First State Brewers Blog

OK, so I didn’t get my Wit racked to secondaries - I will do that tonight. I also scaled back my amazon order by 1/2, so I’ll only be getting 2 beer style books and “Brew Like A Monk”. As my wife so smartly pointed out - I need to leave some things for folks to buy me for X-mas. Not like I ever could run out of things, but those are quick & easy ones so… I’ll be getting Bock & Brown Ale.

I also didn’t counter-pressure fill my Native Rage or my Oak-Aged Vanilla Porter. I need to do that soon as well… particularly if they are going to be ready for this Friday. We are trying to switch our baby sitter’s night from Thursday to Friday so Donna can also come - I would love it if she did.

My pumpkin ale was done fermenting last night. Pitching 2 packets of dry yeast really cuts down on the fermentation time… It ran a little hot (around 74 degrees), but with all the cinnamon and other flavors in there I suspect the esters will probably be very masked. I thought of cooling it down, but the sloth of the weekend overtook me. I will probably need to rack it to a secondary in a couple days.

I also got a 3 quart starter of Wyeast 1728 (Scottish) going in preparation for this weekend’s 10 gallons of Peated Scottish. I am really getting excited about this brew - hope it turns out good.

Why the overwhelming sloth? Well, we got a kord of wood delivered Saturday (1/2 oak, 1/2 cherry) and after moving and stacking for 2 hours, I was pretty well spent.