What did you brew today?

[mitch]

Brewed my first ever beer. In fact it was an AG 8 pint kit from Oakhomebrew.
Took me all day. Simple instructions.
Feeling rather pleased with myself if a littled tired.

May i present:

Rutland Abbey Ale.

 

[Clint]

All done...hit my numbers so happy...bit of a tidy up then it's beer o'clock!

 

[Nidger]

Very early hours this morning (still drunk ) i got the out of date Wilko elderflower wine kit I've had for years on the go with a sachet of all purpose wine yeast from crossmyloof.
Fingers crossed, it's bubbling away nicely now.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Did my first ever “real” lager today. I usually cheat and use a Cali Common yeast but I’m not today. I chilled the wort down to 24 degrees but it wasn’t moving after that so I stopped there. It’s now in the FV in the brew fridge. When it gets down to about 12 degrees I’ll pitch two packs of CML Hell.

 

[BrewMeHappy]

I've put my first MJ Pink Grapefruit IPA on today. It smelled lovely when I cut it open so I am definitely looking forward to it.

The plan is that I'll get that bottled up and stashed away for Christmas, but I'll see how it goes once I sample one.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Did my first ever “real” lager today. I usually cheat and use a Cali Common yeast but I’m not today. I chilled the wort down to 24 degrees but it wasn’t moving after that so I stopped there. It’s now in the FV in the brew fridge. When it gets down to about 12 degrees I’ll pitch two packs of CML Hell.

At about 11.15pm it was down to a little above 13 degrees so I pitched two packs of CML Hell. Just sprinkled over the top of the wort just as I’ve always done. Waiting for the magic to happen.

 

[DavidDetroit]

I bottled two batches in one day with the help of my wife who attends the siphon. I use the half-liter bottles with the flip-top. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and it was nice to line them up on the shelves since it shows the effort put in.
I'll be making a batch on Tuesday, just need to buy some sugar and water.

 

[Pennine]

9kgs of grains in this imperial stout, this one needs a lot of babysitting.

 

[Gerryjo]

Just looked I am running very low on bottles. I need to send out an SOS to a few mates

How many do you need?

 

[samale]

9kgs of grains in this imperial stout, this one needs a lot of babysitting.

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Early start

 

[samale]

How many do you need?

Got sorted Gerry. I will keep you as a back up. Have you powered up this new machine

 

[Paul Roberts]

I'm attempting to go all grain today with a very simple 5 litre recipe
1kg maris otter
10g fuggles 60min
10g East Kent Golding 10min
5g fuggles 10min

My hope is I enjoy it then I'll invest in equipment to make bigger brews

 

[mitch]

I'm attempting to go all grain today with a very simple 5 litre recipe
1kg maris otter
10g fuggles 60min
10g East Kent Golding 10min
5g fuggles 10min

My hope is I enjoy it then I'll invest in equipment to make bigger brews

Sounds great. Where did you find the recipie - within the forum?
Ive woken to my very first 5ltr AG kit bubbling at 60 a min. I was a tad worried last night having spent 6 odd hours creating it.

 

[Paul Roberts]

Sounds great. Where did you find the recipie - within the forum?
Ive woken to my very first 5ltr AG kit bubbling at 60 a min. I was a tad worried last night having spent 6 odd hours creating it.

I used clibits have a go thread and brewfather to create the profile. Smells good so far

 

[mitch]

I used clibits have a go thread and brewfather to create the profile. Smells good so far

Brill. Currently im finding watching a demijohn more exciting than watching tv.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

I used clibits have a go thread and brewfather to create the profile. Smells good so far

This is how I started with AG. I think a lot of us did. What yeast are you using?

 

[Gerryjo]

Got sorted Gerry. I will keep you as a back up. Have you powered up this new machine

Still haven't had chance yet as there is always something cropping up....

 

[DavidHatton]

22 ish litres of Proper Job clone.

Good holiday weeks brewing, 60 plus litres of ESB, Stout & The above Proper Job clone.

 

[Clint]

22 ish litres of Proper Job clone.

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Good holiday weeks brewing, 60 plus litres of ESB, Stout & The above Proper Job clone.

Knocked the proverbial out of that lot Dave...

 

[dan125]

Harvested my homegrown cascade during a dry spell yesterday and used it all in a big whirlpool addition today, utilising the malt pipe to keep them all contained.
90% pops pale malt
10% caramalt

30 IBUs UK Chinook bittering
Plus all the cascade in the WP - 20 mins @ 75C

2 packs Pia yeast

30L @ 1.047