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Posted: 1/14/2018 6:37:36 PM EDT
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So I go to the brewstore Friday and got the Brew O' the Month, an Irish red ale. Talked briefly with the brew lady about the process, and she said she would send a link to the recipe as their copier was down, but she forgot.
Mini mash, 3# grain bill, some pale LME and some dextrose. I am gonna search to find the recipe, from Zymurgy magazine as I don't have any clue as to what is supposed to be what, but I just got through with a "seat of the pants" brew. Kinda fun actually. The only surprise is an OG of 1.078, though that was after pitching a Windsor yeast slurry. But still, gonna be strong. And dark.  Also used my new wort chiller. I LIKE IT! Edit: Well, I got somewhat close, sorta. It will be beer.
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Posted: 1/19/2018 12:53:53 PM EDT
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Just started the "half hearted" ale.
ETA: In the fermenter and all cleaned up, drinking a homebrew.  ETA: Bubbles! |
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Posted: 1/29/2018 5:33:42 PM EDT
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Brewed a blond ale today. Added some flavor hops aside from the recipe, and used a different yeast than specified.
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Posted: 2/5/2018 3:41:35 PM EDT
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Brewed a light ale today.
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Posted: 2/5/2018 3:48:40 PM EDT
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brewed a Witbier "Blue Moon" clone yesterday. Should be real good.
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Posted: 2/5/2018 4:07:02 PM EDT
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brewed a Witbier "Blue Moon" clone yesterday. Should be real good. It was a mini mash kit put together by the local brewstore. |
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Posted: 2/11/2018 10:57:20 PM EDT
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Just brewed an all grain Belgian triple ale , 90 min boil
25 lbs Belgian Pilsner 6 lbs Belgian candi sugar at 15 min Hallertau hops 5oz at 60 min 2oz at 15 min Irish moss wlp500 yeast ( second use ) mash at 154 with 7 gallons sparge at 174 with 7 gallons my double just got done today and put in kegs , I put the Tripple right into the fermenters used for the double , should turn out good. |
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Posted: 2/12/2018 4:25:51 PM EDT
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3 gallons of apple/strawberry kiwi juice inmate brew today. 4lbs table sugar, yeast nutrient, pectic enzyme and bentonite. Reused a cider yeast .
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Posted: 2/12/2018 4:27:56 PM EDT
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I’ll be racking my Belgian Wheat to a glass carboy this evening. First time doing a secondary. This was a more expensive extract recipe, and I really don’t want to ruin it.
I think I want to start doing 1 gallon batches. 5 gallons is far too much for me, especially if it doesn't taste exactly right. I already have gallon glass jugs and airlocks from brewing wine. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 7:01:51 AM EDT
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Well shit. I checked on my carboy this morning, and the stopper had popped out overnight.
Damnit, 35 bucks down the drain. I suppose I'll start a new batch tonight. Either an American Wheat, or Budweiser ale clone. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 9:46:23 AM EDT
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Well shit. I checked on my carboy this morning, and the stopper had popped out overnight. Damnit, 35 bucks down the drain. I suppose I'll start a new batch tonight. Either an American Wheat, or Budweiser ale clone. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 11:28:57 AM EDT
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Airlock stopper or some other and it really went down the drain? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well shit. I checked on my carboy this morning, and the stopper had popped out overnight. Damnit, 35 bucks down the drain. I suppose I'll start a new batch tonight. Either an American Wheat, or Budweiser ale clone. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 4:29:44 PM EDT
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Yep, airlock stopper. I put it back on, and I’m deciding what to do now. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 5:41:06 PM EDT
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If it was already showing signs of fermentation before it blew (I assume it was), I'd just let it finish. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yep, airlock stopper. I put it back on, and I’m deciding what to do now. |
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Posted: 2/13/2018 11:22:40 PM EDT
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Brewed a blond ale today. Added some flavor hops aside from the recipe, and used a different yeast than specified. |
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Posted: 2/14/2018 12:04:33 AM EDT
[#16]
Doing a munich dark this weekend. Ginger ale for the boys too
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Posted: 2/14/2018 12:08:59 AM EDT
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Making a 1 gallon batch of Midwest Supplies Pinot Grigio wine tonight. It was a 10 dollar recipe kit, so at 2 dollars a bottle, it would have to turn out pretty bad to disappoint. I like my new 1.4 gallon Big Mouth Bubbler.
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Posted: 2/18/2018 3:08:53 AM EDT
[#18]
A few days ago I stared a 5 gallon batch of cider ! 1st time and I’m excited
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Posted: 2/18/2018 2:15:00 PM EDT
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Yep, airlock stopper. I put it back on, and I’m deciding what to do now. |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 2:19:38 PM EDT
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A few days ago I stared a 5 gallon batch of cider ! 1st time and I’m excited |
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Posted: 2/18/2018 2:33:04 PM EDT
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If your stopper is wet, it will do that. After spraying with sanitizer, I dry with the clean side of a paper towel. Seems to help. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yep, airlock stopper. I put it back on, and I’m deciding what to do now. |
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Posted: 2/20/2018 4:55:00 PM EDT
[#22]
Brewed the BB cerveza kit today. Just finished cleanup.
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Posted: 2/23/2018 5:36:57 PM EDT
[#23]
Went to the local and picked up some Maris Otter base malt for an ESB. Just got the WLP002 starter going. Going to rain all weekend so I'll probably brew Monday if the starter is finished and cold crashed.
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Posted: 2/23/2018 8:49:28 PM EDT
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I'm just getting back into brewing after a long hiatus. While my first batch was fucked up from not reaching a decent boil we still drank it and it was good enough to get you drunk.
