Labor Day weekend brewing, anyone?

The academic year begins next week, so brewing is out of the picture for a while. In preparation for this down-time, I had 4 beers in fermenters, three of which merit some attention at this time:

• Transfer oaked-biere de garde to secondary for lagering. Just completed. I had about 4 cups extra, so I get to drink some flat homebrew, really nice in the oak/malt complementarity.
• Go to local brew pub for dinner.
• Keg/carbonate oatmeal stout.
• Keg/dry hop rye pale ale.
• Wash three bucket fermenters, airlocks, racking cane, and siphon hose, etc.

 

Oh yeah! Big brew day on Saturday with a hopped up amber and autumn maple type beer

 

Brewing a big ass pepper RIS...can't wait!

 

Might go for a Rye Saison with East Coast Yeast Saison Blend.

 

I am making a big ol RIS. Probably gonna do half the batch on oak and bourbon and the other half regular but thats down the road.

 

Not brewing, just consuming with a friend who's getting married. weekend after I should be making 5 gallons of IPA based on Two Hearted.

 

brewing my first BIAB (3 gallon) tomorrow, a CDA. Then Saturday after I get off work I'll be doing a chocolate stout to put on a Wyeast 3068 (weihenstphan) cake to make a "belgian style" stout for the fall. Hoping for a chocolate banana something.

 

30 gallons, we made up the first 15 gallons last weekend and will be brewing whatever else we need to fill up the barrel today.

 

Lots to do. New chest freezer (being turned into a keezer) is going to be delivered on Sat. Need to change o-rings / clean my kegs, build my temp controller (have most of the parts), bottle my Blueberry Berliner, and if I have time, brew an inaugural beer for when I get the Keezer done in a few weeks.

 

Just curious, where did you get your cherries?

 

I will be brewing an Imperial Pumpkin Ale, and an Oktoberfest this weekend

 

Plan finalized. 10 gallons of an Alt wort to be split between WLP011 (Euro ale) and WLP051 (Cali V) dry hopped with cascades.

 

Take 2 Saturday on our American IPA got everything last night!! Yeast is starting up and we're brewing at 2:00 PM substituted Wyeast 1056 with Whitelabs California V Ale and Simcoe for Galena hops (none left) should be interesting. We also fixed a couple of newbie mistakes from last time. Increased mash temperature for fuller body and we will pitch our yeast at a healthy 70F this time around!!!

 

Brewed my last extract batch. Next batch is all grain!

 

Congrats man - AG is the way to go!!

Mashed in about a half hour ago...so far so good!! 24+ lbs of grain for a 5.5 gallon batch...

 

I'm brewing a decently sized Chocolate Oatmeal Porter.. Gonna toss some dutched cocoa in the last 10 minutes, or maybe some nibs I have sitting around.

Debating if I want to age it on some vanilla beans, but I've got time to think about that, and taste it when it's done.

 

Brewing 5 gallons of a 7% English Brown and transferring an American IPA, which is going to be dry hopped with a couple ounces of Citra and Centennial. Oh, buying a chest freezer too!

 

Thinking of brewing a batch to give to groomsmen and family for my upcoming wedding, but have not decided: shooting for Barley-wine style or a porter.

 

Shit.. Reading this reminds me I sat on my ass all day, and I did not empty my carboys in primary today.

Need to move an IPA over to the keg to dry hop, and then maybe continue to be lazy and leave the blonde in the fermenter.. hahah I just need a cleared primary for this porter in the morning.

 

Have 10 gal to keg and kinda wanna brew. Have a brewer out of town with a 10 gal batch of ingredients he wants me to brew for him. and also thinking of doing an extract/fructose beer while mashing. but like fatcity above i kinda wanna just sit on my ass all weekend and drink whats already in the keg.