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[H. Vachon]

My take of today’s haul. I can tell from the samples we pulled today that this beer is going to be amazing. Tastes like an oatmeal raisin cookie!

 

[H. Vachon]

The heartaches of home brewing that no one likes to talk about. I pulled 9 random bottles from my latest batch (seen above).

Two weeks after bottling they were great. Now, a month and a half later, this is the result every time I crack one. The first one was on my bar I quickly moved the operation to the sink..

 

[Eqwhipped]

The heartaches of home brewing that no one likes to talk about. I pulled 9 random bottles from my latest batch (seen above).

Two weeks after bottling they were great. Now, a month and a half later, this is the result every time I crack one. The first one was on my bar I quickly moved the operation to the sink.. View attachment 52384

Yup! Unintended consequences of priming sugar. Watch your bottles to insure they don't start exploding and keep them away from heat.

 

[H. Vachon]

Yup! Unintended consequences of priming sugar. Watch your bottles to insure they don't start exploding and keep them away from heat.

Yeah, I’m thinking my buddy and I had a few too many when calculating our charging sugar lol. This was the first time we’ve had it like this, I’m certain it won’t be the last

Cue @smellysell with his “This wouldn’t have happened if you had a kegerator” comment

Yeah, yeah… I know..

 

[Eqwhipped]

Yeah, I’m thinking my buddy and I had a few too many when calculating our charging sugar lol. This was the first time we’ve had it like this, I’m certain it won’t be the last

Cue @smellysell with his “This wouldn’t have happened if you had a kegerator” comment

Yeah, yeah… I know..

I disagree, putting those bottles in a kegerator wouldn't have changed the level of carbonation.

(Humor so dry even the cactus don't like it)

 

[H. Vachon]

I disagree, putting those bottles in a kegerator wouldn't have changed the level of carbonation.

(Humor so dry even the cactus don't like it)

I hate you

 

[smellysell]

Yeah, I’m thinking my buddy and I had a few too many when calculating our charging sugar lol. This was the first time we’ve had it like this, I’m certain it won’t be the last

Cue @smellysell with his “This wouldn’t have happened if you had a kegerator” comment

Yeah, yeah… I know..

I mean, it's true...

Are they all in the fridge now to stop them from exploding?

 

[H. Vachon]

I mean, it's true...

Are they all in the fridge now to stop them from exploding?

They aren’t worth saving. Cooling them won’t de-carbonate them. By the time the foam dies there’s only a quarter of the bottle left.

 

[smellysell]

They aren’t worth saving. Cooling them won’t de-carbonate them. By the time the foam dies there’s only a quarter of the bottle left.

They can be really dangerous when they start exploding though. Be careful!

 

[H. Vachon]

They can be really dangerous when they start exploding though. Be careful!

Yeah, they went down the sink.

 

[JoeGibs]

No homebrew pictured. Commercial keg of Oktoberfest in the garage kegerator, with one of my tanks of apple pie in the background. Kegerator inside has a 9% Baltic porter and a clone of hoegarrden on tap.

 

[2K6TBSS]

Not beer related, but I thought I would share a few of the last "brews" I did

First is a nitro cold brew coffee...


Next is a "Hop Water", all I have is a pic of the brew. I will take a pic of the finished product tonight when I pour one.


@H. Vachon here is a pic of my kegerator. From left to right, Hop Water, Low ABV Beer (currently an IPA that's about 1.5%), hard seltzer (so the wife can make her own recipe White Claw type drinks), nitro cold brew.


ETA:
This is a really cool cleaner for kegs, carboys, and other brew items. It's called the Bucket Blaster

 

[H. Vachon]

Our latest creation is an IPA with homegrown hops. Just a little 4 gallon test batch. I can’t believe the yield we got on the first year. Planted August 2021. Simco, Crystal and an unknown Michigan native strain. Just cracked the first one about ten minutes ago and I’m blown away.

We normally used pelletized hops. So we just guess the weights for full leaf hops. I’m glad we kept notes.

 

[JoeGibs]

Our latest creation is an IPA with homegrown hops. Just a little 4 gallon test batch. I can’t believe the yield we got on the first year. Planted August 2021. Simco, Crystal and an unknown Michigan native strain. Just cracked the first one about ten minutes ago and I’m blown away.

We normally used pelletized hops. So we just guess the weights for full leaf hops. I’m glad we kept notes.

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Sexy!

 

[Eqwhipped]

Our latest creation is an IPA with homegrown hops. Just a little 4 gallon test batch. I can’t believe the yield we got on the first year. Planted August 2021. Simco, Crystal and an unknown Michigan native strain. Just cracked the first one about ten minutes ago and I’m blown away.

We normally used pelletized hops. So we just guess the weights for full leaf hops. I’m glad we kept notes.

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Congratulations on the good home brew and hops! There's good money in selling them, probably more than feed even...

 

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Hops kinda look like brussel sprouts!

 

[Gonz]

While I haven't been super active here, during that time I've been getting deeper into brewing with the end goal of opening a tap room/brewery eventually. I've been lucky enough to brew a few of my recipes on a larger scale (10bbl), I'm planning on shadowing this summer on brew days to further build commercial scale skills.

One of my latest creations is a historically (near) accurate Egyptian beer. I looked into and researched a few articles to find what modern available ingredients best matched available ingredients way back when Egyptians were brewing beer. I have to say the end product turned out really enjoyable! Not super strong (about 5%abv), not too fruity, but just enough from the honey and dates that were added. The whole reason I chose this was every year a friend's family hosts an Egyptian feast on Orthodox Easter and they cook a ton of amazing food from their home country. I thought it would be a nice gesture to brew them a beer to go along with their feast!

Here's some of what's in it:

6 lb	German - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner	$ 3.69 / lb $ 22.14	38	1.8	49%
0.25 lb	German - Chocolate Wheat	$ 3.49 / lb $ 0.87	31	413	2%
2 lb	Weyermann - CaraWheat	$ 3.49 / lb $ 6.98	31	45	16.3%
2 lb	Flaked Barley	$ 3.99 / lb $ 7.98	32	2.2	16.3%
0.50 lb	German - Spelt Malt	$ 5.29 / lb $ 2.65	37	2	4.1%
0.25 lb	American - Midnight Wheat Malt	$ 2.99 / lb $ 0.75	33	550	2%
10 oz	Date - (late boil kettle addition)		27	0	5.1%
10 oz	US - Honey - (late boil kettle addition)

1oz Fuggles at the 60min mark on a 90min boil

Dates and honey were added with about 10 minutes left in the boil.

 

[MX]

Glad to see this thread is still going. Will add to it this summer for sure

 

[bluue13]

Ive currently got a true Marzen lagering right now in my cooler. Brewed it in march, and keeping it at 33 until October. The samples I took when kegging were fantastic. I'm excited for this one. I'll post pics when I do the first pulls in the fall.

 

[H. Vachon]

Ive currently got a true Marzen lagering right now in my cooler. Brewed it in march, and keeping it at 33 until October. The samples I took when kegging were fantastic. I'm excited for this one. I'll post pics when I do the first pulls in the fall.

Oktoberfest at Greg’s house!