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!

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:


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
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.

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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