I brewed today!

So the last 2 days I brewed 2 for the upcoming season.
55 was yesterday. A 5.5% 55 IBU beer to be released on 5/5. A Mexican lager grain bill brewed with a big hand of neo-mexican hops
May Flower was today. A Saison brewed with organic hibiscus flowers. This will be released on my granddaughter's birthday. I designed and brewed it for her. A May Flower of the season and beautifully pink!
 
The Brew Mentor said:
So the last 2 days I brewed 2 for the upcoming season.
55 was yesterday. A 5.5% 55 IBU beer to be released on 5/5. A Mexican lager grain bill brewed with a big hand of neo-mexican hops
May Flower was today. A Saison brewed with organic hibiscus flowers. This will be released on my granddaughter's birthday. I designed and brewed it for her. A May Flower of the season and beautifully pink!
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Ah, perfect for the Sinko de Mayo. You all know the story, right?


Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.

This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.

The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.

The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
 
Donoroto said:
Ah, perfect for the Sinko de Mayo. You all know the story, right?


Most people don't know that back in 1912, Hellmann's mayonnaise was manufactured in England. In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York.

This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico. But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York. The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.

The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.

The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
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That is hilarious! Makes perfect sense!
 
Blackmuse said:
I brewed a hefeweizen today! First brew session since September! Double decoction and half of it is going to be open fermented in a shallow fermenter. Wish me luck! Feels good to be back at it!
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Welcome back big fella picking it back up where you left off it seems decoction brewing and all.
I'm sure I remember you trying decoction on you last beverage and not getting the expected extraction you were after?

Open fermentation cool almost the oposite fermentation trend these days of closed pressure fermentations:).​
 
Trialben said:
Welcome back big fella picking it back up where you left off it seems decoction brewing and all.
I'm sure I remember you trying decoction on you last beverage and not getting the expected extraction you were after?

Open fermentation cool almost the oposite fermentation trend these days of closed pressure fermentations:).​
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The beer just before the decoction beer was low - poor extract and never quite figured out why... Maybe I missed a few pounds of malt?

The last beer I made last year was a Munich Dunkel with a decoction mash and it came out excellent! I actually bought a new lift table and a new pulley last year and was prepping for what I brewed today but somehow never managed to brew it. Kinda crazy. So glad that I finally got to it! We'll see how it turns out. :)
 
A double batch of bastardized dark mild. 5 gallons with Voss and 5 with t58. The t58 is intended for another batch of Albany Ale to pour on the yeast cake.
Wondering if my 16 gallon kettle with 13 gallons of boiling wort in it is too heavy for my turkey fryer at hot break was a fun moment of colon tightening panic....:eek:

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It was good to clean up while the sun was still shining!
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Heck, I even stopped to smell the daffodils!

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Ward Chillington said:
A double batch of bastardized dark mild. 5 gallons with Voss and 5 with t58. The t58 is intended for another batch of Albany Ale to pour on the yeast cake.
Wondering if my 16 gallon kettle with 13 gallons of boiling wort in it is too heavy for my turkey fryer at hot break was a fun moment of colon tightening panic....:eek:

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It was good to clean up while the sun was still shining!
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Heck, I even stopped to smell the daffodils!

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What a great day!
 
Today seemed like a good day to brew up a Blue Moon Clone. Filled up the Anvil fo the mash. While filling i turned on the pump to make sure it was primed. The discharge end was just hanging on the handle. Pumped a quart or so on the floor.
All done with the soak starting to heat for the boil. Hmm , gotta run upstairs for a minute, 200 degrees, simple turn down the heat. Set to 20 percent. Back in plenty of time reset the heat to 97 %. Grab the spray bottle and be ready for the boil. Bottle in hand walk across the room to look at something , turn around to see the boil climbing out of the kettle. About another quart , sticky stuff this time on the floor.
Boiled up cooled and ready to pitch. My dry yeast ,LALBREWIT Belgian ale yeast is all rehydrated ,slurried and ready to go. Open the top to pour it in and knock it over, again all over the floor. Hello BRY-97.
 
west1m said:
Today seemed like a good day to brew up a Blue Moon Clone. Filled up the Anvil fo the mash. While filling i turned on the pump to make sure it was primed. The discharge end was just hanging on the handle. Pumped a quart or so on the floor.
All done with the soak starting to heat for the boil. Hmm , gotta run upstairs for a minute, 200 degrees, simple turn down the heat. Set to 20 percent. Back in plenty of time reset the heat to 97 %. Grab the spray bottle and be ready for the boil. Bottle in hand walk across the room to look at something , turn around to see the boil climbing out of the kettle. About another quart , sticky stuff this time on the floor.
Boiled up cooled and ready to pitch. My dry yeast ,LALBREWIT Belgian ale yeast is all rehydrated ,slurried and ready to go. Open the top to pour it in and knock it over, again all over the floor. Hello BRY-97.
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Bloody Nora that is some mishaps there mate!
Well hope that's all you bad luck outta the way and you can get back to brewing beer:D!

