Gonna knock out another IPA. The last few have been good, but not perfect. Need to get get some kinks worked out.
More GF? kinks in recipe or in the process?
Blatz- I think the recipe is solid. The first batch we made turned out awesome. The second batch is good but the hops sometimes come off green…off… I may have an issue with my lines…not sure. Any time I find an issue, I like to brew the same beer a few times in a row, take great notes and try to dial it in to perfection. I know, I know…RDWHAHB. Cant do it, I get too wound up! If you havent brewed that recipe yet…give it a shot. I’m sure you’ll like it.
No brewing this weekend. In the process of cleaning a few kegs and my lines tonight. Hopefully I’ll get around to cleaning and sanitizing some bottles as well. Hope to bottle up a barleywine and other miscellaneous brewery tasks. Should have some extra time on my hands since with the lack of rain I don’t think I’ll need to be mowing the lawn this weekend.
dry-hopping my THA clone during a post-vacay-weekend catchup.
Brewing a Belgian Wit. If I can finish a keg then kegging an AIPA.
Kegging some CAP, tranferring an IPA, and brewing Berliner Weisse. I mashed a small portion of pils malt (3 #) last night and added a cup of crushed pils malt onto it this morning. I bleed some CO2 onto it, sealed the lid and put it outside in the sun. Tomorrow I will make the main mash and add the sour mash in with it. I plan to use some European Ale yeast and lactobacillus to ferment. I hope it turns out OK.
Brewing that hefeweizen I’ve been trying to brew for the past few weeks! Also kegging a Helles, AIPA, and a Surly Bender clone.
Wish I was heading to the NHC. Have a blast you guys!
Brewed a Scottish 80 schilling today.
Brewing a Saison early Sunday Morning. It will be the first of several beers that I will use the French Saison with this summer. I’ll try to brew 4 or 5 with it.
In SD already, went out and about. Spent some time at Mission Brewing. The Blonde is blonde, the amber is a bit grassy the IPA is drinkable and the double IPA was good but not great. The weizen however, was excellent today. We had several of those. Very nice.
Racking and dry hopping a Double IPA today. Next weekend I’m going to try this weeks recipe of the week for my wife and recipe adjustment #2 of my attempt at a Black IPA/Cascadian Ale. Has anyone brewed the passion fruit wild fire wheat? How much of the fruit comes through?
In spite of coming down with a nasty head cold that ruined Friday and Saturday, I was able to crank out a Waldo Lake Amber this afternoon.
TomS the brewpub reviews are much appreciated.
My wife & I brewed up a wit and a belgian blonde. All went well other than being rather disorganized today. Now to wait for the tripel (brewed last weekend) to be done fermenting & conditioning so I can bottle it. I was also going to bottle a belgian dark strong this weekend but that didn’t happen. Will have to get that done this week.
Good 
I should add re: Mission that, while I didn’t prefer the amber a LOT of people were drinking it so it may be that it’s just not to my taste. None of the beers were bad, and if I had been in a hoppy mood I might have been happier with the IPA and double IPA. It’s also worth mentioning that the place is unfinished. They have no refrigeration so the beer was a bit warm and they were icing kegs before putting them on. I really liked the place, very friendly staff too.
When you get to the area, I recommend finding a copy of the West Coaster SD, a local free beer rag. The last page has a map listing breweries, restaurants, and good beer bars. We went to a few of the places and had great experiences everywhere. It’s been an excellent guide so far.
We’ll certainly take into account that its one man’s opinion of the beers, subject to the vagaries of the moment. I’d probably be into that amber myself, and the IPA. I’m generally in a hoppy mood.