SmittyinAZ Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Currently I have a Bourbon Barrel Porter fermenting nicely. My two Hearted clone on tap is almost gone and I'm about halfway done with my black IPA keg. Anyone else brewing up some good stuff on here? I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 It's been a while though I'm starting to get the itch. Probably a Russian Imperial Stout for my next undertaking. St. Patrick's Day is on the horizon so may need to do a dry stout and red ale in the coming weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren516 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'm driking am Irish Red now that I bottle a little while ago. Great color and taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balboa Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Evening gentlemen. I was interested in getting a homebrew kit but I was wondering if there was one in particular that someone can recommend? I enjoy most style of beers but tend to lean toward amber and I.P.A style beers. Balboa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habana Mike Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I'll shoot you some links that should help you get going. Lots of good info and places to get the goods for an easy start, just take this to heart - cleanliness is next to godliness, especially when brewing beer! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Agree with HabanaMike. Also, equipment will depend on if you extract brew or all grain brew. All grain brewing will require a little more investment in equipment. Drank a few Rye Ales I Bottled 4 months ago. Wow, so clean and crisp. Time does bottling good! Smitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 So my OP talked about BBP fermenting. Well it's now bottled and freakin delish! Will get much better with some ageing. Home brewing so worth it for the price you pay for good craft brews. A few bottles made and the kit is paid for. So easy too. I recommend anyone slightly interested to go for it. This BBP I just made is going to pair extremely well some cigars in the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backslide Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Currently I have a Centennial/Chinook hopped 7.1% IPA aged on Spanish cedar on tap. On the other tap I have a Stone IPA inspired brew sitting around 7%abv and 116 IBU. In my fermenter I've got a 5 gal batch of Honey wheat hopped with Citra 5.5%ABV and 36IBU. I used Wyeast 1217 for both the Wheat and Stone IPA inspired brews. Used Heady Topper yeast for my Spanish ceadar aged IPA. I'll be brewing an Imperial nut brown ale this Wednesday. Oh I also have 5 gallons of Belgian Quad 10.67%ABV (ABT 12) inspired aging. I brewed it on Jan 6th and plan on tapping it the first week of November to kick off the holiday season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Backslide you have some serious beers on hand and a brewin. Love it. Even has the IBU's. I never paid attention to the IBU calc but I think I'm going to start with my next batch. I have a Racer 5 clone fermenting out of control as we speak. Next up is an Imperial Rye. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalSituation Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'm big into homebrewing. Finished around 200 gallons last year. Esb, oatmeal raisin cookie esb, oatmeal stout, grapefruit Saison, Meyer lemon kumquat Saison, single hop Citra amber ale, coffee, Cacao nibs, vanilla Imperial stout that's barrel aged, ris, dunkel weizen, and tons and tons of Sours... Gueuze and lambic, apricot sour, plum sour, gose and berliner are slated for this year. Currently using 1 15 gallon Rye Whiskey barrel for a 2 year lambic, and another for a ris. Yea, I have a problem. All grain setup for the record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalSituation Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Also, for anyone into homebrewing, I cannot recommend beersmith2 enough. It will calculate EVERYTHING, mash temp, step mashes, carbonation, dilution, it goes on and on. 8 bucks for the app, 20 for the computer version (you can sync them). I own both and didn't think twice about buying the desktop version once I had the app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backslide Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I'm also All Grain (BIAB) setup. I use a free app for Android called Wort, it does everything I need outside of brewing the beer for me. I just picked up a new burner! Can't wait to use it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm also All Grain (BIAB) setup. I use a free app for Android called Wort, it does everything I need outside of brewing the beer for me. I just picked up a new burner! Can't wait to use it. That looks nice man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalSituation Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 You'll love that blichmann burner. Made a huge difference in my strike water getting up to temp along with getting wort to boil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free85 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I need another hobby like I need another hold in my wallet, but this certainly does sound like a good way to spend some time if only I enjoyed beer a little more. Good sounding beers you gents seem to be turning out though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrettbuckeye Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Agreed... You will love that burner. I've used it on keggles and kettles alike. Here are my new kettles. They just landed on my porch today. Sent from my Commodor 64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Garrett and Backslide, you guys are killin me with this awesome equipment. We ever meet up for a herf, we need to make sure some homebrew is shared as well. Brew on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrettbuckeye Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 My setup has changed numerous times over the last few years. At one time, I had a single tier 3 vessel system, with 2 pumps, and 3 keggles. I recently sold my last of the keggles, and downsized to these 10G pots. I'll probably pick up a 15G someday too, for the occasional large batch. I used to batch sparge, now I just recirculate with the full volume of water. With the success of all the BIAB'rs, I trimmed my setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olotti Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I just started brewing last May and just well I'm basically obsessed with it. Beers have been pretty good too, got a lot of good positive feedback from my store guys and other veteran Brewers. I just use a basic all grain set up at this point, 10 and 5 gal pot, 10 gal round cooler with custom made false bottom and a bayou burner, oh I ordered a custom immersion chiller using 50' 1/2" coil that works awesome in chilling 6 gal or wort. It's dangerous having this much beer on hand. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Cholmondley Warner Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 About to kick off another cider, the daily average temp is a bit higher than expected so may delay a few weeks (Brisbane weather!) The last one ended up being fairly potent yet smooth. The champagne yeast produced a very syrupy - molasses brew, nice both chilled and warmed on a wintery night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted July 20, 2015 Author Share Posted July 20, 2015 New brew IPA - O.G. 1.073 80 IBUs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphie48 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I've home brewed about 5 batches so far. Dove in headfirst and went with all grain . Wife got me a real nice set last Christmas and have been having fun with it. Last batch was a very "tropical" ipa with citra, Galaxy and Amarillo hops mostly late addition and whirlpool along with tons of dry hopping and it came out awesome OG oG was abou 1.064 and fished at 1.010 perfect summer beer we kegged it and it was great. That was based on a modified recipe. Before that I did a heady topper clone Have been busy over the summer with the kids and gardening but once schools back in and some times frees up its time for a good imperial stout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewinHooligan Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Been homebrewing a few years now. Was working with some "partners" to open up a 15bbl brewery but that fell through due to some backstabbing and other garbage. My main focuses are water chemistry and yeast but I do a lot of recipe formulation as well. I am a hop junkie and love to brew IPA and IIPA. This weekend I will be brewing a simple saison that I am going to hop with only Mosaic. Should be an easy drinking/refreshing beer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmittyinAZ Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 Tis the season.......first attempt on a pumpkin ale currently fermenting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalSituation Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Have a Porter chugging away right now. The ipa, saison, and esb are all about kicked, so I figured a Porter would fit fall weather nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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