Brewing the last weekend of 2012

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  1. CASK1

    CASK1 Pundit (951) Jan 7, 2010 Florida

    I got an early start and just hit the boil on a Dortmunder Export. What about you?
     
  2. pointyskull

    pointyskull Zealot (651) Mar 17, 2010 Illinois
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    Nothing. I have a hearty surplus of homebrew - plus I need to cut my consumption a bit as part of my weight loss plan :grimacing:
     
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  3. MMAJYK

    MMAJYK Initiate (0) Jun 26, 2007 Georgia

    Mosaic IPA. Really looking forward to this brewday!
     
  4. BobCS

    BobCS Initiate (0) Sep 15, 2006 New York

    Gearing up for brewing a Belgian Strong Golden on Sunday, racking an IPA to keg, and a barleywine to secondary.
     
  5. NiceFly

    NiceFly Initiate (0) Dec 22, 2011 Tajikistan

    I have a few finished beers to keg.

    I may brew a massive Weizenbock with an OG of 1.130 or so, if not that then a Porter. These are the next two in my pipeline and will just about exhaust the current stock of supplies.
     
  6. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,326) May 21, 2010 Texas
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    I am probably brewing Juniper Pale Ale II tomorrow. And bottling Bleach Blonde Ale II as well. Gotta get one more in before 2013... :grinning:

    Next year will start off with an ESB, then ???

    I may be in the mood to try a double IPA sometime during January. :astonished:
     
  7. jlpred55

    jlpred55 Initiate (0) Jul 26, 2006 Iowa

    i just racked an IPA into keg and added dry hops. Will let that sit for a week at room temp then into the keezer. Also plan on kegging an ESB later tonight while consuming other beers. This weekend brewing a Munich Helles...hopefully, it is pretty cold and snowy here which is great but it is almost too cold to brew!
     
  8. Naugled

    Naugled Pooh-Bah (1,882) Sep 25, 2007 New York
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    No brewing for the last week of 2012, but I am looking forward to brewing the first week of 2013. Lager season is almost here for me.
     
  9. dethTr0ll

    dethTr0ll Initiate (0) Dec 7, 2010 Delaware

    I made my starter before leaveing for work today. Doing a chinook ipa tomorrow. Im really looking forword to it.
     
  10. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (960) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    No brewing, but I have 24 gallons of a Belgian dark strong to bottle. It will have to wait tho., threw the back out yesterday cleaning up after a storm.
     
  11. 33nickadams

    33nickadams Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2010 Michigan

    Got a pound of Celeia hops for X-mas and doing an ale to see what they are like. So far so good. Also having a homebrewed west coast IPA. Is there anything better than drinking your own beer while making more beer?
     
  12. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,326) May 21, 2010 Texas
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    Drinking more than one of your own homebrews with friends while you're making a new batch of homebrew? :sunglasses:

    Do tell how the celeia hops taste!
     
  13. 33nickadams

    33nickadams Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2010 Michigan

    True that! I'll tell you what though...this is the first and last time I'll try cooling down in a snowbank...wtf??
     
  14. mnstorm99

    mnstorm99 Initiate (0) May 11, 2007 Minnesota

    Some sort of a Belma IPA on Monday, did the starter on some harvested and washed WLP007 today. Gotta get one done for me as my only free weekends of January will be used up brewing for a couple of different barrels our HBC acquired.
     
  15. mnstorm99

    mnstorm99 Initiate (0) May 11, 2007 Minnesota

    I am guessing many of us have learned that it doesn't work. Amazing how well snow can insulate, isn't it.
     
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  16. 33nickadams

    33nickadams Initiate (0) Apr 12, 2010 Michigan

    I know it now. I'm at about 90 degrees and 1 and 1/2 hours in. The wife just asked why didn't I just use the wort chiller. I said shut up woman.
     
  17. ZimZamZoom

    ZimZamZoom Initiate (0) Dec 5, 2005 West Virginia

    I brewed a Northwest IPA yesterday for my last session of 2012. Plenty of Warrior and Citra hops and pitched a healthy starter of Wyeast 1332. Next week a big black IPA goes onto the cake.

    2012 was a good year for me, 28 sessions (one was a ten gallon, the rest five), and after a slow start I kept six or seven taps running all year. Looking forward to the same in 2013.
     
  18. TheMonkfish

    TheMonkfish Initiate (0) Jan 8, 2012 Chad

    I just pitched an AG Sculpin clone at 8:05 AM, an all time early record for me.
     
  19. kjyost

    kjyost Initiate (0) May 4, 2008 Canada (MB)

    Once I even used snow & water saturated in my tub. It took a few hours even with mixing the wort and moving the water in opposite directions. The added bonus is I ruined the finish on our tub (it is a crappy old beige thing, but I still didn't make friends with my wife when it happened).

    I have had it chill in about 90 minutes in -30 with a wind though...
     
  20. udubdawg

    udubdawg Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2006 Kansas

    Belgian pale ale now, with German Pils coming up in a couple days. may throw together a mead or two as well.

    cheers--
    --Michael
     
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