What's everyone got fermenting after what turned out to be a decent weekend for brewing? I know that HoustonTiger (whatever her name is on here) has her first batch fermenting. Anyone else?

I brewed my beer for Oktoberfest - a German Schwarzbier. Hopefully the old yeast I bought on the cheap from Brewstock took off in the starter I made for it. I pitched last night and will hit it with some more O2 this evening to hopefully help it out a little. It's a fairly small beer at only 1048 so I am confident that it will take off.

My next beer is going to be a really light beach worthy beer. I have about 7 lbs of 2-row and 5 lbs of pilsner that should work out well to make a beer that is poundable at the beach.

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Posted by Kim Jong Ir

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Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 8/6/12 at 9:06 am to Fratastic423

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make a beer that is poundable at the beach.

A worthy goal!

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Posted by LSUBoo

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Member since Mar 2006

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Posted on 8/6/12 at 9:15 am to Fratastic423

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Anyone else?

Bottle the 2012 Holiday Mead... 31 bombers in total got packed away to wait for Christmas. Well, a few might not make it that long.

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Posted by s14suspense

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Member since Mar 2007

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Posted on 8/6/12 at 9:44 am to Fratastic423

We transferred the Chocolate Hazelnut porter to the barrel for a week or so of aging.

I had filled the barrel up with hot water a day before and tasted some of it when I was emptying it out. The water smelled like bourbon but tasted like Vanilla. I'm excited for the beer in there.

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Posted by BottomlandBrew

Member since Aug 2010

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Posted on 8/6/12 at 9:46 am to Fratastic423

I kegged up my sake cider, replaced all my beer lines in the keezer, and hit up Brewstock for few yeasts on the cheap and my barrel stand.

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Posted by SouthOfSouth

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Member since Jun 2008

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Posted on 8/6/12 at 10:03 am to Fratastic423

I got to try my Summer citrus wheat beer Sunday and it came out really good. Was very happy with the flavor and the smell. Went amazingly with a light cigar. Was an awesome afternoon brewing.

I brewed my first IPA on sunday (while drinking my summer citrus and smoking a cigar). It was the first time brewing with my new brew kettle that is only 9 gallons rather than my crawfish pot and it was 100x easier and went very smoothly. Had a friend over who is trying to get into brewing so he could shadow the process also.

OG at 1.075 so I am excited to see how it goes. Had some solid fermentation this morning. Bubbles galore.

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