What's Brewing & Doing - December Edition

Discussion in 'Homebrewing' started by stealth, Dec 2, 2015.

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  1. Rivenin

    Rivenin Initiate (0) Aug 22, 2011 Oregon

    Imperial-ish Rye stout, aging some oak cubes on 1/2 a fifth of Evan williams... might do the other half on some vanilla... not sure, who knows,
     
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  2. Brew_Betty

    Brew_Betty Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Wisconsin

    It's snowed twice already this season, but it's supposed to be a calm and sunny 50F this weekend. Time to brew!

    Comet / Centennial / Lemon Drop beer is on deck.
     
    #22 Brew_Betty, Dec 3, 2015
  3. Mohican88

    Mohican88 Initiate (0) Jan 20, 2010 Ohio

    I only have a few beers that I consistently make but this is one of them. It's perfect for this time of year when the weather turns cold and it's a nice alternative to the usual winter warmer and spiced styles that are so common.
     
    #23 Mohican88, Dec 4, 2015
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  4. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    Just finished a starter for brewing on sunday. My housebeer, La Chouffe

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    #24 ventura78, Dec 4, 2015
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  5. stealth

    stealth Pooh-Bah (2,023) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
    Pooh-Bah

    Whipped up a starter last night with the Omega Yeast Labs Lacto Blend and am going to brew a quick Gose tonight. 50/50 wheat/pilsner, no hops, sea salt and coriander. 1-2 days @ 75-95 to sour with the lacto starter pitched alone then I'll throw in some Brux Trois and ferment it out, then hit it with black/blue/raspberries before kegging.

    Should be crushable.
     
    #25 stealth, Dec 4, 2015
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  6. Beerswimmer

    Beerswimmer Initiate (0) Mar 4, 2013 Texas

    Bottled up my quad/wine/brett combo: Obi Wine Quadobi. 8 bottles of just quad, added a bottle of Malbec a co-worker(nicknamed Obi) made to the bottling bucket and bottled up 26 of those, added Wyeast Brett L and bottled the rest. The sample sips I took were exciting!

    Also added the dry hops to an IPA.
     
    #26 Beerswimmer, Dec 4, 2015
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  7. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

     
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  8. brunascle

    brunascle Crusader (438) Nov 4, 2010 Massachusetts

    That's a starter?! What size batch are we talking about?
     
    #28 brunascle, Dec 5, 2015
  9. secondbase

    secondbase Initiate (0) Jun 3, 2015 Tennessee

    -10 gallons of IPA in the fermenter.
    -Have a Brett rye saison brewday set for next week.
    -Then a dunkelweizen that will get some brett in secondary.
    -Got some Allagash (sacch) dregs in a starter right now too. Not sure what that'll turn into.
     
    #29 secondbase, Dec 5, 2015
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  10. stealth

    stealth Pooh-Bah (2,023) Dec 16, 2011 Minnesota
    Pooh-Bah

    24 hours in and the gose is souring up nicely. Tastes great and it's more tart/sour than most commercial goses I've had but I'm going to let it ride another 12-24 hours for some real pucker.
     
    #30 stealth, Dec 5, 2015
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  11. suavo

    suavo Initiate (0) Oct 29, 2014

    Brewing Floor Sweeper IPA - 1st time I brewed it was to use the only grains I had...this time because it turned out so nice last time.
     
    #31 suavo, Dec 5, 2015
  12. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    20 gallon

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    #32 ventura78, Dec 5, 2015
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  13. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
    Pooh-Bah

    Last night I wrapped my heating mat that I use for fermentation temp (along with a Ranco) around a fermenter filled with 5 gallons of water to make sure the set-up can maintain lager temps in my unheated garage. Answer=yes; I just mashed in the grist for a Vienna lager.
     
    #33 pweis909, Dec 5, 2015
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  14. CurtFromHershey

    CurtFromHershey Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2012 Minnesota

    Bottled (ugh) an English barleywine this morning. Oak and bourbon to about 2/3 of it. Still samples were tasty. The dog was not impressed by the mess I made.

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    #34 CurtFromHershey, Dec 5, 2015
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  15. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
    Pooh-Bah

    Kegged half of my 10 gallons of Biere de Garde which is carbonating now with my new carbonating lid. The other half went on Pinot French Oak and Bourbon Hungarian Oak with Lacto plantarum to age and let the 3 Brett blend primary strains funk up with some age.
     
    #35 jbakajust1, Dec 5, 2015
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  16. bushycook

    bushycook Zealot (681) Jan 31, 2011 Virginia

    Nice. All the bieres de garde I had while in France were at least slightly sour, and all had Brett. I think American breweries are really barking up the wrong tree with pretty much all the U.S. renditions I've tried.
     
    #36 bushycook, Dec 5, 2015
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  17. jbakajust1

    jbakajust1 Pooh-Bah (2,552) Aug 25, 2009 Oregon
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    This carbonating lid works great! I am looking at a staying head on a beer kegged at noon. Damn! The three Brett strains are working well in it from a 4 week fermenation (freakin heating issues).
     
    #37 jbakajust1, Dec 6, 2015
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  18. Jesse14

    Jesse14 Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2011 Massachusetts

    Perfect brewing weekend in NE for December. Glad someone took advantage.
     
    #38 Jesse14, Dec 6, 2015
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  19. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    That's not a starter. That's half a batch of beer that you're going to dump.
     
    #39 inchrisin, Dec 6, 2015
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  20. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    I'll be dumping more than that before the day is over.
     
    #40 ventura78, Dec 6, 2015
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