I brewed today!

English Porter

Ahab in relentless pursuit of his white whale… :D

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And Red Wheat for Winter is in the fermenter for the final beer of the year. It looks like my gravity is on track, with a little bonus volume. I pitched ~100mL of active slurry from a previous batch using Wyeast 1056 slurry. I am not sure I got red - it looks very similar to nearly everything else that I brew. This will be the first beer to dispense from my keg, I am excited for that, but patient enough to wait for the reward late in January.
 
Zambezi Special said:
I see more kegs in your near future @Herm brews ;)
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The lhbs has a rewards program, and I have enough points to offset a good portion of the cost of a new keg. I am looking at a 2.5 gallon Torpedo ball lock keg.
An acquaintance who assists the brewer at a favorite microbrewery might have a fermentation chamber for me - something the brewer wants to get rid of since he no longer needs the chamber. They will be contacting me soon. I am starting to look for a refrigerator for the garage. Changes will be coming to my brewhouse in this new brew year.
 
Herm brews said:
The lhbs has a rewards program, and I have enough points to offset a good portion of the cost of a new keg. I am looking at a 2.5 gallon Torpedo ball lock keg.
An acquaintance who assists the brewer at a favorite microbrewery might have a fermentation chamber for me - something the brewer wants to get rid of since he no longer needs the chamber. They will be contacting me soon. I am starting to look for a refrigerator for the garage. Changes will be coming to my brewhouse in this new brew year.
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We will miss the photos of freshly bottled brew bud!
 
Herm brews said:
The lhbs has a rewards program, and I have enough points to offset a good portion of the cost of a new keg. I am looking at a 2.5 gallon Torpedo ball lock keg.
An acquaintance who assists the brewer at a favorite microbrewery might have a fermentation chamber for me - something the brewer wants to get rid of since he no longer needs the chamber. They will be contacting me soon. I am starting to look for a refrigerator for the garage. Changes will be coming to my brewhouse in this new brew year.
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That's exciting news!
Obviously you know where to ask questions when they arise. :)
 
Herm brews said:
The lhbs has a rewards program, and I have enough points to offset a good portion of the cost of a new keg. I am looking at a 2.5 gallon Torpedo ball lock keg.
An acquaintance who assists the brewer at a favorite microbrewery might have a fermentation chamber for me - something the brewer wants to get rid of since he no longer needs the chamber. They will be contacting me soon. I am starting to look for a refrigerator for the garage. Changes will be coming to my brewhouse in this new brew year.
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As the Rabbit hole gets deeper and deeper...
 
I was going to brew this morning, but the wife wasn't feeling well. Spent the AM running up to Urgent Care and getting meds. I did brew this afternoon but forgot to take pics with everything else going on. I nailed the mash temps and also nailed OG for once (1.062). My software predicted is was going to be dark, and it is.
I remembered the blow off tube for that yeast too. Hopefully, I have good luck with my first Dubbel and don't blow up the fermenter.
 
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Over The Cliff Brewing said:
It is a total crap shoot on the cocoa powder and the mint. we'll see how it turns out.
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If mints anything like peppermint I put a good handful of whole sprigs in leaf stem and all that gets a very noticeable peppermint flavour and less of an aroma in that wheat style beer.
 
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