What are you brewing?

[that guy al]

as i type this, i am consuming my very last bottle of homebrew. it's not a position i usually find myself in nor is it a position i like to be in. i just haven't brewed much in the last month or two.

obviously it's time for me to start thinking about building up some stock again. i'm probably going to make some sort of hop-heavy ale in the form of a CDA or IPA. i make a killer milk stout which i'm hoping to brew up soon too.

what about you. what you got planned?

[Matt54]

I've currently got a slight variation on a traditional bock which I bottled last week which I am really looking forward to drinking. It was my first all grain so fingers crossed

[kingcur]

In fermenters, I've got a red almost-Imperial IPA. I was going for 100 IBU, but I added to much sparge water and only ended up with 70ish.

I've also got a 'stone soup' ale (brewed for left over ingredients).

Up and coming, I'm going to take another crack at the Red IIPA as well as work on my brown ale(trying to get something close to the Rogue brown).

[duff.]

Honey lager in the FV . Doing A Vienna Lager tomorrow , and also a belgium Ale .

[that guy al]

so? hows the brewing going, chaps? i haven't been able to brew because of the weather. my fermenting fridge died for the second time in two months so i need to get my 'brewing fix' through you all.

[MongooseMan]

so? hows the brewing going, chaps? i haven't been able to brew because of the weather. my fermenting fridge died for the second time in two months so i need to get my 'brewing fix' through you all.

Brewing this on Saturday.

But first, getting one of these on Thursday to be my big fermenter. Hopefully it fits in my fridge. If it does it'll be nice to brew a big 40l IPA (300g of hops ), otherwise it'll be a regulation 24l batch.

[that guy al]

Brewing this on Saturday.

But first, getting one of these on Thursday to be my big fermenter. Hopefully it fits in my fridge. If it does it'll be nice to brew a big 40l IPA (300g of hops ), otherwise it'll be a regulation 24l batch.

nice one! i'm super jealous. i tried brewing that same recipe once upon a time but i got so sidetracked with ingredients it ended up being something completely different.

post some pics if you can.

[SimonB]

I'm brewing an English Mild on Sunday hopefully. My Christening Ale turned out really good as a first batch on my new rig, but it's not a session beer

[that guy al]

I'm brewing an English Mild...

i'm curious. why an english mild? what is your motivation behind that choice? in fact, what is anyone's reason for brewing a particular style? i usually brew things i've tasted and enjoyed. i've never sat down and thought "hmmm, i think i'll brew a wee heavy next" because, well, i've never had a wee heavy and don't know if it's something i'd like to 'waste' (for lack of a better word) my time on.

[SimonB]

i'm curious. why an english mild? what is your motivation behind that choice? in fact, what is anyone's reason for brewing a particular style? i usually brew things i've tasted and enjoyed. i've never sat down and thought "hmmm, i think i'll brew a wee heavy next" because, well, i've never had a wee heavy and don't know if it's something i'd like to 'waste' (for lack of a better word) my time on.

If my last bottle of Wee Heavy is left, next time you are around, you can have a taste

I'm very experimental, and I have tried brewing many styles (and tasting many more), but English styles just happen to be what i like. I guess that's my heritage coming out

I also really enjoy many Belgian beers, specifically Chimay Bleu. I've never been partial to uber-bitter uber-bitter yank stuff.

This is one reason why I like small batch brewing - I can experiment loads, and i only have 4-5 litres or so of beer to deal with if I dont particularly like the style. Then when I have a recipe I have enjoyed, it gets scaled up