[tommymorris]

This afternoon a student worker at our university gifted me with half a grocery bag of fresh hops -- he wasn't sure what they were, but the LHBS lady thinks Cascade. I rearranged my schedule to get to the LHBS tonight and prep for an early brew day tomorrow (I'm an early riser, so if I don't have my strike water heating by 5:30 AM I consider myself wasting the day away). The fresh hops are in the fridge in a bag. I'm doing my take on Denny Conn's Wry Smile, something I brewed five or six times a few years back, nearly always with great results. Bittering with Columbus, then a massive whirlpool with the wet hops. Using White Labs San Diego yeast because the LHBS was out of Wyeast American Ale II.

The student worker (who is of drinking age  ) is very excited that I am doing this and it may push me into getting a beer gun so I can bottle from a keg, or I might give him a growler. Haven't bottled since I started kegging several years ago. Funny, two weeks ago was my first brew in 14 months and now I'm rushing to do a second! I finally made a brew gear checklist to make it easy to bring my gear from garage to kitchen (I brew 3 gallon batches and use the kitchen gas range).

Nice.

- formerly alestateyall.

[BrewBama]

I am re-brewing the American Pale Ale I brewed a few beers ago.  It’s based on Sierra Nevada Pale Ale https://www.sierranevada.com/beer/year-round/pale-ale  This was a very tasty beer. When the keg kicked I mourned.  If I get a chance to participate in the local Homebrew Fest 15 Sep this will be the beer I take.



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[chumley]

This weekend I brewed a Czech pilsner

10 gallons, OG 1.060*

19 lbs. Weyermann floor-malted Bohemian pilsner malt
0.5 lbs. Weyermann Carafoam
0.75 lbs. Dingemann Caramel pils

Mash at 152° for 90 min

6 oz. Saaz FWH
1 oz. Horizon 90 min
2 oz. Saaz 10 min
2 oz. Saaz knockout

Two fermentors pitched with 34/70.

*I boiled for 3 hours and ended up only collecting 8 gallons of 1.060 wort.  I plan on adding boiled then cooled water at kegging to get an effective OG of around 1.050.

[tommymorris]

Chinook Blonde for the Scott Mackenzie HomeBrew Fest.


- formerly alestateyall.

Chinook Blonde for Scott Mackenzie HomeBrew Festival. Rebrew due to infection.


- formerly alestateyall.

[jeffy]

Just finished a Pilsner.  I tried to use some low O2 methods.
No cursing, so it was a good brew day.

[dannyjed]

Brewed a Festbier today.


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[kpfoleyjr]

My first attempt at a clone - an Edmund Fitzgerald Porter.


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[James K]

What’s brewing his Labor Day?
1.083 West coast IPA, but I’m guessing it’s going to be a bit bigger because I mashed in low and boiled for 75 minutes.
Calling it: make it rain NoCoast IPA because it was raining pretty much the whole brew and i don’t live close to the coast. 91 ibu 7srm. Adding 2ml of hop oils at kegging.

Also, thicc oatmeal stout is now on tap, pouring from intertap stout spout, nice and creamy. 20% oats.

Cheers!

[Wilbur]

I've got a wet Hop Kölsch for a competition I'm running. WL German ale/Kölsch yeast and comet wet hops.

[tommymorris]

American Pale Ale

93.3% Pale Ale Malt
6.7% Caramel 60
37 IBU Centennial FWH
0.75 oz/3G Centennial @ 1
0.75 oz/3G Centennial hop stand
MJ M44 US West Coast Ale
Amber Dry water.

I am copying BrewBama.


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[chumley]

This has been an incredible growing season for apples in Montana this year, and being someone who has a cider press, Sunday I made 5 gallons of cider, using apples from three different neighbor's trees.  Only one I know the variety of was McIntosh, which probably provided 60% of the juice.  The other two was a sweet (10%) snd a smaller tart variety (30%).

I added 5 crushed Campden tablets and let it sit until Monday night, when I added 3 packets of Munton's Gold yeast and a gram of Fermaid K.  Bubbling nicely this morning when I checked on it.  I plan on racking to a secondary carboy in a couple of weeks, then kegging it with a can or two of apple juice concentrate right around Thanksgiving.

[Iliff Ave]

Vienna inspired amber adjunct lager

74% Vienna
15% Flaked Corn
10% Pilsner
1% carafa II

Amber balanced water

Bitter with Sterling and at 10 minutes for ~30 IBU

S-189

[dannyjed]

Vienna inspired amber adjunct lager

74% Vienna
15% Flaked Corn
10% Pilsner
1% carafa II

Amber balanced water

Bitter with Sterling and at 10 minutes for ~30 IBU

S-189

That sounds good. I haven’t made a Vienna Lager in a couple of years. Maybe, I’ll make one in a few weeks. This weekend I’m going to brew Denny’s Noti Brown with different hops.


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[goose]

brewing my ESB today.  Early start 5:30 AM EDT due to commitment at 1 PM.  3/4 of the way done with the boil right now.

[Robert]

I just started a Texas Brown Ale.  Smooth sailing so far.


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Texas Brown, cool.  I'm finding myself drawn to old school styles lately.