What have you got in the pipelines that you’re excited about that will soon be tapped?
I tapped an extra pale ale last night with 91% 2-row, 9% special B, cascade and chinook to about 54 IBUs, and the beer came out to 6.66%! Metal! It’s f*cking tasty if I do say so myself. Really surprise myself once in a while. I used the new BRY-97 for this one and it turned out nicely. Still might rather use US-05, but either way, it’s a good yeast.
Got a lot of good schtuff in the pipeline right now - I’ve got my first batch on my new system, a dunkel, that should be tapped soon, the FWH/Whirlpool only IPA i discussed here: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=13803.0 (though I tweaked it a bit before the final run), an American Stout, and I still have a keg of my medal winning fest in the on deck fridge!
I stocked up for the holidays! Got:
-2 kegs of Sam Smith’s Nut Brown Ale Clone
-a keg of my famous holiday Stout
-2 kegs of “Pale Ale Goodness”
-2 kegs of Pilsner Urquell Clone
-a keg of Steam Beer
And I’m bottling my holiday Pumkin Ale tonight with a Chimay bottling a few days away!
Dave
Smoked bock. It is finishing fermenting but it looks nice.
I did not want to make it too smoky and I used only 33% smoked German malt.
I’m tapping that ass!!
You, too?
I just put online my version of Avery’s Old Jubilation and my Saison de Noel. Couldn’t be more happier with the way these two turned out. I’ve got a Hefeweizen (wife’s request to beak up all the malty high ABV beers we have on tap) and a pale ale dry hopped w/ Simcoe and Cascade that will be kegged this weekend.
Just kegged Union Jack IPA from the IPA book, witing on it to carb, preliminary tastes were great. Also have my first attempt at Pliny The Elder in primary ready for first dry Hops this weekend.
several ciders and perries nearly ready. Lagering Helles, Schwarzbier, Vienna, with a couple more almost ready to move to the fridge. Love doing lagers, but my typical “wait, wait, wait…DRINK IT ALL!” schedule makes it difficult to do them often.
cheers–
–Michael
My Complicated Blonde that I got to brew at a local brewpub just got kegged last night and is carbing comfortably. I wanted to do a batch on my home system to see how it translates. Seems a bit darker at this point. Split the batch between WL001 and WY1450 to compare.
This weekend I’ll start the first round of dry hopping for my Backyard IPA which is made from 100% of the hops grown in our backyard last summer. It’s basically the Pliny Clone grain/hop bill with my hops subbed in. I used Willamette, Mt. Hood, CTZ and Cascade. Can’t wait to try it!
I grew a wild hair on this batch and decided to pitch half of the wort with WY3787.
American Sour Stout? 
Nothin really new here. Got a wit beer that turned out really nice even though it was second runnings from a barley wine, Capped the mash with some rolled oats, wheat malt, and a little extra pils (yes it was a pils based barley wine, I used what I had) tapped that the other night and was pleseantly suprised.
This holiday is a line up of my standards. Wheat, Sour Mash, RIPA and a Belgium Ale on tap. Porter and Stout in the fridge in wire top bottles. Nothing exciting this year.
Looking forward to the Bourbon Vanilla Porter I kegged by accident (I forgot that I planned on bottling it). I will probably move it into bottles during Christmas vacation.
Paul
I also tapped a coffee stout a few days ago, too, that is mighty delicious. Might be slightly too strong on the coffee side though, but not overly. Feels really good to have good beer on tap. I go through periods where some of my beers just seem off or don’t do it for me, and that gets kinda depressing.
I know what you mean. I put an amber on tap 2 weeks before our Oktoberfest that I almost pulled off the line. Glad I didn’t though. Something changed between day 2 on tap and day 15 on tap and it was the most “liked” beer of the night. The O-fest never did blossom. Wasn’t bad but wasn’t great either. You just never know.
Paul
On tap now:
Eliminator Doppelbock
Impy Red Ale - 9.2%
Saison Mélange
Ich bin ein Berliner Weisse
In the keg this weekend:
Quadrophenia - BDSA
I must say I’m really happy with the way my beers have been turning out. Thanks to you all.
Just bottled 2 gallons of cider - one gallon dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin that smells unbelievable. My Riwaka IPA is just finishing carbing and my dubbel/amber hybrid is just about to get dry-hopped. Blackberry Lemon Melomel just needs a final tasting to see if it needs any more backsweetening or acid, then it’s ready to go too. Got a lot in the pipeline that I’m excited about right now.
I have an American Pale Ale on Tap with large additions of Simcoe and Cascade at flameout. I just finished carbing 10 gal of Brown Ale but will only tap one. I have another 20 gal fermenting 10 in basement and 10 in my garage.
On tap - A Lighter Shade of Pale ale, Deutsch Regen Pils, Bucksnort Brown, SS Minnow Mild;
Ready to be tapped- Nightlinger classic American Dark Lager, Goin’ Nutty Oatmeal Mild, and Christpils (for Christmas).
A few bottles remain from others during the year for special occasions that might be brought out…
Cheers All
Well, last night we tried for the first time, our Rhubarb IPA.