Centennial Blonde

2012 Batch #04 - Blonde (brewed 03/25/2012) 

Third batch with the new Blichman Burner, this time Ryan used it for a 10 gallon Aletimate Warrior batch... and it pretty much kicked ass. There was no wind or breeze or anything, and all went well.  Oh, and we started @ 6:30 am.  No, really.


I used Ryan's gear for a blonde recipe I found on HomebrewTalk.com - all that nice weather last week had me in the mood for a nice easy drinker.  I nailed my OG and volume, but I missed my 20 minute hop addition... not a big deal though, I added it at 15.  Here is the recipe:

7.5 lbs	American 2-row info
.75 lbs	Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess info
.5 lbs	American Vienna info
.5 lbs	Crystal Malt 10°L info
.25 oz	Centennial (Pellets, 8.7 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.25 oz	Centennial (Pellets, 8.7 %AA) boiled 35 min. info
.25 oz	Cascade (Pellets, 6.8 %AA) boiled 20 min. info (added @ 15)
.25 oz	Cascade (Pellets, 6.8 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	Safeale US-05

Mash at 150 degrees for 60 minutes (I was above 150 most of the time) here are my photos: Brewday: 2012-03-25 and here are Ryan's: DoubleAletimateBrew P.S. Mel is a trooper.... she painted the entire nursery by herself while we brewed

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Brutal Columbus

2012 Batch #03 - IPA (brewed 03/17/2012)  

Second batch with the new Blichman Burner - this time at Hanna's.  It was breezy and that still created some problems for Mr. Blichman (note the windshield).  Hanna brewed his second all grain IPA "Little Grasshopper", and I brewed what started out as a Brutal Bitter Clone.  I washed and re-pitched the yeast from the last batch of Lightbulb I brewed


Things seemed to go well, I was close to my OG, but my volume was low by a little less then a gallon (again).  I need to adjust my mash and sparge water variables to account for the equipment loss as a result of the uber-burner. 


Here is the recipe:

10.5 lbs	Maris Otter Pale info
1.5 lbs	American Vienna info
1 lbs	Weyermann Carawheat®; Weyermann info
.5 lbs	Crystal Malt 60°L info
.5 oz	Columbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz	Columbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 30 min. info
1 oz	Columbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
1 oz	Columbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info

Clone should be all Crystal and use Wyeast PacMan yeast strain.... but I like Columbus. Mashed @ 153 for ~50 minutes  Dry Hopped w/ 1oz citra (Whole Leaf, 15.6%AA)

Here are some photos: Brewday: 2012-03-17


Oh yeah, Total Wines in Delaware rules.

UPDATE: Lightbulb v6.0

2012 Batch #2 - APA (keg027)

Brewed: 2/25 OG: 1.047
Kegged: 3/09 FG: 1.005
ABV: 5.6%
Efficiency: TBD
Burst carbed @ 30psi for 27 hours
Served @ ~11psi
Yield: ~4g