Homebrew

[wild]

I pitched on top of a yeast cake for the first time last night. That pretty much just means I re-used the yeast from a previous batch. I emptied the Robust Porter from my Primary then poured what I just finished brewing on top of the sediment on the bottom.

I'll be doing the same thing, this week I'll toss my Obsidian Stout Clone onto the secondary yeast cake of my Irish Red Rye. It's a great way to stretch your yeast dollar.
Now I get to figure what to brew with the hops I just won at the local Oktoberfest. 4 oz. of Centenial pellets and 1 gallon ziplock of Amarillo whole hops. Yum

[nhcigarfan]

Sweet score

[chefchris]

Here's my Phantom Planet Porter. 2 weeks in the bottle and it's already delicious. I sent it off to a competition yesterday so I can get some feedback.




I made a British Mild at the beginning of the week. That's a cheap beer to make. Cost me under $20. It's a low alcohol beer (3-4% ABV) so the grain bill was only 8lbs for a 6 gallon batch. I've never had a mild (can't find one) but have been reading about them and I can't wait to try it.

[logan37]

That looks really tasty Chris. good luck with the competition.

[nhcigarfan]

milds are good. I have an amber wheat mild on draft. Easy drinking.

[wild]

Looks great! I've got a Bock, Vanilla Porter, and an Irish Red Rye for tapping at the Teach A Friend To Homebrew Day event tomorrow. Oh, and I'll be brewing 16.5 gallons of the Irish Red Rye also.

[chefchris]

I brewed a Robust Porter and decided to enter it into my first competition. Can't believe it ... I got second place. Wasn't really expecting to place, just wanted to get some feedback. Had to wait 2 long days to get the results back. Felt like forever. So I got a ribbon on the way with some critique sheets.

Man, this is a great feeling.



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