What's everyone brewing?

[Keith]

I'm with Sandy

[LeafMan66_67]

Going to do up the red IPA for Big Spruce this weekend. Looking forward to having an IPA in the house again.

[MitchK]

I wish I could fire up the kettle I got off of keith but I don't have any ingredients. Or propane. Or a propane burner yet. Or free fermenters (both mini fridges used, both carboys full of wine, bucket full of beer). Or money (work has really slowed down. Might even wind up on EI for part of the winter).

So I sit here planning my first all-grain batch... The munton's red ale should be done enough bottle conditioning to test basically any day now, and the everwood extract weizen should be moved from the fermenter to a keg this weekend (first keg use!)... Already trying to decide what to brew next. I basically can't buy a propane burner until after christmas now because I mentioned wanting one (the darkstar one from everwood that I mistakenly thought they didn't sell anymore because I didn't see it on their site before) so there's a non-zero chance I'll get one at christmas and I don't need two, so if I do another batch before christmas it will have to be extract, festa, or one gallon (or cider?).

[Halifax_Jeff]

I wish I could fire up the kettle I got off of keith but I don't have any ingredients. Or propane. Or a propane burner yet. Or free fermenters (both mini fridges used, both carboys full of wine, bucket full of beer). Or money (work has really slowed down. Might even wind up on EI for part of the winter).

So I sit here planning my first all-grain batch... The munton's red ale should be done enough bottle conditioning to test basically any day now, and the everwood extract weizen should be moved from the fermenter to a keg this weekend (first keg use!)... Already trying to decide what to brew next. I basically can't buy a propane burner until after christmas now because I mentioned wanting one (the darkstar one from everwood that I mistakenly thought they didn't sell anymore because I didn't see it on their site before) so there's a non-zero chance I'll get one at christmas and I don't need two, so if I do another batch before christmas it will have to be extract, festa, or one gallon (or cider?).

You can do great one gallon all-grain batches with a small pot.. small scale BIAB

[GuingesRock]

Going to do up the red IPA for Big Spruce this weekend. Looking forward to having an IPA in the house again.

My 10 gal is half gone already. I'm going to bottle and stash tomorrow as an emergency measure. Also need bottles to take to the family Thanksgiving dinner.

[MitchK]

I wish I could fire up the kettle I got off of keith but I don't have any ingredients. Or propane. Or a propane burner yet. Or free fermenters (both mini fridges used, both carboys full of wine, bucket full of beer). Or money (work has really slowed down. Might even wind up on EI for part of the winter).

So I sit here planning my first all-grain batch... The munton's red ale should be done enough bottle conditioning to test basically any day now, and the everwood extract weizen should be moved from the fermenter to a keg this weekend (first keg use!)... Already trying to decide what to brew next. I basically can't buy a propane burner until after christmas now because I mentioned wanting one (the darkstar one from everwood that I mistakenly thought they didn't sell anymore because I didn't see it on their site before) so there's a non-zero chance I'll get one at christmas and I don't need two, so if I do another batch before christmas it will have to be extract, festa, or one gallon (or cider?).

You can do great one gallon all-grain batches with a small pot.. small scale BIAB

Yeah, that would give me some all-grain practice for sure. Maybe I'll swing by everwood sometime in the next week.

[LeafMan66_67]

Mashed in on the Big Spruce Red IPA - it's a cool crisp day out there. Great day for brewing, with turkey later today.

[McGruff]

Brewing a Stone IPA clone tomorrow. First time using Ahtanum hops. 15 min and 0 min with Magnum @ 60 min.

[mumblecrunch]

Finally getting my Big Spruce RIPA entry together. Perfect day for it too.

[Celiacbrew]

Brewed a RIS and missed my target OG by 20 points. Need to find some dark candy sugar or something similar to bump it up.

[Lucas]

Meant to brew my Big Spruce RIPA entry on Monday but ran out of time after the Alt. Taking the afternoon off today to brew the RIPA. Just hit mash temp. on the button. Love that feeling!

[MitchK]

I think I'm gonna pick up a couple clearbrew buckets at everwood this evening and a couple festa brew kits tomorrow (since I don't think everwood has them, which obviously makes sense - they aren't really "shippable" from an online store perspective at 50 pounds a kit)... I just need a foolproof way to fill my second keg and get a bunch of bottles on the go to be ready by christmas (and hold me over until I hopefully get an immersion chiller and a propane burner for christmas so I can start doing 5/6 gallon all-grain)

[Keith]

Advent beer has been brewed. 20 gallons of DIPA is a good idea right?

[mthibodeau]

Heating strike water for a 5 gallon batch of keggermeisters pumpkin ale

[LiverDance]

Brewing up some Red IPA for the Big Spruce comp.

[GuingesRock]

I think I have finished brewing for this year. Taking a much needed break after brewing every week or two all year. I have a stock pile to use up, and if I run out, I think I might try a few of the commercially available beers. I have tried very few.

[mumblecrunch]

Was supposed to be making my Advent contribution, but between a houseful of sickies and a starter that's not starting that plan went by the wayside.

I pitched a pouch of WY-1968 into 1.5ish liters of 1.040ish wort (with a 1/2tsp of yeast nutrient to boot) at about 11pm last night. It's now getting on to 20 hours later and I'm seeing absolutely ZERO sign of activity. No foam, no bubbles, no fine white layer of yeast. This strain (including WLP002) has been a slow starter for me in the past, but at what point do you figure I should give up and acquire another vial/pouch?

[CartoonCod]

I'd definitely give it another day. What was the expiry date?

[CorneliusAlphonse]

yeah i've definitely had yeast take ~2 days to get going - usually when it was an old pack. and i also had one starter chew through the sugar over a few day period without any sign of activity other than a layer of sediment appearing on the bottom.

[mumblecrunch]

Pack was Wyeast and the date was mid-June, so on the older side, but still well within the six month use-by suggestion.

Predictably there's a foam forming on top of the liquid this morning and some signs of new yeast flocculation. I suspect I'll come home to an active (or possibly complete) fermentation today.

Now I just need to figure out when I'm going to get some wort made to throw it in

[MitchK]

My first lager is on the go now (festa continental pilsner) and I'll be doing my first all grain batches soonish (got the recipe kits from everwood for a bunch of one gallon practice runs in the kitchen to prepare for getting a proper 5-10 gallon all grain patio rig on the go as soon as I buy/build a chiller and snag a propane burner)

[pet lion]

Pressed apples on Sunday to make cider. I'm using half of mine to make a graff tonight. The beery part is Maris Otter and some Caravienne hopped with East Kent Goldings. Cider was made from a mix of Cortland and McIntosh apples. Fermenting with Windsor yeast. Aiming for roughly half beer and half cider.

[mcgster]

Did a last minute brew of a red IPA yesterday. I wasn't planning on brewing and just used the malt and hops I had left over from several brews over the past few months. I was surprised at how many half ounce or quarter ounce packets of hops I had! I was amazed at the difference in colour I had after the boil.

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[GuingesRock]

Altbier bottling day:

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[LiverDance]

Chalmers and I are brewing up our smoked porter for the exchange. Half goes on vanilla beans and half goes on chipotle peppers.


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