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I found out that there is a German hop variety called Ariana.

If that plant reaches a height of six meters it is called Ariana Grande, right?

#homebrewing #gardening

I found out that there is a German hop variety called Ariana.

If that plant reaches a height of six meters it is called Ariana Grande, right?

#homebrewing #gardening

My new JaDeD chiller arrived today. My youngest is already mocking me.

Me: Look at all this pretty copper.
Him: <reading> "The output side of the chiller becomes extremely HOT during use." Isn't that the opposite of what should be happening, it getting hot?
Me: You know how this works, right?
Him: <being obnoxious> It's a chiller, Abba. It should be cold, not hot.
Me: <side-eye>
Him: Yes, yes, I know how these things work. It was funny.

#homebrewing

My new JaDeD chiller arrived today. My youngest is already mocking me.

Me: Look at all this pretty copper.
Him: <reading> "The output side of the chiller becomes extremely HOT during use." Isn't that the opposite of what should be happening, it getting hot?
Me: You know how this works, right?
Him: <being obnoxious> It's a chiller, Abba. It should be cold, not hot.
Me: <side-eye>
Him: Yes, yes, I know how these things work. It was funny.

#homebrewing

"So what do Hallertauer Tradition hops smell like?"

"Hops... DUH!"

(But joke aside, hopfenforschung.de is quite a resource for German hop varieties)

#homebrewing

"So what do Hallertauer Tradition hops smell like?"

"Hops... DUH!"

(But joke aside, hopfenforschung.de is quite a resource for German hop varieties)

#homebrewing

Calvin peeing dot meme

#HomeBrewing #DontDrinkBadBeer #DumpThatShit

Calvin peeing dot meme

#HomeBrewing #DontDrinkBadBeer #DumpThatShit

What's Your Leaven Worth?

This is a saison fermented with yeast I captured from wild cherries that I picked in Leavenworth, WA last summer. It's nice and fruity with a little bit of tartness. It's really a pleasant beer, especially after the freaking moth infestation ordeal.

It seems their leaven is indeed worth something. I should probably try to make some bread with it as well

#HomeBrewing #Beer #Saison #WildYeast

What's Your Leaven Worth?

This is a saison fermented with yeast I captured from wild cherries that I picked in Leavenworth, WA last summer. It's nice and fruity with a little bit of tartness. It's really a pleasant beer, especially after the freaking moth infestation ordeal.

It seems their leaven is indeed worth something. I should probably try to make some bread with it as well

#HomeBrewing #Beer #Saison #WildYeast

One of the joys of competitive #homebrewing is pouring yourself a beer that just medaled at a competition.

And then hearing from some of your fellow competitive brewers asking if you're planning on sending out any of said beer for them to sample.

Hops are starting to burr out. These will grow into cones.

#HomeBrewing #Gardening #Hops #HopGrowing

Hops are starting to burr out. These will grow into cones.

#HomeBrewing #Gardening #Hops #HopGrowing

The Bière de Garde ended up at a final gravity of 3.5°P. That's a bit sweeter than I anticipated and uncharacteristically lazy for ye olde Nottingham yeast.

However the additional sweetness works super well with the marmalady hop flavors and the assertive but smooth bitterness. It's more like an American Pale Ale really. Except that all ingredients are from Southern Hesse.

Seems like I have created the Südhessisch Pale Ale 🍻

#homebrewing

The Bière de Garde ended up at a final gravity of 3.5°P. That's a bit sweeter than I anticipated and uncharacteristically lazy for ye olde Nottingham yeast.

However the additional sweetness works super well with the marmalady hop flavors and the assertive but smooth bitterness. It's more like an American Pale Ale really. Except that all ingredients are from Southern Hesse.

Seems like I have created the Südhessisch Pale Ale 🍻

#homebrewing

TIL that apparently FedEx Ground delivers on Sunday. So the Concentric Hydra I ordered'll be here over the weekend.

I get to revise my brewing schedule to put the International Dark Lager ("Get the Golem") back on Tuesday. 😂

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TIL that apparently FedEx Ground delivers on Sunday. So the Concentric Hydra I ordered'll be here over the weekend.

I get to revise my brewing schedule to put the International Dark Lager ("Get the Golem") back on Tuesday. 😂

#homebrewing

I can honestly say that an extra year has not improved the honey oktoberfest I brewed last year.

One of the few friends that I give my homebrew to found a bottle in the back of his fridge a week ago, and I had a feeling that was what it was.

Alas. This is a recipe that's not being rebrewed.

#homebrewing

Ugh! Both of the beers I brewed ~2 weeks ago have a nasty vinyl/chlorophenol off flavor. This is thanks to the local water supply treating the water with chlorine. I thought I had solved the issue with an inline filter on the hose and treating the water with sulfite before brewing, but I think I may have forgotten to do the sulfite 😑

I guess I'd better make preparations to brew tomorrow. But right now it's time to feed a bunch of beer to the lawn 😖

#HomeBrewing

Ugh! Both of the beers I brewed ~2 weeks ago have a nasty vinyl/chlorophenol off flavor. This is thanks to the local water supply treating the water with chlorine. I thought I had solved the issue with an inline filter on the hose and treating the water with sulfite before brewing, but I think I may have forgotten to do the sulfite 😑

I guess I'd better make preparations to brew tomorrow. But right now it's time to feed a bunch of beer to the lawn 😖

#HomeBrewing

@dukepaaron @serge I've got a hobby for you that wholly encourages bad puns. #homebrewing

@dukepaaron @serge I've got a hobby for you that wholly encourages bad puns. #homebrewing

Her: Are you aware of how much beer you have in the basement?
Me: It's not as much as it looks like.
Her: It looks like a lot.
Me: It's 'some'.
Her: It's a lot.
Me: There's a case of empties down there, an empty case, and while there are 3 or 4 full cases, the rest are half at most.
Her: It's still taking up a lot of space.
Me: So's all the other stuff down there.
Her: Yes, but we're talking about your beers.

