Brewing with Bob!

Well Bob and I have been trying to get together to brew since last Nov. when we started to correspond via the beertools.com forum. Seems that we just couldn't coordinate our schedules so that we were free at the same time. Well, we did finally meet and we did finally brew up a batch at my house. Then yesterday I went to Bob's house and we brewed on his system!
His got a nice 5 gallon 3 tier gravity system that uses a round rubbermaid 5 gallon cooler for a mash tun. He installed a stainless steel faucet hose braid on the bottom and filters the wort out of it very nicely! The wort came out nice and clear on this session as the pictures below show.
We cooked some burgers and had a great time. Bob brewed a nice recipe that has 100% amarillo hops. It's going to be a great brew, and I'll let all of you know how it is on upcoming taste test reports. The session went smooth as silk and I'm sure that it is fermenting away as I write this posting.

My other friend Brad also brewed on this day, and he whipped up another batch of his Vanilla Porter. He say's that the session went good too! Way to go Brad!

I have 1 more week to go until I can keg the 15 gallons of beer that I have going in the fermenters currently. Then I'll be brewing up a 15 gallon batch of my "Hawks Landing Great Imposter" beer, which is probably my favorite recipe! After that session, I'll be planning my yearly brewing party to be held when all this brew is ready to drink! I should have a total of about 45 gallons of homebrew to have for the party.

After that, I'll be getting ready for Octoberfest, and will be brewing 1 or 2 batches of Marzen in preparation of that wonderful time of year. In between, I do have a Belgium Wit and a Negra Modelo clone that I want to make. It's going to be a busy year! And a tasty one too!!

Here's the pics of yesterday's brew session with my friend Bob!
Enjoy

Cheers! (_)3