What's Brewing?

[Two Wheeler]

I've had pretty good success with the beer gun. I always set the PSI at about 4 when filling, and don't chill the bottles.

[jdueck]

In general flat stout would be better than a bottle bomb exploding stout

[ECH]

Made a Belgian Abbey starter tonight, thanks @ECH !

Who wants to bet this will be a mess...

Belgian Abbey was the culprit behind my first beercano that hit the ceiling. Use a large blow off!

Yes, especially where it is a 2nd gen of the yeast. I don't know if that is normal or not, but any time I have used harvested yeast, it has always been more active, than the first time I used it.

WLP California Ale, fairly tame, no more the S05, however when I used a 2nd gen of the yeast I had harvested, it fermented like a beast and was chucking itself out through the blowoff tube with in hours.

Let me know how well the starter goes, interesting to see how viable the yeast still is, since it was harvested in late June, and I still have 3 bottles of it here. BTW, had to loosen the cover on all my other mason jars...every one had a bulged top.

[jdueck]

I have thought of the idea of using a blow off hose (5/8 - 3/4").

[feldmann]

I have no power so I'm making a started from crushed grain for an Oud Bruin from American Sour beer with my little camping stove.

[Roger]

I have no power so I'm making a started from crushed grain for an Oud Bruin from American Sour beer with my little camping stove.

Where there's a will there's a way! 

[jdueck]

I still use a Coleman stove for the 2 gallon batches that I make

[Roger]

Last evening I took an idea from @blisster  and added some cold steeped dark grain liquid to one of two carboys of fermenting IPA. I used a little under 2 liters in 5,1/2 gallons of fermenting beer. I also plan to dry hop them differently. I was going to use different yeasts but I forgot to get a starter going so I used US-05 in both. Now I'll have two different IPA's for the holidays. One black and one normal. Thanks Pierre!

[jamie_savoie]

Last evening I took an idea from @blisster  and added some cold steeped dark grain liquid to one of two carboys of fermenting IPA. I used a little under 2 liters in 5,1/2 gallons of fermenting beer. I also plan to dry hop them differently. I was going to use different yeasts but I forgot to get a starter going so I used US-05 in both. Now I'll have two different IPA's for the holidays. One black and one normal. Thanks Pierre!

I had one of that BIPA he made this w-e.  I usually hate BIPA but his was awesome!  Most likely I'll copy this idea soon

brewed a maple winter warmer over the weekend, kegged a saison, a 1 year old brett saison and bottled the american bw for the exchange 

[robcoombs]

Last evening I took an idea from @blisster  and added some cold steeped dark grain liquid to one of two carboys of fermenting IPA. I used a little under 2 liters in 5,1/2 gallons of fermenting beer. I also plan to dry hop them differently. I was going to use different yeasts but I forgot to get a starter going so I used US-05 in both. Now I'll have two different IPA's for the holidays. One black and one normal. Thanks Pierre!

I had one of that BIPA he made this w-e.  I usually hate BIPA but his was awesome!  Most likely I'll copy this idea soon

brewed a maple winter warmer over the weekend, kegged a saison, a 1 year old brett saison and bottled the american bw for the exchange 

Agreed that BIPA by @blisster was super tasty!

You are like a homebrew Jedi! Waiting a year on a saison 

[robcoombs]

Over the weekend I moved two cultures of brett (C and Amalgamation) into small bottles with airlocks and placed them in my beer fridge. This way I can maintain and always have brett strains on hand.

[jamie_savoie]

You are like a homebrew Jedi! Waiting a year on a saison 

more like too lazy to bottle them hahaha

[feldmann]

I actually had time off to do stuff this weekend! On Wednesday I brewed an English Porter, Friday I made the starter for an Oud Bruin and Saturday I bottled my beer for the exchange. My sour farmhouse is ready to bottle but now I've got five batches in bottles so it'll have to wait for a bit.

[robcoombs]

I actually had time off to do stuff this weekend! On Wednesday I brewed an English Porter, Friday I made the starter for an Oud Bruin and Saturday I bottled my beer for the exchange. My sour farmhouse is ready to bottle but now I've got five batches in bottles so it'll have to wait for a bit.

What strain are you using for the Oud Bruin? I used roselare for the same style recently and I was wondering if I shy have used something different as I used the same strain for my FR.

[robcoombs]

Just finished bottling my exchange beer. I really did not miss bottling.