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I put an ounce each of Amarillo and Centennial in each carboy this afternoon. The fermentation is all but done, and I want to get this ale dry hopped and kegged ASAP. It smells wonderful and has a dark red color.
The Two Hearted Ale clone should be ready to keg in the next couple days [...]
Five hours later and the Amarillo IPA has really taken off well. I can see the convective motion of stuff in the wort and the bubbles are flowing out of the blow-off tubes. I’ll be interested to see if this one blows yeast into the bucket. It’s amazing just how quickly fermentations take off with [...]
The Watermelon Wheat has been in carboys now for 3 days. It took off quickly and was off-gassing CO2 within four hours. As with all my wheat fermentations, this one shot out the blow-off tube in less than twelve hours. The wort had an interesting taste – not really a strong watermelon [...]
The Jurassic Amber Ale is fermenting wildly! It was going well five hours after hitting the carboy. It’s not coming out of the blowoff tube, but the wort is convecting like crazy in the carboy. You have to love big ‘ole yeast starters:)
The Teach a Friend to Brew Day IPA is happily fermenting away. I started the ferment cool and it has picked up a few degrees from the fermentation process, but it is still working at a nice cool temperature. My beer might as well enjoy the cool weather while it can. Soon the summer heat in California’s Central [...]
I brewed a big ‘ole barleywine on Valentines Day this year (isn’t that romantic:).
It was the biggest beer I’ve ever brewed and came in at OG 1.134! It was like syrup when I put it in the fermentor. Obviously I was worried about the yeast’s ability to chew through the wort, but I made a huge [...]
