Sunday, February 26, 2012

Red Clay Redux

The recipe is ready, the ingredients are purchased.  Red Clay Redux starts this week.


malt & fermentables
%
LB
OZ
MALT OR FERMENTABLE
PPG
°L
87%
8
4
American Two-row Pale
37
1
12.79
5%
0
8
Briess Carapils
34
1
1.00
3%
0
4
Briess Caramel 10L
34
10
0.56
3%
0
4
Briess Special Roast
34
50
0.50
1%
0
2
Biscuit Malt
36
23
0.26
1%
0
2
Chocolate Malt (US)
28
350
0.27

9
8




Batch size: 5.0 gallons
Original Gravity
1.049 12.1° Plato
Final Gravity
1.013 3.3° Plato
Color
9° SRM 18° EBC
(Gold to Copper)
Hops
USE
TIME
OZ
VARIETY
FORM
AA
 
boil
60 mins
1.25
Fuggles
pellet
4.5
2.99
boil
10 mins
1.0
Willamette
pellet
5.5
1.85
Bitterness
19.0 IBU 6 HBU
BU:GU
0.39
yeast
Wyeast Irish Ale (1084)
6.95
Alcohol
4.8% ABV 4% ABW
Calories
162 per 12 oz.
misc
Top of Form
USE
TIME
AMOUNT
INGREDIENT
boil
10 min
1 ea
Whirlfloc Tablet
Bottom of Form

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Red Clay Redux

Coming soon: Red Clay Redux: the original Red Clay recipe was a 3gallon extract brew.  This edition has been expanded to 5 gallons and reworked in all-grain format.  Red Clay Redux is expected to be offering #3 for Mike's wedding in June.
Expected Brew Date:  Late Feb-Early March

www2.buriedcastle.com/beer/red-clay-redux

Friday, February 17, 2012

Name that blonde

Strawberry blonde is in the fermenter.... that means as little as 5 weeks till it goes in the bottle.  It needs a name still.  The original recipe author's name was Strawberry Alarm Clock, but that doesn't sound Buried Castle enough.  So what's it going to be?

www2.buriedcastle.com/beer/strawberry-blonde

Strawberry Blonde

Strawberry Blonde has hit the fermenter... no hot breaks, no spills, just a really low efficiency?  Measured OG 1.038, target: 1.054.  Strawberries go in in two weeks, then a couple more weeks to figure out how bad the efficiency loss affects the product.


Khoyshekh

Fermenting temp dropped to 60... airlock activity slowed down.  But yesterday it was giving off some nice aromas and bubbling well.  Fermenter moved out of the basement, trying to get it back to 64