I’m surprised there are no “Tears of US fans” in that recipe 
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It was a hard loss, but I’ll support the Belgians since Jeremy Doku is one of my favorite players from Manchester City.
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It’s now a few days past brewing, but while I was back on the farm for the Independence Day weekend, Dad & I brewed two batches on one day. (Dad got me into homebrewing, and has been brewing in some form or another for over 50 years)
Our first recipe was a Mexican-style pale lager – pilsner and Vienna malt, plus flaked corn. Bittered using a bit of Magnum and finished with a mix of homegrown Sterling+Saaz. I brought along a bottle of my recent version (made using grits with a cereal mash), which provided a general point of comparison.
The second recipe was a red lager - Dad had made an extract version of this years ago and wanted to revisit it in all-grain form. So, I worked out an approximate equivalent, made a small (2.5 gallon) test batch on my own system, and then we scaled up to 5 gallons on his system.
We had a good time, both in sampling some of my beer and in making batches on Dad’s system. He has seen a lot of change in the hobby (he started brewing before it was legal, did many years of extract-based brewing in both partial and full volume batches, went to BIAB, and now is using an electric all-in-one), and I’m glad that I can carry it on in my own way now!
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Brewed my Amarillo IPA yesterday. This is the only one of two beers that I make that use whole cone hops. The other is my wet hopped IPA that will be brewed when the cones are ready.
This is also probably the last beer I will make on my current brew system after 460 batches. I have agreed to buy a slightly used SABCO Brewmagic system from one of our local club members and am selling my current homebuilt RIMS system. It will be way easier to fill the HLT since I don’t have to climb several steps up on a ladder to do so and can underlet the mash tun a bit easier should I decide to do so.
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Andy.
What a great homebrew experience to relate to the group. I always tell my younger friends how fast kids grow up and I also tell them how fast their parents pass. Enjoy every second.
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Early weekend for me. Taking a vacation from work this week
El Dorado / Amarillo “Best Bitter”
1.045 OG
5 gal in keg
9.5 lbs Warminster MO
0.25 lbs 120 L crystal
FWH to 30 IBU
2 oz El Dorado at flameout
Ferment 1968 from last batch
1 oz Amarillo dryhop in keg
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