we brewed up 20 gallons worth of beer this afternoon. 10 gallons of a cherry stout and 10 gallons of the blood orange hefe. we also got a chance to try out some new equipment, including the mythical therminator which is fucking amazing, and a frackin' refractometer. we weren't able to use the pump, but we were able to rig an awesome gravity setup and watched 10 gallons of wort drop to 68 in less than 10 mins. amazing stuff.

cherry / cacao stout 16 brix = 1.066 og, mashed @ 149 - 60 min
blood orange hefe 13 brix = 1.053 og, mashed @ 149 - 90 min

cherry stout mash


continuous vorlauf








thru-mometer ftw


blood orange hefe




sweet orange chunks and wheat




30 seconds of pure adrenaline


merrill's personal yeast stash




-bake