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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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gonna be brewing a Jim's American Wheat
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Gotta bottle up my Four Point Pale Ale today.
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Ibasterd wrote:
Ibasterd wrote:I want to bottle tomorrow, but I'm short on flip top bottles. My only course of action is to drink four of my homebrews tonight. Seems as good a reason as any to have a bender. If I post anything inappropriate later, you'll know why.
Well I managed to "free up" the necessary four remaining bottles last night and was in good enough shape this morning to bottle "one Evil Pilsner," made with some steeping grain and a hop addition. Looked and tasted pretty clear and good. This may be my last kit brew as I plan on going all grain for my next batch.
Cool! I don't think you'll regret it. My first AGs were SMaShes, still a little hectic. But 9 months later I'm producing some really nice brews, mostly all grain, and loving it.
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Brewed a five gallon batch of our Devil's Tale Amber Ale today ...

First runnings from today's brew day
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Funky Skunk Brewing wrote:Brewed a five gallon batch of our Devil's Tale Amber Ale today ...

First runnings from today's brew day
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Bottled a 5 gal. batch of Washington Presidential Porter today. it was brewed Feb 17 on presidents day. A robust porter with spices and brown sugar, will not try one until the 4 of July, I do this every year............
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just curious but, you mean your using one of George Washington's recipes?
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I bottled the Tennessee Cream Ale this afternoon.

I was gonna go to the LHBS and get the ingredients to make Lime Cerveza tomorrow, but I just didn't feel like going out after working this morning (and because it was raining, and just because). So I figured I'd take tomorrow off as a brewing day. But then I remembered I have the last recipe I ordered from Mr. Beer still awaiting fruition, so I'll make that, instead. HME, LME, and a brief hop addition, so it'll be a very short brew day.

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Sunday should be interesting, get to play with some new toys, DIY wort chiller and cooler mash tun, and first venture into AG! Going to keep it simple and in the "session" range around 4.7% ABV to have ready for Memorial Day:

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Love the name, I get it. I try not to make myself crazy about volumes and efficiency. Close is good enough. I keep some LME handy if my gravity is low, or top off with water if it's high.
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Dawg, congratulations on taking the step into AG! Cool that you made a DIY immersion chiller, too. Good luck with it all.

I like your idea of taking it slow and making your first AG a simple recipe. Very smart. Get your process down before you start experimenting with ingredients. And there's nothing wrong with SMaSH beers.

You may find this recipe to be a little more malty, without as much hops presence as some others, though. I tend to use a full ounce of hops for each addition in my five-gallon batches. Don't get me wrong; this will be a pleasant, malt-forward lawn mower beer, and for all I know it may become your go-to warm weather beer. I just wanted you to be aware that, from where I sit, the hops bill seems a little sparse.
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Thanks Dave, been doing a lot of research through the Borg and reading Palmers book online. Thanks on the hops advise, i think I'll use .5 oz on the first three hop additions and 1 oz on the 15 minute addition, just rough figures take it from 17 IBU to 24 IBU, trying to keep it in the Blond Ale range. I found a co- worker at one of our branches was an AG brewer recently and he filled me in on the cooler mash tun. The chiller is a fountain pump type, and the ten gal. cooler tun was a pretty easy build too. Stepped up with a 6.5 G fermenting bucket, too. Never thought when I first brewed an MB batch 2 days after Xmas, I would be here this quick, but as others have said "It is an obsession"! :fedora: :thanks:
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Yazoo Gerst Clone?
Peanut Butter Porter?

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Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
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John Sand wrote:Love the name, I get it. I try not to make myself crazy about volumes and efficiency. Close is good enough. I keep some LME handy if my gravity is low, or top off with water if it's high.
Thanks, try to come up with names that fit the beer and/or occasion. I have DME and LME on hand, the LME's, Munich, Wheat and Amber, I'll keep for quick, small recipes with some steeping grains. I will find out today on figuring out my water usage between the mash and sparge. :clink: :thanks:
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Currently brewing:

Next Up?
Kolsch?
Ginger Beer?
Traveling Red?
Yazoo Gerst Clone?
Peanut Butter Porter?

Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato

Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle

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jimjohson wrote:just curious but, you mean your using one of George Washington's recipes?
No its just a porter that I add a few things too. I call it that because I brew it on Presidents Day and start drinking them around the 4th of July.
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Bottles 5 Gallons of Graff and 3 Gallons of Bismarck Coffee Vanilla Porter (Ballast Point Victory @ Sea clone attempt).
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