The two stouts are bottled...
Chocolate Mint Stout: OG: 1.050 FG: 1.010 ABV: 5.2%
Initial Impressions: Heavy on the mint. It overpowers the Chocolate. Lactose added at Bottling. If the mint calms down, this will be the cookie flavor we targeted
Cinnamon/Chipotle Oatmeal Stouf: OG: 1.050 FG: 1.012 ABV: 5.0%
Initial Impression: Hot/Smokey. Chipotle is overpowering. May mellow into a nice winter warmer
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Now with legs!
Now we're being worth labs thanks to a gift from the gifts. Up next a split stout batch. Half will be chocolate mint milk, half cinnamon oatmeal.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Up next: Citra Blonde
it still needs a name, but this summer blonde/session ale should have high citrusy notes. It is styled after Widmer Bros' Citra Blonde
Citra Blonde
Fermentables
Efficiency: 75.0 % Batch size: 5.5 gal
Hops
Boil time: 60 min
Yeasts
Extras
Fermentation
Primary 21 days Secondary 0
days Conditioning 14 days
Grain to Glass 35 days
Predicted Stats
1.048 OG
- 1.011 FG - 18 IBU - 4.7% ABV – 5 SRM - 0.39 IBU/OG
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
4 months since last brewday
It's been about 4 months since last brewday. It's getting warm out again, the fermenters are asking to be filled, a new recipe is ready, and ingredients are on hand for a new and hopefully improved Red Clay Irish Red.
Red CLay 2014
Fermentables
Efficiency: 70.0 % Batch size: 5.0 gal
Hops
Boil time: 60 min
Yeasts
Extras
Predicted Stats
1.051 OG
- 1.014 FG - 22 IBU - 4.9% ABV - 13 SRM - 0.45 IBU/OG
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Friday, April 18, 2014
It's hoppening again
Sorry for the long delay.
Things have gotten busy and the fermenters have been sitting empty for a
while. But it's spring and it's time to
start planning to resume operations.
First up, fresh hops
With the 3 cultivars planted today, our total is 4 varieties
and 11 plans: (Hop Profiles from
http://www.homebrewstuff.com/hop-profiles)
Flowery, citrus & spice with grapefruit the noticeable
fragrance quite often. This medium aroma balances the low bittering value.
Derived from a cross between fuggles and the Russian hop Serebrianker. Very
popular hop among craft brewers.
Used For: Good for flavor and aroma, but an acceptable
bittering hop. Pale Ales, IPAs, Porters
Substitutes: Amarillo, Centennial, Ahtanum
3 Mount Hood (all new)
Hybrid of Hallertau with similar mild flower/spice aroma
characteristics with a hint more of the forest. “Clean” commonly describes it,
with similarities to the German Hallertau and Hersbrucker varieties
Used For: Aroma and flavor. American and German ales and
lagers.
Substitutes: German Hallertau, Liberty, Crystal.
1 Glacier (there was only 1 left when we ordered, but look
for more additions next year) (new)
Use For: American ale or ESB
Substitutes: Palisade
Strong heavy and herbal, spicy aroma and high bittering
value (along with desirable growing traits) has brought this hop variety to the
forefront of the industry. Selected from
a cross between Brewer's Gold and a high alpha male.
Used For: Extremely bitter. All Ales, Stouts
Subs: Chinook, Galena, Cluster
Rhyzomes added:
2 more Cascade (+ 3 Previous)
4-7% All purpose
5-8% Finishing
5-6% Finishing
Pleasant aroma of citrus mixed with sweet fruity of pear or
apricot. Aroma seems to be the strong
suit of this hop.
2 Nugget (previous)
11-16% All Purpose
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
IPSide Part 1
IPSide Down has been split. 3 gallons are in the little fermenter with oak and back in the chamber, the remainder (approx 1 gallon) is bottled. Good flavors in the 1 gallon pre conditioned. We'll need a while to see if adding oak makes it even better or ends up being mistake. This is likely a batch to repeat.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Bottle Bombs
Our first batch to explode: Bourbon Barrel Stout... It was bottled in October, two weeks later the first bottled opened and poured well. Since then, it's been a gusher. This weekend, bottles started popping in the dungeons, earning the barrel stout a spot ina plastic tub instead of the milk crate towers. Although it freshens up the basement air, the shards of glass and unstable bottles add difficulty to consumption and distribution.
In other news, 2 of the 3 ciders were bottled last week and have joined the remainder of the beverage in the stacks without incident.
In other news, 2 of the 3 ciders were bottled last week and have joined the remainder of the beverage in the stacks without incident.
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