If you read and remember 2026 Q1 SheppyBrew Stats, you know that this year has been slow in regards to brewing.
Since Q1, before this past weekend I'd only brewed Chelsea Dagger Pre-Prohibition Lager (Batch 390) and Where'd My ManGo Wheat (Batch 391), so I really have not been catching up with my normal brewing cadence.
I was on track for the least amount of beer I've homebrewed since 2009. Back then I was doing 2.5 gallon batches.
But, I took advantage of the opportunity to brew Saturday ...
I've actually had the recipe for this beer ready to go since In Search of Michelob about a year and a half ago.
For various reasons, I have not gotten around to it until now.
Unlike most recent brews, I actually remembered to prepare my water and salts the night before, setting a timer to start heating up while I was asleep.
I was up at 6:30 am. I had the mash going by 6:37.
Then, in the spirit of multi-tasking I headed out for the beginning of a bike ride.
When I returned from an hour and a half on the bike, I lifted the malt pipe to drain.
I also collected wort for a vitality starter for my harvested yeast.
I turned up the Foundry to heat up to 195. Then I headed out for another hour on the bike.
I was back home around 10am, and took a pre-boil gravity reading, which was high. I diluted the wort to get to the expected pre-boil gravity.
I was able to get the boil started around 10:20 am.
The boil went as expected. I remembered to add everything at the right times, and was done right around 11:20am.
I chilled down to the high 70's with hoses and my wort chiller. Then, switched to recirculating ice water through the chiller for the remainder of the chilling.
Once the temperature was below 60, I racked to the fermenter.
Close enough to lunch time, I had a nice SheppyBrew Lager.
Around 11:50, the wort was racked and the fermenter was the basement with my cooling system working.
The yeast was pitched just after noon at 55 degrees.
Then, I had some leftover Brisket for lunch with another SheppyBrew.
After getting the Foundry rinsed out, and CIP solution pumping, I went out for the remainder of my bike ride.
I finished the day with 6ish gallons of wort in the fermenter and my #MetricCenturyEveryMonth accomplished for June.
Not a bad Saturday.
Fermentation was rocking the next day. I'll probably be drinking this in a couple of weeks.
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