2012 Totals

My main goal for the year was to once again brew at least one beer per month.  I wound up with 14 batches for ~86 gallons.  I missed April and May, but I had a decent pipeline built up by then in anticipation of the birth of my son on May 18th.

My secondary goal was to post all of my recipes here so that I would have easier access to them... that did not work out so well.

On the plus side, I won a Best in Show award at the York Country Brewfest for the Brutal Columbus batch brewed at Hanna's house in March, so there's that.

2012
1. Poochie Porter (8g) - 1/27/12 - Stats - photos
2. Lightbulb v6.0 - 2/25/12  - Stats (1st batch with Blichman Burner) - photos
3. Brutal Columbus - 3/17/12 @ Hanna's House - Stats TBD - photos
4. Centennial Blonde Ale - 3/25/12 Stats TBD - photos
5. Hoppd Sun - 6/10/12 photos
6. Pink Saison de Trubbel (WLP565) - 7/15/12 photos
7. Pink Saison de Trubbel (ECY03) - 7/15/12 photos
8. Red Awakening - 8/12/12 photos
9. Punk'toberfest - 9/8/12 (10g split w/Ryan) photos
10.  Mel's Bitter- 10/6/12 @ DubbelDachs photos
11. Poochie Porter- 10/20/12 @ Greg's house Stats TBD - photos
12. Brutal Columbus (10g split) - 11/3/12 Stats TBD - photos
13. Naughty and Spiced (8g split - 5&3) -  11/3/12 Stats TBD - photos
14. ESBelma - 12/14/12 Stats TBD - photos

Previous years:
2011 totals
2010 totals
2009 totals

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

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

Lightbulb v6.0

2012 Batch #02 - APA (brewed 02/25/2012)  

First batch with the new Blichman Burner, it was windy.  I took some ColorNotes and saved the screenshots in the album below.  Had to make a last minute hop adjustment due to a faulty scale either at my house or at Scotzin's - adjustments in bold below.

8 lbs	American 2-row info
2 lbs	American Vienna info
.5 lbs	Crystal Malt 60°L info
1 oz	Cascade (Pellets, 6.80 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz	Cascade (Pellets, 6.80 %AA) boiled 30 min. info
.25 oz	Warrior® (Pellets, 16.70 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
.25 oz	Cascade (Pellets, 6.80 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis Safeale US-05

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UPDATE: Poochie Porter / Llama's Butt

2012 Batch #1 - Porter (keg026)

Brewed: 1/29 OG: 1.058
Kegged: 2/15 FG: oops
ABV: 5.7% (estimated)
Efficiency: TBD
Burst carbed @ 30psi for 24 hours
Served @ ~11psi
Yield: (1) 3g Keg - Llama's Butt  and (1) 5g Keg - Poochie Porter

Poochie Porter

2012 Batch #01 - Robust Porter (brewed 01/29/2012)

I brewed 8 gallons at Ryan's house; 5g for me, and 3g for the BWCC Ice Bowl. I am going to have to come up with a "Llama" name for that one... Llama Squirts is the current leader in the clubhouse.

Had a brief issue with the rubber gasket on the propane regulator, but Ryan had a spare.  I still nailed both my OG and volume so that was nice.

I milled @ Scotzins and used nylon bags for the hops

16 lbs	Maris Otter Pale info
1.375 lbs	Crystal Malt 60°L info
0.5 lbs	American Black Patent info
0.4 lbs	American Chocolate Malt info
0.3 lbs	Cara-Pils® Malt; Briess info
1 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 6.7 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
1.5 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 6.7 %AA) boiled 20 min. info
1.5 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 6.7 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	2 packs of Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

Mash: 155 for 45mins 170 for 10 mins Split into 5g and 3g batches: 1 yeast pkg each.

	Predicted	Robust Porter	Compliance
Original Gravity	1.057	1.048 - 1.065	100 %
Terminal Gravity	1.014	1.012 - 1.016	100 %
Color	23.15 °SRM	22.00 - 35.00 °SRM	100 %
Bitterness	35.3 IBU	25.00 - 50.00 IBU	100 %
Alcohol (%volume)	5.7 %	4.80 - 6.50 %	100 %
			100 % overall

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