Whose Brewing T'giving Weekend?

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  1. utahbeerdude

    utahbeerdude Maven (1,374) May 2, 2006 Utah

    I'm finally getting around to brewing a Cascadian Black Ale / Black IPA. Although I'm brewing it on Saturday, I think I'll call it Black Friday IPA. It is similar to HB42's quoted Stone recipe above, although I'm shooting for an OG in the 1.060 to 1.065 range. Hopping schedule will be similar to the APA IPA recipe.

    90% Pale Malt
    5% Patagonian Crystal 75
    5% Carafa III Special

    Chinook for bittering
    Simcoe/Amarillo/Cascade for finishing and dry hopping

    CP's WLP862 Cry Havoc yeast (most likely).

    Anybody else lighting up the burners?
     
    #1 utahbeerdude, Nov 27, 2013
  2. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota

    Yup. Wee Heavy will be brewed on Friday, adding Knob Creek Single Barrel to the keg.

    Recipe:

    15 lbs Golden Promise
    1 lbs Munich
    1 lbs Melanoiden
    1.5 lbs Crystal 60
    .25 lbs Chocolate
    .30 lbs Peat Smoked Malt
    .10 lbs Roasted Barley

    2 oz East Kent

    Wyeast 1728
     
    #2 JohnSnowNW, Nov 27, 2013
  3. MrOH

    MrOH Grand Pooh-Bah (3,995) Jul 5, 2010 Virginia
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    Alright, the "Who's brewing this weekend?" threads starting on Thursday were toeing the line, but this is ridiculous. It's only Tuesday. I work weekends, my days off are in the middle of the week. I'm not even brewing saison I said I was gonna do in last week's thread until tomorrow. *end rant*

    So I did find some unpasteurized cider locally, from a farm that sells their apples to a local winery to make hard cider from. Put it in the carboy with Camden today, I'll probably pitch yeast when I get home from work Thursday night. Heating up strike liquor for an overnight mash on the saison right now.
     
    #3 MrOH, Nov 27, 2013
  4. utahbeerdude

    utahbeerdude Maven (1,374) May 2, 2006 Utah

    Perhaps it is ridiculous, but this week my weekend starts today. :grinning: What's even more ridiculous is that I misspelled "Who's" as "Whose" in the title. :grimacing:
     
    #4 utahbeerdude, Nov 27, 2013
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  5. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
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    As an unproductive member of society, my weekend is perpetual.

    Just started the strike water on a La Chouffe clone. I'm doing a mini(2 gallon) batch . . . will split and have 1 gallon hopped to mimic Houblon Chouffe. And I'm pretty sure gnomes don't get hung up on when a weekend starts . . . right Marcel?
     
    #5 PortLargo, Nov 27, 2013
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  6. JohnSnowNW

    JohnSnowNW Initiate (0) Feb 6, 2013 Minnesota

    You lazy bum! :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #6 JohnSnowNW, Nov 27, 2013
  7. AlCaponeJunior

    AlCaponeJunior Grand Pooh-Bah (3,452) May 21, 2010 Texas
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    never tried that yeast. out of curiosity, why did you choose that one for this beer?

    I'm going to hide out at my bro's and study/brew all weekend. he's out of town so I'll have the place to myself. studying works well with brewing because of all the down time, waiting for stuff to finish mashing/boiling/cooling etc. Gonna brew my Munich-Sorta-Smash:

    • 7.75 lbs Munich I (10 SRM)
    • 4.25 lbs Munich II (20 SRM)
    • 0.25 lbs Caramunich III
    • 0.25 lbs Caramunich II
    • 0.5 lbs Caramunich I
    open to suggestions on hops. was thinking maybe just using tettnanger, with belma for bittering, but really don't know what to do off hand.

    also open to suggestions on yeast. have US-05 and Irish ale on hand, but was thinking of using something else, perhaps something new.
     
    #7 AlCaponeJunior, Nov 27, 2013
  8. MLucky

    MLucky Initiate (0) Jul 31, 2010 California

    I wish. Too many family obligations.

    What I will be doing is (oh joy!) bottling. I've got a couple beers kegged that I need to bottle for christmas gifts, and this weekend's the weekend.

    Side note: Goddamn the autocorrect on this site. Every time I typed "kegged" above, it changed it to "legged."
     
    #8 MLucky, Nov 27, 2013
  9. utahbeerdude

    utahbeerdude Maven (1,374) May 2, 2006 Utah

    I was originally going to use it for some sort of lager, but after evaluating my kegs and finding that the IPA keg is by far the one with the least amount of beer, I decided to use it for an some sort of IPA. (Can't run out of IPA!) I've used the yeast for a Cz. Lager before and it worked well. As it is supposed to be good for both lager and ale styles, I thought I'd give it a go for a Cascadian Dark.

    In fact, its time to get the starter going now.
     
    #9 utahbeerdude, Nov 27, 2013
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  10. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    I'm going to bottle up a Christmas beer.
     
    #10 ventura78, Nov 27, 2013
  11. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    I have a couple M-E-A-D-meads that need some attention.
     
    #11 pweis909, Nov 27, 2013
  12. DROOO

    DROOO Initiate (0) May 5, 2009 Illinois

    a juicy IPA, pitching ECY29.
     
    #12 DROOO, Nov 27, 2013
  13. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
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    Woke up to a very Thankful sight . . . this lazy bum has a Saison fermenting on day two and mini-carboys of a strong pale ale and a to-be-hopped pale ale that started overnight. The minis are in glass and for a change I get to see the yeasties at play. Will measure out my dry hop addition for APA IPA between football games. My Rauchbier has another month to lager, but thankful nonetheless. January is looking good . . .
     
    #13 PortLargo, Nov 28, 2013
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  14. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Are you keeping them out of the light, particularly sunlight/UV?
     
    #14 VikeMan, Nov 28, 2013
  15. SABERG

    SABERG Grand Pooh-Bah (5,001) Sep 16, 2007 Massachusetts
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    No brewing, moving a robust porter into secondary.

    Cheers
     
    #15 SABERG, Nov 28, 2013
  16. ventura78

    ventura78 Pundit (972) Nov 22, 2003 Massachusetts

    Here's some old footage of my grandfather brewing

     
    #16 ventura78, Nov 28, 2013
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  17. PortLargo

    PortLargo Pooh-Bah (1,831) Oct 19, 2012 Florida
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    It's true the carboys are quite clear
    But n'ver you need to have fear
    Skunked beer, what a waste!
    Not good for the taste
    I always respect my home-beer
     
    #17 PortLargo, Nov 28, 2013
  18. dogglebe

    dogglebe Initiate (0) Feb 12, 2013 New York

    I'm teaching a course on brewing this Sunday and will be brewing a traditional rauchbier.


    Phil
     
    #18 dogglebe, Nov 28, 2013
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  19. inchrisin

    inchrisin Pooh-Bah (2,013) Sep 25, 2008 Indiana
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    Sorry I stole your thread. :slight_smile:
     
    #19 inchrisin, Nov 30, 2013
  20. utahbeerdude

    utahbeerdude Maven (1,374) May 2, 2006 Utah

    No Problemo. It's easy to miss a thread here and there.
     
    #20 utahbeerdude, Nov 30, 2013
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