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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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TonyKZ1 wrote:I bottled a Midwest Supplies Simply Beer-American Wheat 5G Extract recipe, in 12oz and 1 Liter bottles, also added a small bottle of cherry extract to it the day before bottling. The wife thought it smelled good so we'll see. Afterwards I brewed a MS Simply Beer-Cream Ale 5G Extract recipe and split it between 2 of my BrewDemon LBC's.
I bought a couple of Simply Beer kits on sale, but haven't had a chance to brew them yet. I'm interested in how they turn out.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Beerlord and I have a friend in from Japan who wants to brew with us so we're doing a batch today. Some Beerlord put together so I'm sure it'll be drinkable :jumpy:

Its friggin JUNGLE hot out tho and it's going to be a long day but a brew day is better than a work day, eh?
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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bpgreen wrote: I bought a couple of Simply Beer kits on sale, but haven't had a chance to brew them yet. I'm interested in how they turn out.
I kegged the stout, to which I added rye and a bit more chocolate, and the sample was quite tasty. I'd bet it's good as is, but I can't leave well enough alone.

I just finished today brewing the brown turned into a pumpkin ale. Smelled good going in.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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bpgreen wrote:
TonyKZ1 wrote:I bottled a Midwest Supplies Simply Beer-American Wheat 5G Extract recipe, in 12oz and 1 Liter bottles, also added a small bottle of cherry extract to it the day before bottling. The wife thought it smelled good so we'll see. Afterwards I brewed a MS Simply Beer-Cream Ale 5G Extract recipe and split it between 2 of my BrewDemon LBC's.
I bought a couple of Simply Beer kits on sale, but haven't had a chance to brew them yet. I'm interested in how they turn out.
So far, I've brewed 5 out of the 6 kits they offer. The first three (Pale Ale, Brown Ale, and IPA) are now carbonated/conditioned and they taste pretty good.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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RedBEERd wrote:Beerlord and I have a friend in from Japan who wants to brew with us so we're doing a batch today. Some Beerlord put together so I'm sure it'll be drinkable :jumpy:

Its friggin JUNGLE hot out tho and it's going to be a long day but a brew day is better than a work day, eh?
It's usually hot like that in Japan too this time of year depending on where you are, so smile and call it even :)
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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So I'm mashing up something I'm calling "Monk Juice".

It consists of:

2# Thomas Fawcett Oat Malt
1# Simpsons Golden Naked Oats
1# Castle Belgian Pale Malt
1# Weyermann Pale Wheat Malt
1# Weyermann Oak Smoked Wheat Malt
1# Flaked Barley
Some amylase enzyme to make sure it does the right thing, because there is a lot of adjunct in this and the Fawcett Oat Malt isn't very highly modified.

I'll divide this up after it boils and cools, package and freeze some of it, and mix it up as I like with some MoreBeer pils extract or pale malt extract and possibly other steeped grains in another experimental old world Belgian or two and/or another tripel or saison.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Brewed 5 gallons of Michigan Red.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Sometime this weekend I will be brewing up some Levitation.....sort of.

I have a lot of leftover hops from 'recent' brewing sessions so instead of buying more for this, I'm going to sub in what I have.
So, I'll be using the Levitation grain bill with a few replacements for the hops.
In the end, I'll up with a nice 4.0% - 4.5% amber ale with using up some Crystal, Amarillo, Simcoe, Mosaic, Nelson and maybe even a little Cascade or Centennial.

I'm going to put the recipe together tomorrow and will likely bump the Levitation thread with this bastard version.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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I'm brewing the Troegs Perpetual IPA clone today. Gonna have a cup of coffee before I get going.


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Brewing an ESB at work today...


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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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philm00x wrote:Brewing an ESB at work today...


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What are you brewing/bottling?

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LouieMacGoo wrote:
philm00x wrote:Brewing an ESB at work today...


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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Hey Gang, Had a sad Labor Day. Had first pours for a Citra Saison and an Amarillo Saison. For both I used my usual 49 days from grain to glass. The Amarillo one must caught a bug b/c its got the Nail polish taste,and the Citra one is ok,but seems to need more conditioning time. Oh well,sometimes my sanitation methods are not the best,and temperature control...pffftt. But on the + side I'm enjoying an Amarillo lite,and once it gets cooler here,(if ever),I'm gonna stick to low gravity Lite Beers with different hops,speciality grain recipes,still using the 2.5 gallon fermenters. That should give me a 5 liter mini-keg and maybe a 12 pack of bottles.Enough to satisfy my cravings. Cheers
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red, with 5 gallons of Michigan Red on deck for early next week.
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...

Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology

Sites to find beer making supplies: Adventures in Homebrewing - Mr. Beer - MoreBeer
My Beer - click to reveal
Currently using 6 LBKs.

Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout

Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.

Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand -  13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
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Tomorrow I'll be brewing my first batch of Maltperiment. This is sort of the base brew. I'm using 2-row in this batch. The next one will be Maris Otter, and so on through the various base malts. I decided to use Saaz hops rather than Hallertau, but they're both softer, floral hops, so I don't think it's going to make much difference, nor would either one be intrusive to the flavor of the malt.

I'll have to keep really good notes, and make sure all my batches follow the same procedure, have the same mash/sparge temps, etc.
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