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dlester said:
quincy07 said:
Brewed an amber tonight. Missed my OG by 2 points but it's close enough. Sorry for the bad pics.



For a homebrewer, 2 points off is rock'n.





Cheers,
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The IIPA I brewed last was dead on w the recipe at 1.084. It finished a little higher than expected but I attribute that to it being an extract recipe and the US-05 not attenuating fully. It still ended up at 9.3% if I remember correctly so I'm ok w it lol.
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My brew day: Brewing my Bourbon Ice Beer, which is my favorite. Recipe in signature area below.

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I did a 1.5 gallon Arrogant Bastard clone. This is the only picture I took to show my neighbor...my homemade wort chiller. Cooled the wort in about 3 minutes with some stirring.

Wort smelled amazing.

*Edit...forgot to add that this was my first batch that I crushed my own grains with a Corona style grain mill. I hit all of my numbers nicely.

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I'm taking a brewing holiday this week. Will be off from Thursday through Monday of next week. I plan to brew 4... American Wheat Ale, American Rye Ale, Ordinary Bitter, and a clone of Northern Brewers Surly Cynic clone (a clone of a clone - so to speak).

Of course, I need to finish tilling up my front yard. I need to place my beer ingredients on one side of the scale, and the tiller on the other to see who wins. Somehow I believe the grain will weigh more than the tiller this weekend. My muscles will appreciate a weekend away from yard work.
 
Fenduh said:
I did a 1.5 gallon Arrogant Bastard clone. This is the only picture I took to show my neighbor...my homemade wort chiller. Cooled the wort in about 3 minutes with some stirring.

Wort smelled amazing.

*Edit...forgot to add that this was my first batch that I crushed my own grains with a Corona style grain mill. I hit all of my numbers nicely.
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Love that beer, and the fragrance. Good luck



Cheers
 
smccarter said:
I'm taking a brewing holiday this week. Will be off from Thursday through Monday of next week. I plan to brew 4... American Wheat Ale, American Rye Ale, Ordinary Bitter, and a clone of Northern Brewers Surly Cynic clone (a clone of a clone - so to speak).

Of course, I need to finish tilling up my front yard. I need to place my beer ingredients on one side of the scale, and the tiller on the other to see who wins. Somehow I believe the grain will weigh more than the tiller this weekend. My muscles will appreciate a weekend away from yard work.
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A brewing holiday? Now that's a holiday! What a great idea. We should petition Congress for a brewers holiday, right?


Cheers,
 
dlester said:
Post your Barleywine pics...
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Here goes:

Mash tun ready to go



Heating strike with mash tun and grain at the ready



Hop charges laid out. It actually ended up 20 15 10 5.



A little high but that's OK.



I measure my first runnings into a graduated pitcher so I can adjust my absorption rate and know for sure what I'm starting with.



Got all my post boil stuff in sanitizer before disaster struck.



I don't have any pics of the actual wort or beer because it's in a bucket. I'll snap a few at bottling and put them up.

Cheers!!!
 
Here goes:

Mash tun ready to go

Got all my post boil stuff in sanitizer before disaster struck.

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I don't have any pics of the actual wort or beer because it's in a bucket. I'll snap a few at bottling and put them up.

Cheers!!![/quote]

Wow, nice pics dude. That's what makes this fun. thanks





Cheers
 
Going to brew an IPA tomorrow, I'm going to try to take pictures and post them here of the entire process.
 
I just got finished brewing an American IPA. It's going to be entered into a local BJCP competition. This will be the first beer that I've entered into a judged event. Everything went smooth, the finished wort tasted amazing. The only problem I encountered was the fact that I lost 1.5 gallons to hop trub, I guess that's the price you pay for making a hop bomb.

