Near future brew schedule

[smokinghole]

My god this Blue Moon stuff is taking FOREVER. I think it should finish up this week. I'm down to 1.012 ish so a few more days and I bet it'll be done. I did a testing with my refrac and my hydrometer. That way I had a sample to taste and it tasted good like bluemoon only mine is more boozy. I hate when that happens.

 

[Benzopyrene]

I need to get back into this, but my first batch didnt turn out to good!

 

[sgresso]

Sounds good! I need to start another batch soon.

 

[SkinsFanLarry]

Blue Moonish Belgian Wit
Pliney the Elder Clone kit (17oz of hops!)
Red Ale kit (using riwaka hops from new zealand)
Then finally a recipe from Sgresso for a CoCo Wheat Ale

It looks like the Belgian wit will be first. Then the next two at the same time I only got one vial of yeast for them so I'll make a starter and split the vial to make enough yeast.

Then I'll make the Coco wheat. Hmm hopefully my friends come through with some bottles for me because I'm not kegging yet!

Adam, I'm definately intrigued to see how the first and last turn out for you. They both sound like my kinda beer....actually beer is my kind of beer!

 

[smokinghole]

Alright my Belgian Wit Bier is bottled. I'll let you guys know how it tastes in a couple weeks. If its good I'll brew again and share.

Also I brewed up another batch of cider on saturday. Then brewed up that Red Ale kit with Riwaka Hops.

Up next is the Pliney the Elder Clone recipe, and the CoCo Wheat Ale.

 

[mthhurley]

I moved my double IPA into secondary today, put in 2oz Galena dry hops.
Looks like this baby is around 8% ABV and tastes great as she sits. Can't wait for a little conditioning time and to tap this one. Started a tad low on the OG, but went under the targeted FG, so I hope it's not too dry. Either way...it's beer!

 

[smokinghole]

Sounds good I wish I had more of the Riwaka hops to dry hop my beer with they have a great aroma. Checked this morning and both the air lock on my cider and the red ale are active. I used Nottingham in the cider.

 

[Nuckz23]

Wow I envy you guys! The brews sound good. I have been wanting to brew my own beer for some time now. I contemplated getting one of those starter kits but I don't think have enough room.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Nuckz, you don't need a lot of room to make beer. The important things are sanitation you need to keep things clean, and having a cool, dry, dark place to set the fermentor while the beer is brewing (closet, basement, corner of the kitchen covered with a towel). I keep my brewing stuff in a big plastic tub when not in use.

 

[smokinghole]

Wow I envy you guys! The brews sound good. I have been wanting to brew my own beer for some time now. I contemplated getting one of those starter kits but I don't think have enough room.

If you have a closet you can free up some space in you're fine man. It really doesn't take up a ton of room.

 

[Nuckz23]

Thanks for the tips guys, maybe I will give it a shot. Any preference as to a good starter kit or are they all the same?

 

[smokinghole]

Dude just get a good starter kit.

Here's a good one to start with. Pieceing kits togther are way more expensive trust me.

http://labelpeelers.com/equipment-brewing-kits-c-1_4_5.html

I heard the deluxe is a decent kit and then all you need is a pot for boiling. Start saving your non screw top bottles and buy some oxyclean to soak the bottles in so you can remove the labels.

 

[derfatdutchman]

While allot of the kits are the same there are some differences, if was to start over I'd consider this starter kit.

http://www.northernbrewer.com/brewing/starter-kits/basic-starter-kit.html

The one nice thing about this one is it comes with an auto siphon which makes life much easier then trying to siphon using the standard racking cane.

 

[smokinghole]

Alright I have bottled the Riwaka Hopped Red Ale and brewed up the hopshake on monday.

The Pliney the Elder Clone was a messy fermentation to start out. I had to change out my blow off bottle three times due to foaming issues. It's calmed down though. Will throw the 7 oz of dry hops down in the secondary in a week or two. I can't wait to have this one.

All that's left of my extract beers is Sgresso's Cocowheat ale.

 

[smokinghole]

All extract beers have been brewed. I've snuck at least three batches of the malted cider I've been making too.

If all goes well I will be brewing with all grains monday. It'll be a belgian style witbier with 4lbs of Kiwi fruit at flameout and in the primary.

 

[Smoke_Eater]

I've been throwing around the idea of homebrewing for the past couple years but have never got around to it. Thanks for the thread, I've really enjoyed it. :thumbsup:

 

[smokinghole]

Well I'm in the middle of boiling the wort right now. Everything is going beautifully. I can't wait to taste this bad boy.

Also for anyone else that brews I'm editing the first post so this includes anyone that brews to post up what their making.

 

[mthhurley]

Anyone have a solid Fat Tire all grain clone?
There's SO many recipies floating around out there, I can't nail one down.

 

[smokinghole]

Let me look around. I'm pretty good at finding recipes.

 

[mthhurley]

Let me look around. I'm pretty good at finding recipes.

Thanks!