What's everyone brewing?

Tony L · Post by **Tony L** » Mon May 14, 2012 6:50 am

CorneliusAlphonse wrote:
Tony L wrote:Greg ... really loves the Festa kits.
Nash's secret is out

Nah, can't be. it don't quote smells and tastes like armpits and sweat quote

I have a feeling Nash makes better beer than comes from a Festa kit.

ajcarp · Post by **ajcarp** » Tue May 15, 2012 1:09 pm

Nah, can't be. it don't quote smells and tastes like armpits and sweat quote

I have a feeling Nash makes better beer than comes from a Festa kit.

Maybe he just adds more hops to the kits to cover up the flaws.

Dirt Chicken · Post by **Dirt Chicken** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:27 pm

I plan to make my California Steam Ale.. if the weather permits

Haven't made it in a while, aiming to do a 12.5gal boil if the wind is tame :headband:
If i do end up making it saturday, that'll be 3 double batches this week!!

Jayme · Post by **Jayme** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:14 am

I'm planning an epic brew weekend - Black IPA and West Coast Red ale Friday, ESB and Oatmeal stout Saturday, Double IPA and regular IPA Sunday, and finally another Black IPA (different yeast) Monday.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:22 am

Planning on brewing a Nelson Sauvin Rye Saison on Monday, but it could change to a Citra Pale Ale. Depends on having time to make a starter…

hogie · Post by **hogie** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:40 pm

After dumping out 44L of "garden hose" bohemian pilsner last night, I decided to try a German pils tonight.

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My mash water is almost up to temp now!

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:54 pm

44L? Ouch!

Post by **mr x** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:14 pm

oh no, what went wrong?

John G · Post by **John G** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:43 pm

Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

by BBrianBoogie » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:43 pm
Berliner Weisse for me today

Cool. What did you pitch? Did you use L delbruekii from Wyeast and ale yeast or something else?

NASH · Post by **NASH** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:22 pm

ajcarp wrote:
Nah, can't be. it don't quote smells and tastes like armpits and sweat quote

I have a feeling Nash makes better beer than comes from a Festa kit.
Maybe he just adds more hops to the kits to cover up the flaws.

Effers!!!!!!

hogie · Post by **hogie** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:00 pm

mr x wrote:oh no, what went wrong?

Used a new garden hose to top up the water after chilling. The beer was undrinkable... :guillotine:

BBrianBoogie · Post by **BBrianBoogie** » Thu May 17, 2012 7:22 am

John G wrote:
Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

by BBrianBoogie » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:43 pm
Berliner Weisse for me today
Cool. What did you pitch? Did you use L delbruekii from Wyeast and ale yeast or something else?

Used a neutral ale yeast and a vial of Lacto from White Labs.

LiverDance · Post by **LiverDance** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:45 am

hogie wrote:
mr x wrote:oh no, what went wrong?
Used a new garden hose to top up the water after chilling. The beer was undrinkable...

I've made this mistake! I've never used my garden hose for brew water again. Sorry for your loss

Jayme · Post by **Jayme** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:04 am

I've heard numerous times that if you're going to use a garden hose, you need to get one of the white RV ones as they are meant for potable water. Never tried it myself as I brew in an apartment, but might be worth looking into if you need a hose in your setup. I saw them at Rona last year, price was on par with regular green garden hoses. I presume most other places would carry them as well.

hogie · Post by **hogie** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:08 am

Yeah I was just being lazy. From now on, if I need to top up the water, I'll use a pitcher and water from the tap.

Post by **mr x** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:23 am

I would never use hose water from any type of hose. It will be full of infection. Only boiled water.

Jayme · Post by **Jayme** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:37 am

mr x wrote:I would never use hose water from any type of hose. It will be full of infection. Only boiled water.

Oh I was assuming he was using the hose to fill the mash or top up the kettle, hence would become boiled water. Certainly all water must be boiled, whether it comes from a tap or hose. I was getting at the fact that water coming out of a regular green garden hose is not potable as the plastic is not food grade and leaches nasty tastes and such so you really don't want to use that water, boiled or not.

pet lion · Post by **pet lion** » Fri May 18, 2012 6:11 pm

Taking a second crack at my Red Lion Ale with a few tweaks to the recipe. Also making another pale ale with Glacier and Challenger hops and trying a wheat ale.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:00 pm

Bottled my apricot pale ale last night, and racked over my brown ale for secondary fermentation this morning. Also started a wine kit this morning - VR's Angel Blanco. Awesome off-dry white, hopefully not too late for BBQ season.

Post by **LeafMan66_67** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:36 pm

Just finished another version of an ESB recipe I've been toying with. Kegged and shook the shit out of an AK clone last night for a party on Sunday ... surprised it is carbed up already.

jeffsmith · Post by **jeffsmith** » Mon May 21, 2012 8:27 am

Just doughed in on my Nelson Sauvin Rye Saison.

amartin · Post by **amartin** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:14 am

Is tap water fine for topping up? I've always just used spring water from the store.

Post by **mr x** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:43 am

Well, I've heard of lots of people doing it, but I never add water that hasn't been sterilized by boiling. I'd never get a good night's rest, lol.

LiverDance · Post by **LiverDance** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:42 am

Brewing up some SoulShine Pilsner on the back deck in this beautiful brewing weather.

amartin · Post by **amartin** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:17 pm

I made wheat ale yesterday. I put it in the basement to keep it somewhat cool, but no luck. It's 74ºF right now, and both buckets (7 gallon buckets, about 5.5 gallons in each) overflowed this afternoon. I've had beer reach the lid before, but I've never had it ooze out the top. I collected some and stirred the rest in, but it's already swelled up again. On the plus side, my basement smells fantastic.

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