What's everyone brewing?

[jtmwhyte]

Mash PH 5.1 this time. That's better. I like to be between 5.1 and 5.3. The longer brew day gave me time to tidy my beer room and arrange my new kegs that came yesterday.

Mark,

How do you know how much phosphoric acid to add to the mash? I'm starting to to tinker about with water profiles in 3 gallon batches and was curious how you went about correcting pH...

[GuingesRock]

Mash PH 5.1 this time. That's better. I like to be between 5.1 and 5.3. The longer brew day gave me time to tidy my beer room and arrange my new kegs that came yesterday.

Mark,

How do you know how much phosphoric acid to add to the mash? I'm starting to to tinker about with water profiles in 3 gallon batches and was curious how you went about correcting pH...

I modified EZ water (don't tell them) so it calculates 85% phosphoric acid. Attached is the chemistry used for the Poolside Blonde. Caution when you use it. I haven't fully perfected the modification but it usually works out for me. For example, my brew today was supposed to be a mash PH of 5.23 and it ended up being 5.1. You could get that kind of variance if you try using the modified sheet. No swearing at me if you use it.

Plus, once you have done a brew and got it right, all roughly similar grain bills will be the same. That's what went wrong today, I was in automatic mode and didn't look at what I calculated for the mild, which had a vastly different grain bill.

[LiverDance]

Brewing an all Vienna ale today

[jtmwhyte]

I'm going to do a Bohemian Pilsner either tomorrow or Friday and then an all Vienna Belgian Pale Ale

[RubberToe]

I have my grain bill crushed and my water pre heating for a DIPA I'm brewing first thing in the morning. This is my calendar brew.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

Kegged my Oktoberfest I brewed in July, fermented a month with lager yeast then dropped to 2 degrees for 6 weeks. First homebrew I've been very pleased with in ages.

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[jeffsmith]

Looks awesome!

[RubberToe]

Yeah, that's looking great! Gonna have to figure out how to get some of that...

[mthibodeau]

Making an English Ale extract kit I picked up from Dave

[pet lion]

Brewing an Imperial Stout which will get some time on oak cubes.

[McGruff]

Brewed a Blonde Ale with Pils malt and toasted wheat flakes. Saaz @ 60. Wyeast 1007.

[mcgster]

Trying to recreate my IPA recipe from the National Capital Homebrew comp on a much smaller scale!

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[jacinthebox]

I'm hoping to brew my Big Spruce beer...and 10gal of Dos Amigo

[Broob]

Made my Mild for the exchange last night. Smelled good. Did a last minute swap of EKG for Bramling Cross. Hope it was a good idea.

[jeffsmith]

Brewed my rye Saison yesterday for the exchange.

[mumblecrunch]

Got my Wheat Porter done for the exchange today. First brew in the 15g pot so I was nervous. Came pretty close to hitting my OG and volume though.

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[Keith]

I must say all the talk of beer is making me thirsty

[Hub Brewer]

I made 10 gal of Big Spruce beer last night. Pitched equal amounts of rehydrated us-05 into both carboys, one took off a couple hours ago, the other is still thinking about it. I'll give it another couple of hours before I start experimenting with that half of the batch with whatever yeast I can find in the back of my fridge.

[Jimmy]

Decided I'm going to pound out a quick batch of an American Wheat/Rye for the Big Spruce competition..have a bunch of wheat I need to use up, and some rye that's also been kicking around for a while. Going to brew it this evening.

[FooFytr]

I brewed 2 all-grain, 1 gallon batches.... Got a little tipsy and pitched far too much yeast in the first one .. Next day's batch had a too little water, boiled off more than I should have

Brew and learn .. I'll get it down sometime !!!

Cheers

[Keith]

I brewed 2 all-grain, 1 gallon batches.... Got a little tipsy and pitched far too much yeast in the first one .. Next day's batch had a too little water, boiled off more than I should have

Brew and learn .. I'll get it down sometime !!!

Cheers

It's all about learning, the curve is steep and intimidating at first, but it levels out.

[TJ Brew]

Have a trio of beers planned for the weekend.

Dubbel with palm sugar, because, well Saskatoon has very little selection of brewing adjuncts, and I think it will impart an interesting flavour. Supposedly more fructose than sucrose, but I have no idea.

AK 1917, I flubbed the first batch I made here in Saskatoon...turns out if you don't rinse out your chlorine detergent solution from your system, your beer tastes like cleaning solution ... this is why you should enjoy the beer after brewing, not before...

Christmas beer. Cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon and star anise.

Shakedown brews for my upgrades to my brewing system. New mash tun, and affiliated parts.

[GuingesRock]

Making my Big Spruce American wheat today - "Milky Way Galaxy 11". Never guess what hops it has.

Yeah, my favorite - Galaxy.

[LeafMan66_67]

Making my Big Spruce American wheat today - "Milky Way Galaxy 11". Never guess what hops it has.

Yeah, my favorite - Galaxy.

Making mine tomorrow - top secret st this point

(haven't finalised recipe yet)

[GuingesRock]

Have a gander at my recipe today when you are here picking up the kegs + let me know what you think.