Friday, April 23, 2010

UPDATE: Allie Torenta

2010 Batch #5 - Hoppy Wheat (keg004)
Brewed: 4/10 OG: 1.046
Kegged: 4/22 FG: 1.006
ABV: 5.3%
Efficiency: TBD
Force carbed @ 30psi for 22 hours
Served @ ~11psi

Oops - guess who overflowed his keg last night .

I had about 5.5 gallons in my fermentor, and after the patersbeir cluster#@&*, I was focusing on not repeating that error rather than filling the keg. Oh well, it was not that bad to clean up... and I've got a little less than a half gallon in a growler now as a result - wonder what I should do with that?

on the right


P.S. the patersbeir is still in secondary.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Allie Torenta Wheat (aka Hoppy Wheat - take 4)

2010 Batch #5 - Hoppy Wheat
Brewed 04/10/2010 @ Ryan's




7 lbs. German 2-row Pils info
3 lbs. White Wheat Malt info
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 20°L info
.25 oz. Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 50 min. info
.75 oz. Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1 oz. Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast : Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info

I've brewed this one enough to give it a name, so upon returning home from Ryan's, I asked Ella for a good name for this beer. Without hesitation, she replied, "Allie Torenta!" I have no idea where she got that name, and have no idea what it means... but she was passionate about it, and recalled the same name when I asked her (unprompted) the next day. So "Allie Torenta" it is! Future spelling TBD, but I have no problem rolling as is for now.