Homebrewers - Whats Fermenting?

[smokinghole]

The sheer number of entries is astounding to me for NHC. There are 7500 total entries possible, 750 at each of the 10 locations. Who knows how many in each category, but I suspect hop heavy and roast heavy beers will be a lot of submissions. I'm just intrigued to see if I make it through the first round. I'm hoping I do well because I can use it as a validation of skill when looking for money to open my own place.

 

[smokinghole]

Brewing up a flanders red today. Like with the oud bruin I'm using purple corn instead of plain yellow corn. It has flavor and it has a cool purple color. This will be partially blended into the oud bruin when I bottle each of them most likely. I am thinking I will bottle a case or half a case of each separate and then bottle the rest of it blended together depending on how they taste when they're ready.

 

[hossdawg]

The whole house was filled with the fine smell of hops Saturday night as I brewed the Dead Ringer IPA. Into the second week of primary for the Scottish Wee Heavy and will probably let it sit for a month before bottling then don't even think about it for at least three months.

 

[twenty5]

Brewed a Noble Trappist Ale the other day, this is my first stinky fermentation.... I almost puked the first time I smelled it... Hopefully this only lasts another day or two lol

 

[Lorax429]

Decided I wanted to have a special Xmas beer this year so I have just ordered the ingredients to make a Chocolate/Vanilla Peppermint Imperial Stout that will be allowed to age in a Secondary fermenter until October. About two weeks before bottling I will add the cocoa nibs and vanilla beans and let it sit on those for about 2 to 3 weeks. Then just before bottling I'll add about a 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of homemade peppermint extract. The plan is to have it ready to start drinking in early to mid December. Brew Day will happen as soon as my Primary frees up when I keg my porter. Once I get the Xmas beer into the secondary I will start work on my Saison recipe.

 

[smokinghole]

Today I have a friend coming over to do a tandem brew with me. We are going to make 12 gallons of turbid mashed wort for our best attempt at brewing a lambic. I'll send him home with six, I'll ferment six, with two different strains. They will be subjected to different fermentation environments because our houses are different. I don't have a basement and he does. His will eventually end up in the basement I'm sure.

So in a year or more we'll have a sour beer. The thing is this might take two years or more to finish if we do it correctly. I'll have to brew a "new" lambic let it go about six months or so to blend into the "old" lambic so we have a bunch to bottle like they do traditional gueuzes. I will take plenty of photos. I will have a very starchy milky looking wort by noon I hope.

 

[jonk]

Today I have a friend coming over to do a tandem brew with me. We are going to make 12 gallons of turbid mashed wort for our best attempt at brewing a lambic. I'll send him home with six, I'll ferment six, with two different strains. They will be subjected to different fermentation environments because our houses are different. I don't have a basement and he does. His will eventually end up in the basement I'm sure.

So in a year or more we'll have a sour beer. The thing is this might take two years or more to finish if we do it correctly. I'll have to brew a "new" lambic let it go about six months or so to blend into the "old" lambic so we have a bunch to bottle like they do traditional gueuzes. I will take plenty of photos. I will have a very starchy milky looking wort by noon I hope.

Sounds awesome. Yes please post pictures

 

[smokinghole]

What a bitch this beer is to brew. The mash was a total pain in the ass. To think I'll do this again in about 8 months or so that way I have something to blend with for carbonation instead of just using priming sugar.

Pulled a small taste of my Oud Bruin I brewed I forget when. Feels like 5 months or so now. That beer has a NICE acidity at this point. It's going to be one for the ages at 9%abv and nicely sour.

My RIS is coming along nicely. It is still a punch in the mouth and will make your toes curl if you drink more than 3-4 ounces of it at a time right now.

 

[danthebugman]

Decided I wanted to have a special Xmas beer this year so I have just ordered the ingredients to make a Chocolate/Vanilla Peppermint Imperial Stout...

Holy crap that sounds amazing!

Dan

 

[Lorax429]

Holy crap that sounds amazing!

Dan

Well we'll see. It's a good premise. Now we just have to see if I have the brewing chops to execute.

 

[JRL]

I have an older copy of The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing by Charlie Papazian if anyone is interested in reading it please PM me.

Cheers.

EDIT *This is going to a BOTL looking to get into the obsession*

 

[David]

40 gallons of beer and 20 gallons of hard cider accomplished in the past 5 months.

ETA: and some Apfelwein

 

[Craig Mac]

40 gallons of beer and 20 gallons of hard cider accomplished in the past 5 months.

ETA: and some Apfelwein

WTF??? Seriously?

 

[Crypto Sailor]

40 gallons of beer and 20 gallons of hard cider accomplished in the past 5 months.

ETA: and some Apfelwein

WoW is the world coming to an end anytime soon?

I made 5 gallons for the 1st time and it wasn't a walk in the park.

 

[David]

WTF??? Seriously?

That's only 8 different batches of beer.

The cider is easy since you do nothing on the stovetop. It is aging right now in bottles since it starts to get really good at 6 months or more of age.

 

[smokinghole]

Craig you think 40 is a lot in 5 months? lol

I think in in the neighborhood of 85 gal in 5 months. God damn I didn't realize it was that much. I have another 8 on the docket for tomorrow, and then I think another 10-12 on Sunday. At this rate I can realistically bust my limit of 200 annual gallons. Luckily it's a quantity spanning two years.

 

[Craig Mac]

Craig you think 40 is a lot in 5 months? lol

I think in in the neighborhood of 85 gal in 5 months....

You don't count Adam. I know you brew on everyday that ends in "y"

 

[twenty5]

I am sitting at 20 gallons in 6 weeks... I really enjoy making some beers, it's jsut getting good now, as I put a new batch in, an old one is ready to drink. The first two were rough, lots of work, no reward.

 

[Tnt Cigarguy]

You all are a bunch of lushes. I am proud of you all.

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[smokinghole]

So I was cleaning up from my lambic brew. I didn't clean a damn thing on wednesday night due to my wife wanting to go out and not giving a shit that I needed to clean. Anyhow, I tend to just dump hops down my garbage disposal and have not had a problem. That is until today. So word of warning. Don't toss a shit ton of hops through your garbage disposal. I need to find the main drain access cap and run a snake down the line now to get it clear. Fuck me what a day.