Brewing this weekend?

Well I'm brewing a simple extract wheat beer, with a pack of elderberries in there. No idea what it'll come out like, but it's easy and I'm doing it tomorrow. Got the WY 3638 starter brewing up now.

Bottled my benchwarmer IPA today. I think it's going to come out friggin' great! The gravity sample was spot on for taste and aroma, just needed carbonation. 1.014 FG.

 

Cascade Pale Ale this weekend for me. Western Washington State, perfect fermenting temp for an ale! Been in the low 70's here. Does great in my pantry. Cheers

 

Brewing my mid-summer classic: nut brown ale...setting the table for the fall brews...still light, refreshing, etc..but tilting toward the fall classics...crushed walnut added to boil, touch of brown sugar, mmmmmmm...

But all in under 1050 (1049 to be exact)...so you can drink in 85 degree weather and such...

 

Doin an ipa tomorrow. Got my grain bill all set up still contemplating the hops. Its looking like this so far.
12lbs 2row
.5lbs carapils
.5lbs cyrstal malt 40l
I have 2oz of columbus, 4oz of jade, 10oz of Falconer's Flight and a lb of cascade. Any suggestions for a hop sched would be great

 

Brewing a Wee Heavy, kegging a tropical lager and moving my IPL to tertiary

Also doing an in person trade

 

Brew Day has begun!

 

In the middle of the boil of my English Brown

 

Had a few hiccups along the way but wound up hitting 79% extraction efficiency and 72% brew house efficiency today. Not too shabby for my 1st time lautering and batch sparging but I'm confident I'll get better.

 

Thanks! I was batch sparging and it was my first time doing any type of sparging....ever!

94% extraction efficiency? Although I've heard extracting that much of the sugars can have negative effects on the end products flavor, its still an impressive feat! Is it safe to assume you were fly sparging and you are very experienced at sparging?

P.S. Just re-read your original post stating you wer

 

Makes sense for a batch sparge and that % is what I hope to achieve on the regular in the near future! Glad your weather wasn't unbearable.

 

I brewed a DIPA and an IPA yesterday. 20 oz of boil hops used between the two batches and a shitload of grain. My inventory dropped significantly after a day like that. Time to restock! It was the first time I've brewed 2 different batches with two different mashes in one day. I'm going I rest today as I'm still feelin all the work I did. At least now I can relax and watch the open! Go Tiger!

 

Cooling down my saison prior to racking into the fermenter. My wyfe was a big help.

 

finished bottling two saisons, a mild, and a perry. Still need to keg my dortmunder. Fermentation fridges are full of mead so no brewing for another couple weeks.

 

I am getting ready to bottle my Raspberry wheat today. I loving drinking and brewing beer but I am starting to loathe bottling! It is time to start shopping for kegging equipment!!

 

Dry Hopping my Session IPA with 1 oz Simcoe and 2 oz CTZ. Also raising my fermentation temp to 70 to try to get my down to FG 1.010.

 

Just finished up 5 gal each of a Vienna lager and a Amarillo Belgian Pale Ale. And bottled two batches from last week. It was a long day. I'm enjoying a Saison right now that I brewed back in April.

 

Lazy ass.