I think I’m finally going to get my O-fest brewed. I’ve run out of emergencies and graduations and university orientations and replacing front doors and and and …
Popped the yeast that’s been in my fridge for 2 months last night and need to make the starter tonight.
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Apricot American Wheat is up next with a healthy dose of Columbus and Amarillo hops. I’ll throw in a single decoction just for fun!
20 gallons of pale ale in carboys tonight. Another 20 tomorrow. Today’s batches were single hopped with Mosaic and LR11. Tomorrow will get Meridian and El Dorado. Try them at NHC. 
Kegged a saison last night, and brewed a hefeweizen this morning.
Last summer, the appease the masses who - while they liked my massively hopped/high ABV home brews - wanted something “lighter” for the warmer months in New England, I brewed a honey apricot wheat.
(Disclaimer: I did NOT know Ithaca Brewing had one of these when I made the recipe. I had just purchased too many apricots)
To my surprise, it was good. I’m not usually a fan of wheat beers.
So that’s the plan today.
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Today I kegged 5 gallons and bottled 5 gallons of a Pannepot clone (Quadrupel), and kegged a hard cider. I might brew a citra pale ale tomorrow.
Yesterday my friend and I brewed 16gal of Cali Common for the Brewhemoth. Everything went well. I used Bru’nwater for the first time and the wort was very clear as a result. We pitched last night and I have activity this morning, running a pressurized fermentation as usual.
A newby here. Question - can I put standard caps on old twist off bottles? Marty
No. They won’t hold pressure and they won’t fit right, likely to crack the bottle opening. You will need standard bottles for standard caps.
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I bottled a tripel today and had a taste of my IPA made with Falconers Flight 7cs. Wow, I’ve got to grab some more of that blend. Tremendous aroma and big citrus flavor.
I brewed the citra pale ale today and for the second time in a row got 79% efficiency where I used to get ~72%. I’m sure that it is due to treating my sparge water as well as my mash water, made easy by ver. 1.12 of Bru’n Water. I think the problem with the sparge before was my starting water’s low calcium (>35ppm). A new day is dawning!
Yesterday brewed two batches of beer for my talk at NHC! (Nothing like cutting things close!
Brewed a saison using WLP530. I suppose it really doesn’t make it a saison but I hope it’s tasty.
Here is a pic of the hydro sample.
Gotta lot of catching up to do.
Today is a lower grav APA, tomorrow is an Irish Red, Wed will be an 10 gals of American Wheat (5 gals to be hit with raspberries), probably should work one day this week so Thurs is work day and Friday will be 10 gals of French Saison. I’m gonna try (note I said “try”) to just keep these 4 in rotation over the summer and focus on these.
NBs surly cynic clone, pretty pumped for this to be ready
Wow… I did NONE of this last weekend. Poker went late on Saturday and gardening/oxtail stew was all I could manage on Sunday.
I’ve got some catching up to do!
Made a starter with WLP565 for next weekends brew.