beer Official Brewdown Thread!!!

wheebz · Mar 28, 2016

very nice

RocketMan · Mar 28, 2016

Man, I just could not get the wort to clear up, but I think I know what caused

I'm pretty sure I mashed in with too much water so the grain bed didn't settle like it should. Also it kept getting stuck.

Pre-boil Gravity is 1.040. Honey will go in at Flameout so it's not up to the target of 1.060 yet.

Look at the head on this!

Hot Break achieved

Hops and first lemon peel in

Dang, look at all that curd floating in there, never had that happen before and now I'm wishing I had some Irish Moss

Hopefully, I'll get s good whirlpool and leave a bunch of that behind. 30 minutes and the second lemon peel goes in.

RocketMan · Mar 28, 2016

Second lemon peel went in and white foam skimmed off

grantmichaels · Mar 28, 2016

Nice ... bet it smells really nice!

RocketMan · Mar 28, 2016

15 minutes Sweet Basil goes in

Flameout, Yeast Nutrients

3 pounds Wildflower Honey

Removed the bags and whirlpool

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Gave it 10 minutes and then a run through the counter flow chiller.

Got a good whirlpool, coming out a lot

Wow, never had this much crud left over

Good temp

A little O2

Pitch it

See ya in a week

Chamber is at 57 heading for 70 dF. I'll move it into the chamber then.

wheebz · Mar 28, 2016

gonna be baller

RocketMan · Mar 28, 2016

My 21 year old daughter says it's going to be goat!

grantmichaels · Mar 28, 2016

Looks good ... even almost makes me want to brew!

RocketMan · Mar 28, 2016

Never had a brew day like today. From finding a hole in the bottom of my mash tun, all that crud in the wort and then having to deal with the kids, we brewed root beer while zi was brewing which was actually fun Took a little longer than I was really planed for but feels good to have it done.

Now!
I'm counting on the rest of you to get in here and brew! Winning this thing will be a lot more fun against someone that winning because I'm the only one in

Cheers y'all!

grantmichaels · Mar 28, 2016

There will be entries ... I'm sure of it.

RocketMan · Mar 29, 2016

Well at 7:00 last night I went out to check on how the ale was coming along and whether the yeast was doing anything and they is what I saw:

Then at 5:43 this morning it was like:

Oh yea oh yea, it's working!

grantmichaels · Mar 29, 2016

Nice, glad it got going for you ...

wheebz · Mar 29, 2016

looks good

RocketMan · Mar 29, 2016

Smells good too, malty lemony, not picking up much if any of the basil, might dry basil it some.

wheebz · Mar 29, 2016

if I use herbs/spices its always at flameout. That 20 minute steep is more than enough time to extract everything, just like a tea. I find boiling that stuff adds an unwanted bitterness

tends to remove the aromatics as well

RocketMan · Mar 29, 2016

wheebz said:
if I use herbs/spices its always at flameout. That 20 minute steep is more than enough time to extract everything, just like a tea. I find boiling that stuff adds an unwanted bitterness

tends to remove the aromatics as well

Good to know about spices. Do you consider the citrus peel that way too or do you include them in the boil as I did to extract the oils?

jbeer32 · Mar 29, 2016

I will be getting my Maris Otter malt from the local brew shop. How do I prove it is Maris Otter and not something else? Should I take a picture of the bin stating Maris Otter as I take what I need out for this brew?

jbeer32 · Mar 29, 2016

Should I just show the 10 cent POL next to the bin as I remove what I need from it at the brew store? Seems to me the best way to prove it.

wheebz · Mar 30, 2016

If you take a picture of the milled grain, I can tell its marris otter by looking at it

and I trust you guys to use it

jbeer32 · Mar 30, 2016

Alright, here goes nothing! I am a newer home brewer who has only 6 extract brews and 6 all grain brews to my name so far and every one has been a learning experience. This will be the first time that I will be using a singe grain and single hop in one brew so this will be interesting and hopefully very tasty! :beer:

I give you ...

jbeer32's

Minnesota Maris Otter IPA (MMO IPA)

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Ingredients:

Grain:

12.5 lbs Maris Otter

Hops:

6 oz Centennial

1.0 oz 60 min
2.0 oz 10 min
1.0 oz 5 min
2.0 oz dry hop

Yeast:

White Labs WLP090 San Diego Super Strain

Other:

3/4 cup priming sugar

1 tsp Irish moss, 15 min

Muntons Plain Extra Light DME for yeast starter

Mash
152 F, 3.13 gal

Sparge
170 F, 6.44 gal

Ferment

66 F for 5-9 days (never used this strain before so not sure on fermenting time)

rack into secondary, let sit for a week, then add dry hops and let sit for another week then bottle.

Better get working on my yeast starter now as I plan to brew Friday afternoon. Cheers! :cheers: