Batch 82, Rumcake

10 gallons of beer, but 2 different kinds. "Rumcake" is a high gravity beer, so it takes 23.5 lbs of grain for 5 gallons. I made a second "small" beer from a second sparge.

Rumcake Ale
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Batch: 5.50 gal
All Grain

Characteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.119 OG (actual 1.102)
Recipe Bitterness: 27 IBU
Recipe Color: 33° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.030  (actual 1.022)
Alcohol by Volume: 11.5% (calculated from grain and sugar only, does not include the rum)
ABV actual: 10.3% (calculated from OG and FG, does not include the rum)
Alcohol by Weight: 9.0% (actual 8.1%)

Ingredients
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American two-row              17.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
American chocolate malt       1.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
American wheat                1.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Crystal 60L                   1.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Flaked oats, toasted          2.00 lb, Adjunct, Mashed
Mash at 156°F for 60 minutes

60 minute boil
Northern Brewer               1.00 oz, Whole, 60 minutes
Willamette                    1.00 oz, Whole, 30 minutes

At flame out, add:
1/2 tsp ginger
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
1 lb. dark brown sugar

Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale yeast, 1 pack
Wyeast 1272 American Ale II yeast, 1 quart slurry

Notes
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add 1 cup dark rum at bottling/kegging

I missed the OG, I actually got 1.102.

Nov 29, transfered to secondary, took gravity measurements, added rum. The hydrometer sample tasted ... odd.


The small beer:

OG 1.042 (actual)
FG 1.012 (actual)
ABV: 3.9%

1 oz Galena 60 minutes

Wyeast 1272, 1 quart

No spices, no brown sugar. I missed the volume on this, I only got 4 gallons. I was using my HLT as the second boil kettle, so I really didn't have a way to heat up more water to sparge again.

Tasting Score Sheet

Date	02/14/10
Batch #	82
Beer Name	Rumcake
Style	21B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
Packaging	Bottle | Draft
APPEARANCE	1 2 3
Head	spare | small | average | large | huge rocky | creamy | frothy | fizzy | white | off-white | light brown | dark lasting | diminishing
Lacing	excellent | good | fair | spare
Body	clear | sparkling | flat | cloudy | hazy | murky | muddy
Particles	None | lightly cloudy | cloudy | heavily particulate | chunky
Color	light | dark | yellow | amber | orange | red | brown | ruby | black | tawny
Comments	Very opaque, black beer.
AROMA	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Malt	light | average | heavy | harsh | bread | cookie | molasses | caramel | grain | hay | straw | cereal | chocolate | coffee | toffee | toasted | roasted | burnt | nutty | meal
Hops	light | average | heavy | harsh flowers | perfume | herbs | celery | grass pine | spruce | resin citrus | grapefruit | orange | lemon | lime
Yeast/Bacteria	light | average | heavy | harsh dough | sweat | horse blanket | barnyard | leather soap | cheese | meat | broth | earth | musty | leaves
Miscellaneous	alcohol: light | average | heavy banana | bubble gum | clove | grape | raisin | plum | prune | date | apple | pear | peach | pineapple | cherry raspberry | cassis | wine | port | cask wood | toffee | butter | butterscotch | smoke | tar | charcoal soy sauce | licorice | cola | honey | brown sugar | maple syrup | vanilla | pepper | allspice | nutmeg cinnamon | coriander | ginger | tobacco | dust | chalk | vegetable | cooked cabbage/corn | cardboard paper | medicine | solvent | bandage | skunk | sour milk | vinegar | rotten eggs
Comments	Spicy aroma.
MOUTHFEEL	1 2 3 4 5
Body	light | medium | full
Texture	thin | oily | creamy | sticky | slick | alcoholic | thick | minerals | gritty
Carbonation	fizzy | lively | average | soft | flat
Finish	metallic | chalky | astringent | bitter
Comments:
FLAVOR	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Duration	short | average | long
Sweet	light | moderate | heavy | harsh
acidic	light | moderate | heavy | harsh
bitter	light | moderate | heavy | harsh
other	vinegar | sour milk | salty | minerals
Comments	Spicy flavor with a strong alcohol backing. Young for the style, re-evaluate next Christmas.
OVERALL	1 2 3 4 5 6 7  8 9 10
COMMENTS	My first attempt at a Christmas style beer. This beer was 3 1/2 months old for this tasting. I think it really needs to age some more for the spice flavors to blend and mellow. There is a fairly strong alcohol flavor, probably from the rum.
TOTAL	32

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