Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Paul's Pride ESB
2009 Batch #10 - Paul's Pride ESB
(brewed 12/06)
Other Notes:
(brewed 12/06)
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| 11 lbs. | Maris Otter Pale info |
| .5 lbs. | Crystal Malt 60°L info |
| .25 lbs. | Crystal Malt 120°L info |
| 1.5 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. info |
| .5 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 20 min. info |
| 1 oz. | Fuggle (Pellets, 4.75 %AA) boiled 1 min. info |
| Yeast : | Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info |
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| Mash Schedule * 153° F for 45 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes |
Other Notes:
- Brewed at Ryan's
- Used his new Automill - it is nice
- Hops schedule was based on what I already had at home
- I just wanted to mess around with 120° on this one
- OG came in high again (1.060 vs 1.058), I even adjusted my mash efficiency from 65% to 69% when calculating the recipe
- Good times
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
UPDATE: Poochie Porter
2009 Batch #9 - Poochie Porter
Brewed: 11/8 OG: 1.060
Bottled: 12/2 FG: 1.014
ABV: 6.0%
Bottle yield: 26 12oz, 11 22oz, 3 750ml, 1 650ml
Primed @ ~2.0 CO2 volumes with ~2.9 oz cane sugar
Gold caps marked with a "P"
Brewed: 11/8 OG: 1.060
Bottled: 12/2 FG: 1.014
ABV: 6.0%
Bottle yield: 26 12oz, 11 22oz, 3 750ml, 1 650ml
Primed @ ~2.0 CO2 volumes with ~2.9 oz cane sugar
Gold caps marked with a "P"
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Poochie Porter
2009 Batch #9 - Poochie Porter
(brewed 11/08)
Brewed @ Ryan's again, all seems to have gone well. Mella stopped by - good times.
Ella helped me pick out the grains!
OG: 1.060 @ 64°
I was aiming for 1.056
(brewed 11/08)
Brewed @ Ryan's again, all seems to have gone well. Mella stopped by - good times.
Ella helped me pick out the grains!
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| 11 lbs. | Maris Otter Pale info |
| .5 lbs. | Crystal Malt 120°L info |
| .5 lbs. | American Black Patent info |
| 0.3125 lbs. | American Chocolate Malt info |
| 1 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5 %AA) boiled 60 min. info |
| 1 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5 %AA) boiled 30 min. info |
| 1 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5 %AA) boiled 5 min. info |
| Yeast : | Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info |
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| Mash Schedule * 153° F for 45 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes |
OG: 1.060 @ 64°
I was aiming for 1.056
Sunday, October 18, 2009
UPDATE: Cascade Bitter
2009 Batch #8 - Cascade Bitter
Brewed: 10/10 OG: 1.045
Bottled: 10/18 FG: 1.010
ABV: 4.7%
Bottle yield: 48 12oz, 1 22oz
Primed @ ~2.0 CO2 volumes with ~3.0 oz cane sugar
Red/White(24) and Silver(24) caps marked with a two dots
Yay!
Brewed: 10/10 OG: 1.045
Bottled: 10/18 FG: 1.010
ABV: 4.7%
Bottle yield: 48 12oz, 1 22oz
Primed @ ~2.0 CO2 volumes with ~3.0 oz cane sugar
Red/White(24) and Silver(24) caps marked with a two dots
Yay!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Best Bitter... with a twist
2009 Batch #8 - Cascade Bitter
(brewed 10/10)
The Boulder Woods Fighting Llamas tag finale is on November 14th, and since my Llama Brew was such an apparent hit last year, I figured I would give it another shot. I brewed an Ordinary Bitter for the occasion last year and decided to up the ante a bit to a Best Bitter this year... but with a twist.
The twist was minor - but it should be tasty. Instead of the traditional East Kent Goldings I went with all Cascade on this one. Courtesy of Ryan, the Cascades were of the 5.7% AA, whole leaf, variety. It should add a nice American touch to a typically British style beer.
Here is the recipe I rolled with:
I was not really planning on brewing this one today, but one thing lead to another and it was such a nice day, next thing I knew it was 2:30pm and I was on my deck heating my strike water. I came pretty darn close to nailing my OG, and wrapped things up my about 6pm. Good times.
click here for pictures
(brewed 10/10)
The Boulder Woods Fighting Llamas tag finale is on November 14th, and since my Llama Brew was such an apparent hit last year, I figured I would give it another shot. I brewed an Ordinary Bitter for the occasion last year and decided to up the ante a bit to a Best Bitter this year... but with a twist.
