Brewing Activities (2019)

Trappist Single going into the keg.

 

sugarin is over so brewing time is here again. brewed message recieved double ipa,,,,,tho my clamp on the imersion chiller sorta kinda failed and a 5 gal batch is now a 6.25 gal batch so not a double anymore.

 

I did that once. Ended up boiling off the extra water, which took about 4 hours. Sucked.

 

Reddish wheat

45 minute boil
3# Wheat DME, 3# Amber DME, 0.5# dark DME
0.75# C-20 steeped
0.5 oz each Hallertau and Chinook 45 min.
1 oz pellet Pacific Jade, 1 oz pellet Idaho 7 and 2 oz leaf Amarillo 45 min whirlpool ~ 165°
Safale S04 maintaining ~ 64°
3 oz Idaho 7 dry hop on day three

 

big party coming up, soooooo
brewing smoked magik,imperial smoked stout, sunday
centenial IPA Monday
Irish stout Tuesday
and
TH3 ultra light mega hhopped pale tuesday.

them will hold the bastards back.

 

Did a diacetyl test last weekend and ended up doing a d-rest at 63 F for 4 days, ramped up again to 68 for 3 days. Last night did another test. Didn't notice any D, so I kegged it up today. It's a helles bock fest beer tweener (og 1.059), and I am digging the Munich malt from the final gravity hydrometer sample (slimmed down a couple points, fg 1.010, est abv 6.5%)

 

Is this your no boil?

 

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Restraint pays off sometimes.
Totally quaffable.
Easy drinking.
Just the right amount of hop bitterness/flavor/aroma.
And Vienna once again stakes a claim for best base malt.
Fermented with WLP090 it’s almost lager-like.
Beer for people who don’t drink beer.
And people who do.

 

Brewed up a kolsch today. Made my first attempt a couple months ago and it was good but not great. Hoping this attempt turns out great! Made my first pastry stout last weekend and will likely move it to secondary tomorrow. Will add a lot of cacao nibs, vanilla, and cinnamon to it. Originally planned to add peppers to it as well but will likely just make a tincture to add to the last gallon at bottling

 

It was the base for the no-boil and the original goal was 3 hours setup to cleanup. The weather was good to boil so I succumbed.....it took 4 hrs 15 min all-in.

 

I would think so.....unless they're like the guy my old buddies used to run with.

 

Yeah I got a couple of them left, luckily they hate each other so never show up on the same day.

 

Kout 10 “clone” attempt. Based off as much info as I’ve been able to find on the recipe and process.

Czech Pilsner malt
3% Carahell
Double Decoction
2 Hour Boil
Saaz @ FW, 75, 30
Blend of 2278/2001
1.040/1.010 hopefully

Plan is to pull about a gallon to krausen two other lagers. One that’s done lagering and the other that’s about to be lagered.

 

Brewed the CYBI BP Calico Amber clone yesterday with active starter of Wyeast 1098. I got lazy for a period and kept using dry US-05 — after brewing the LFL Double Sunshine Clone and trying it alongside Tree House Haze, man that was an eye-opener — my beer was underattenuated with that peach candy ester. Tried alongside a top-tier offering, it was clear something was off. So going back to Wyeast and starters. Also kegged Janet’s Brown Ale and my Munich Helles (W-34/70 is a different story compared to US-05 — have not had a bad experience yet) last week. Need to crank out a few more lagers before summer hits.

 

Racked the White IPA to a carboy to make room for one last beer before I go on a little hiatus. Six 5 gallon beers brewed in 2019 with mostly me drinking them so that's a good thing.

Amarillo Pale. Just pale malt plus a drop of C20 and Carapils. Used the extra packet of SD Super I had in the fridge with no starter but I think it will attenuate just fine even at 1.056. Six oz of Amarillo pellets, mostly late. Easy drinker. Looks darker in the pic than it actually is. SRM of 5.

 

I'll be passion fruiting my berliner tomorrow, bottling a barleywine and brewing a citrus saison (2 tablespoons of zest and 1 cup of juice added at whirlpool).

 

Came up with a easier way to bottle. I have the co2 hooked up at the top that i turn on/off when needed and the filter keeps most of the junk out. Also trying the sugar cubes so we'll see how it turns out.

 

Took a swing at my first big stout last night. Aiming for one of the more modern big bodied beers. Degassed a Double Shot this week and FG was 1.045 for a 8.8% beer. I’ve gotten similar reading from Trilliums beers in that ABV range as well.

Golden Promise
Munich II
Simpson’s Medium Crystal
Bairds Dark Crystal
Baird’s Dark Chocolate
Castle Black
Carapils
Lactose/DME

3 Hour boil

4ml hopshot at 90

1oz Coava coffee at 180

1318

Depending on how it turns out it will be some
amount of maple syrup and the end of fermentation. Plan is to take some super dark grade and reduce it way down. Probably some more coffee in conditioning as well.

 

Bottled 3 gallons of a sour aged on black currants today.

Plan to brew in the next couple days as well. This one will be a kettle sour with guava purée and orange peel. Souring in the form of Goodbelly. Also adding lactose for more body and some residual sweetness.

 

Tomorrow I'm brewing up yet another GF pale ale. I'm building off of what I've learned from my SMaSH brews and adding 10% buckwheat to see what flavor it offers and it's effect on body and head retention. Enigma/BRY-97.

On Saturday, I'm brewing up a 1 gallon batch of a GF Porter. Upping the dark malts and adding some oats to get more roasted flavor and a bit more body.