Monday, September 18, 2023
Beer Line Cleaner
Saturday, September 16, 2023
Batch 289, Leeser and Berry Cider
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Batch 288, Centennial Pale Ale
I'm still short of ingredients, but I have quite a bit of Centennial, so this one is all Centennial. Not a SMASH, I'm good on grain, just short on hops.
After a recent update to my computer, BrewTarget quit running, so I did some debugging on the latest code and got it running again. I set it to print my recipe as html, then copied and pasted here, pretty slick! (Don't do a view source, the html from both blogger and BrewTarget are shit.)
Pretty easy brewday, the weather even cooperated and didn't get too hot. No problems, everything went smoothly for some reason.
Batch Size | 10.00 gal | Boil Size | 12.000 gal |
Boil Time | 90.000 min | Efficiency | 70 |
OG | 1.052 sg 1.060 actual | FG | 1.014 sg |
ABV | 5.2% | IBU | 39.8 (Tinseth) |
Color | 8.1 srm (Morey) | Estimated calories (per 12 oz) | 172 |
Fermentables
Name | Type | Amount | Mashed | Late | Yield | Color |
Pale Malt (2 Row) US | Grain | 22.000 lb | Yes | No | 79% | 2.0 srm |
White Wheat Malt | Grain | 1.000 lb | Yes | No | 86% | 2.0 srm |
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 120L | Grain | 12.000 oz | No | No | 72% | 120.0 srm |
Total | — | 23.750 lb | — | — | — | — |
Hops
Name | Alpha | Amount | Use | Time | Form | IBU |
Centennial | 10.5% | 1.000 oz | First Wort | 90.000 min | Leaf | 18.2 |
Centennial | 10.5% | 1.000 oz | Boil | 60.000 min | Leaf | 15.5 |
Centennial | 10.5% | 2.000 oz | Boil | 5.000 min | Leaf | 6.2 |
Misc
Name | Type | Use | Amount | Time |
Irish Moss | Fining | Boil | 2.000 tsp | 15.000 min |
Yeast
Name | Type | Form | Amount | Stage |
1272 - American Ale II | Ale | Liquid | 0.53 cup | Primary |
Friday, June 30, 2023
Batch 287, PNW IPA
Back in the real world, making beer in the beer shed.
10 gallon batch
12 lb 6 oz 2-row
14 lb 10 oz pilsner
2 lb white wheat
1 lb crystal 60
1 oz chocolate malt (just for a little color)
Using what I had on hand left over from last year, hence the combination of 2-row and pilsner. Mashed in with 8 gallons at 165F, hit 147F in the boil kettle. A little lower than I was aiming for, but it'll be okay. Collected 12 gallons in the kettle, also ran off one more gallon for cider.
3 oz Chinook, 60 min
2 oz Centennial, 30 min
All remaining Irish moss, about 2 tsp, 15 min
2 oz Centennial, 5 min
60 minute boil.
1 qt 1272 American Ale II, last years yeast, made a starter first
Pretty straightforward brew day, except for the stainless braid coming unconnected in the mash tun. That's a pain.
Made a berry cider also, usual recipe.
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Batch 286 - Mosaic IPA
I'm running out of brewing supplies, so this batch and the next are what I have left. This one is fairly close to the Mosaic IPA I've made in the past, it's a little light on the grain, so a bit less on the ABV.
5 gallon batch
11 lb 2-row
17 oz white wheat
5.6 oz Crystal 60 (all I had)
Heated mash water to 168F, got 156F in the mash tun. Added 1 tsp phosphoric acid. Collected 7 gallons in the boil kettle.
2 oz Magnum, 60 min
1 tsp Irish Moss, 15 min
3.4 oz Mosaic, 10 min (all I had)
60 minute boil. 5.5 gallons in the fermenter.
Al and Louie yeast, it's either Safale 05 or it's kveik, it works.
Brewtarget stats:
OG: 1.052
FG: 1.014
ABV: 5.2%
SRM: 6.0
IBU: 131 ???!!! seems high, but I really haven't had a good hoppy beer from pellets, so maybe this one will be it.
