What's everyone brewing?

[Keith]

Mike and I are brewing today. Pop up to Mike's

[Keith]

Dry hopped the new IPA this morning

[LeafMan66_67]

Mike and I are brewing today. Pop up to Mike's

If I get a chance to I'll swing by. Keg cleaning day with new keg washer setup and full on Fantasy Hockey Draft Party later.

[MitchK]

Cleaning kegs, racking a red wine into secondary, starting a white wine (hoping to have a pair of wines ready by christmas). Shitty munton's red ale should be done bottle conditioning sometime in the next week, kegging an everwood german weizen kit (extract) next weekend.

[LiverDance]

Tonight i'm preparing to brew my Big Spruce Alt in the morning. I love waking up walking downstairs firing up the kettle for the mash in and then making some coffee

[brulelager]

Just kegged a pumpkin ale this week, smells fantastic. Brewing a red tomorrow.

[Woody]

Red IPA and Altbier. Dark lager is already well on it's way.

[LeafMan66_67]

Just waiting for the crack of dawn to head outside. From what I can see, it looks like a beautiful brew day in SackVegas!

[Halifax_Jeff]

Just waiting for the crack of dawn to head outside. From what I can see, it looks like a beautiful brew day in SackVegas!

It's a beauty. Fall is here!

[Keith]

Just waiting for the crack of dawn to head outside. From what I can see, it looks like a beautiful brew day in SackVegas!

Great day to brew! Enjoy

[jacinthebox]

Hop cone from one of brews eric and I cooked up today.

[mcgster]

Just brewed up a boring old cream ale with a new recipe. It feels strange to be back to the 2.5 gal system.

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[Bluefin 774]

What recipe did you use? I'm looking to brew a 5 gallon batch soon.

[mcgster]

It's a very basic grist of 5% flaked corn, 47.5% 2-row, 47.5% pils with a target OG of 1.058 and 25 IBU.

I hopped with Perle, i had a couple 1 oz bags from OBK that were about 4 months old that i wanted to use.

I used a soft water profile and targeted a mash pH a bit higher than i normally do at 5.4.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

My last one was all 2-row based off of the 12$ cream ale thread on HBT.

[GuingesRock]

Just brewed up a boring old cream ale with a new recipe. It feels strange to be back to the 2.5 gal system.

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No such thing as a boring old beer. I know you've been flying high winning golds for cherry lambics and the like. You should ask Jimmy to update your awards.

[mcgster]

Actually I just remembered when I posted that about my crazy brew day past week before I left for NL

A Russian imperial stout, wee heavy, and a tripel all in one day... Probably won't try that again, the ris and wee heavy had 90 minute boils and I let the tripel go for 120

The activity in the blow off was insane

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[Bluefin 774]

It's a very basic grist of 5% flaked corn, 47.5% 2-row, 47.5% pils with a target OG of 1.058 and 25 IBU.

I hopped with Perle, i had a couple 1 oz bags from OBK that were about 4 months old that i wanted to use.

I used a soft water profile and targeted a mash pH a bit higher than i normally do at 5.4.

I'll let you know how it turns out.

My last one was all 2-row based off of the 12$ cream ale thread on HBT.

Thanks for the info. That sounds like a decent beer.

[mcgster]

No trouble, the wort certainly tasted nice!

[jeffsmith]

Actually I just remembered when I posted that about my crazy brew day past week before I left for NL

A Russian imperial stout, wee heavy, and a tripel all in one day... Probably won't try that again, the ris and wee heavy had 90 minute boils and I let the tripel go for 120

The activity in the blow off was insane

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That is one ambitious brew day! Well done.

[mcgster]

That is one ambitious brew day! Well done.

Thanks!

I did have one major screw up though, the Wee Heavy had a target OG of 1.080 and i couldn't figure out why i was so far under my OG and had so much wort left.... until connected my host to the immersion chiller for the trippel and realized it had a pinhole leak shooting water out into the brew.

I have been dragging my feet on getting a decent chiller for some time debating between counterflow, a proper immersion or plate.

[Keith]

No trouble, the wort certainly tasted nice!

That's nuts. I thought 3 10 gallons (60 mins was insane.... mind you it was Feb with 12 ft of snow all around us lol. Was a cold day, I think Alex's first brew with me haha.

[jeffsmith]

I've been using a plate chiller for about three years now and love it. On a ten gallon batch I go from flame out to two full carboys in less than 15 minutes.

[mcgster]

That's nuts. I thought 3 10 gallons (60 mins was insane.... mind you it was Feb with 12 ft of snow all around us lol. Was a cold day, I think Alex's first brew with me haha.

Thats still nuts, it just turns out there are different degrees of insanity

I had bought all the supplies to brew those strong batches a month prior and kept putting it off until it was the day before i flew out and had to pull the trigger.

I'm not back until December 18th and my big worry is the beer sitting on the yeast for that long. I may have to pull a favor and see if i can get a buddy to rack them all for me (or sneak a trip home in to do it)

[mcgster]

That is insane, i was moving in that direction before i got side tracked building a new shed. I picked up one of the OBK hop blockers and i'm amazed at home much other junk it catches as i recirculate my wort through it, the idea was to use it to filter the trub before a plate chiller.

[Keith]

I'm sure someone in the area would do that for ya. I'd volunteer but I'm not exactly in the area.