What's everyone brewing?
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I hope to God to brew something before this year is done.....
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I'm in the same boat. Haven't brewed since the summer.mr x wrote:I hope to God to brew something before this year is done.....
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Same herejeffsmith wrote:I'm in the same boat. Haven't brewed since the summer.mr x wrote:I hope to God to brew something before this year is done.....
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
planning on brewing an Irish Red, and a hoppy apa next week.
planning to fill these for superbowl
planning to fill these for superbowl
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I need to stockpile for Superbowl too, I hope to have all 5 kegs filled by then (less what I drink in the meantime)
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Going to brew a cream ale today.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
What did you have in mind? Maybe we could do a collaboration over the Holiday?bluenose wrote:I need to stockpile for Superbowl too, I hope to have all 5 kegs filled by then (less what I drink in the meantime)
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Absolutelyjtmwhyte wrote:What did you have in mind? Maybe we could do a collaboration over the Holiday?bluenose wrote:I need to stockpile for Superbowl too, I hope to have all 5 kegs filled by then (less what I drink in the meantime)
I'd like a variety... IPA, stout, Cream, Keiths 1917, and something TBD
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I've been itching to do an American Stout for months. Maybe we could rip one out? What does your schedule look like over the holidays? I'm off for 15 days but am also in Cape Breton from the 27th to the 30th.bluenose wrote:Absolutelyjtmwhyte wrote:What did you have in mind? Maybe we could do a collaboration over the Holiday?bluenose wrote:I need to stockpile for Superbowl too, I hope to have all 5 kegs filled by then (less what I drink in the meantime)
I'd like a variety... IPA, stout, Cream, Keiths 1917, and something TBD
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PM sentjtmwhyte wrote:I've been itching to do an American Stout for months. Maybe we could rip one out? What does your schedule look like over the holidays? I'm off for 15 days but am also in Cape Breton from the 27th to the 30th.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Finally got around to brewing this one todayLiverDance wrote:Going to brew a cream ale today.
"Twenty years ago — a time, by the way, that hops such as Simcoe and Citra were already being developed, but weren’t about to find immediate popularity — there wasn’t a brewer on earth who would have gone to the annual Hop Growers of American convention and said, “I’m going to have a beer that we make 4,000 barrels of, one time a year. It flies off the shelf at damn near $20 a six-pack, and you know what it smells like? It smells like your cat ate your weed and then pissed in the Christmas tree.” - Bell’s Brewery Director of Operations John Mallet on the scent of their popular Hopslam.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I'm brewing batch # 2 of my Wit beer, really enjoying this beer, however have fine tuned it a bit more.
Also will be brewing my first attempt at an Altbier (want a few test runs in before the advent).
Also will be brewing my first attempt at an Altbier (want a few test runs in before the advent).
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Mashed in on a Kolsch from BCS while watching Canada vs Slovakia.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I have my first crack at a iipa on the go right now, and I'm likely going to try and get a Weiss in
Before tomorrow night.
Before tomorrow night.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Hoping to keg two IPAs tonight and perhaps brew up my "Good beer for people who like bad beer".
Fermenting: Oud bruin/Vienna Pekko SMaSH
On tap: Nelson dry hopped Berliner/ Scottish Heavy 70-/ NE IPA
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Just doughed in an American Brown Ale (Janet's). First time brewing in a long time - too long.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
John, any recent changes to your brew rig?John G wrote:Just doughed in an American Brown Ale (Janet's). First time brewing in a long time - too long.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Yep. I've added a plate chiller with brew pump and upgraded my thermocouple with an RTD sensor. The thermocouple was way off so I just ordered the RTD kit from Auber. Temperatures are bang on now.RubberToe wrote:John, any recent changes to your brew rig?John G wrote:Just doughed in an American Brown Ale (Janet's). First time brewing in a long time - too long.
The plate chiller from OBK is great; I still have to do a review of it for him to send out real world performance specs. It saves me time and water compared to my immersion chiller that no longer fit in my brew kettle very well with the electric element installed.
Brewing is getting easier, but somehow I'm brewing less. Go figure.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
I like the Auber RTD too, thinking of getting another.
You must use a hop spider or other filter for your hops with the plate chiller?
I know what you mean by brewing less...
You must use a hop spider or other filter for your hops with the plate chiller?
I know what you mean by brewing less...
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What's everyone making this weekend?
Yes, I use a SS screen fashioned into a home made hop stopper that seems to work pretty well although it's tricky to clean afterwards since I have it attached to the kettle dip tube with a hose clamp.RubberToe wrote:I like the Auber RTD too, thinking of getting another.
You must use a hop spider or other filter for your hops with the plate chiller?
Brewing went well. I took some liberties with the recipe based on what I had on hand for hops and grain. I'm looking forward to drinking something other than my not-very-sour Berliner Weisse that is the only thing on tap at the moment.
Next up is a Kern River Citra Double IPA inspired brew and then maybe a Weissbier for Mr. Girard to comment on. He's German trained so hopefully gives some good feedback.
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Just mashed in an APA. Irish Red is next
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Superbowl brew. And my first kegged beer
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Brewing up my house Red Ale 
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Re: What's everyone making this weekend?
Brewing today instead of Saturday. Altbier and Hefeweizen 
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