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Batch 285, a Pale Ale of some sort
Still in Baja, still working off of last years grain, just about done. I have enough for maybe 2 more 5 gallon batches. I'd brought a bunch of pilsner malt and quite a bit of Saaz hops, intending to make a "Leeser" sort of beer, so this is as close as it's going to get.
5 gallon batch
For grain, just this:
12 lb, 13 oz pilsner malt
The odd size is due to the packaging, that was two five pound bags (more or less) and a partial bag with a couple of pounds. Did some math, added some water, the usual. Got just over 6 gallons in the boil kettle.
For hops, more unusual amounts:
2 oz Saaz, 60 min
1 oz Doug, 60 min
1 tsp Irish Moss, 15 minutes
4.2 oz Saaz, 5 min
Again, due to packaging and what I have on hand. The "Doug" hop is a bag that my friend Doug got from a friend that works at 805 in San Diego. I'm not sure what it is, I think it's a milder finishing hop like hallertau or similar.
Pitched on the yeast cake from the previous batch.
Friday, March 3, 2023
Batch 284, Panama Red
It's another Panama Red, more or less. I'm about out of brewing supplies in Baja, so I used the last of some of my hops.
5 gallon batch
12 lb 2-row
12 oz Crystal 60
12 oz White wheat
2 oz Chocolate malt
Mashed at 154F, added 1 tsp phosphoric acid. Used park water, that's the locally supplied water that comes from a well, but delivered by truck to a cistern and piped through an ancient plumbing system. Should be good, right? We don't drink park water as a rule, but I was out of RO water from the local water store. It gets boiled, right?
1.5 oz Mt Hood, FWH (usually 1 oz, but using all remaining Mt Hood on this batch)
1 oz Centennial, 60 min
1 oz Cascade, 30 min
1.6 oz Mt Hood, 5 min
1.2 oz Cascade, 5 min
That finishes my remaining stock of Mt Hood and Cascade. Also added 1 tsp Irish Moss at 15 min.
Pitched on the yeast cake from Batch 283, which was probably way too much yeast, but it's good and fresh.
OG: 1.063
FG: 1.015
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 65.5
SRM: 12
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Batch 283, Belma
Just Belma hops in this beer.
5 gallon batch
12 lb 2-row
8 oz white wheat
6 oz crystal 60
Mashed at some temperature, forgot to look, probably mid-150F. Added 1 tsp phosphoric acid. Collected 6.5 gallons in the boil kettle.
2 oz Belma, 60 min
2 tsp Irish Moss, 15 min
4 oz Belma, 10 min
60 minute boil.
1.5 pints Al and Louie yeast, thick (really thick!) slurry.
OG: 1.058
FG: 1.015
ABV: 6.0
SRM: 6.5
IBU: 84
Friday, January 13, 2023
Batch 282 - Mosaic IPA
Hopefully this one will be awesome!
5 gallon batch
14 lb 2-row
12 oz white wheat
6 oz Crystal
Mashed at 149F, still lower than I was aiming for. Ambient temp is about 70F, mash water was at 170F. I'm mashing in a 10 gallon Igloo cooler.
2 oz Mosaic, 60 min
3 oz Mosaic, 10 min
60 minute boil.
Yeast cake from previous batch.
Batch 281 - Brown Porter
Still trying to make a decent beer here, and I think this one is finally it. I got about a pint of fresh yeast from my neighbors, and that seems to have made the difference.
5 gallon batch
10 lb 2-row
8 oz white wheat
4 oz black patent
4 oz chocolate malt
Mashed at 151F. I seem to hit mash temp a little lower than I expect, but no worries. Added a 1/2 tsp of phosphoric acid. Ran off 6.5 gallons to the boil kettle.
2 oz Saaz, 60 minutes
1 pint of safale 04 from my neighbors.
I'm behind on entering batch notes, so this just went on tap today. It tastes just fine, just as a brown porter should taste. Brewed a batch of IPA today, I'm going to reuse the yeast cake.