UPDATE: Mel's Bitter

2011 Batch #03 - Bitter (keg014)
Brewed: 03/13/2011 OG: oops
Kegged: 03/26/2011 FG: 1.015
ABV: no idea
Efficiency: probably not TBD
Force carbed @ 30psi for ~24 hours
Served @ ~9psi

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UPDATE: Altersbier

2011 Batch #02 - Altbier (keg013)
Brewed: 02/12/2011 OG: 1.050
Racked: 03/06/2011 SG: 1.009
Kegged: 03/17/2011 FG: 1.008
ABV: 5.5% ABV
Efficiency: probably not TBD
Force carbed @ 30psi for ~20 hours
Served @ ~11psi

Minor dilemma with this one, but still... I kicked the Non-Mild was out of beer.

I had 10 gallons fermenting prior to last night: 5 gallons of bitter in primary that I had been hoping to keg this weekend, and 5 gallons of alt in secondary that I had hoped to continue lagering for a bit.

I was going to give the 5 in primary another week, but pending a gravity check I may have been able to keg this weekend (long story).

I asked my GB Ryan what he thought of my dilemma, and he confirmed my suspicion... so I went ahead and just kegged the Alt. It makes sense... I'm thirsty.

Mel's Bitter

2011 Batch #03 - Ordinary Bitter
(brewed 03/13)



Brew day went fairly well - quick too. I started the day off with a helper, but she went back inside after I would not let her play with "bouncy" near the open flame - lol, go figure.

The kettle worked VERY well... my boil off increased a bit - more due to not having to worry about boil over than anything. It was a little over 1.5 gallons per hour. One downside is that I can't really see the wort when it is boiling because of all the steam though... I can live with that though for sure. Oh, and that beast is heavy when full - wow.

2 bummers on the day, one the OG (oh well) and two, the hop bag I had my 60min addition in busted open as soon as I pitched it... I was wondering why there was so much hop dust on top of the boil so quick - I did not figure it out until I was done chilling.

Speaking of which , the chiller worked quite well with the mild temps yesterday. Over all a great brew.

I did twitter during my brew, here is the summary (in reverse order):

• oops, forgot to take a gravity reading... #uncheck
• Pint — Drinking a Non-Mild by Trubbel Brewing — http://untpd.it/IOhinv
• Boil done, wort chiller activated... #check
• Pint — Drinking a Non-Mild by Trubbel Brewing — http://untpd.it/ELZdfy
• Mash tun cleaned, grains disposed of, pint pulled... good times
• Sweet! Boiling by 11:30... #check
• P.S. that black lid does not fit quite as well as I thought
• Started my boil in my new kettle @ 11:10... #check. Let's see how this beast works.
• Nailed my pre-boil volume... #check
• Doughed in @ 9:30... check

All of the pics are here: http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a17/jaysus145/Beer/homebrew/2011-03-13/

And here is the recipe:

6.5 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs.	Crystal Malt 20°L info
.125 lbs.	Cara-Pils® Malt info
1 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 30 min. info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

Mash: 45 mins @ 154 15 mins @ 170 * I am only using the crystal 20°L to get rid of it. * First try with the Cara-Pils - 0.125lbs = 2oz