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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Buccaneer » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:06 am

Lisa J wrote:
Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:55 pm
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Altbier, yay!
Uh-oh. Creating expectations, am I? No pressure... :cheers2:
No, I just seem to have latched onto them recently. Someone made one for the December exchange a couple of years ago and it was the first one I ever had. I've had a few more this year and then I decided to make one myself, loosely modeled on Sawdust City's Ol'Woody. I used a touch too much roasted barley (which Ol'Woody uses, but is not a typical alt ingredient), but it still turned out really good.

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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Jimmy » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:28 am

Planning on brewing 50 liters of Lambic to fill a 2nd Solera.

50% Pilsen, 50% Wheat - using blend of Yeast Bay Melange & White Labs Belgian Sour Mix (WLP655).

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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Lisa J » Wed Nov 01, 2017 3:34 pm

Buccaneer wrote:
Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:06 am
Lisa J wrote:
Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:55 pm
Buccaneer wrote:
Tue Oct 31, 2017 12:00 pm
Altbier, yay!
Uh-oh. Creating expectations, am I? No pressure... :cheers2:
No, I just seem to have latched onto them recently. Someone made one for the December exchange a couple of years ago and it was the first one I ever had. I've had a few more this year and then I decided to make one myself, loosely modeled on Sawdust City's Ol'Woody. I used a touch too much roasted barley (which Ol'Woody uses, but is not a typical alt ingredient), but it still turned out really good.
I'm really liking them as well. This is my first attempt at making my own. The wort tasted good, so I'm optimistic. It's bubbling away in my chilly basement at 17°C. I should have brewed it a few weeks ago to allow extra time for lagering (since I'm December 1 on the Advent calendar)
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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by amartin » Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:06 pm

Somebody later on might be willing to switch with you. I like altbiers, they're a regular here.


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Post by Beert » Thu Nov 02, 2017 6:43 am

Waited for the girlfriend to leave for work and now it’s...Brewday!!
My go-to IPA with Simcoe, Citra and Mosaic. Can ya go wrong with those hops?

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Post by Davesbrew » Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:02 pm

doing my first brew coopers canadian blonde extract kit

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Post by sleepyjamie » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:51 pm

Cranberry Rye Saison
Pilsner
RedX
Caramel Rye
Wheat
WLP 565
3lbs cranberries

Might add some lactobacilius during bottling
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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Hub Brewer » Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:59 pm

Had to brew a different beer for the xmas exchange tonight. First beer I already had kegged in the fridge froze solid in a kegerator incident. So now instead of an all-Horton Ridge bitter, it'll be a NE-style IPA, but using Big Spruce's Pin Cherry yeast that I had built up for their comp.

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Post by darciandjenn » Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:08 am

Hub Brewer wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:59 pm
Had to brew a different beer for the xmas exchange tonight. First beer I already had kegged in the fridge froze solid in a kegerator incident. So now instead of an all-Horton Ridge bitter, it'll be a NE-style IPA, but using Big Spruce's Pin Cherry yeast that I had built up for their comp.
Had a Vienna-ish lager freeze on me during lagering once. Ended up tasting fantastic... not sure how it would have played out had it been carbonated in the keg though.

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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Lisa J » Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:28 am

Hub Brewer wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:59 pm
Had to brew a different beer for the xmas exchange tonight. First beer I already had kegged in the fridge froze solid in a kegerator incident. So now instead of an all-Horton Ridge bitter, it'll be a NE-style IPA, but using Big Spruce's Pin Cherry yeast that I had built up for their comp.
That sucks, but your new entry sounds cool!
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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Jimmy » Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:38 am

Hub Brewer wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:59 pm
Had to brew a different beer for the xmas exchange tonight. First beer I already had kegged in the fridge froze solid in a kegerator incident. So now instead of an all-Horton Ridge bitter, it'll be a NE-style IPA, but using Big Spruce's Pin Cherry yeast that I had built up for their comp.
Have you tried it since it thawed?

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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Beert » Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:51 pm

2nd brewday in a row for me. Today is going to be a DIPA. Mainly because I messed up and crushed a couple kg more grain than I was planning to :thumbup

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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by amartin » Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:09 pm

I just mashed in on my December exchange beer. A bit late, but it's an English beer, so I didn't see any reason for aging time.


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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Hub Brewer » Fri Nov 03, 2017 7:34 pm

Jimmy wrote:
Fri Nov 03, 2017 9:38 am
Hub Brewer wrote:
Thu Nov 02, 2017 9:59 pm
Had to brew a different beer for the xmas exchange tonight. First beer I already had kegged in the fridge froze solid in a kegerator incident. So now instead of an all-Horton Ridge bitter, it'll be a NE-style IPA, but using Big Spruce's Pin Cherry yeast that I had built up for their comp.
Have you tried it since it thawed?
Yup. It was funky. Had two full kegs in there, neither survived.

