The Return of Carlton Banks?

2011 Batch #01 - Mild
(brewed 01/30)




Ok yeah, so this one turned out to be a bit of a mess. My plan was to mash low and thick... but I was way too low and both attempts to bring the temp up failed. I wound up mashing in the low 140°s at about 1.3 qts per lb - oof.

Pre-boil gravity was 1.020 so I decided to improvise and:

1. boil like crazy
   
2. add 1lb of table sugar to the boil at 5 minutes.

Resulting in my volume being about a half gallon short and an OG of 1.046 (72°)... Originally I had planned for an OG of about 1.036. Oops.

So, I guess I will have to wait and see how this one turns out... I was hoping for something sweet and malty with a low ABV- not so sure that is going to be the case at this point.

I am now at the mercy of the yeast; I hope they'll be happy. On the plus side, there was some activity in the airlock the morning after brew day... so there's that.

What a day.

6 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs.	Crystal Malt 120°L info
3 oz.	Roasted Barley info
2 oz.	Cara-Pils® Malt info
2 oz.	Chocolate Malt info
.5 lbs.	Oats Flaked info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

60 min mash at ~150° and 1 qt per lb (note: this did not happen)

CO2 Tank Usage

Tank 001 was picked up on 01/27/2010 and was used to carbonate 11 kegs and serve 9.5 kegs.

Tank 002 was picked up on 01/16/2011, and was relocated from the floor to the hump in the kegerator - I like it there.

Tank 002 died on 07/29/2011 conveniently after Patersbier v3.0 kicked and Allie Torrent was being served.

Yay!

UPDATE: Lightbulb v2.0

2010 Batch #11 - Lightbulb HPA (keg011)
Brewed: 12/31/2010 OG: 1.044
Kegged: 01/15/2011 FG: 1.006
ABV: 5.1% ABV
Efficiency: TBD
Force carbed @ 30psi for ~23 hours
Served @ ~10psi

On the right:


P.S. I moved the CO2 tank to the hump.

2010 Totals

11 batches for ~55 gallons - all kegged... it was a good year for beer!

1. Creekwater 2010 - January (stats)
   
2. Hop Dunkel - January (stats)
3. Cascade Bitter 2 - March (stats)
4. Patersbier - March (stats)
5. Allie Torenta - April (stats)
6. Paul's Pride v4.0 - June (stats)
7. Patersbier v2.0 - July (stats)
8. Llama Bitter 3 - October (stats)
9. Lightbulb (HPA) - November (stats)
10. Poochie Porter - November (stats)
11. Lightbulb v2.0 - December (stats)

Here are the 2009 totals for those of you keeping score at home. Cheers to beers!

Lightbulb v2.0

2010 Batch #11 - Haus Pale Ale (aka Lightbulb)
(brewed 12/31)



I joined Ryan at the Dubbel Dachs Brewhouse for his annual New Years Eve brew day. He brewed his birthday maibock, and I brewed Lightbulb again - I really loved v1.0 of this beer, and I have high hopes for v2.0!

My notes weren't much better this time, and I still do not have this recipe saved in beertools.

8 lbs. American 2-row
2 lbs. American Vienna
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 60°L
1 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 30 min.
.25 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 15 min.
.25 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 5 min.
Yeast : Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info