Erisian Brewer's Cadre. Or: How I saw the Goddess in the first place

[Cainad (dec.)]

Oooooh... now that gives me an idea for what else we could do with the nine million pounds of blueberries that the bushes in our backyard are producing.

And golly gee whiz, I'll be old enough to buy the supplies on my own by Monday!

[Freeky]

HABBY BIRFDAY

[Cainad (dec.)]

 

[Freeky]

ALSO YOU ARE A BANANA ROBOT WITH CARROT HAIR.  YOU ARE ADORABLE.

STOP THAT SHIT.

[Suu]

Oooooh... now that gives me an idea for what else we could do with the nine million pounds of blueberries that the bushes in our backyard are producing.

And golly gee whiz, I'll be old enough to buy the supplies on my own by Monday!

You can buy supplies to brew at any age. They aren't selling you alcohol, just supplies to make it.

[Cainad (dec.)]

ALSO YOU ARE A BANANA ROBOT WITH CARROT HAIR.  YOU ARE ADORABLE.

STOP THAT SHIT.

Nevar!

Oooooh... now that gives me an idea for what else we could do with the nine million pounds of blueberries that the bushes in our backyard are producing.

And golly gee whiz, I'll be old enough to buy the supplies on my own by Monday!

You can buy supplies to brew at any age. They aren't selling you alcohol, just supplies to make it.

Oh, we've got beer making stuff here already, and part of the plan is to use blueberries in the process. I was referring to the cordials.

[Luna]

Yep, will have to hold off on the vodka.  I am having a ball playing with the cordials, will report on the blueberry when it's done.

[BabylonHoruv]

I bet Blueberry would be delicious in a lice light wheat ale, or something soured a bit.

A friend of mine is making a blueberry mead, not fresh blueberries unfortunatelty, but it should still be good.

[Luna]

I bet Blueberry would be delicious in a lice light wheat ale, or something soured a bit.

A friend of mine is making a blueberry mead, not fresh blueberries unfortunatelty, but it should still be good.

I need to do another batch of strawberry, I'm nearly out.

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Tomorrow, I'm taking a vacation day from work and using it to make much beer.

I'll be bottling my Orval clone, and will be racking a Belgian IPA onto the leftover Brett.  I'll be brewing the Sam Adams Noble Pils clone recipe from last month's Zymurgy, only I'll be adding 2lbs of cane sugar and using a saison yeast, so it will be a noble saison rather than a noble pilsner.  I'll also be brewing a strong Belgian brown ale, which starts from the recipe for my super-caramelly American brown ale but uses a trappist yeast and adds 2 more pounds of base malt, a 20oz block of panela, and a little bit more hops to keep the balance right.

I also have a Hennepin clone that I'll be racking to secondary sometime before I make the noble saison, because I'm going to need that yeast cake.  The other beer is going on the cake from the Belgian IPA.

So bottling one batch, transferring two batches, and brewing two batches.

[BabylonHoruv]

my mead, which ended up being blackberry cherry, has been in the carboy bubbling for 2 weeks.  I guess that is what I get for using 15 lbs of honey in 5 gallons of mead.  Beer is usually done bubbling after 3-4 days.

Anyways it's the end of peach season, which means it is time to make my sour peach wheat.  I have made a gallon of wort with 2 lbs of 2 row and thrown in a handful of grain and it is in the basement sitting to sour, in a few days I am gonna go see if I can find peaches and brew up the powdered malt and mix it all together.  Last year I put the peaches in secondary, but I misjudged when peach season is, so this year they're going in primary.

[Precious Moments Zalgo]

Are you using the naturally occurring bugs on the grain to sour it, or did you use a bacteria culture?

[BabylonHoruv]

Are you using the naturally occurring bugs on the grain to sour it, or did you use a bacteria culture?

the bugs on the grain.  I threw a handful into the jug. 

[Luna]

Started a new cordial...  this one, trying brandy instead of vodka.  Working, now, I have the strawberry/brandy, and, with vodka, blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry.  I need more bottles...

[Icey]

I really want to try brewing beer. The caveat is that I am so poor at the moment, making rent is priority one. So, what I'm asking is...

What stuff do I need to begin? And by need, I mean bare-bones. And by bare-bones, I mean that each dollar spent is a dedication of my precious, if-ever-exists spending money.

Thanks.

Icey