Big Brew

[shughes600]

So what is everyone going to brew? Anybody have any big plans?

I am brewing an american pale ale all grain because I have the ingredients on hand. Our club is brewing at the local homebrew store.

[S.F.B.]

I am bottling a strong amber and kegging an imperial stout this week. I am going to brew some light ale and Anchor Steam style brews in the next couple weeks.

[b3s]

i have an extract pale conditioning now, a partial mash stout in the secondary, a partial mash IPA in primary, and grains for my first whole grain (a honey wheat) waiting for some carboys to clear the deck :)

the stout and IPA will probably be ready for bottling at the same time., so about a week before that i'll start the wheat.

right now i'm down to one can of guinness draught...nothing else. i'm gonna put one of the tap-a-drafts of my extract pale in the fridge and start it up tonight.

[shughes600]

Saturday, May 3'rd is national homebrew day in the US. What is anyone brewing on this day?

[danno]

my brother bought me a Saison kit for my b-day, going to throw that together, popping the smack pack Thursday morning, making a starter Thursday night, stepping it up friday, brewing Saturday...

:cool:

[YamahaXS]

Originally posted by shughes600
Saturday, May 3'rd is national homebrew day in the US. What is anyone brewing on this day?

nothing, but i might get another batch of pale ale going on the 4th

[asciibaron]

the local homebrew store is hosting several clubs on Saturday. it appears that everyone will be making the California Common. i hope to get an education on the many finer points as this will be my second batch of homebrew.

i am very curious to see the all grainers brew in a parking lot. that should be an interesting event.

-steve

[b3s]

now i'm wishing i had delayed my IPA for one week :( maybe i'll make that wheat beer a week or two early and let it sit in the primary until one of my secondaries is done.

[shughes600]

Originally posted by asciibaron
i am very curious to see the all grainers brew in a parking lot. that should be an interesting event.

-steve

I am very curios to see how I am going to accomplish my all grain in a parking lot. Applying heat won't be a problem. Setting up my Liquor tank on top of my truck will be fun?

[fuji6100]

I'll be working 12 hours on the 3rd, but I'll be kicking off a nut-brown on the 6th.

My first attempt at a nut brown (back in Feburary) didn't turn out so well.... or so I thought! I cracked one of the few remaining bottles open yesterday and was surprised to see my roasted flavor finally came through! (After 2 months).

I'm down to only 3 bottles of the stuff so I'm going to get another cranking on Tuesday.

I was supposed to have a grill-out and "homebrew" party at my house next month and was going to serve my honey-brown, nut brown, and wheat beers to show off to my co-workers...

Unfortunately I've consumed all but a few of each... OOPS!

I need to start brewing more often than once ever 4-6 weeks.

[asciibaron]

the local Big Brew was a great event. i think 10 people brewed today and it was really good to see how others brewed. i really liked seeing the all grainers do their thing. i learned a good deal of info and hopefully this batch will come out much better than the last.

a few more batches should have me hooked enough to invest in a propane burner and 40 quart brew kettle with ball valve. those and a wort chiller.

anyone have a few hundred i can 'borrow'

:)

[toneyc]

Originally posted by fuji6100
I need to start brewing more often than once ever 4-6 weeks.

Wow. I'm starting to think I drink too much. 4-6 weeks? That's like 1.1-1.7 beers per day, more or less. I brew every other weekend, sometimes 3 weekends in a month. I ran out once after skipping a couple of weekends. It wasn't pretty. Then I had to brew 5 weekends in a row to catch up! But it is rare these days that I buy any commercial beer at all.

Oh, back on topic, I brewed a Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale clone from Austin Homebrew on Friday. Their AHS American IPA I recipe. The last time I brewed that one, it went really fast. I likes it!

:) Toney.

[asciibaron]

damn. i have been drinking 2 beers a night now for a few weeks to sample a variety of styles and variations within those styles. plus i needed more bottles ;)

my plan is to cut back on commerical brews and build up a cache of 4 cases of homebrew. i should have a decent cache built up next month. this will allow me to brew once a month and still have beer to drink.

if after 6 months i stick with the hobby, i'm going to move away from bottles and into cornies. to do that i will need a refrigerator, but that is easy to find for cheap in teh Pennysaver.

i am on the quest for the perfect beer. hopefully i will have found it in the next few years.

[paul84043]

We started small, one fermenter and it quickly became apparent that that would not suffice....so I bought my second, third, and fourth, plus 4 secondary carboys....
I now have 5 types of beer bottled at various stages of carbonation and aging, plus 6 more batches in process, one kit on the shelf and one arriving in the mail today.

I will win this battle through sheer volume, plus I will have a variety to choose from in the basement which I think will be really cool.

I currently have an Amber ale, California Common, Irish stout, Red Ale, Nut Brown ale with oktoberfest yeast, Porter, Belgian Dubbel, Sam Adams Ale CLone, Hefeweizen, and my Black & Tan on hand....

[asciibaron]

um, so you like beer, huh?

i have been pricing out the materials to go to all grain. it's going to run just under $200 to get a 10 gallon SS Polar Ware brewpot with ball valve and piping for a manifold for the cooler.

this is a fun hobby, but now is the time for science. enough of this kicking back and having a homebrew crap ;)

sidney, get me my slide rule

[paul84043]

Well, my wife likes it too, so it's not an even comparison...we probably go through 4 to 6 a night on average, and alot more on the weekends...

I'm still eyeballing the parts to make a 10 gallon stainless conical fermenter.....I just need to figure out how to hide it from the in-laws....