What are you doing with homebrew today?

[TerryDowning]

kegged my Vienna Lager last night. Cold crashing and adding gelatin today.

 

[TerryDowning]

Took a sample of the Cream Ale I brewed for an upcoming club competition., very tasty sample, going to let it sit on the yeast (K97) another week, although I suspect it is done, the competition isn't for another month so there is time to let it sit both in primary and eventually a bright tank to let it clarify and condition.

 

[Zambi]

I bought apple juice to put on the 2nd saison trub.
I got a craving for cider

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

Kegged Batch # 100; Wayner's Pale Ale! Aroma is awesome. Taste should be the same once it's carbonated.

 

[Brew Cat]

Well tapped my Maiboch a couple days early

 

[Dave Y]

harvested the first 2025 Cascade hops; a small ziplock full were ready, left some on the bines. Only 3 of 18 were over 12’ and producing but I’ve never harvested anywhere near this early. I expect the 3 bines are 1-2 weeks from ready for harvest. It’s not even May yet! The remaining bines are still trying.

I bought 6x Cashmere rhizomes, planted them Sunday. All 6 have broken the soil.
Unfortunately, the Triumph rhizomes i thought were dead, pushed up week 3 of April, a full 10 weeks later than the cascade. I had to relocate them.

 

[Zambi]

Kegged Saison 2 and poured apple juice on the trub. Oxebar is sucking CO2 at the moment.
We wait again ...

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

It’s not even May yet!

That was my first thought! With your warmer climate are you able to harvest multiple times per year?

 

[Dave Y]

That was my first thought! With your warmer climate are you able to harvest multiple times per year?

IDK. Even with an early crop, I’m always finding they come in a different times. Unfortunately, by the time I get the first batch, the bine is already being climbed with new bines, so I can’t practically cut down the first one - which would probably help.

I only got a handful and left 3-4x more on the bines for not being ready.

I guess this year is a good year to find out !

 

[Sunfire96]

Beers taste good. The better half helped me transfer both to serving kegs and clean out the fermenters. I'll be drinking the Citra pale ale tonight. The kolsch needs time to condition

 

[Sandy Feet]

Beers taste good. The better half helped me transfer both to serving kegs and clean out the fermenters. I'll be drinking the Citra pale ale tonight. The kolsch needs time to condition

If she is helping to transfer and clean out fermenters, you better marry her sooner rather than later LOL.

 

[Sunfire96]

If she is helping to transfer and clean out fermenters, you better marry her sooner rather than later LOL.

Agreed!

 

[Craigerrr]

Krausen has already dropped on the Coffee Porter (brewed on Sunday). I haven't used S-04 for a while forgot that it worked pretty quick. Tasting good, decent bit of a dark roast coffee flavor, but not overpowering. Bumped it up to 21C (from 19C), will leave it for a while yet. May cold crash it after the weekend.

 

[Tim Bulin]

That was my first thought! With your warmer climate are you able to harvest multiple times per year?

Sounds like too much extra work for me, usually don't get mine used up before the next harvest.

On a lighter note, ordered a fresh sack of Briess Pale Ale today, getting to be my go to base malt these days.

 

[Brew Cat]

harvested the first 2025 Cascade hops; a small ziplock full were ready, left some on the bines. Only 3 of 18 were over 12’ and producing but I’ve never harvested anywhere near this early. I expect the 3 bines are 1-2 weeks from ready for harvest. It’s not even May yet! The remaining bines are still trying.

I bought 6x Cashmere rhizomes, planted them Sunday. All 6 have broken the soil.
Unfortunately, the Triumph rhizomes i thought were dead, pushed up week 3 of April, a full 10 weeks later than the cascade. I had to relocate them.

Yeah I have some growing. Cascade, Chinook, and nugget. Some day I'll get around to training them. i pretty much let them grow wild. I'll cut back a to a few and let them climb. I harvest them and use them in a batch. Their actually a PIA to brew with. Pellets are cheap enough.

 

[Craigerrr]

Fermenter pour of the Coffee Porter whilst watching my current favorite show, Hockey Night in Canada

 

[Zambi]

I've been watching my fermenter burping...
It went quite wild
Keg has gone into the fridge and should be fully carbed in a day or 2. I'm going to try and not touch it for 2-3 weeks to let it fully develop into a saison

 

[Sandy Feet]

I learned after my first Belgian that you need a blow off tube with crazy yeasts. My first Belgian damn near blew the top off the Fermonster.

 

[Sandy Feet]

I was designing an idea for my next beer this morning. I did use the White Labs Belgian Saison before, and I might play with it again with an unfruited recipe. I have a bittering EKG calculated, but I want to do some late addition Saaz in the boil and at flameout, plus, possibly a small dry hop addition like I did with Mosaic in my hazy. This hazy made me go, "Hmmm" about playing with late additions some more. I am probably going to be buying a shitload of hops for 28 IBUS

 

[Donoroto]

I learned after my first Belgian that you need a blow off tube with crazy yeasts. My first Belgian damn near blew the top off the Fermonster.

I use only a blowoff tube.