I brewed today!

[Josh Hughes]

Beer in the fermenter. Ground water was HOT so probably be a bit before I’ll pitch yeast.

 

[RoadRoach]

Belgian Blonde (base, will add candi syrup once fermentation is going well). Candi syrup is homemade. Expecting a 7.3% ABV, 22 IBU beer.

That sounds VERY nice indeed.

 

[Craigerrr]

I was planning on brewing today, but then my gardener showed up drunk as skunk, so I ended up doing the work.
Afternoon duty was preventing goats from coming into my garden and prventing my dogs from killing goats ...
So not conductive to brewing.
Maybe tomorrow

Life on the Zambizi river!

 

[Zambi]

Life on the Zambizi river!

But also this
(You need to zoom in though)

 

[Sunfire96]

Brewed my golden ale. Yeast is pitched and dry hops are in the fermenter. Spunding valve is on and ready to go. It's kveik in the summer, so it should go pretty quick

 

[west1m]

My son tried out a glass of my Lynn's Lager and said I should make a batch for their Polkatoberfest party.
Sooo I brewed it yesterday. I used S-189 instead of the 32/70 .
Now I have to make a portable cooler / tap to serve it from. I have an old tap tower so the one built on a trash can I saw here looks promising. I do have one of the square ice chests , might make a good bottom.

 

[Dave Y]

Going to have to wait until the morning to pitch. Temp is still at 70 eight hours later. Using the kegerator set at 64. I can’t imagine the tilt malfunctioning but wow this is taking long! But I guess the physics make sense.

Tilts can be wrong. Do you have a meat thermometer? Tape it to the outside of the keg with a folded paper towel or bubble wrap and check the temp that way to confirm

I’ve noticed a sometimes vast difference in wort temperature in the fermenter from proximity to the cooling element to the outside of the fermenter - so the tilt vs. the thermowell sensor reading can be 7-8F different. My workaround was to
1) wrap the outside of the fermenter in 1/4” duo tight hose, connectors and valves
2) wrap the fermenter in insulating wrap and then the fermenter jacket
When needed - which is always in the summer months... March through November ;-) I use the 2nd chiller circuit to cool the outside lines.

I can now stabilize the temperature faster and more consistently, but all of this only buys me about 1-2F difference in cooling capability.

 

[Herm brews]

Summer Wheat Ale is in the fermenter, in the care of SafAle S-04. Came in 2 points high at the right volume with good aroma and flavor. Looking forward to this in a month or so.

 

[TerryDowning]

Another session of my JACC IPA. I made some tweak, lowered the PH, extended the mash, Adding a mashout step, adding Whirlpool hop addition.

Temp controller says 150

 

[Craigerrr]

That is a clever wort spreader!

 

[TerryDowning]

That is a clever wort spreader!

Thanks, just used what I had on hand. I’m a thrifty soul.

 

[The Brew Mentor]

I brewed two beers last Saturday morning starting at 5am.
Blonde ale 1.046 and a Session IPA 1.052.
Both are almost done already.
Brian

 

[Dave Y]

Thanks, just used what I had on hand. I’m a thrifty soul.

I come from a long and distinguished line of cheapskates, so I can appreciate this.

 

[Zambi]

Milled the grains and currently mashing.
Connected the inkbird to my fridge and turned it on to a couple degrees below the temperature I want. It will het up quick enough when I open the door