The twist was minor - but it should be tasty. Instead of the traditional East Kent Goldings I went with all Cascade on this one. Courtesy of Ryan, the Cascades were of the 5.7% AA, whole leaf, variety. It should add a nice American touch to a typically British style beer.
Here is the recipe I rolled with:
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| 8.5 lbs. | Maris Otter Pale info |
| .5 lbs. | Crystal Malt 60°L info |
| 1 oz. | Cascade (Whole, 5.7 %AA) boiled 60 min. info |
| .5 oz. | Cascade (Whole, 5.7 %AA) boiled 30 min. info |
| .5 oz. | Cascade (Whole, 5.7 %AA) boiled 1 min. info |
| Yeast : | Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info |
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| Mash Schedule * 153° F for 45 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes |
I was not really planning on brewing this one today, but one thing lead to another and it was such a nice day, next thing I knew it was 2:30pm and I was on my deck heating my strike water. I came pretty darn close to nailing my OG, and wrapped things up my about 6pm. Good times.
click here for pictures
Thursday, October 8, 2009
UPDATE: Harrrrvest Ale
2009 Batch #7 - Harrrrvest Ale
Brewed: 9/13 OG: 1.046
Racked: 9/23 SG: 1.010
Bottled: 10/7 FG: 1.004
ABV: 5.6%
Bottle yield: 26 22oz, 53 12oz, 1 750ml, 3 650ml
Primed @ ~2.2 CO2 volumes with ~3.5oz cane sugar
Silver caps marked with a fancy "H"
Aarrggghhh!
P.S. PHILLIES!
UPDATE: Ryan rules, check out the label
Brewed: 9/13 OG: 1.046
Racked: 9/23 SG: 1.010
Bottled: 10/7 FG: 1.004
ABV: 5.6%
Bottle yield: 26 22oz, 53 12oz, 1 750ml, 3 650ml
Primed @ ~2.2 CO2 volumes with ~3.5oz cane sugar
Silver caps marked with a fancy "H"
Aarrggghhh!
P.S. PHILLIES!
UPDATE: Ryan rules, check out the label
Friday, September 18, 2009
Harrrrvest Ale
2009 Batch #7 - Harrrvest Ale
(brewed 09/13)
Yeah, since I stumbled upon a big score of fresh hops, I decided that a big beer was in order; 10 gallons of an ESB harvest ale it was.
But I've only got a 5 gallon set up - what to do? I guess I could have just split my sparges, and done a double boil.
Deuane wasn't having any of that idea, as he insisted that his keggle was available for the borrowing. Not only did he let me borrow it, but he also delivered it to my house! So, yeah - 10 gallon brew day was on! Ryan came over to brew 5 gallons of Hefeweizen, and off we went.
Recipe is as follows:
Ryan and I had to get creative at the last minute with the bittering hops - we did not realize until I was about to start the boil, that we, uhh... didn't have any. Opps. Ryan had some Centennials at home that he was going to bring with him, but they never made the trip. No worries though, I had an ounce of Willamette in the fridge, and Ryan had an extra half ounce of Mt. Hood with him. Style guidelines be damned - I am not a fan of them anyway. I also dry hopped with an ounce of Ryan's HopsDirect cascades in each secondary (2oz total).
So, I hit my mash temps which was either a fluke, or the result of me finally procuring a digitial thermometer. Either way, I'll take it. Things seemed to go generally well with the mash, I wound up sparging 3 times because the volume of water needed was more than my mash tun could handle.
OG was 1.046 (77º) and fermentation rolled along nicely, and I wound up racking both primaries to secondaries on Wednesday the 23rd. SG @ racking was 1.010 (73º). Good times.
Big thanks to Ryan for all the help with this one, and of course Deuane for all the hoppy goodness. I'm really looking forward to trying this one out!
Anyway here are way more photos than anyone wants to see:
Jay's photos
Ryan's Photos
P.S. Hi Jet!!
(brewed 09/13)
Yeah, since I stumbled upon a big score of fresh hops, I decided that a big beer was in order; 10 gallons of an ESB harvest ale it was.
But I've only got a 5 gallon set up - what to do? I guess I could have just split my sparges, and done a double boil.