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Post by RossBee » Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:14 pm

Brewed a side by side today. 23 gallons each of:

55# Premium Pale Malt,
2 oz Centennial at 60
3oz Chinook at 50
3 oz Northern Brewer at 30
4 oz Challenger at 10
1.5 oz Citra at flameout.

Mangrove Workhorse yeast for both of them.

The only variant between the batches was 3.2# of Crystal 40 for batch 1 and 3.2# Crystal 110 for the second batch.
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Post by kenny10 » Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:50 pm

Half way through my boil on a porter using fuggles and wlp013 London ale yeast

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Post by kenny10 » Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:43 pm

Almost done the boil on my punk ipa clone. Can’t wait for this to be ready. Love vacation, two brew this week and one bottled. Will be ready for Xmas and new years

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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by JohnnyMac » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:05 am

Just mashing in on an APA, 13.5p, 50IBU...

65% Halcyon
30% Pilsner
5% Simpson's Naked Oats

Magnum for bittering
Mosaic at 10min, 5min and whirlpool
Citra dry hop

Vermont yeast
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Post by RubberToe » Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:39 am

Sounds delish.
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Re: What's everyone brewing?

Post by Jimmy » Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:45 am

I'm brewing nothing. I need a mash tun now that I sold my BREWHA mash colander!

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Post by Peterpasha » Sat Nov 11, 2017 2:28 pm

Leftover Grain Stout

5 lb United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale
3 lb Liquid Malt Extract - Munich
1 lb American - Chocolate
0.5 lb Flaked Barley
0.5 lb American - Roasted Barley
2 lb American - Pale 2-Row
2 lb Dry Malt Extract - Light

I've just finished kegging the Leftover Grain Stout. It's a big mix of stuff culled from, you guessed it, leftover grain. Came out at 5.12%. The initial recipe called for an OG of 1.61, so I brewed up a starter which kicked off the most aggressive fermentation I've had yet. The next morning the foam had bubbled through the airlock, so I fixed up a blowoff tube into a growler half full of sterilzer, and left for work. My mistake was not putting the growler into an empty brewing bucket, cause when I came home from work, the growler was full of wort and there was about a gallon of stout wort on the laundry room floor!

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Post by jacinthebox » Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:30 am

Brewed up a mosaic IPA "Pretty Boy" & "Pretty Boy Brett"
10gal batch

16lb MO
4lb Vienna
2lb Honey malt
2lbs Flaked Oats

mashed at 152f
4oz pellet mosaic (10.7% aa) @ 15min
4oz of Cryo Mosaic (24.1% aa) whirlpool for 60min @ 140f
6oz (3oz per carboy)of pellet mosaic (10.7% aa) in the fermenter with the yeast (TYB Vermont ale).
on day 3 added 6oz (3oz per carboy) pellet mosaic (10.7% aa).
I may add another dry hop just before kegging...maybe 4oz (2oz per carboy) of Cryo Mosaic (24.1% aa)

I split the batch...1 carboy straight Vermont yeast, 2nd carboy is a blend of vermont and wlp644
fermenting away at 18c.
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Post by cabernar » Wed Nov 15, 2017 10:01 pm

My Horton Ridge two-row/Citra SMaSH ended up being a crowd pleaser. Bought way too much Citra due to some mathemagic while scaling, so I ended up dry-hopping with it as well. (Shoutout to Patrick at Outcast Brewing in Calgary for suggesting a hop schedule.) Didn't end up hitting my target OG, so it was a bit light, around 3.8%, but super juicy. Adjustments will need to be made, and I may consider adding a bit of Munich, but overall, not a bad first stab at creating an original recipe.

Assuming Saturday's forecast holds, I'm going to try the spruce ale recipe in the Brooklyn Brew Shop book. Should be ready in time for the leadup to the holidays. Now I just need to figure out which side of my neighbour's spruce tree is least noticeable...

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Post by McGruff » Sat Nov 18, 2017 10:02 am

Just brewed a Blonde Ale for guests next month.

2 row
Crystal 15
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Post by elreplica » Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:35 pm

Lagering a marzen as we speak (write). Next up, a couple Kolsch...
At Bat: several Czech Pils
On Deck: Cream Ale
In the Hole: Kolsch
Clean Up: Tall Ships Ale clones
On tap: Propeller Pils, Festa Cream Ale

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