It's so, so dry. But there is some rain forecasted for at least parts of Western Canada over the next few days. You can thank me for that everyone - we dared to plan a fishing trip lol

Summer Cellar Biere de Garde (Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine recipe) is now in my new Spiedel Fermenter! K-097 is going to town on it after less than 24 hours.

I ordered chinook and cashmere hops rhizomes from a small local farm. Planted them a couple weeks ago and the chinook is already a foot high... lol.

Summer Celler Biere de Garde from Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine... mostly bc the ingredients are the exact things I have right now lol... except the yeast. I'll have to sub for something else. Hoping to make it this weekend, if my new fermenter (Speidel 12L) arrives by then.

If anyone is in Saskatchewan Canada (lol), this is worth seeking out. Our local stores don't always have but when they do... we buy it out haha.

I know some people aren't fans of the Philly and say the sourness lacks complexity, but it has been good to me the 3 times I've used it. And one of those times, I just threw it in a Saison instead of the yeast the recipe actually called for and ended up with a good no-nonsense sour beer. When...

Our local brewery made their first Lager so this weekend we got a growler filled with that and another with their Session IPA. Neither one lasted long haha Last night we tried a bottle of a lime margarita Gose I made with Philly Sour yeast and I'm pretty impressed with it! We did a side by...

Maybe it's dumb to reply to my own post, but we tried the Hoegaarden copy this weekend and it was actually halfway decent. Like a much lighter version of the original. But the flavors/aromas where pretty similar, so I guess that's a win for a beginner? And then we made a Philly Sour "gose"...

I struggled with this as well (BIAB). I got some great advice from this thread and was able to improve my efficiency a lot: https://www.brewersfriend.com/forum/threads/og-way-off.17695/

On Sunday I bottled a Hoegaarden copycat and brewed an American IPA with lots of cascade & citra. Not sure what to do next. I would like to make more Saisons and other wheat beers, but the partner is not the biggest fan (I'll probably be drinking the Hoegaarden copy all myself lol). Maybe...

I had to work later than expected. I guess I'll try again next month haha

Are new people welcome? What do you guys talk about? I don't know know anyone in my town who brews haha

That is way cool! I have a spinning wheel, but its not that nice! I love how the lamp is attached. Gorgeous workmanship! Did they have a "brand" name?

Green Mountain Grill haha

I spin yarn and make sour dough. In summer we like fishing, biking, and smoking - no, not that kind, like meat and pizza on the GMG!

Lurking this thread has been really helpful. I applied some of the advice, such as finer crush, 90min mash, and <ph (added ~5% aciduated malt), to my biab brew yesterday and got a decent increase in efficiency.