Well that Belgian is gunna be less phenolic ;).
 
west1m said:
Today seemed like a good day to brew up a Blue Moon Clone. Filled up the Anvil fo the mash. While filling i turned on the pump to make sure it was primed. The discharge end was just hanging on the handle. Pumped a quart or so on the floor.
All done with the soak starting to heat for the boil. Hmm , gotta run upstairs for a minute, 200 degrees, simple turn down the heat. Set to 20 percent. Back in plenty of time reset the heat to 97 %. Grab the spray bottle and be ready for the boil. Bottle in hand walk across the room to look at something , turn around to see the boil climbing out of the kettle. About another quart , sticky stuff this time on the floor.
Boiled up cooled and ready to pitch. My dry yeast ,LALBREWIT Belgian ale yeast is all rehydrated ,slurried and ready to go. Open the top to pour it in and knock it over, again all over the floor. Hello BRY-97.
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Hard to "like" that day, but it seems it all worked itself out.
 
west1m said:
Today seemed like a good day to brew up a Blue Moon Clone. Filled up the Anvil fo the mash. While filling i turned on the pump to make sure it was primed. The discharge end was just hanging on the handle. Pumped a quart or so on the floor.
All done with the soak starting to heat for the boil. Hmm , gotta run upstairs for a minute, 200 degrees, simple turn down the heat. Set to 20 percent. Back in plenty of time reset the heat to 97 %. Grab the spray bottle and be ready for the boil. Bottle in hand walk across the room to look at something , turn around to see the boil climbing out of the kettle. About another quart , sticky stuff this time on the floor.
Boiled up cooled and ready to pitch. My dry yeast ,LALBREWIT Belgian ale yeast is all rehydrated ,slurried and ready to go. Open the top to pour it in and knock it over, again all over the floor. Hello BRY-97.
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Sounds like your brewing day went about like my mowing day. I rebuilt the mowing deck on my old Husqvarna 42" rider yesterday, and cut the 'finished' part of the yard with it for a test. The mower's getting some age on it, but still runs like a top with the 22HP V-Twin on it. Last year, I took the tractor apart and replaced all the idler pulleys and the drive belt, and cleaned off the hydrostatic transmission as well. Yesterday, new blades, new arbors/spindles, new pulleys, new mower belt. Yep, ran great and cut good. Today, I got cancelled on some other gardening by a heavy rain early this morning, so decided to cut the 'unfinished' part of the yard. I usually just drop the deck one notch below fully raised, or three notches above the level I cut the main yard, and remove the bagger attachment to 'let 'er blow'. All is going well, UNTIL, I find a pine stump I forgot about in the deadfall from last winter. I really thought I'd cut that low enough this wouldn't happen, but I'm an engineer, not a lumberjack. Snapped one spindle off just below the pulley. I said some bad words and went back to the shed where I pulled the deck out and replaced the spindle with the best used one I had. Blades back on, two more passes, and I find a root that's sticking up more than it used to, and bent the end of a new blade so that it turned the mowing deck into a high speed horizontal rototiller. I said some more bad words, and started wishing I'd just stayed inside and played Farming Simulator on the PC.

After that sequence of events, I'm glad I didn't try to brew today.
 
west1m said:
Today seemed like a good day to brew up a Blue Moon Clone. Filled up the Anvil fo the mash. While filling i turned on the pump to make sure it was primed. The discharge end was just hanging on the handle. Pumped a quart or so on the floor.
All done with the soak starting to heat for the boil. Hmm , gotta run upstairs for a minute, 200 degrees, simple turn down the heat. Set to 20 percent. Back in plenty of time reset the heat to 97 %. Grab the spray bottle and be ready for the boil. Bottle in hand walk across the room to look at something , turn around to see the boil climbing out of the kettle. About another quart , sticky stuff this time on the floor.
Boiled up cooled and ready to pitch. My dry yeast ,LALBREWIT Belgian ale yeast is all rehydrated ,slurried and ready to go. Open the top to pour it in and knock it over, again all over the floor. Hello BRY-97.
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When it rains it pours my Mamma always said, that was tough to read...
 
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