The Blue Moon Clone I brewed over the weekend still has a 2 inch Krausen on it. It first formed within 18 hours of being pitched and has been going strong ever since. You can see the little yeasties happily chugging up and down in the carboy, and it has been 6 days already!
The Smithwicks won't be finished in time for St Pats tomorrow, unfortunately. There is still airlock activity as of last night, albiet quite slow. I don't even have time to cold crash and do a super-fast carb job on it, not and do it justice. It has to be ready and able to bottle from the keg by the 23rd though, so I'm hoping it hurries up. I need at least 48 hours to crash the yeast or it will be way to cloudy for judging.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Brew Day 03/03/13
It had been a long dry spell since the last Brew Day, back in December if I recall correctly.
Thanks to my long suffering wife for doing parenting duty while I played in the Garage. Granted, during the Mash I also grilled some steaks and veggie kabobs which she found rather tasty, so there's that.
Anyway, I brewed the Smithwicks for the brew club challenge. I'm not sure if I'll have it ready for St Pats but it should be good for the end of the month judging at the next beer club meeting.
Everything went well, except for the hose that was frozen for a while until I thawed it out with the jet heater in the garage, but even that was overcome.
I'll probably brew again this coming saturday, the Blue Moon Belgian White clone that I had planned to be the next one until the Smithwicks interjected itself into the rotation.
Oh, 1.056 OG on a target of 1.051, so there's that.
PS: I broke my drill I use to crush the grains, so now I get to buy a new one! (always look on the bright side of life, doo doo, doo dum dee dee doo doo)
Thanks to my long suffering wife for doing parenting duty while I played in the Garage. Granted, during the Mash I also grilled some steaks and veggie kabobs which she found rather tasty, so there's that.
Anyway, I brewed the Smithwicks for the brew club challenge. I'm not sure if I'll have it ready for St Pats but it should be good for the end of the month judging at the next beer club meeting.
Everything went well, except for the hose that was frozen for a while until I thawed it out with the jet heater in the garage, but even that was overcome.
I'll probably brew again this coming saturday, the Blue Moon Belgian White clone that I had planned to be the next one until the Smithwicks interjected itself into the rotation.
Oh, 1.056 OG on a target of 1.051, so there's that.
PS: I broke my drill I use to crush the grains, so now I get to buy a new one! (always look on the bright side of life, doo doo, doo dum dee dee doo doo)
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