What are you brewing/bottling/kegging?

[ScrewyBrewer]

Kegged and bottled California Steamin' Cali Common Ale this weekend, took a sample and of it after 3 days at 12psi and carbonation was just beginning to take place. The bottles will be another 2-3 weeks before they're ready.

[berryman]

Brewing another batch of my Pumpkin Ale, the first one came out good and just doing a few adjustments on this batch.
waiting for the Hot Break:

Have everything in order:

Drying the pumpkin seeds in my dehydrator - marinated last night in soy and Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and a little hot juice:

[berryman]

Whoops..............another Hydro bites the dust (cement) Shit happens

[FedoraDave]

I've got a fiver of King Pin IPA in the rotation for tomorrow.

It's a little fussy, as there are hop additions every five minutes for the first 20 minutes or so of the boil, but it's worth it. Lots of Centennial bitterness without a nasty bite.

[BeerRust]

Rare Sunday off.

I brewed Dark Cherry Saison.
Use Amber and light DME, El Dorado hops, coriander, Dark Sweet Cherries, and Belle Saison.

[Ibasterd]

Haven't brewed in a few weeks. Pipeline thinning because I've been enjoying my own brews lately. Trying my hand at my first I.R.A. I really liked Goose Island's Rambler, so here goes! BTW, drinking my Oktoberfest as I mash in.

[Ibasterd]

I brewed Dark Cherry Saison. Use Amber and light DME, El Dorado hops, coriander, Dark Sweet Cherries, and Belle Saison.

Sounds great!

[docpd]

Did the Mr B Seasonal ESB today. Wort tasted good and I had forgotten how easy it is to do a straight HME. 35 minute brew day. Next weekend will do a second batch of Dave's 100 Years War IPA.

[Bassman]

I just bottled MB Bewitched Amber, 3 weeks in the LBK. It's tough to tell what I think of the taste I did at bottling. At first I got a malty/caramel/"extract" taste and then after that got what I believe is the hops. It's a lemony/citrus taste. I think I read that they use Pride of Ringwood hops. So I'm not sure if what I'm tasting makes sense. Anyway, it needs to sit in the bottle for a few weeks.

[DaYooper]

Drying the pumpkin seeds in my dehydrator - marinated last night in soy and Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and a little hot juice

Wow, I did not realize Ward's had a knock-off version of the Excalibur food drier. Had I known that I could of saved a lot of money!

[Brewbirds]

Rare Sunday off.

I brewed Dark Cherry Saison.
Use Amber and light DME, El Dorado hops, coriander, Dark Sweet Cherries, and Belle Saison.

YYAAuuuummmyy (drool emoticon)

[BeerRust]

Rare Sunday off.

I brewed Dark Cherry Saison.
Use Amber and light DME, El Dorado hops, coriander, Dark Sweet Cherries, and Belle Saison.

YYAAuuuummmyy (drool emoticon)

Hoping so!

[teutonic terror]

Going in the bucket now!

Never worked with these hops. Hope I'm pleasantly surprised!


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Glacier/Comet
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.50 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 7.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 61.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 85.7 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.1 %
1 lbs White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 3 7.1 %
0.30 oz Comet [10.40 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 4 11.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Glacier [6.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 14.9 IBUs
1.00 oz Glacier [6.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 11.7 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
0.50 oz Comet [10.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 8.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Glacier [6.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 7.0 IBUs
0.50 oz Comet [10.40 %] - Boil 7.0 min Hop 10 4.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Glacier [6.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 3.9 IBUs
1.0 pkg Nottingham (Danstar #-) [23.66 ml] Yeast 12 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 14 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 18.70 qt of water at 166.6 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.41gal, 4.40gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Beer-lord, your update sir.

This beer has carbed in 5 days. Stayed in the fermenter for 10 weeks! Yea, I know!

The first thing I noticed is it really needs a stronger bittering charge. I read where the Comet hops were potent
so I went light on them in this version. I think I could have used quite a bit more.
It's a sweet, mild and very citrusy flavored beer, with fruity nose and a higher alcohol content than I planned on.
I'm thinking a bit of Warrior or Magnum would improve this alot!

I will do this again soon and maybe cut the crystal to 1/2 lb and add some aromatic to up the malt flavor a bit more.

Needless to say, I'm not disappointed at all, just looking to improve upon this next time!
Any suggestions are welcomed!

[Dawg LB Steve]

Kegged 5 gallons STONE COLD PETTINE PALE ALE, hopped with Amarillo and Nelson Sauvin. The sample tasted really nice!

[BlackDuck]

Awesome Steve. My neighbor told me that I needed to make a Pettine Porter, but I like the sound of Pettine Pale Ale much better.