[toby]

Brewing 20 gallons of a blonde king cake stout tomorrow (i.e. later today) for an Iron Brewer event in February.  All pale malt (except a nominal amount of Carafoam for head retention and mouthfeel) with cacao, coffee, etc. to get the stout and king cake flavors.

[dannyjed]

I'm finally getting around to brew an IPA with Equinox hops.

[HoosierBrew]

I'm finally getting around to brew an IPA with Equinox hops.

Sounds good. I'll be curious to see what you think. They're nice hops.

[Eric Perkins]

Weissbier. 62% Wheat. 38% Vienna. Hallertauer and Saphir. 37F in the garage.

[duboman]

Well its not the weekend but its finally above freezing! 10 gallon batch of Pilsner that will be split. Half with S-23 and half with S-34/70. One half will be my house pilsner and the other will become a dry hopped version.

I'm really enjoying the larger batch size to be able to essentially brew two different beers in one session:)

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[brewinhard]

Well its not the weekend but its finally above freezing! 10 gallon batch of Pilsner that will be split. Half with S-23 and half with S-34/70. One half will be my house pilsner and the other will become a dry hopped version.

I'm really enjoying the larger batch size to be able to essentially brew two different beers in one session:)

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I would skip the S-23 (its garbage for a pilsner), and just pitch both 34/70, unless you can whip up a good starter of a different liquid strain. Just my 2 cents though. 

[duboman]

Never used 23 and thought I'd give it a try, using it on the hoppy lager half of the batch, we'll see....

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[blatz]

wound up brewing a hoppy Vienna lager - was supposed to be 1.056/30 ibus with some late Mitt/Tett and Saaz, but for the 4th beer in a row, ive gotten 7-8% higher efficiency than usual at 87% so it ended up at 1.062.   Will be interesting to see what turns out.

[HoosierBrew]

but for the 4th beer in a row, ive gotten 7-8% higher efficiency than usual at 87% so it ended up at 1.062.   Will be interesting to see what turns out.

Using Avangard malts by chance ? I get consistently better extraction with their pils.  ~ 4 OG points high consistently - I account for it now in software.

[blatz]

but for the 4th beer in a row, ive gotten 7-8% higher efficiency than usual at 87% so it ended up at 1.062.   Will be interesting to see what turns out.

Using Avangard malts by chance ? I get consistently better extraction with their pils.  ~ 4 OG points high consistently - I account for it now in software.

no this one was all Weyermann, before that was a Helles with Best and Weyermann, a Scotch with Simpsons, and an IIPA with Rahr and Weyermann. 

so all over the place LOL.

just odd that I've gotten such a bump without any correlation to any other changes - I'm consistent in my methods.

[pete b]

Brewing 20 gallons of a blonde king cake stout tomorrow (i.e. later today) for an Iron Brewer event in February.  All pale malt (except a nominal amount of Carafoam for head retention and mouthfeel) with cacao, coffee, etc. to get the stout and king cake flavors.

Is that the cake with the baby in it? Will there be a baby in the beer?

[toby]

Brewing 20 gallons of a blonde king cake stout tomorrow (i.e. later today) for an Iron Brewer event in February.  All pale malt (except a nominal amount of Carafoam for head retention and mouthfeel) with cacao, coffee, etc. to get the stout and king cake flavors.

Is that the cake with the baby in it? Will there be a baby in the beer?

It was originally a bean, but when plastics became more prevalent, they switched to using plastic babies.  However, they stopped putting babies in them in the 80s due to liability lawsuit potential (somebody could break a tooth or choke).  We considered doing random cups with babies in them, but we're probably just going to do beads.  No quid pro quo like Bourbon St., though.  lol

[jeffy]

Brewing 20 gallons of a blonde king cake stout tomorrow (i.e. later today) for an Iron Brewer event in February.  All pale malt (except a nominal amount of Carafoam for head retention and mouthfeel) with cacao, coffee, etc. to get the stout and king cake flavors.

Is that the cake with the baby in it? Will there be a baby in the beer?

It was originally a bean, but when plastics became more prevalent, they switched to using plastic babies.  However, they stopped putting babies in them in the 80s due to liability lawsuit potential (somebody could break a tooth or choke).  We considered doing random cups with babies in them, but we're probably just going to do beads.  No quid pro quo like Bourbon St., though.  lol

Once we were visiting New Orleans around carnival time and left a King Cake on the kitchen counter, which the dog found and munched on.  When we found the little plastic baby we were all, "the dingo ate my baby!"

[brewinhard]

Closing in on the last few minutes of a Munich Helles boil.  Maybe I'll get the "it" factor on this one! 

[Wort-H.O.G.]

another 145F/159F step mash on an all saaz (40ibu) pilsner (47.5% avangard pils, 47.5% weyermann floor malted pils, 5% carahell) planned for this weekend.