What's Brewing?

[feldmann]

Does anyone have the instructions for those little labels people put on the grolsch lids?

[Roger]

If you go to the Avery web site they have free label making templates. You can get the Avery round labels at Staples then just print them out.

[feldmann]

Managed to finally get ahead on chores and took advantage of being stuck inside today. Brewed a Golding Hopped English Bitter from Mad Fermentationist, mostly because I had everything on hand.

Had to make something with S-04 because it was the only yeast I had that was ready to pitch. Going to use left over wort to build starters for all the yeast I have laying around.

[Roger]

So I thought I'd punish myself today and brew a Hefeweizen using a triple decoction mash.
I started at 7:30 this morning and it's now 3:45 and I just started my sparge. Still have a 90 minute boil to go. Better be worth it...

[blisster]

I brewed a 22 gallon batch 2 weeks ago, biggest batch yet.. Ended up filling 4 kegs last night.

Very happy not to be bottling 

[feldmann]

I brewed a 22 gallon batch 2 weeks ago, biggest batch yet.. Ended up filling 4 kegs last night.

Very happy not to be bottling 

This is the biggest reason I want to start brewing bigger batches lol

[jamie_savoie]

Last weekend I did my 200th batch of beer and to celebrate I did an imperial maple brown porter. Today I'm transferring it to secondary along with a piece of toasted and charred sugar maple wood. In a week or two I'll add 2.5# of grade B syrup and in a few months when I'll bottle, I'll prime it with maple syrup

[Roger]

That sounds great @jamie_savoie but be careful with priming with maple syrup. Last time I used it I over primed the bottles and they were way over carbonated.
Sounds like a terrific beer though!

[jamie_savoie]

That sounds great @jamie_savoie but be careful with priming with maple syrup. Last time I used it I over primed the bottles and they were way over carbonated.
Sounds like a terrific beer though!

Do you know how much you used?
I was thinking using this calculator
https://www.northernbrewer.com/pages/priming-sugar-calculator
For 6 gal @ 2.2 vol it would take me 140g of maple (or 0.44cup)

[Roger]

I used a calculator it was probably that one. But it's probably a good idea to take a gravity reading on the syrup first by watering it down a bit. That way you don't have the same issues I did.

[Roger]

I finally had some time today to brew something. It's been 2-3 months since I brewed anything so the pipeline is empty.
Since the weather is getting cooler I thought a nice red ale was in order.
I might add some spices to half of it and make it a pumpkin spice ale... 

[pliny]

I finally had some time today to brew something. It's been 2-3 months since I brewed anything so the pipeline is empty.
Since the weather is getting cooler I thought a nice red ale was in order.
I might add some spices to half of it and make it a pumpkin spice ale... 

Cool. Yeah. It's getting colder. I recently brewed a Rye IPA.
I'll try to squeeze in a couple of brews in the next few weeks - just to make sure there's beer to keep warm. 

[jamie_savoie]

About 2 weeks ago I brewed a hoppy 4% pale (aka session ipa), it was for the hunting camp last week and the boys enjoyed having a couple of taps in the middle of nowhere. Next week I'm thinking brewing a brown or a stout or both

[Scott]

Not sure if this counts as brewing...I grabbed a carboy full of Revelation before it went to the fermenter and pitched Voss Kveik into it. Pitched at around 90f. which seemed a bit crazy. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out, this would be my first time using Kveik yeast

[blisster]

Last night I kegged 2 NEIPA, 1 black IPA, an Imperial Stout and a Raspberry Lambic..  It will be a great Thanksgiving