#homebrewing

Her: Are you aware of how much beer you have in the basement?
Me: It's not as much as it looks like.
Her: It looks like a lot.
Me: It's 'some'.
Her: It's a lot.
Me: There's a case of empties down there, an empty case, and while there are 3 or 4 full cases, the rest are half at most.
Her: It's still taking up a lot of space.
Me: So's all the other stuff down there.
Her: Yes, but we're talking about your beers.

#homebrewing

Mead Recipe - Smoldering Pear & Star Anise Bochet

https://cool-as-heck.blog/mead-recipe-smoldering-pear-star-anise-bochet

#mead #homebrewing #smallweb

Mead Recipe - Smoldering Pear & Star Anise Bochet

https://cool-as-heck.blog/mead-recipe-smoldering-pear-star-anise-bochet

#mead #homebrewing #smallweb

Is that just me or does that hydrometer look suspiciously like something else?

#homebrewing

https://www.braupartner.de/brewbrain-float-pro-digitale-wlan-gaerspindel-hydrometer

Is that just me or does that hydrometer look suspiciously like something else?

#homebrewing

https://www.braupartner.de/brewbrain-float-pro-digitale-wlan-gaerspindel-hydrometer

I just bought malt extract 😱 😱 😱

(Just to make yeast starters but still…)

#homebrewing

I just bought malt extract 😱 😱 😱

(Just to make yeast starters but still…)

#homebrewing

Just pulled the trigger on a new JaDeD chiller as the next thing I need in my garage. Yay. 😀

I mean, I'd love to have a mill or a lot of other things, but honestly, a better cold break and reducing my water consumption while brewing will help my brewing at this point more than a lot of other things.

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Mugwort and hops into the kettle.

#BrewDay #HomeBrewing

Mugwort and hops into the kettle.

#BrewDay #HomeBrewing

While trying to open a stuck shut yeast jar the freaking glass jar cracked! I didn't let that stop me so I cut a hole in the lid and rescued my precious yeast 😆

#HomeBrewing #Yeast

While trying to open a stuck shut yeast jar the freaking glass jar cracked! I didn't let that stop me so I cut a hole in the lid and rescued my precious yeast 😆

#HomeBrewing #Yeast

Brew day today! I'm brewing a West Coast Pilsner with Calypso hops and a Blonde ale with fig leaves and mugwort.

#HomeBrewing

Brew day today! I'm brewing a West Coast Pilsner with Calypso hops and a Blonde ale with fig leaves and mugwort.

#HomeBrewing

I'm drinking a glass of saison fermented with a wild culture I got from wild cherries growing near the river in Leavenworth, WA last summer. This is from a low fill at the end of the bottling line.

Yeast seems to have a little fruity funk, but also accentuates the malts a lot. This is an uncarbonated taste and there's some additional sweetness from the priming sugar so can't say anything for certain yet, but it's definitely interesting.

#WildYeast #Fermentation #Beer #HomeBrewing

I'm drinking a glass of saison fermented with a wild culture I got from wild cherries growing near the river in Leavenworth, WA last summer. This is from a low fill at the end of the bottling line.

Yeast seems to have a little fruity funk, but also accentuates the malts a lot. This is an uncarbonated taste and there's some additional sweetness from the priming sugar so can't say anything for certain yet, but it's definitely interesting.

#WildYeast #Fermentation #Beer #HomeBrewing

Positive for the day - my brother's willing to drop off some beers for me at a competition site that doesn't accept shipping, and where drop-off doesn't fit with my schedule for being up there.

Stupid draconian NJ liquor laws.

#homebrewing

I find myself brewing more and more beers following the "Pilsner Malt plus homegrown hops plus whatever yeast I can get my hands on" philosophy.

I thought this was a coincidence but maybe that's because I always have to order from at least two homebrewing shops to get all my specialty malts for anything even remotely dark.

Seriously, Brouwland, where's the Weyermann Munich malt?

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I find myself brewing more and more beers following the "Pilsner Malt plus homegrown hops plus whatever yeast I can get my hands on" philosophy.

I thought this was a coincidence but maybe that's because I always have to order from at least two homebrewing shops to get all my specialty malts for anything even remotely dark.

Seriously, Brouwland, where's the Weyermann Munich malt?

#homebrewing

Uh… ladies? You're supposed to grow UP those poles…

#homebrewing #hops #gardening

Surprise brewday!

I had a couple of leftover ingredients and not much to do so I decided to test the Braumeister's maximum malt capacity and make a blond Bière de Garde.

#homebrewing #brewersOfMastodon #BiereDeGarde

Remember when I fantasized about getting a house lager strain of yeast that I propagate from batch to batch?

I don't wanna jinx it but it looks like Brauhaus Grohe, the best brewery in Darmstadt will hook me up with a jar of their lager yeast.

I'm super excited about this.

Okay, it's probably just a slightly mutated run-of-the-mill W34/70 strain.

BUT IT'S MUTATED IN A LOCAL BREWERY WITH OPEN FERMENTERS!!! 😍

#homebrewing #BrewersOfMastodon

@knead_i_say_more always says I should do more in the garden with her.

Should I plant a bunch of Gutedel vines and start making wine next year?

#homebrewing #winemaking