UPDATE: Allie Torrenta

2011 Batch #07 - Hoppy Wheat (keg017)
Brewed: 06/04/2011 OG: 1.043
Kegged: 06/24/2011 FG: 1.004
ABV: 5.2%
Mash Efficiency: TBD
Burst carbed @ 30psi for ~36 hours
Served @ ~12psi

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Allie Torenta

2011 Batch #07 - Hoppy Wheat (take 5)
(brewed 06/04/2011 @ Ryan's)


This is just a place holder for now.

P.S. I used 2oz Cara-pils and Crystal 60° - OG was 1.043 @ 73°

Pics

UPDATE: Allie Torenta

2010 Batch #5 - Hoppy Wheat (keg004)
Brewed: 4/10 OG: 1.046
Kegged: 4/22 FG: 1.006
ABV: 5.3%
Efficiency: TBD
Force carbed @ 30psi for 22 hours
Served @ ~11psi

Oops - guess who overflowed his keg last night .

I had about 5.5 gallons in my fermentor, and after the patersbeir cluster#@&*, I was focusing on not repeating that error rather than filling the keg. Oh well, it was not that bad to clean up... and I've got a little less than a half gallon in a growler now as a result - wonder what I should do with that?

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P.S. the patersbeir is still in secondary.

Allie Torenta Wheat (aka Hoppy Wheat - take 4)

2010 Batch #5 - Hoppy Wheat
Brewed 04/10/2010 @ Ryan's

7 lbs.	German 2-row Pils info
3 lbs.	White Wheat Malt info
.5 lbs.	Crystal Malt 20°L info
.25 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 50 min. info
.75 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info

I've brewed this one enough to give it a name, so upon returning home from Ryan's, I asked Ella for a good name for this beer. Without hesitation, she replied, "Allie Torenta!" I have no idea where she got that name, and have no idea what it means... but she was passionate about it, and recalled the same name when I asked her (unprompted) the next day. So "Allie Torenta" it is! Future spelling TBD, but I have no problem rolling as is for now.

Hop Dunkel

2010 Batch #2 - Dunkelweizen
(brewed 01/16)

SOGO Brewday v2.0 is scheduled for January 16th at Nick's house in Pottsvegas. I was not sure what to brew, so I kind of took the easy way out when I decided to try and turn my Hoppy Wheat into a hoppy dunkelweizen. Style guidelines be damned, the hop profile works, so I am rolling with it. Hop Dunkel it is!

I have no idea what to expect with this one, but I am sure that brewing it will be fun!

7 lbs.	German Vienna info
3 lbs.	White Wheat Malt info
8 oz.	Crystal Malt 60°L info
5 oz.	American Chocolate Malt info
.25 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.75 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info

	Predicted	Dunkelweizen	Compliance
Original Gravity	1.053	1.044 - 1.056	100 %
Terminal Gravity	1.012	1.010 - 1.014	100 %
Color	17.39 °SRM	13.00 - 23.00 °SRM	100 %
Bitterness	37.6 IBU	10.00 - 18.00 IBU	0 %
Alcohol (%volume)	5.4 %	4.30 - 5.60 %	100 %
			80 % overall

UPDATE: Hoppy Wheat (take 3)

2009 Batch #6 - Hoppy Wheat
Brewed: 7/26 OG: 1.050
Bottled: 8/15 FG: 1.014
ABV: 4.8%
Bottle yield: 54 12oz
Primed @ 2.3 volumes with ~3.8oz cane sugar
Silver caps marked with a "W"

Hoppy Wheat (take 3)

2009 Batch #6

Yeah, I did this one again yesterday. Yay.

7 lbs.	German 2-row Pils info
3 lbs.	White Wheat Malt info
8 oz.	Crystal Malt 10°L info
.25 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.75 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	DCL Yeast Safale US-05

Hoppy Wheat (take 2)

Ella stopped by Ryan's house to help me brew last weekend!!



I am trying to keep better track of what I brew this year, and it looks like the Hoppy Wheat I brewed last weekend is batch #3 on the year. Last Memorial Day I brewed what was initially envisioned as a Hop Sun clone - it turned in to an all Columbus interpretation, and I was generally pleased with the results. (Edwin has more pics here). The 2008 version was a little high on the bitterness, so I toned down the first addition a bit in this take - we'll see how it turns out, but it tasted nice when I racked it today.

7 lbs.	German 2-row Pils info
3 lbs.	White Wheat Malt info
6.5 oz.	Crystal Malt 10°L info
1.5 oz.	Crystal Malt 20°L info
.25 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.75 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 15 min. info
1 oz.	Columbus (Pellets, 14.2 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	DCL Yeast Safale US-05

Here is a photo of last year's attempt: