What did you brew today?

[Stephen Cook]

Got another gallon of tea and raisin sherry on the go. 2 litres at around 24% ABV when processed.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Short and shoddy Dead Pony Clone today.
Wasn’t meant to be S&S but just as strike water got up to temperature my wife asked “how long are you going to be, I’d like us to go out somewhere this afternoon”
So, I added an extra 1kg MO to the grist and went ahead with a just a 30 minute mash then upped the first hop addition to get me up to the required IBU and did a 30 minute boil. I chilled it down to 28 degrees C and stuck the lid on it then we went out.
When we got back the wort was down to 25C so I poured it into the FV, pitched the CML5 yeast and put it into the brew fridge set at 19 degrees. Now, 4 hours after pitching, the FV is down to 21C. Hopefully it‘ll turn out ok

 

[Rodcx500z]

Thats the reason i didn't brew today life got in the way, hope your brew is good

 

[Mrhandsome]

In those situations I just leave it mashing whilst I'm out

 

[starseeker]

First time using my Klarstein maishfest today ,i brewed a Dunkleweizen with partial extract ,very happy with the brew vessel and looking forward to using all grain after i do a christmas stout using the last of my extract .

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

In those situations I just leave it mashing whilst I'm out

Yeah, so would I have if that option had only occurred to me

 

[Mrhandsome]

Yeah, so would I have if that option had only occurred to me

It's such a regular occurrence now that I'm already prepared

 

[Clint]

I’m currently making invert syrup for the Christmas brew...

 

[samale]

That's basically my brew day. Mash

I’m currently making invert syrup for the Christmas brew...

Let me know how that goes. I have to do the same

 

[Clint]

It’s going fine...but takes a while! In the instructions it says to heat to 115c...this seemed to get to 105/6 then take ages to reach temp,keeping it between 115 and 120 takes a bit of messing about..you can’t leave it.
I’m going to put it,hot,into kilner jars using my jam funnel..I’ll put the jar on the scales first and tare it so I can get the right amount in.

 

[Clint]

That's the invert done. Tastes very nice..a bit more flavour than golden syrup.

 

[Furry Shark Brewery]

A peach melomel from the book ”Making Mead”. Only my second crack at mead. Need to get a beer rocking in the next couple of weeks. Also dabbling with a 30 bottle premium kit of grenache rose, which is coming along very nicely.

 

[Edison]

Yesterday ‘brewed’ my first ever turbo cider. Added 17l Sainsbury’s apple juice into the FV, followed by 2l of Brita filtered boiled, cooled tap water and another litre that had four PG Tips bags stewed in it for 15 minutes and four tea spoons (11g) of pectolise dissolved in it. I couldn’t make it too easy for myself so rehydrated a 5g sachet of CML cider yeast (with nutrient) in 70ml of water held at 32c in a water bath/stir plate. Pitched this after 30s of pure O2 and holding the whole thing at 20c. OG 1.042 and slowly bubbling 18 hours later.

 

[Brewed_Force]

Mash & boil today -Dark Old Ale, cooling overnight in jerry can. Transferring to fermentor tomorrow with MJ Empire Ale M15 yeast (which I've never tried before).
Recipe if anyones interested:
3kg Maris Otter
100g chocolate malt
100g black malt
100g extra dark crystal
100g caramalt
100g flaked barley
10g Magnum
18g EKG
10g EKG at flame out

I'm still debating whether to add 250g golden syrup to bump up the OG to keep it more in style for an old ale.

 

[Clint]

Forum Christmas brew... chocolate stout..

 

[Clint]

Nearly done...missed og by a point or so,still dropping the wort into the fv...ah,need to do temp adjust...bang on 1.063 with temp adjust.
Smells and tastes off the scale!! Loads of coffee and chocolate!

 

[dad_of_jon]

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Nearly done...missed og by a point or so,still dropping the wort into the fv...ah,need to do temp adjust...bang on 1.063 with temp adjust.
Smells and tastes off the scale!! Loads of coffee and chocolate!

og 1.063 -hmm that'll be a nice chocolate shandy

 

[Clint]

og 1.063 -hmm that'll be a nice chocolate shandy

It will with the expected fg of 1.020....

 

[dad_of_jon]

No-gaarden ingredients - just add water

Apologies to all for the low OG - which was 1059 after temp and hydrometer offset.

(aliens made me do it)

 

[dad_of_jon]

It will with the expected fg of 1.020....

(uk law states you can't have an fg of 1.020 unless your og is 1.090 or above*)

* I may have made this up