What's everyone brewing?

[sleepyjamie]

Grains crushed for a dry stout from BCS. Moving brew day from Monday to today. Rather brew in cold but clear rather than possible snow and wind. And the wife said we have no plans today so I may as well brew!

How's the bcs no short measure? Brewed it up the other day.

Have you tried the hop bag yet?

Actually yes. Forgot to mention it.

Worked out really good. A lot easier than messing around with hop sock.

Only problem was that in the dark was hard to see how the boil was rolling.

Let me know what I owe you for it.

[sleepyjamie]

Jamie - Just put the keg of "No Short Measure" in the fridge this afternoon. Will let you know tonight. The sample when kegging was great.

Awesome. Made 10 gal for rubbertoe and I. Looking forward.

[Jimmy]

How is the mesh size and how many oz of hops did you use?

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[sleepyjamie]

I just did an ordinary bitter 19 gal. So only 4 oz hops.

[sleepyjamie]

Might do an imperial American brown soon so will be much more. Can report back soon.

[LiverDance]

Brewing up my NHL hoppy session beer and a standard blonde ale.

[gm-]

Bottling this Belgian gooseberry wheat ale tomorrow, bit pinker than I expected, but smells delicious.

[GAM]

My try at the Keith's 1917, as a BIAB.

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.28 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
5.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
1.50 g Chalk (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 -
0.50 g Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 4 -
0.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 5 -
5.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) Grain 6 98.0 %
0.10 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC) Grain 7 2.0 %
50.00 g Cluster [7.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 30.5 IBUs
40.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 9 13.7 IBUs
30.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 5.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml] Yeast 11 -

Est Original Gravity: 1.054 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.2 %

Sandy

[pet lion]

Preparing for mashing in my Nova Scotia Imperialis Stout. 14L all grain recipe doing mash in a bag and then stove top boil.

[McGruff]

I am going to brew that recipe that is in BYO magazine, New Albion Ale. I am using Amarillo and Centennial.

[jacinthebox]

Looking to brew an Irish Stout for St. Patty's day...great weekend to brew with the snow coming

[HappyHopper]

Russian imperial!! There's nothing better..

[Tony L]

Just going to bottle up a Festa Kit for my B-I-L tomorrow. I might be able to drink a few pints tomorrow during the storm seeing as I'm not going anywhere.
God, I can't wait to brew again... it seems so long ago.

[canuck]

I brewed up a Simcoe DIPA for a buddy today.

[LiverDance]

I brewed up a Simcoe DIPA for a buddy today.

You sir are a great friend!

[canuck]

I brewed up a Simcoe DIPA for a buddy today.

You sir are a great friend!

And it used up almost all of my Simcoe hops too!

[ethier.sc]

Doing NG's Northern Lights. I have no idea what to expect from this kit. Anyone made it?

Steve

[S-04]

Finally getting around to bottling my ESB. Strangely, every time I bottle I find myself thinking about kegs.

[chicanuck]

Going to attempt my first Munich Dunkel tomorrow, best to keep it simple as all-grain is still pretty new to me. Does this grain bill make sense, I modified it with my present inventory from a recipe on brew365?

7 lbs - Pilsner (2 row) Ger
2.5 lbs - Munich Malt
0.5 lbs - Crystal Malt 60L
0.5 lbs - Pale Chocolate Malt

Tettnang Hops
1oz - 60mins
0.5oz - 30mins
0.5oz - 10mins

Yeast - WY2206 Bavarian Lager with 500ml starter (mfg 10Jul12, forgot I had it)

OG: 1.055
IBU's: 23.4
SRM: 16.5
Est ABV: 5.8%

My basement is currently ~50F and stays that way in this weather, I guess I should just leave this lager in the primary of at least 14-21 days until the FG is reached before kegging? I normally use a beer belt on ales to speed things along, but this seems like a good opportunity to lager this batch.

One last question that may seem silly, I have a wort chiller but how efficient is it to just put the pot/wort into a snow bank this time of year, since my deck has plenty of snow at the present time?

- chicanuck

[pet lion]

Taking my first crack at brewing a double IPA and then a pale ale.

[mr x]

Going to attempt my first...
- chicanuck

Probably get noticed more if you start a new thread in the recipe section. IIRC, there is at least one munich dunkel recipe there to compare with too.

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[dexter]

Keeged up my blood orange concoction from DFH, and brewed a simple American Ale, Tomorrow I plan on trying to make a saisson, I still have a boatload of siracchi (sp)

[chicanuck]

Thanks X, I need to start going through the recipe thread as I admit that I am in early days. I just started my boil, everything seems to going smoothly as all the Beer Smith numbers are working out. Nice day for deck brew, enjoying a nice cigar with a few pints of fishdisease Oatmeal Stout....thanks Dave.

- chicanuck

[LTownLiquorPig]

It's 8:00 AM, 30 minutes left in a 90 minute mash, 2.5 gallon BIAB stout.

3# 2 row
.5 # roasted barley
.5 # choc. malt
1 # flaked barley

Dough in at 157 or so, down to 155 for bulk of mash.

60 minute boil with 1.5 oz Northern Brewer for 45. Pitching a Notty slurry from my last stout batch.

Ready. Set. Go.

[mstead]

Now that's dedication to the craft!