What are you brewing?

[kingcur Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kingcur]

The time commitment is roughly the same for 5L as for 20L. If you have demand, then 20L is better.

The logistics are much easier with 4-5L batches and I'm brewing much more now. I don't get through 18L easier, so it is a much better batch size for me.

[cavok Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close cavok]

On Sunday we minikegged and bottled a dark wheat. A friend of mine got it into her head that she wants to brew her own beer from now on and that's just what I needed as I hadn't brewed in a loong time.

I did a sort of partial mash using a Coopers kit, DME and choc malt, but without a proper mash. Here's hoping it turns out nice.

[MongooseMan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MongooseMan]

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.

No pics of the beers yet, brewing tomorrow, but I did get the new fermenter, and built a stand for it (didn't trust plywood with 45kg of beer on top of it):

[MongooseMan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MongooseMan]

So 220g of hops equals a crapton of trub:
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[that guy al Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close that guy al]

So 220g of hops equals a crapton of trub:
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very. frikken. awesome.

[BeerBot Member Find all posts View Profile Close BeerBot]

So 220g of hops equals a crapton of trub:
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Holy moly, thats a lot of trub MM. Nearly 8 oz of hops, thats......thats just.....well done dude

[MongooseMan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close MongooseMan]

Brewpi showing fermentation taking off:
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Look how the fridge temp needs to keep getting lower just to keep the beer temp in check because of all the heat the yeast is generating

[Matt54 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt54]

That's nuts!

[Guest Close AtronSeige]

This weekend I am planning on brewing a stout of some sorts, maybe 2 different stouts.

I have 2 APAs that are being kegged tonight. One with Southern Aroma, one with Southern... something, I forgot the other hops.

I got some yeast that a company asked me to test, so I have to brew a bitter to see if the yeast is good to style. That will probably happen next week. I will probably brew something heavy with that so that so that it has time to relax before winter.

[StevenD (Slainthe) Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StevenD (Slainthe)]

As I type, my boil of an English Brown Ale is about 20mins away from completion, then for cooling.

I was in Beerguevara yesterday for some grains (I am going to try my hand at roasting) so I decided to try their Brown Ale kit.

Sometime next week, I hope to be brewing a stout from grains I will have roasted, and then also a SMASH with Cascade hops. the last one I did with Amarillo was really good, IMO, so I want to try it with a different hop.

[GrantP Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close GrantP]

Trying my first lager. Vienna red lager in the fermenter. But Escom is not helping my temps!

[StevenD (Slainthe) Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StevenD (Slainthe)]

Trying my first lager. Vienna red lager in the fermenter. But Escom is not helping my temps!

It would help to keep your fermenter, if possible, in a bath of cold water. That way, if the power goes off, you can chuck ice into the bath to keep the temp down for a while until it comes back on.

[SimonB Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close SimonB]

No brewing for me - building something that will hold my mill... unless the urge to brew my English Mild will exceed my urge to wield some tools

[CapeTownBrew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CapeTownBrew]

I need to brew the Libertine Black Ale Clone this weekend to have it ready for the Southyeasters Summer Festival!

[Bryan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Bryan]

No brewing for me either at the moment, another couple of weeks. Can't wait, will get the mates around to witness my first attempt with the new system. Pleeease no leaks.