was also my first all grain.

Here is the recipe:
Type: All Grain
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 6.52 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Volume 5.98 gal
Final Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 92.6 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.4 %
1.00 oz Cascade [6.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 18.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 25.1 IBUs
1.20 oz Cascade [6.40 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 17.4 IBUs
0.40 oz Cascade [6.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 3.8 IBUs
0.40 oz Cascade [6.40 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 1.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast

Went very well, except for we forgot one lb of the Pale malt and added a bit too much water during the sparge so the OG was 1.058 instead of 1.062.

The mash

Boiling wort

Hops added

Ready for the yeast, smells and looks great!


Cheers,
Jon

[Jimmy]

Looks good. Did you get a rolling boil going, or was it similar to what you have pictured? You normally want a fairly vigorous boil.

Congrats on your first AG batch

[gm-]

Thanks, the AG process was definitely easier than I thought it would be.

Yup, got a good vigorous boil (and one small boilover), I took the picture of the wort before it got boiling.

[mr x]

Looks good!

[LeafMan66_67]

Thanks, the AG process was definitely easier than I thought it would be.

Yup, got a good vigorous boil (and one small boilover), I took the picture of the wort before it got boiling.

Is that burner from Home Hardware? If so, someone here was asking how it worked out?

[gm-]

I got that burner from a small shop here in SJ, I believe the brand is called Marlin, it is made in Quebec. It works pretty well, on medium flame it got almost 9 gallons of water to a boil in 30-40 minutes. My only problem with it is that the burner is pretty low, wonder if I can raise it up a bit so it works a bit faster.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

I got that burner from a small shop here in SJ, I believe the brand is called Marlin, it is made in Quebec. It works pretty well, on medium flame it got almost 9 gallons of water to a boil in 30-40 minutes. My only problem with it is that the burner is pretty low, wonder if I can raise it up a bit so it works a bit faster.

the low burner was one of my two issues, definitely a lot of the heat gets wasted. my other problem was difficult to adjust air inlet, it is adjusted by a screw.