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[ncbeerbrewer]

Mashed in on an Imperial IPA this morning. Going big this time SG should be around 1.088 and shooting for 125 IBU. Big combination of hops. Should be a good one.

[Kremer]

On the plus side, I experimented with crushing the grains a bit finer this time and pulled off 89% efficiency. I'm not one to get excited about efficiency, but I was pretty amazed at the increase (I usually only get about 78%).

What's the saying? crush until you are scared? Sorry about the burn, ouch...

[lowendfrequency]

Man, I am still waiting to brew because of this leaking fermenter/better bottle fiasco with the LHBS. They've ordered me a replacement, should be in any day now but come on guys... I've got competitions to win here and you're holding me up!

[Kremer]

My RIS from Friday night finally stopped blowing foam Monday night. I took a SG reading and it was down to 1.050 and still very active. I wonder where it will stop.

[northbound]

Brewed a saison yesterday, pitched to the yeast cake (Wyeast's 3711)from last weeks brew.Had krausen after two hours, woke up this morning to krausen gushing threw the blow off tube into a bucket of water. Awesome yeast!

[ChefLamont]

No brewing this weekend. But the ChefLamont laboratory, bar, and grill has been in full swing with some new fermenter mods. Will probably be posting results of experimentation soon.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

brewed an AIPA yesterday

[chadm75]

Brewed a Cream Ale yesterday with both ale and lager yeasts (US-05 & US-23). Hit my OG and it's taken off this morning! Looking forward to this one!

[ncbeerbrewer]

Brewed an English Pale Ale last night and pitched my starter of 1335 right into the wort. I finished up chilling around 0130 and the starter was still bubbling so I figured in it goes. All went well, hit volumes and gravities. 1.052. Admiral and Fuggles. Can't wait to see what this 1335 does. Cheers all.

[3rd party JKor]

Mashing my first brew on the eHERMS right now. Making my first batch of CNEPA. One of the connections on my pump popped off a few minutes into the mash and I lost maybe 1/2 gallon of mash liquid. Kind of a bummer but I was on my way out of the room when it happened. 5 seconds later and the entire mash would've been on the floor. :DI definitely missed seeing that super clear wort that you get when you have a recirc system. I've been having chill haze problems recently, hopefully the recirc'ing will help clear up that problem (haha, "clear" up...).

Edited by JKoravos, 07 February 2010 - 09:37 AM.

[3rd party JKor]

[lowendfrequency]

Nice pics!I finally got to brewing this week. It felt good. I did a big IPA with some honey and pacific ale yeast. I kept feeding my yeast while I was waiting for my equipment to arrive, so I pitched a huge starter and she took right off. This ones been blowing off yeast for 3 days solid now. I'm hoping to get brewing some big Belgian type stuff next .

[3rd party JKor]

I put so much hops in that thing the wort was green.

[ThroatwobblerMangrove]

I put so much hops in that thing the wort was green.

same deal with me on saturday. I put 9oz of hops into my 5 gallon AIPA. Unfortunately I didn't account for loss from absorption so I ended up with a little less than 5 gal.