Random brewing pics

[RubberToe]

No peppers this year 'hotpepperdaddy'?

I have been terribly negligent in that area...

[LeafMan66_67]

Strike water heating for a wet brew day.

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[canuck]

Derek, you're definitely getting an early start!!

[GAM]

Younger kids will do that to you.

Sandy

[LeafMan66_67]

Derek, you're definitely getting an early start!!

Double brew day today. And I held off for an hour so I wouldn't freak out the neighbors! Appears I get a downpour every time I venture outside. Oh well. It's only water!

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[canuck]

Younger kids will do that to you.

Sandy

I certainly know that all too well.

[canuck]

Derek, you're definitely getting an early start!!

Double brew day today. And I held off for an hour so I wouldn't freak out the neighbors! Appears I get a downpour every time I venture outside. Oh well. It's only water!

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Nice, what are you brewing today? I brewed a RIS yesterday, and since the weather is going to be shitty all weekend I may brew again today or tomorrow. Was thinking about brewing the Atomic Smashbomb clone.

[LeafMan66_67]

Shane,
I doing kind of a mysrery mild this morning, some leftover grain from a milling incident I had a while back. Weight and proportion should make a nice mild, and I'm using up a bunch of American hops I had in the freezer - so no real style, but a 3.5% hoppy mild.

Later will be an IPA I like to keep on hand and tomorrow will likely be Jeffs Bees Knees Pale Ale.

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[jacinthebox]

Jacinthebox:
Would pasteurization work with flip top bottles, or would they have to be capped?
How many bottles would you guess you'll need to open before you find the carbon level is right?

I've heard that the flip top bottles may be an issue...the gaskets slipping and gas escaping.

I'll bottle in beer bottles, cap them and let the carb up for 3 days at room temps...I guess the guys that have done this are having them fully carb'd in 3 days.

I plan to place them in my cooler, adding 180-190 degrees water for 10 min.

It's all finished up now...SG 1.067, FG 1.002. I'll let ir sit for a few more days, them bottle...If all goes well, the will be taking a hot bath Thursday night, and I'll be sampling them Friday night at Stan-Fest.

Tastes like Lemon Wine right now

[glassgiant]

I hope you'll keep us updated. Losing 3 bottles is not so bad. I was picturing a dozen! I'd love to do a hard lemonade, but I've got a white and RIS fermenting right now, that I don't have bottles for. The summer would be nearly over by the time it was ready. Maybe next summer.

[jacinthebox]

some pics from brew weekend...

Fri...Belgian Blonde
Sat... Roggenbier & Vanilla Porter

For Sat, we tested out brewing with 2 full sets of gear..worked out well...Mashed in @ 3pm....done and all cleaned up by 7:30pm

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[jacinthebox]

I hope you'll keep us updated. Losing 3 bottles is not so bad. I was picturing a dozen! I'd love to do a hard lemonade, but I've got a white and RIS fermenting right now, that I don't have bottles for. The summer would be nearly over by the time it was ready. Maybe next summer.

It take less than two weeks to bang this out, and 20 min to brew...grab some bottles from the recycle depot

[jeffsmith]

Think it might be time for a bigger kettle. Even with fermcap this freaks the fuck out of me every brew day.

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[canuck]

Racking my pale ale onto 6 pounds of blueberries.

[mr x]

That color will be sweet.

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[canuck]

I made it last summer as well, and it was a little odd at first drinking a purple beer. Not the manliest looking beer. lol I much prefer using real blueberries over extract, such a much more natural taste to me. I upped the amount of blueberries this time around from 5 pounds last year to 6 pounds this year.

This is last year's batch.

[LeafMan66_67]

I made it last summer as well, and it was a little odd at first drinking a purple beer. Not the manliest looking beer. lol I much prefer using real blueberries over extract, such a much more natural taste to me. I upped the amount of blueberries this time around from 5 pounds last year to 6 pounds this year.

This is last year's batch.

How long do you leave it on the blueberries?

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[canuck]

I made it last summer as well, and it was a little odd at first drinking a purple beer. Not the manliest looking beer. lol I much prefer using real blueberries over extract, such a much more natural taste to me. I upped the amount of blueberries this time around from 5 pounds last year to 6 pounds this year.

This is last year's batch.

How long do you leave it on the blueberries?

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I leave it on the blueberries for 10 days or so.

[ethier.sc]

A little hump day brewing action with 2hands1mouth

[LiverDance]

Getting the fruit ready for my lambic

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[jeffsmith]

Grain bill for tomorrow's brew: Pils, Rye and Vienna (and some clear candi sugar).

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[jtmwhyte]

Last night's bitter in action

[dean2k]

Bottling a test mild that uses abbey malt. Messed up my boil and got a little too mild at 3% so mixed results it seems.

[jacinthebox]

I hope you'll keep us updated. Losing 3 bottles is not so bad. I was picturing a dozen! I'd love to do a hard lemonade, but I've got a white and RIS fermenting right now, that I don't have bottles for. The summer would be nearly over by the time it was ready. Maybe next summer.

2nd batch is bottled, just need to carbon for 3 days, and then a hot water bath. I used 8 cups of sugar to back sweeten it this time. Tastes really good, even tho it's flat.

[GuingesRock]

I got my son a magnifying glass at Dollarama last weekend. I've absconded with it....I do let him borrow it from time to time though.

Hard to take a good picture, but it really helps with taking the reading.