Memorial Day Brew v2

2009 Batch #4 is in the fermenter...



For the second year in a row, I brewed on Memorial Day! Brewed an Ordinary Bitter... on my back deck... with my daughter. Good Times!

It took about 5 hours total, which was not too bad with all of the goofing off I did as well. Here are the pics.

And the recipe:

8 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs.	Belgian Biscuit 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

Mash Schedule * 156° F for 60 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes

Pics of Memorial Day Brew v1 courtesy of Edwin

Hoppy Wheat (take 2)

Ella stopped by Ryan's house to help me brew last weekend!!



I am trying to keep better track of what I brew this year, and it looks like the Hoppy Wheat I brewed last weekend is batch #3 on the year. Last Memorial Day I brewed what was initially envisioned as a Hop Sun clone - it turned in to an all Columbus interpretation, and I was generally pleased with the results. (Edwin has more pics here). The 2008 version was a little high on the bitterness, so I toned down the first addition a bit in this take - we'll see how it turns out, but it tasted nice when I racked it today.

7 lbs.	German 2-row Pils info
3 lbs.	White Wheat Malt info
6.5 oz.	Crystal Malt 10°L info
1.5 oz.	Crystal Malt 20°L info
.25 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.75 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	DCL Yeast Safale US-05

Here is a photo of last year's attempt: