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

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

I am messing around with Google+ and have not figured out the best way to share photos with it yet, so let's try this:

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Winter Warmer

 2011 Batch #14 - Winter Warmer (brewed 11/25/2011)

Split 6 gallon batch w/ Dubbel Dachs

Winter Warmer November 25, 2011
Category	Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Subcategory	Seasonal/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
Recipe Type	All Grain
Batch Size	6 gal
Volume Boiled	8.5 gal
Mash Efficiency	68 %
Total Grain/Extract	17.50 lbs
Total Hops	1.0 oz
Calories (12 fl. oz.)	231.2
Cost to Brew	$50.77 (USD)
Cost per Bottle (12 fl. oz.)	$0.79 (USD)

Ingredients

Stats

12 lbs	Maris Otter Pale	OG: 1.070
4 lbs	German Light Munich	FG: 1.014
1 lbs	Crystal Malt 60°L	18.70 SRM
.5 lbs	Belgian Special B	28.9 IBU
1 oz	Cluster (Pellets, 7.00 %AA) boiled 60 min.	7.4% ABV
2 ea.	Cinnamon (stick) (Boil 10 mins)
4 ea.	Clementine zest (Boil 5 mins)
.25 tsp.	Nutmeg (ground) (Boil 5 mins)
.125 tsp.	Cloves (ground) (Boil 5 mins)
.25 tsp.	Ginger (fresh) (Boil 5 mins)
1 vial	White Labs WLP028 Edinburgh Scottish Ale

Notes

Mash 1.33 qt/lb at 154F for 60 mins, 60 minute boil

My pics here
Ry pics here

Devil Monkey Mild

2011 Batch #10 - Mild v4.0(brewed 09/05/2011)
I love brewing on holidays! Toodee helped:

5.5 lbs	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs	Crystal Malt 60°L info
4 oz	American Chocolate Malt info
3 oz	Roasted Barley info
3 oz	CaraPils info
.5 lbs	CaraBrown info (PDF)
.5 lbs	Oats Flaked info
.5 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.9 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.9 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

Mashed @ 155° for 45 minutes

**Note to self** Restrict future brew-day cornhole activities to mash time only.

Dubbel Saison de Trubbel

2011 Batch #08 - Saison de Trubbel
(brewed 07/03/2011)



Ryan came over on the day before Independance Day to brew a double batch of my award winning Saison de Trubbel. The logic was twofold here: we each had a saison in our mental queues, and we thought that doing a 10g test batch before the wedding brew would be a good idea. It was. Good times!

The OG was a little lower than expected - that was surely due to volume (which was high - wound up with about ~12g). However, I fully expect the FG to be close to zero, so the final ABV should be real close to the target. Our corrected OG was 1.057... not too shabby. We should start more brewdays off with waffles... a new tradition maybe? At least for Belgian brewdays for sure.

I have a little over 6 gallons in my fermentor... I pitched the yeast @ about 76 degrees or so. Oh, and I pitched the Saison Dupont dregs in my fermentor as well... why not?

Here are the planned numbers per beer tools:

	Saison de Trubbel - Saison May 27, 2009, 10:53 am					View | Edit | Delete
	OG: 1.062	FG: 1.012	SRM: 5.09	ABV: 6.5%	IBU: 39.5

Ryan posted the recipe on his Dubbel Dachs site, here it is:

Ingredients

Stats

16 lbs.	German 2-row Pils	OG: 1.062
2 lbs.	White Wheat Malt	FG: 1.012
1 lbs.	Crystal Malt 20°L	5.09 SRM
1 lbs.	Cara-Pils® Malt	39.5 IBU
3 lbs.	Raw Sugar	6.5% ABV
2.5 oz.	Willamette (Pellets, 6.00 %AA) boiled 60 min.
1 oz.	Saaz (Pellets, 3.00 %AA) boiled 15 min.
2 oz.	Saaz (Pellets, 3.00 %AA) boiled 1 min.
1 big starter	White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I

My Evo pics: here
Ryan's Droid X pics: here

P.S. Cliff Lee sure does suck in July ;-)

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

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:

Lightbulb v2.0

2010 Batch #11 - Haus Pale Ale (aka Lightbulb)
(brewed 12/31)



I joined Ryan at the Dubbel Dachs Brewhouse for his annual New Years Eve brew day. He brewed his birthday maibock, and I brewed Lightbulb again - I really loved v1.0 of this beer, and I have high hopes for v2.0!

