Saturday, February 19, 2011

02.Karma Prez


02.Karma Prez

Brewed on President's Day Weekend, this Carmel Cream Ale is based on a recipe collected from Homebrewtalk.com

Brewed on 19 February 2011, Initial Gravity: 1.061
Bottled on 5 March 2011, Final Gravity: 1.019 
Approximate ABV: 5.5
Yield:40 x 12oz bottles, 4x22 oz bottles
Brewers: Jeff, Jon

Primary fermentation began rapidly.  Fermenter temperature rose to 70 Degrees and fermentation overwhelmed the airlock with foam.  Fermenter relocated to colder basement, airlock replaced with blowoff hose.  On Day 2 of fermentation, temperature is down to 60 degrees, airlock has been replaced and bubbles are approx 15/minute.


Malts
3 pounds extra light dme added @ 0 minutes
3 pounds bavarian dme added @ 20 minutes
1 pound Caramel 60L (steeped for 45 minutes at 150'-165')

Hops
1oz Cascade for bittering (added @ 0 minutes)
.5oz Saaz for flavor (added @ 40 minutes)
.5 oz Tettnang for aroma (added @ 55 minutes)

Yeast
Wyeast German Ale

Extras
1 whirlflock tablet (added @ 45 minutes)
4oz Lactose (added @ 45 minutes)
2 oz vanilla extract (added @ 50 minutes)

Item
Cost
Muntons 60L Crystal
2.2
Lactose
4.75
Saaz
2.55
Cascade
1.49
Tettnang
2.75
M&F X-Light DME
13.5
Briess Wheat DME
11.5
Wyeast 1007 German
6.95
Caps
1
Whilfoc
0.25
Vanilla Extract
3
Bottled Water
3
Priming Sugar
0.85
Total
53.79
Unit Cost (47 Bottles)
$1.14

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