Who's Brewing this Weekend 4/19-4/20

Good luck with it, and welcome!

 

I brewed last night and I could still smell the goodness today when I got home.

 

Not brewing, but just cracked open a test bottle of the first saison I ever brewed, hopped with Galaxy. It tastes amazing, just needs another week of carbing.

 

Brewed up a hoppy red, or maybe india red ale, or maybe a red IPA... For some reason I've always been reluctant to do a flameout addition but finally gave it a shot yesterday, curious to see how that turns out. Despite getting a super late start due to having to drive to the airport, and battling crappy weather I think I had my best brew day yet. Hit something like 85-90% efficiency!

 

It's a nice, warm day here in Northern CA, so I've decided I'm brewing a saison. 2.5 gallon BIAB batch:

5 lbs Belgian pilsner
.5 lb Vienna
.5 lb flaked wheat

dough in at 120 F, slow rise to 150 F, 60 mins @ 150 F, slow rise to 168 F, 10 mins mashout at 168 F.

90 mins boil, with:
.5 oz saaz @60
.5 oz saaz @15
.5 oz styrian goldings @15
.5 oz styrian goldings @ flameout
.5 oz saaz @ dry hops

pitching 1 (4 month old) smack pack of 3724 and 1 (3 month old) smack pack of 3726 at 70 F. Will let it rise to whatever it wants to. Will probably rise into high 70s.

30 IBUs
4 SRM
estimated OG 1.057
estimated FG 1.006
estimated ABV 6.7%