What are you doing with homebrew today?

[TetersMillBrewing]

Onto me lines now

Still pretty new to kegging beer. When I started I had really short lines and had huge problem with foaming beer. I just tore mine down last week to clean all the stainless and replaced all the beer lines with Accuflex Bev-Seal Ultra Barrier Tubing. I have 10 ft of beer lines on each tap now and the pours are almost perfect. What cleaner do you use when you a doing CIP on the keg lines? Looks pretty simple they way you have it setup, just start at one end and run though everything to the other end.

 

[Herm brews]

Steeping some dark grain to go into an apa.

That looks almost purple.

 

[Herm brews]

I am heating strike water to brew Herm’s Amber Ale. Prior to starting, I calibrated my refractometer, weighed out brewing salts and hops additions. As is my custom, I cleaned my stove sparkly this morning, then mashed some oatmeal for breakfast. It’s Brew Day!

 

[GFHomebrew]

Still pretty new to kegging beer. When I started I had really short lines and had huge problem with foaming beer. I just tore mine down last week to clean all the stainless and replaced all the beer lines with Accuflex Bev-Seal Ultra Barrier Tubing. I have 10 ft of beer lines on each tap now and the pours are almost perfect. What cleaner do you use when you a doing CIP on the keg lines? Looks pretty simple they way you have it setup, just start at one end and run though everything to the other end.

I just use 100% sodium percarbonate hot then hot water rinse then phosphoric acid to finish.
That's an submersible its the bucket blaster cleaner one line goes in the left beer line loops around into the center tap then drains back to bucket the right just loops around .
Another brewer @BOB357 got me onto this.

The beer always tastes more fresh and lively after this

 

[Sunfire96]

Bottled the cream ale (just one short of a case). Now it's cleanup time and double checking everything is on hand for the India Brown Ale brewday tomorrow

 

[Herm brews]

Bottled the cream ale (just one short of a case). Now it's cleanup time and double checking everything is on hand for the India Brown Ale brewday tomorrow View attachment 17655 View attachment 17656

What’s India Brown Ale?

 

[Sunfire96]

What’s India Brown Ale?

Basically a brown IPA. As strong and hoppy as a typical IPA, but with amber/brown malt adding some toffee/chocolate/dark fruit flavors. I'll be using Chinook and Northern Brewer hops. Dogfish Head calls theirs Indian Brown Ale, but I'm not going for a clone at all. I think Janet's Brown ale is also technically a Brown IPA

 

[GFHomebrew]

Basically a brown IPA. As strong and hoppy as a typical IPA, but with amber/brown malt adding some toffee/chocolate/dark fruit flavors. I'll be using Chinook and Northern Brewer hops. Dogfish Head calls theirs Indian Brown Ale, but I'm not going for a clone at all. I think Janet's Brown ale is also technically a Brown IPA

Now that does sound delicious Sunfire!

 

[Sunfire96]

Now that does sound delicious Sunfire!

I'm excited to try it again. Last time my scale malfunctioned and I accidentally made a porter, but it was tasty!

 

[GFHomebrew]

I'm excited to try it again. Last time my scale malfunctioned and I accidentally made a porter, but it was tasty!

Serendipity is sometimes your friend in life.

 

[Donoroto]

accidentally made a porter

Definitely my favorite quote of the week

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

Basically a brown IPA. As strong and hoppy as a typical IPA, but with amber/brown malt adding some toffee/chocolate/dark fruit flavors. I'll be using Chinook and Northern Brewer hops. Dogfish Head calls theirs Indian Brown Ale, but I'm not going for a clone at all. I think Janet's Brown ale is also technically a Brown IPA

Reminds me of the Black IPA debate a few years back. "How can it be black and pale at the same time?". Then the Pacific Northwest said that they started the style and wanted it to be called Cascadian Dark Ale. Then people out east said they started the style and........ Wars have been fought over less.

 

[Sunfire96]

Reminds me of the Black IPA debate a few years back. "How can it be black and pale at the same time?". Then the Pacific Northwest said that they started the style and wanted it to be called Cascadian Dark Ale. Then people out east said they started the style and........ Wars have been fought over less.

Haha I remember the Cascadian Dark ale movement. It could only be called that if brewed in a state with the Cascade Mountain range. One of the best black IPAs I've had is out of southeastern Virginia, O'Conner's Great Dismal black IPA (named after a local swamp)

 

[TetersMillBrewing]

Close transferred my Irish Red and Mashing Pumpkins Spiced Saison to kegs. Needed an extra keg for the Irish Red so I am cleaning one of my spare kegs to finish the Irish Red. Will have to bottle some soon, running out of room to store kegs. Nice having five different beers on tap with options of swapping things out.

 

[Donoroto]

"How can it be black and pale at the same time?".

Pale black?? Hmmm. Gray ale I guess.

 

[TetersMillBrewing]

Now I am just waiting on the Irish Red and the Mashing Pumpkins Spiced Saison samples to degas some so I can log a FG. They have been at about 2.5 psi during cold crash.

 

[Ward Chillington]

Bottled up the Red Trolly...session edition....this better be good because I got an extra gallon and a half

 

[Craigerrr]

Haha I remember the Cascadian Dark ale movement. It could only be called that if brewed in a state with the Cascade Mountain range. One of the best black IPAs I've had is out of southeastern Virginia, O'Conner's Great Dismal black IPA (named after a local swamp)

I love a good black IPA (Cascadian Dark Ale), and actually make a really good one. Once I am healed up and brewing again, I will have to put that fairly high on my to do list!

 

[Herm brews]

I am on a geology field trip, and luckily another participant brought a keg of his excellent home brewed Saison. I brought a couple bottles of Janet’s Brown and Belgian Dubbel to share.

 

[Tim Bulin]

Repitched cider with Mangrove Jacks M-02 after a week of no activity with US-05. Cider was fresh and “no preservatives”…we’ll see what happens. Kegs to clean today.