Deuane wasn't having any of that idea, as he insisted that his keggle was available for the borrowing. Not only did he let me borrow it, but he also delivered it to my house! So, yeah - 10 gallon brew day was on! Ryan came over to brew 5 gallons of Hefeweizen, and off we went.Recipe is as follows:
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| 14.5 lbs. | Maris Otter Pale info |
| 4 lbs. | German Vienna info |
| .5 lbs. | Crystal Malt 10°L info |
| .75 lbs. | Belgian Cara-Pils info |
| .5 lbs. | Belgian Biscuit info |
| 1 oz. | Willamette (Pellets) boiled 60 min. info |
| .5 oz. | Mt. Hood (Pellets) boiled 60 min. info |
| 2.5 oz. | Nugget/Cascade (Wet) boiled 30 min. info |
| 5 oz. | Nugget/Cascade (Wet) boiled 10 min. info |
| 5 oz. | Nugget/Cascade (Wet) boiled 5 min. info |
| 5 oz. | Nugget/Cascade (Wet) boiled 2 min. info |
| 6 oz. | Nugget/Cascade (Wet) boiled 0 min. info |
| 2 oz. | Cascade (Dry) used as dry hop. info |
| Yeast : | Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info |
Ryan and I had to get creative at the last minute with the bittering hops - we did not realize until I was about to start the boil, that we, uhh... didn't have any. Opps. Ryan had some Centennials at home that he was going to bring with him, but they never made the trip. No worries though, I had an ounce of Willamette in the fridge, and Ryan had an extra half ounce of Mt. Hood with him. Style guidelines be damned - I am not a fan of them anyway. I also dry hopped with an ounce of Ryan's HopsDirect cascades in each secondary (2oz total).
So, I hit my mash temps which was either a fluke, or the result of me finally procuring a digitial thermometer. Either way, I'll take it. Things seemed to go generally well with the mash, I wound up sparging 3 times because the volume of water needed was more than my mash tun could handle.
OG was 1.046 (77º) and fermentation rolled along nicely, and I wound up racking both primaries to secondaries on Wednesday the 23rd. SG @ racking was 1.010 (73º). Good times.
Big thanks to Ryan for all the help with this one, and of course Deuane for all the hoppy goodness. I'm really looking forward to trying this one out!
Anyway here are way more photos than anyone wants to see:
Jay's photos
Ryan's Photos
P.S. Hi Jet!!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Oh my!
Look what Deuane hooked me up with - no wonder the internet loves him!
~3.5 lbs of freshly picked Nugget and Cascade hops - quite a nice 3rd year harvest!
Coming soon: 2009 Batch #7 - Harvest Ale
It is going to be awesome!
~3.5 lbs of freshly picked Nugget and Cascade hops - quite a nice 3rd year harvest!
Coming soon: 2009 Batch #7 - Harvest Ale
It is going to be awesome!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
I may brew another Bitter on Friday
UPDATE: I did not brew this :(
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| 8 lbs. | Maris Otter Pale info |
| .5 lbs. | Belgian Biscuit info |
| .5 lbs. | Crystal Malt 10°L info |
| 1 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. info |
| .5 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 30 min. info |
| .5 oz. | East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 1 min. info |
| Yeast : | DCL Yeast Safale S-04 Top Quality Ale Yeast info |
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| Mash Schedule * 158° F for 45 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes |
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| Predicted | Special/Best/Premium Bitter | Compliance | ||
Original Gravity | 1.042 | 1.040 - 1.048 | 100 % | |
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| Terminal Gravity | 1.009 | 1.008 - 1.012 | 100 % | |
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| Color | 13.43 °SRM | 5.00 - 16.00 °SRM | 100 % | |
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| Bitterness | 30.2 IBU | 25.00 - 40.00 IBU | 100 % | |
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| Alcohol (%volume) | 4.2 % | 3.80 - 4.60 % | 100 % | |
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| 100 % overall | ||||
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| Apparent | Real | |
| Original Extract | 10.35 °Plato | 10.35 °Plato |
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| Attenuation | 77.3 % | 62.8 % |
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| Extract | 2.35 °Plato | 3.85 °Plato |
| % Weight | % Volume | |
| Alcohol | 3.3 % | 4.2 % |
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| Weight (lbs.) | Gravity Points | Color (MCU) | ||
| Maris Otter Pale |  8 (88.9%) |  186.3 (89.7%) |  72.0 (81.4%) | |
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| Belgian Biscuit |  .5 (5.6%) |  10.7 (5.2%) |  11.5 (13.0%) | |
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| Crystal Malt 10°L | .5 (5.6%) | 10.7 (5.2%) | 5.0 (5.6%) | |
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| Variety | %Alpha Acid | Weight (oz.) | Boil (minutes) | Formula | %Utilization @ 1.032 | IBU | Average IBU |
| East Kent Goldings (Pellets) | 5.00 | 1 | 60 | BeerTools | 31.7 | 23.8 | 23.8 |
| East Kent Goldings (Pellets) | 5.00 | .5 | 30 | BeerTools | 16.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| East Kent Goldings (Pellets) | 5.00 | .5 | 1 | BeerTools | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Total IBU | 30.2 | ||||||
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