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1. California Common - actually started 15 or 16 days ago. Need to rack to keg tonight.
2. Lambic with Al's bugfarm III -- Also already started about 10 days ago. Pitched Al's bugfarm about day 5. Blew off fermentation lock, but has settled down now to slow bubbling every 15 sec.
3. Lambic with Wyeast Lambic blend -- I will try to start it tonight. Primary yeast of White Labs 530 Belgian whatsover. ?Abbey or Trappist?
4. English Best/Special Bitter in late April. I've got to drink a Party Pig of Denny's Wry Smile Rye IPA, a keg of California Common and a keg of Dusseldorf Altbier, first.
5. Moose Drool from 'Can you brew it?' podcast of J. Zanisheff, et al.

Dusseldorf Altbier

From JZ and JPalmer, Brewing Classic Styles. Wyeast German Ale yeast (#1007 I think?).

Currently in primary 1 week (brewed Sunday, February 14, 2010). I'll need to lager this for 4 + weeks at 41 F after racking to a conditioning / dispensing keg next Sunday, or so. Fermenting now at 60 F with my new Ranco digital temperature controller (used a Johnson's analog controller from Sunday to Friday, though. +/- 3 or 4 F. Much narrower range since Friday. (It's Sunday now, 2 days later).

Oud Bruin #2

Long story, but got my hands on Al's bugfarm III via a Forum on the Burgundian Babble Belt. The vial was delivered on Jan 2, 2010 and it took my several weeks to get ingredients for an Oud Bruin, recipe from Brewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainesheff and John Palmer. Primary was fermented with a Belgian yeast, White Labs WLP 500 for xxx days, racked to secondary in a Better Bottle and a starter made with Al's bugfarm III was pitched then. A pellicle has developed.

Details to follow.

Golden Dragon

A limited edition, all-grain kit from Northern Brewer using a Wyeast Private Collection yeast. The style is a Belgian dark strong ale.

Details to follow. I has been fermented, 5 weeks in primary (what a procrastinator I am). I racked it to a keg (my first kegging of a beer) to condition for at least a year before tasting/dispensing. Racking was today, Sunday 21-Feb-2010.

Notre Dame d'Golden Valley

A limited edition extract kit purchased quite a while ago from Northern Brewer. It is an Orval clone I think, given the tongue-in-cheek description from NB. The "Private Collection" Wyeast strain that came with the kit was...duh, I forget. I'll look it up later.

Details to follow

Petite Saison d'Ete

An all grain kit from Northern Brewer. A "limited edition" kit because the yeast, Wyeast 3711, is a limited availability 'Private Collection' yeast. At the writing of this post, the strain is now available from Wyeast full time.

More on this post later. Too late. It's long gone. Pretty good early. Did not age very well. Had to force down the last couple of 22 oz bombers.

Denny's Wry Smile Rye IPA

Another all grain kit from Northern Brewer. Used Wyeast #1450, strain 50 of Denny Conn. Back when I got the kit the strain was a 'Private Collection' and the kit was a 'Limited Edition' (because of the yeast availability). Just recently, Wyeast made the strain available all the time.

Pertinent info (o.g., f.g., abv, ibu, srm, key, mouse)

Grist list.

Hops.

Yeast

Mash temps

Ferm temp

Conditioning

Kegged into two Party Pigs. Yummy stuff. One has been consumed, the other is waiting it's turn. Probably way to carbonated. The first one was.

I'll get back to this post later.