Brewing Activities (2021)

It's been awhile since i posted... is there a trick to attaching photos?

 

Copy the Direct Link, i.e. the link to the actual .jpg file, not the link to the imgur page that displayed the pic. Then, in your BA post, click the little picture icon on the formatting/editing bar and paste the link there.

 

I have a gift card from Christmas to use. What do you all think of this? https://www.anvilbrewing.com/product-p/anv-crucible-14gal.htm

 

Nice but are you getting the cooling system. It would be too heavy to move around.

 

I probably would but don’t underestimate my strength

 

Is this an Anvil Brewing specific gift card?

 

That’s some nice bottling/labeling.

 

My rigged setup for starters when the house is a bit cold – a cooler, and a cheap aquarium heater (Hydor Slim Heater) duct taped to the side. Keeps it nice and cozy in there!

Propping up some Imperial Rustic for an upcoming rye saison with amarillo

 

Blaugies is one of my favorite strains to make a saison with. Much better then Belle Saison.

 

Thanks! I'm finally making use of all those empty de garde bottles I've saved over the years. The labels are just a nicer stock of paper I bought from staples and the actual design is created in a free program called Gimp.

 

Yea, this is on it's 5th generation I believe. Probably my favorite saison strain. The only downside to this yeast (IMO) is that it doesn't really start to taste fantastic until 4+ months of bottle conditioning, so I try not to consume too many too soon. It's still great fresh, but I tend to bottle these batches and sit on them for a while. I've grown to hate bottling though now that I'm kegging

Thankfully, the other half of this batch will get fermented with the Voss Kveik, so that'll be on tap in 10ish days

 

@Lukass just keg condition with priming sugar, seal the lid and let fermentation sit for a month or two. I do that with a lot of my Belgian styles.

 

I've considered doing something like this, but never had enough empty kegs. That's about to change though, as I just ordered 2 new corny kegs and some faucets for my keezer build!

 

Ended up brewing the hazy ipa today. This was my second batch with the mash and boil and cheap Chinese pump. It’s great. Very easy and much better then freezing my ass off outside. Brew dog and messy family fridge included. End up using citra , mosaic, and strata.

 

Brewing a hoppy amber, which is a clone recipe of an old Seattle classic - Mac-n-Jack's African Amber. Couldn't get the caramel 80º malt, so I had to substitute Carared. However, after reading more about it and tasting the grain, I dialed it back as I didn't want to impart too much candy sweetness.

 

Long overdue deep cleaning of my brew kettle. The amount of beer stone build up in there was getting a little ridiculous. Looks brand new now!

Dry hopped my red ipa today, should be kegging it mid week next week.

Taste testing a Saison to decide if I want to throw some Brett in there and let it age a bit.

 

One more addition since I am a little bored today I am canning some starter wort.

 

Kegging my West Coast DIPA, with 3 oz dry hop into the keg: Calypso, Comet, and Centennial. Cheers!

 

New blog post about my take on Jamil Zainasheff's dark mild.