My yeast starter on a homemade stir plate.
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Milling Grains, I love my Monster Mill.
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The mash.
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Fly sparging.
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Close up of fly sparge manifold.
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The wort begins to boil.
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The hop additions, I think this is going to turn out great.
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Chilling the wort after the whirlpool.
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Transferring to fermenters.
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Forcing oxygen into the wort through a stone.
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Waiting for the yeast to turn the wort into deliciousness.
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I plan to dry hop with a few ounces of Simcoe, Amarillo, and Centennial once fermentation is complete. As long as this beer doesn't place last I'll be happy.
 
elkshadow said:
Worst brew day ever. I've been brewing off and on since 94 and today was my first ever boil over. And it was on the stovetop no less. Finished the boil outside on my TFB so not a huge deal. Just spent an hour pulling the range away from the wall and cleaning every square inch of half of my kitchen. I won't be brewing indoors anymore. And I'm buying a bigger pot. I do have some pre-disaster pics I can post later once I get the rest of it cleaned up. I thought about taking pics of the disaster but I didn't. I just it to be over with.
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It's a bummer you had a boil over. When I have a full pot I get a hand held screen/sifter and scoop out the white foam on top, which builds up prior to boil. I heard the white foam are proteins. I'm not sure, but it does stop the boil overs.


Cheers
 
dlester said:
It's a bummer you had a boil over. When I have a full pot I get a hand held screen/sifter and scoop out the white foam on top, which builds up prior to boil. I heard the white foam are proteins. I'm not sure, but it does stop the boil overs.


Cheers
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Well, the irritating thing is that I used defoamer in the pot. I added some DME and sugar at the 20-minute-left mark and I should have just added it at the beginning. Kind of my own fault but I thought that's what defoamer was for. I've got a spray bottle now and I'll try the skim method. I'll be outdoors using a taller pot as well. We'll see.
 
elkshadow said:
Well, the irritating thing is that I used defoamer in the pot. I added some DME and sugar at the 20-minute-left mark and I should have just added it at the beginning. Kind of my own fault but I thought that's what defoamer was for. I've got a spray bottle now and I'll try the skim method. I'll be outdoors using a taller pot as well. We'll see.
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I never liked the defoamer. That's why I went with the large scoop with a screen bottom.


Good luck.
 
paulegli, wow look at that. I love Pliney and Blichmann BoilerMaker kettle too. The fragrance is killer awesome.



Great pics,
 
Please post pics of your brew day. We are all interested in your brewing day. Whether it's on your stove top, converted keg or custom brewery. We are all at different levels and want to see your progress.


Thanks
 
I am hitting three 10 gallon batches today...
-SNPA clone
-SN Tumbler Clone
-Oatmeal Porter

struck my first mash at 9 am... gonna be a long day!

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brrman said:
I am hitting three 10 gallon batches today...
-SNPA clone
-SN Tumbler Clone
-Oatmeal Porter

struck my first mash at 9 am... gonna be a long day!
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I hate stuck mash. I run water through the mash tun backwards, which usually works. However, it is typical symptomatic of a bigger problem, like compacted grains.


Hope it went better,
 
I realize this thread encourages pics, but we already have "Who's brewing this weekend" and "What I did for beer today", do we really need another? How many threads do I need to update when I brew? :drunk:
 
dlester said:
I hate stuck mash. I run water through the mash tun backwards, which usually works. However, it is typical symptomatic of a bigger problem, like compacted grains.


Hope it went better,
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Yeah it was the oats in the oatmeal porter... knew I should have used some rice hulls. The rest of the day went without a hitch, thankfully.
 
brrman said:
Yeah it was the oats in the oatmeal porter... knew I should have used some rice hulls. The rest of the day went without a hitch, thankfully.
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Those oats make for a slow mash, being it is so gummy. Glad it worked out.


Post pics if you have them,
 
That sounds really good. My Saturday is looking like the Fuller's London porter recipe with Irish ale yeast. I'm afraid of bottling with 1968 after reading the giant English yeast thread.
 
Irish ale starter for a porter and likely more batches in the near future. Most ghetto stirplate I have ever seen, but totally effective.

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This is what I have done this week for beer. Made a 1.9L starter. Added shelves to my kegerator / fermentation chamber. Watched my brew buddy play with spent grains. Brewed 6 gallons RIS.

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Added the bucket to chamber to drop over night from 78-60. Enjoyed some bells 2 hearted in celebration of making my biggest beer. Added blow off tube after pitching and it's going like crazy right now.

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Bottled my 2 gallon batch of a modified MB kit. No idea what to call it. Lost a bit to the leaf hops but what I sampled tasted decent. ImageUploadedByHome Brew1397329318.220980.jpg


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