Brewing Activities (2021)

Oh man, you're probably glad that day is over. Here's to hoping it turns out to be your best brew to date. As a hybrid of comments by @OddNotion....when it rains, pour one (which you already did).

 

Big stout today, all simpsons malt.

76% golden promise
11% brown malt
8.5% black malt
4.5% amber malt

Planning on a 1.090 og, but will add invert a couple of days into fermentation to get there.

110 ibu calculated admiral at 60m, plus a bit at 15mins

Lots of wy1469 from my last beer

 

Hope your day goes smoother than mine. Can wait to see some stout pics

 

It went smoother than yours, even though for some reason I used 38l of water instead of 33l, thanks beer smith. So it's not going to be an imperial stout, but I suppose I can call it an export stout.

 

That sucks, but at least you're brewing with boxers. I also brew with a boxer. Yours are beauts!

 

After much internal debate after many differing opinions online, I added 6 pounds of mixed blueberry/blackberry/raspberry to 5 gallons of American wheat beer. Some people say that a pound per gallon is good, others two per...

As Davl22 suggested, I thawed the berries and mashed them. I read all kinds of things about just adding them straight away, about pasteurizing them and about soaking them in alcohol. In the end, I poured about about a 1/2 cup of vodka through the un-mashed berries and mixed before mashing. I think the color is going to be awesome.

 

They are the best dogs ever. The older one is the most loyal, best listening dog ever.

 

Rec'd my two lids of Candy Cap mushrooms this week. Thinking about using some in a RIS. Tagging @Eggman20 to let us know how his progresses.

 

Wish I’d have bought some for the stout I brewed on Friday

 

Do they have a strong maple nose?

 

Just thought I’d share this pic of how thick the krausen got on this stout. That’s a good 6 inches. Thankfully I put a blow off tube on there. After the wreck of a brew day I wasn’t chancing anything else lol

 

Yes, but not as overwhelming as I thought it would be according to various info on the web. It's not 'pure and only' maple either. There's also a slight mushroomish aroma, too....imagine that!

 

Quick question, does it look like I have an infection?

JK - couldn’t resist

 

All Mosaic pale ale today:

46% Mecca Grade Lamonta
24% Mecca Grade Vanora
24% Mecca Grade Metolius
4% Crystal Rye
2% Flaked Oats

8 IBU Mosaic at 60
12 IBU at 30
15 IBU at 10
8 IBU in the whirlpool
50g dry hop after soft crash

OG 1.048

 

A few warm(er) days in Ohio has already got me thinking spring. Brewing up a cream ale, based loosely on @DrewBeechum 's pre-pro recipe. 40% 2-row, 40% 6-row, 20% flaked maize. 20 IBU, but subbing Willamette with Czech Saaz, cuz I have it. Fermenting on the lowest end of US-05's range, then cold crashing for a few weeks.

 

Bottled up 3 fruited variants of my saison. Pomelo/Anise, Albariño grapes, and Cab grape pomace. Really excited for these, especially the wine grapes. The Cab skins were throwing off a lot of watermelon/peach/rosé. Hopefully I’ll be cracking bottles by April/May.

 

Brewing up a single hop single malt beer with comet and maris otter. Will ferment with Verdant Slurry.

My snarky political name for this beer will be Giant Comet 2024.