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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by adams81 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:27 pm

Just put a BCS Irish Red into the fermenter. Smells delicious!

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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by JohnnyMac » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:16 am

Just about to mash in on a standard bitter.
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Post by spuds » Sun Nov 17, 2013 2:38 pm

Cooler weather I decided to try a darker beer. My first Stout.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Tony L » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:07 pm

Just pitched the yeast to a APA hopped with Cascade for bittering and Citra and Calypso for flavour/aroma

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Post by dexter » Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:05 pm

Cloned blvd single wide, hoping it turns out well I didn't get a hop schedule

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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Hub Brewer » Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:01 am

First of two attempts at my Garrison Brew-off weizen. Going to try slight variations and see which one turns out better (less bad?) Couldn't get my act together in time for the Big Spruce comp so I'm trying to make up for it with this one.

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Post by Keith » Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:35 pm

It's not the weekend but putting on a West Coast IPA, and a Festa Dry (Hosting a family event on Dec 7th). Enjoying a few Sleeman Honey Browns.
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Post by gm- » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:04 am

Going to make a simple english pale ale with the Whitbread ale yeast cake from my last standard bitter. Probably just MO, Carastan and aromatic, and whitbread golding for hops

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Post by LiverDance » Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:06 pm

Brewing a hefeweizen test batch for the garrison comp with chalmers X)
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Tony L » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:43 am

Did another APA yesterday with Cascade, Citra and Calypso.

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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Keith » Thu Nov 28, 2013 4:41 pm

I'm putting on a sweet cherry London porter Sunday after Kegging the west coast IPA.
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Post by jtmwhyte » Thu Nov 28, 2013 5:18 pm

Tonight is a Hybrid Nut Brown/American Brown with Styrian Goldings and Northern Brewer... A real bastard ale.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by James » Fri Nov 29, 2013 2:16 pm

Finally bottling my Egg Nog Milk Stout tonight!

With lazy yeast bugs to start and fermenting temps that were all over the place; I hope this is drinkable.
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Post by GuingesRock » Sun Dec 01, 2013 5:42 pm

Kirsten and Keely (redoubt) are around here doing their first AG brew....Champagne Cascade Blonde.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by mr x » Sun Dec 01, 2013 7:48 pm

Very nice. :cheers:
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Keith » Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:01 pm

Just finished brewing what will be my first ever truly my own recipe beer.... gonna suck to be the judges at garrisons hb comp haha. However it may be truly amazing. 15 days til I have the first batch on tap.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Keith » Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:06 pm

GuingesRock wrote:Kirsten and Keely (redoubt) are around here doing their first AG brew....Champagne Cascade Blonde.
Obviously they didn't drink enough at mooooooovember.... they are able to stand on chairs the next day. wasn't the requirements a double dose of the shocker?
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Post by pet lion » Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:07 am

Making an old ale. I had made a plum old ale a year ago and thought the base beer was really good. Was still doing partial mashes then so had to rework the recipe for all grain. Maris Otter, Crystal 120 and 60. Again using Challenger and Fuggles for the hops. Going to try to hold onto a number of bottles long enough to have this brew live up to its name.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by redoubt » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:26 pm

keithforbes wrote:Obviously they didn't drink enough at mooooooovember.... they are able to stand on chairs the next day. wasn't the requirements a double dose of the shocker?
Hey now! I helped myself to the 20%(ish) shocker! A bit too much of it, really. Good stuff, though, and shockingly (ha ha) smooth and easy drinking. Don't know if you saw the "load of bitches" vid, but a lady needs some shocker before *that* happens. ;)

I hope brewing your very first "own brew" went well!

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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by redoubt » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:28 pm

GuingesRock wrote:Kirsten and Keely (redoubt) are around here doing their first AG brew....Champagne Cascade Blonde.
Thanks again, Mark, for letting us get in your way for a day. We had a lot of fun and all-grain brewing no longer seems so big, bad, and terrifying.

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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Keith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:14 pm

Nope didn't see the load of bitches vid lol. However I think my first beer do well. Find out in a few weeks :)
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Post by redoubt » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:25 pm

keithforbes wrote:Nope didn't see the load of bitches vid lol. However I think my first beer do well. Find out in a few weeks :)
Good to hear. It must be very satisfying to make your own recipe for the first time. It was the sweet cherry London porter? Sounds delicious! I hope it turns out as well as it sounds.

Let's just say I wouldn't normally be one third of a load of bitches... :lol:

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Post by GuingesRock » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:39 pm

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Let's just say I wouldn't normally be one third of a load of bitches... :lol:

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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?

Post by Keith » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:42 pm

Nah that is a boxed kit a buddy wanted me to make. I'm just adding the cherry. But it does sound great. My first brew is The Forgotten Wit, I'm extremely curious on how it is going to turn out. Anxious really.
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Post by GuingesRock » Mon Dec 02, 2013 11:19 pm

redoubt wrote:
GuingesRock wrote:Kirsten and Keely (redoubt) are around here doing their first AG brew....Champagne Cascade Blonde.
Thanks again, Mark, for letting us get in your way for a day. We had a lot of fun and all-grain brewing no longer seems so big, bad, and terrifying.

-Kirsten and Keely
I enjoyed every minute of it! and thanks for the help. I'll get that keg to you when it's done. Oh I forgot, you're coming around to keg it too after a 4 day ferment in the brew kettle with US-05 for keg conditioning (the guys are screaming at me now). It's going to be awesome. You two hit all the numbers spot on...you're not supposed to say that because it never happens, so it sounds fake, but we have witnesses...kind of a fluke, but you did it.

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