My notes weren't much better this time, and I still do not have this recipe saved in beertools.

8 lbs. American 2-row
2 lbs. American Vienna
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 60°L
1 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 30 min.
.25 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 15 min.
.25 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 5 min.
Yeast : Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info

UPDATE: Lightbulb (HPA)

2010 Batch #9 - Haus Pale Ale (keg009)
Brewed: 11/6 OG: ??? (have to check my notes)
Kegged: 11/19 FG: ??? (~1.006)
ABV: ??? (~ 5% ABV)
Efficiency: TBD
Force carbed @ 30psi for ~24 hours
Served @ ~10psi



Brewed @ Dubbel Dachs with Edwin, only one pic from this brew day... go figure. Ryan hooked me up with the hops: he's a good guy.

I missed my gravity on brew day by a full point - but I was way over on my volume. Forgot to take my final gravity until after I kegged it (and cranked it up to 30psi) so I just drew a sample from the tap... but who knows how accurate it was at that point - there was still some cleaner in the line too.

Oh well... this is pretty much a sample brew for me anyway. I am not so sure how I feel about the style at this point. I am hoping this batch will sway my opinion one way or the other.

8 lbs. American 2-row
2 lbs. American Vienna
.5 lbs. Crystal Malt 60°L
1 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 60 min.
.5 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 30 min.
.25 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 15 min.
.25 oz. Cascade (Whole Leaf, 5.70 %AA) boiled 5 min.
Yeast : Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info

I took pretty crappy notes, and do not even have the final recipe saved in beer tools or on my HDD. So.... yeah, there's that.

Patersbier v2.0

2010 Batch #7 - Patersbier
Brewed 07/03/2010 @ Ryan's new place.

I forgot the manifold for my mash tun.... oops. Check out the substitute that Ryan and I came up with:

It was ugly, but it held up. Results TBD.

9 lbs.	Pilsen Malt info
1 oz.	Hallertau Tradition (Pellets, 5.8 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz.	Czech Saaz (Pellets, 3.2 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
Yeast :	White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale info

P.S. I love brewing on holidays.

Paul's Pride v4.0

2010 Batch #6 - ESB
Brewed 06/26/2010 @ Ryan's new place.

10 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
1 lbs.	Crystal Malt 60°L info
1.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz.	Willamette (Pellets, 5.30 %AA) boiled 20 min. info
.5 oz.	Willamette (Pellets, 5.30 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5.00 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

1st time brewing in over two months - I was rusty; hit mash temps, but was low on SG, final volume a bit high... I even forgot my camera.

P.S. fn Ghana.

Poochie Porter

2009 Batch #9 - Poochie Porter
(brewed 11/08)

Brewed @ Ryan's again, all seems to have gone well. Mella stopped by - good times.


Ella helped me pick out the grains!

11 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs.	Crystal Malt 120°L info
.5 lbs.	American Black Patent info
0.3125 lbs.	American Chocolate Malt info
1 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
1 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5 %AA) boiled 30 min. info
1 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 5 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

Mash Schedule * 153° F for 45 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes

OG: 1.060 @ 64°
I was aiming for 1.056

Best Bitter... with a twist

2009 Batch #8 - Cascade Bitter
(brewed 10/10)

The Boulder Woods Fighting Llamas tag finale is on November 14th, and since my Llama Brew was such an apparent hit last year, I figured I would give it another shot. I brewed an Ordinary Bitter for the occasion last year and decided to up the ante a bit to a Best Bitter this year... but with a twist.

The twist was minor - but it should be tasty. Instead of the traditional East Kent Goldings I went with all Cascade on this one. Courtesy of Ryan, the Cascades were of the 5.7% AA, whole leaf, variety. It should add a nice American touch to a typically British style beer.

Here is the recipe I rolled with:

8.5 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs.	Crystal Malt 60°L info
1 oz.	Cascade (Whole, 5.7 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz.	Cascade (Whole, 5.7 %AA) boiled 30 min. info
.5 oz.	Cascade (Whole, 5.7 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

Mash Schedule * 153° F for 45 minutes * 170° F for 10 minutes

I was not really planning on brewing this one today, but one thing lead to another and it was such a nice day, next thing I knew it was 2:30pm and I was on my deck heating my strike water. I came pretty darn close to nailing my OG, and wrapped things up my about 6pm. Good times.

click here for pictures