Beer Brewing

[FuriousHobbit]

No grilling today. But I'm brewing beer instead!

Anyone else enjoy brewing beer?

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[DaveG74]

Yes sir! I see you're doing a Kolsch, what else do you like to brew? I'm big on stouts, porters and sours. Like that grain rig!

[FuriousHobbit]

I just started brewing again after a 25 year hiatus. Started in March and this is batch #11 for the year. If those 11 Ive had like 4 or 5 kolsches. Love them! Beer flavored beer is my usual hahah. I think I'll try an ipa next. Got a full bag of 2 row just waiting for me

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[Jan M.]

Yes brewing is also on of my hobbies!
At the mo I'm about to shift from bottles to barrels.
I'm still missing some gear.


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[FuriousHobbit]

Kegging is soooo much better than bottling! I just started legging about 3 or 4 batches ago and couldn't be happier about not dealing with so many bottles. So much quicker to package and clean up!

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[Mike in Roseville]

Another home brewer here (albeit on hiatus). Not much time with my kids running around. I used to make extract batches that would beat out my buddy's all-grain stuff. In fact, I made a partial boil all extract Belgian Single that took 2nd in the State of California in the entire Belgian category.

Oh yeah...I hate bottling too.


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[FuriousHobbit]

Haha nothing wrong at all with extract brewing! You can knock a brew out very quickly that way. It's all about your process and maintaining cleanliness and sanitation.

It's all grain, and only a small local community pool fundraiser, but I was super excited to win second place at our brew-bq

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[Mike in Roseville]

That's rad!

If you have super fresh extract you can make some great beer. Below is my ribbon hanging out in my garage. I was honored to take 2nd in the State out of so many different types of Belgian beers.


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[FuriousHobbit]

Very cool!

The brew I did on Saturday.... Finished up and pitched yeast between 3 and 4 or so. I used some harvested yeast from a previous batch and it's a Voss Kveik strain from Omega Yeast Labs. By 10 o'clock that same evening there was already a half an inch of krauzen and the airlock was bubbling away like mad!

I love these kveik yeast strains - they'll chew through a batch in 3 or 4 days, can be dramtically underpitched (say something silly like a teaspoon's worth of yeast in a 5-gallon batch) and best of all, can ferment at 100+ degrees without any off flavors.

[FuriousHobbit]

This is less than 7 hours after pitching



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[DaveG74]

Kegging is soooo much better than bottling! I just started legging about 3 or 4 batches ago and couldn't be happier about not dealing with so many bottles. So much quicker to package and clean up!

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Yes, definite time saver.

[DaveG74]

Another home brewer here (albeit on hiatus). Not much time with my kids running around. I used to make extract batches that would beat out my buddy's all-grain stuff. In fact, I made a partial boil all extract Belgian Single that took 2nd in the State of California in the entire Belgian category.

Oh yeah...I hate bottling too.


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Nothing wrong with a good extract beer.

[Partagas]

Homebrewer here!‍♂️
Thats my other addiction besides bbq!

This was a mango hard cider i brewed. Recipe called for a pound of mango. I used two cause im excessive like that
Turned out really good!


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