I brewed today!

[Josh Hughes]

If you ever want to play with it differently, try almost all Vienna (97.5 or 98ish%) and use just a tiny bit of Chocolate 350 to darken it up. Yummm

I usually go 100% Vienna. I have went almost all Vienna with a touch of carafa as well. So already have.

 

[JVi]

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/edit/1635305

 

[Donoroto]

Be sure to (spruce) tip your server…

 

[JVi]

Be sure to (spruce) tip your server…

Wife said this to me:
You need to give cut from your beer to this old tree and its guardian elf

 

[Donoroto]

Wife said this to me:
You need to give cut from your beer to this old tree and its guardian elf

I agree. Certainly anything that might go down the drain, plus a sacrificial pint.

 

[Herm brews]

Today I turned water, grains and hops into wort. Now yeast gets to make some beer for me. This is my Summer Wheat 2026, hopped with Amarillo and Simcoe, pitched with BRY-97. Volume is just a tad short, and O.G. is a couple points high (funny how that works when adding 15 minutes to the boil, just because). This is probably the last batch to be made on this cooktop, and I feel like I am going to miss this first radiant cooktop that I ever worked with

 

[Megary]

English IPA

Shooting for 5.5% and 45 IBUs

Maris Otter, British 65L crystal, torrified wheat and invert.
Bittered with Pilgrim and late hopped with EKG and Jester, a hops (hop?? grammar police!) I’m not familiar with.
1028 London Ale

1.056 was a little high, so maybe bonus ABV.

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[Donoroto]

English IPA

Shooting for 5.5% and 45 IBUs

Maris Otter, British 65L crystal, torrified wheat and invert.
Bittered with Pilgrim and late hopped with EKG and Jester, a hops (hop?? grammar police!) I’m not familiar with.
1028 London Ale

1.056 was a little high, so maybe bonus ABV.

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Looks like 060 in that photo.

 

[Megary]

Looks like 060 in that photo.

It does, I agree. But it really was 1.056. The angle of the picture is not helpful.

 

[Josh Hughes]

Brewed a Helles today with a buddy. First time using a cooler as a mash tun. I also bought the 10 pounds of malt milled. Shooting for 1.046 (68% efficiency) came in at 1.043. Not terrible. I usually get 70-72% efficiency when I mill and use my normal set up. So now I know how to adjust. My typical Helles is 12 Plato or 1.048. But wanted a control for moving forward and wanted Lower abv instead of higher.