Beer brewers check in

[Vinman]

lol....so the stout recipe is a chocolate milk stout and then in the second ferment we add the goodies and at the end we end up with five different beers 5 gallons each
Chocolate Maple Bourbon Barrel
Chocolate coconut rum Barrel
Chocolate peppermint ( our holiday beer)
Chocolate caramel vanilla
And when we just left the chocolate milk stout all 9%abv

 

[fish farmer]

I used to brew ales in the mid 90's, coming from Boston I was exposed to Sam Adam's and the other craft brews in the area. I even tried brewing beer in the Phoenix heat for a year...there were maybe two supply stores in the whole city and one would shut down when it got too hot (business was slow and A/C was expensive).

When I moved to Vermont and could drive past Otter Creek Brewing and pick up a growler for $5....washing bottles became a waste of time that I could be spent fishing.

Now I can actually walk to two local wine/brew establishments, Neshobe River Winery/Foley Brothers and another one a mile downtown. We even have a liquor distillery opening up in town.

 

[jurgenph]

small batch, all grain.
ever evolving recipe, trying to perfect my own version of a cross between a belgian quad/double/single...
and every now and then i'll do an experimental brew.
once a year i put half a batch aside to age on brett brux.

J.

 

[Sailingeric]

Stay thirsty my fishy friends.

 

[Vinman]

Still light there? I'm on the other side my nightcap.

 

[davedamage]

Brewing was my obsession before the revival of the aquariums! I just brewed my first beer in five months last Sunday. I have to find a way to incorporate water changes into my brew day. Maybe use a pump to push waste water through my chiller.

 

[Vinman]

Nice equipment was that the FG on the hydrometer reading? What did it start at

 

[davedamage]

Yup, FG. That was my "session" pale that started at 1.070. I mostly brew DIPAs but the lady wanted something that wouldn't put our guests in a coma.

 

[Vinman]

That's floating good lol...is your brewer a robot brew ? Grain father?

 

[davedamage]

It's a Digiboil. It's only 9.25 gal so I normally use it as an HLT and the 15 gal for my boil kettle.

 

[Vinman]

This was my upgrade to bigger equipment
33 gallon boil pot
150 quart mash tun
28 gallon fermenter
Plus I have all the stuff I used when I started 5 gallon batches also have a 14 gallon conical fermenter
I almost pulled the trigger on the robobrew would love to have one of those for small batches

 

[camostore]

I have a stout. porter ,ipa and a ale in the fermenters now with a red going in next brew all grain 10 gl waiting for the cold weather to get here to start some lagers

 

[Urtoo]

I have a bucket of Peach Wheat peculating right now...

 

[Sailingeric]

Is any of you on HBT?? And we might have to have a new acronym to replace RDWHAHB maybe RDWHAHBAWYRT- Relax don't worry, have a home brew and watch your reef tank

 

[Heathd]

Yup. Only been at it for about year. Nice to have another use for the rodi!

 

[Vinman]

I have a stout. porter ,ipa and a ale in the fermenters now with a red going in next brew all grain 10 gl waiting for the cold weather to get here to start some lagers

Stocking up for the winter

 

[davedamage]

Is any of you on HBT?? And we might have to have a new acronym to replace RDWHAHB maybe RDWHAHBAWYRT- Relax don't worry, have a home brew and watch your reef tank

I'm surprised we don't see SWMBO ( or HWMBO, for that matter) around here.

I do feel R2R and HBT have a lot in common as far as the anecdotal information floating around. However, most everyone on both forms is incredibly nice and at least wants to be helpful. Real science seems to be hard to find in both places. Maybe biologists just hate us.

I thought upgrading my brew gear was expensive until I started up the aquariums again. My most expensive single piece of brewing gear costs less than one of my lights, and they're cheaper lights. But those Spike Flex fermenters are so shiny and pretty... if I can quit blowing money on fish tanks the wifey may let me buy a conical.

 

[Heathd]

I'm surprised we don't see SWMBO ( or HWMBO, for that matter) around here.

I do feel R2R and HBT have a lot in common as far as the anecdotal information floating around. However, most everyone on both forms is incredibly nice and at least wants to be helpful. Real science seems to be hard to find in both places. Maybe biologists just hate us.

I thought upgrading my brew gear was expensive until I started up the aquariums again. My most expensive single piece of brewing gear costs less than one of my lights, and they're cheaper lights. But those Spike Flex fermenters are so shiny and pretty... if I can quit blowing money on fish tanks the wifey may let me buy a conical.

Haha, I could have an amazing homebrew setup for what I've spend on aquaria.

 

[SPR1968]

I’ve been brewing beer (and grape wines) for about 9 years now and gone from using bottles to full kegs with a mini dual cooling bar

I have 8 kegs all full and in summer I make an apple cider that’s is better than anything I can buy, and the rest of the year and make English Ales, American IPA etc.

Modern kits can produce beer better than you can buy, once you find what you like and get some experience and kegs make it so much easier and more pleasurable.

Cheers!

 

[Sailingeric]

I waiver over getting a conical. It would be nice but not really serve much of purpose when doing 5 gallon batches. I think my most expensive piece of brewing equipment is my SS Brewtech 15 gallon pot. For the most part I keeping it cheap with 8 gallon plastic fermenting buckets and when I think they have reached the end of their useful life they become salt water changing buckets.