Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter?

[Devanmc]

mmm beer, didnt know this was here. Ive got a honey brown kolsch and a summer blonde for shack in the fermentor right now. the summer moves to secondary tomorrow.

[St. Lou Stu]

Originally Posted by Devanmc

mmm beer, didnt know this was here. Ive got a honey brown kolsch and a summer blonde for shack in the fermentor right now. the summer moves to secondary tomorrow.

Nice.
I moved two over to secondary this weekend.

One is a Session IPA, the other a California Common.
Both will be kegged in time for Shack!

Tomorrow I'm going to brew a Kolsch. It should be a cool day compared to what we've had. Forecast only calls for 95 degrees.

[Devanmc]

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu

Nice.
I moved two over to secondary this weekend.

One is a Session IPA, the other a California Common.
Both will be kegged in time for Shack!

Tomorrow I'm going to brew a Kolsch. It should be a cool day compared to what we've had. Forecast only calls for 95 degrees.

so your bringing home brew kegs to shack as well? 5gl cornies im guessing?

if so, how do you plan on serving? we might be able to combine our serving stuff for the weekend. Im in the processes of PMing Da Klugs about the CO2 side of things.

[St. Lou Stu]

Originally Posted by Devanmc

so your bringing home brew kegs to shack as well? 5gl cornies im guessing?

if so, how do you plan on serving? we might be able to combine our serving stuff for the weekend. Im in the processes of PMing Da Klugs about the CO2 side of things.

I'll bring a full 2.5 pound cylinder, plus, we will have a paintball cylinder that we can run up to Walmart to refill if needed.
I'll be bringing 2 2-tap jockey boxes so we'll have four taps going at any given time.
Do you have a ball lock or pin lock setup?

[Devanmc]

ball lock, how many kegs will you have hooked up? if i might be able to hook my 2 kegs up to that. As itll work much better then a bucket of ice.

I was planning on bringing a 20oz CO2 as well. Plus my #20 as backup.

[St. Lou Stu]

Originally Posted by Devanmc

ball lock, how many kegs will you have hooked up? if i might be able to hook my 2 kegs up to that. As itll work much better then a bucket of ice.

I was planning on bringing a 20oz CO2 as well. Plus my #20 as backup.

I'm only bringing 2 kegs. Tristan is also going to bring one or two that I know of.
You are more than welcome to use the boxes.
We'll just make sure that it is hooked up so that we don't have the same stuff on tap.
Only exception would be that Tristan and I both brewed a session IPA... I'd like to tap those at the same time to do a side-by-side.

[Devanmc]

sounds fine to me. Ill bring enough to keep my beer cold in-case i cant hook up to the box. I planned on using large buckets and ice, should work pretty well. If needed.

do you have a manifold to split the CO2 multiple ways? That way we can use just 1 tank. If not i can look at borrowing/getting one.

where will be able to chain/tie up the tanks so they dont fall?

[St. Lou Stu]

Originally Posted by Devanmc

sounds fine to me.

do you can a manifold to split the CO2 multiple ways? That way we can use just 1 tank.

I'll bring an 8-way manifold too. I forgot about that.

Besides beer, I'm bringing:
1 - #2.5 CO2 tank
1 - Dual regulator
1 - 8 way manifold
2 - 2 tap jockey boxes
1 - half barrel ice tub
assorted tools for regulators, poppets, hose clamps, spare liquid and gas line...
bungees for tanks...

[Devanmc]

Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu

I'll bring an 8-way manifold too. I forgot about that.

Besides beer, I'm bringing:
1 - #2.5 CO2 tank
1 - Dual regulator
1 - 8 way manifold
2 - 2 tap jockey boxes
1 - half barrel ice tub
assorted tools for regulators, poppets, hose clamps, spare liquid and gas line......

awesome. ill bring my equipment just for backups then.

we will have a place to chain up the tanks from falling and being damaged though right? cuz i dont want to leave my#20 in the car on its side all weekend.

[St. Lou Stu]

Originally Posted by Devanmc

awesome. ill bring my equipment just for backups then.

we will have a place to chain up the tanks from falling and being damaged though right? cuz i dont want to leave my#20 in the car on its side all weekend.

Yeah, if we don't tie 'em to a table, I'm sure we could stash them in the shed away from trouble!

[Devanmc]

perfect. im gunna bring a some chain

[Devanmc]

if you think of anything youd like me to bring. just LMK

[Matt-N-Ga]

Awsmith4 and I transferred his Birthday brew into the secondary earlier last week. It's a clone of Kate The Great. We are letting it sit on Port soaked Oak chips.

We also transferred our own concoction off the second runnings of the KAte the Great mash. We added into primary, Coffee beans, Vanilla beans and chocolate. It sits alone in secondary with no additions.

[St. Lou Stu]

Brewed up a Kolsch today.
At a little more than 3 hours in the fermentor, I can already see bubbling and krausen developing! Yay for starters!


3 out of 4 have something in them now:
Kolsch - Fresh into the fermentor today
Session IPA - On the dry hops (four more days)
California Common - Chilling (Ready to keg, looking for time)

[kaisersozei]

Transferred all my batches of "NuptiAle," a session ale my boss is serving at his daughter's wedding, into secondaries before leaving for vacation. While I'm here at the beach, dreaming up what to brew when I get back Thinking about getting my 2011 Christmas beer going--working up a sweet stout recipe using some Lindt's chocolate (99% cocoa) I bought for my wife but she didn't like. Can't let it go to waste!

[BeerAdvocate]

I brewed a Watermelon wheat and a Bourbon Barrel Porter this weekend.
I am still trying to decide what Bourbon to use with the Porter. Im kind of thinking about using the new Jack Daniels Honey.

[awsmith4]

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate

I brewed a Watermelon wheat and a Bourbon Barrel Porter this weekend.
I am still trying to decide what Bourbon to use with the Porter. Im kind of thinking about using the new Jack Daniels Honey.

Just FYI, Jack is not a bourbon but that doesn't mean it won't be good. If you like the taste of it then use it. Matt and I used 1792 in ours because it was the only bottle in one of our collections we didn't mind sacrificing. It turned out pretty good.

[b0rderman]

Brewed up the AG Centennial Blonde from HBT this weekend. Used Maris Otter as my base for the first time, and bumped the IBUs ever so slightly. I wanted something a bit 'chewyer' than what the original recipe had going on. I've got an ounce of citra for dry hopping...never met a citra dry hop I didn't like, but also never have tried it with MO...

[Salvelinus]

Originally Posted by b0rderman

Brewed up the AG Centennial Blonde from HBT this weekend. Used Maris Otter as my base for the first time, and bumped the IBUs ever so slightly. I wanted something a bit 'chewyer' than what the original recipe had going on. I've got an ounce of citra for dry hopping...never met a citra dry hop I didn't like, but also never have tried it with MO...

I just made a marris/simcoe smash that tasted great going into bottles. So did the last pale i made with only two row though

[kaisersozei]

Question for you guys:

When the hop aroma fades from an Imperial IPA, what does the beer become? An old ale? Barleywine?

I have two beers that have been in the bottle for 6+ months or so--both started life as an IIPA, but have lost some of their initial aromas and are more malty on the nose now. Details--

#1 = 1.087 OG, 75 IBU, 9% ABV, Centennial/Citra/Simcoe/Amarillo
#2 = 1.084 OG, 101 IBU, 8.5% ABV, Amarillo/Nugget/Simcoe/Warrior

Thinking about entering a couple upcoming contests. I know taste would probably dictate your decisions, just wondering what you would choose "on paper." Thanks!