Sunday is building a hop spider and testing/playing with my new March pump. Decided to celebrate my birthday six weeks early, rather than when I’m in the thick of things at work. Monday I took vacay and am Home Alone with my new toys. I’m brewing something and will know what it is in an hour, before I take off for errands including the LHBS.
I also have everything I need to drill a hole in my larger kettle (3-piece ball valve setup, step bit, etc.) except a spine. I have enough to keep me occupied, though. Got home from church, got out the drill, the step bit, and the W40, and got it done!
Finished my brewing duties yesterday. Kegged my apricot wheat with a whole load of Amarillo keg hops. Brewed a dark fig saison for the holidays. If all goes well, I’ll rack it on some bourbon oak and Brett b.
Made a schwarzbier Sunday with Blackprinz. - it’s bubbling away nicely in my lager chest at 48F - German Merkur as the hops. First try at a schwarzbier and hoping for a clean black lager to show off for football season along with my staples: helles, cap and German and Bohemian pilsners.
A super hot brew day, but the trees needed the water from the IC…and no one else in the neighborhood was working, so I had plenty of visitors.