Second batch was Reapers version of Orfys mild mannered ale. I tapped it two days ago and it is excellent I have to keg up a cream of 3 crops and a fucked up oatmeal stout that I got horrible efficiency on this weekend. Nice to be back in the hobby. I can now drink great beer for the price if Busch. |
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Posted: 2/25/2018 12:20:19 AM EDT
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Didn’t brew but I tended to my cider and bottled my double , went ahead and bought a floor corker so my Belgian beer looks the part.
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Posted: 2/25/2018 12:28:55 PM EDT
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Didn’t brew but I tended to my cider and bottled my double , went ahead and bought a floor corker so my Belgian beer looks the part. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/275279/B72BD97C-2736-4B26-B05A-10A34CBB560F-463580.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/275279/C13D5BFB-0CEA-4C9F-931E-DE53CF63209F-463581.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/275279/A7FA9851-79AC-475F-A83C-AD3F15AA6135-463582.JPG |
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Posted: 2/26/2018 1:28:35 PM EDT
[#27]
Mashed in the ESB a little while ago.
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Posted: 2/27/2018 9:02:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Mashed in the ESB a little while ago. |
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Posted: 2/28/2018 8:06:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bought the partial extract ingredients for Fuller's ESB today. Maybe this coming weekend. |
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Posted: 3/1/2018 12:06:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What yeast are you using? |
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Posted: 3/1/2018 8:07:35 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably Nottingham, as I already have some, or Windsor. BUT I may pick a pack of the ESB. |
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Posted: 3/2/2018 5:56:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1968 or 002 is supposed to be the Fullers yeast strain. You really don't want something that's going to chew down on those last few gravity points like a better attenuating ale yeast would. |
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Posted: 3/2/2018 6:40:41 PM EDT
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Got a pack of the Lallemand London ESB yeast to pitch. |
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Posted: 3/2/2018 8:54:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've never tried a dry ESB yeast strain. LMK what you think of it when it's finished. 
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Posted: 3/3/2018 1:12:29 AM EDT
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Well , didn’t get to brew , hope to this next weekend as well as botteling another Belgian dubbel. I reached out to a local brewery and offered to work for free a few times a month in exchange for being able to learn from the brewmaster , should be helping can later this month and if all goes well hopefully I’ll get to be an unpaid assistant once in a while
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Posted: 3/5/2018 4:48:13 PM EDT
[#36]
Just finished the Fuller's ESB clone.
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Posted: 3/5/2018 4:49:59 PM EDT
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Brewed the BB cerveza kit today. Just finished cleanup. |
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Posted: 3/6/2018 2:25:03 PM EDT
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Ok. I'll see how it goes. I'm assuming it'll turn out fine. |
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Posted: 3/6/2018 6:32:19 PM EDT
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How did this end up? I'm assuming it'll turn out fine. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ok. I'll see how it goes. I'm assuming it'll turn out fine. |
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Posted: 3/8/2018 7:24:28 PM EDT
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Thursday 3-8-18. My wife and I are starting a chocolate, vanilla milk stout.
Standard milk stout with chocolate nibs (rehydrated in Jack Daniels 1/2 added at the end of the boil). During the second fermentation the vanilla and remaining chocolate and Jack will be added. |
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Posted: 3/9/2018 1:55:29 PM EDT
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I wouldn't add any JD/cacao nibs until your primary fermentation is complete. You won't be gaining anything, right?
Some people have had success adding cocoa powder at flameout. It'll drop out as the beer clears. EDIT: If you can get some (Amazon.com, for instance) you should try using Cholaca. |
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Posted: 3/9/2018 2:42:34 PM EDT
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Brewing the BB Scottish ale kit today. Making it a 90 shilling by adding 3.3lbs golden light LME and half an ounce of EKG. Did this last December and it turned pretty damn good. Don't have many left.
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Posted: 3/14/2018 9:03:20 AM EDT
[#43]
Bottled 3 cases of 750ml bottles with cork and cages , this is a lot of work.
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Posted: 3/18/2018 4:30:26 PM EDT
[#44]
Bottled the Fuller's clone today.
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Posted: 3/20/2018 9:13:37 PM EDT
[#45]
Did the BB witbeir today. 3 hours from start to cleanup.
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Posted: 3/22/2018 5:09:26 PM EDT
[#46]
Just got everything to brew a saison this weekend , can’t wait to try it .
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Posted: 3/23/2018 4:10:44 PM EDT
[#47]
I didn't brew this weekend, but I did collect 45 gallons of snow and melted it down.. ended up with just over 6 gallons of "snow water" that will be used for a Vanilla Snow Seasonal. Never done one this way, so here's hoping it turns out..
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Posted: 3/23/2018 4:21:30 PM EDT
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I didn't brew this weekend, but I did collect 45 gallons of snow and melted it down.. ended up with just over 6 gallons of "snow water" that will be used for a Snow Seasonal Beer. Never done one this way, so here's hoping it turns out.. |
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Posted: 3/24/2018 5:31:55 AM EDT
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Was able to brew yesterday for the first time in 10 months. IPA for daily drinking.
 Attached File Attached FileBoiling to pitch temp instantly. Love the reverse flow chiller.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/24/2018 2:03:38 PM EDT
[#50]
Just kegged the Pliny the Elder clone from Morebeer. Overshot the OG by a hair at 1.086. I believe it should have been around 1.08. Fermentation was also a bit more efficient than intended with a dry 1.006 finish. I think the target was 1.010.
We'll see how this 10.24% ABV IPA turns out after it finishes carbing in a couple days. 
While the Pliny is grain, I also have an extract version of this fermenting. |
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