Showing posts with label Alt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alt. Show all posts

Friday, March 18, 2011

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.

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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Altersbier

2011 Batch #02 - Altbier
(brewed 02/12)



Dubbel Dachs hosted SOGO Brewday 3 on Saturday: I rolled with an Altbier. I am a fan of the style and always wanted to try my hand at one. I am curious to see how it turns out as I have heard interesting things about the yeast.

4.5 lbs. Light Munich info
2 lbs. Dark Munich info
3.5 lbs. German 2-row Pils info
2 oz. Cara-Pils® Malt info
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 120°L info
.66 oz. Perle (Pellets, 7.7 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.66 oz. Perle (Pellets, 7.7 %AA) boiled 20 min. info
.66 oz. Perle (Pellets, 7.7 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast : White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch info
154° F for ~50 minutes
170° F for ~10 minutes


P.S. I pegged my OG and volume! (I needed that)

Here are a few (clickable) pics:

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