PetenNewburg
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« on: January 30, 2012, 05:23:15 PM » |
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Getting ready to brew my first IPA, a American Hopped Up Beasty! 14 pounds of grain, 6 hops insertions & Rouge Pac-Man Yeast! Grain is measured , ground and ready! All other ingredients are measured and bagged, starter is made! I believe I'll make this after the Irish Stout tomorrow!
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Kitchen Sink Coffee Stout, bottled
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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 06:16:49 AM » |
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That sounds like fun. I have to work with that wine this week, but I started something the other day. I do not know how it will be though. 3 gallon apple juice, 3 pounds of sugar and 1 1/2 cups of raisins. It had a OG reading of 1.090 about 11% potential. I used Lalvin EC-1118 with this so it will feremnet to dry, but I have more apple juice to use a flavor pack after I stabilize the wine. I am still going to start that beer as soon as Iget enough bottles.
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Brewferm Framboise; Bottled Almost gone
Black Cherry Pinot noir; Bottled
Cooppers Pilsner in primary: Bottled
Thomas Cooper: Bottled
Old School Snider Ale: Fermenting
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PetenNewburg
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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 05:30:49 PM » |
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American IPA now in the fermenter!! My first stuck sparge! A little work blind scrapeing, finally got my 5.5 liter!! The grain was almost a year old, sealed, but still very dry when it went through the grinder, a very fine layer of barley flour covered me and everything else within in a 6' radius.
I added a little extra rice hulls, when I went for my first decoction (9.78 ltr), I got 5 liter then nothing. Not good when there is 29 liter in the mash tun! I broke through a 1" thick layer of paste, ( the barley flour mentioned earlier) and it flowed fine. Everything went according to plan until mash out, I was to get 25.5 liter of wort, flow stopped at 9 liter. Son Of a B.
I pulled out the 10" screen that covers the manifold.... zip ... nothing. I got my 24" spoon down to the manifold, 12", and gently scraped grain away from the slots .. it took an hour. I added 2 liter of 168 sparge water towards the end. I was about to add a pound or two of DME, but thankfully I checked my pre-boil gravity, 1.060, dead on the mark!!
So, it worked, smells fantastic all through the house, A total of 4.5 oz of Cascade bittering hops & a 1 oz Williamette Dry Hop. Fermenter bubbling within 10 minutes!!
Cheers!!
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 07:12:53 AM » |
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OK, back to John Palmer's book, the chapter on decoctions/ sparging. Apparently I was removing my decoctions incorrectly. I was removing only liquid, I am also to remove some of the thick part of the mash. The book is pretty vague on this, but this is what I am being told on the BeerSmith forum.
Also some good advice pertaining to using year old super dry grain, spritz it with water the night before grinding. While rereading the chapter on decoction mashing I found the formula / ratio for rice hull additions, 1% of total grain weight.
I will strain the barley flour out of my Grolsch batch as the grains are already ground. I will add 10% of the "flour" weight with DME.
The IPA is bubbling away, not quite as fast as the Irish Stout. This may be because of the dry hopping?
Racked to secondary today 2/2. Smells good, starting to clear up. One inch of trub in bottom of fermenter. I did not wash for yeast due to the amount of trub. Fermenting resumed very quickly.
Cheers!!
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Double Imperial IPA, Kegged/ Bottled
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2012, 04:58:44 PM » |
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I am bottling this tomorrow!
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Double Imperial IPA, Kegged/ Bottled
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2012, 09:52:39 AM » |
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I am still collecting my empties for that Stout.. I think that brew I made for her Dad is too strong for hime to drink everyday.
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Cooppers Pilsner in primary: Bottled
Thomas Cooper: Bottled
Old School Snider Ale: Fermenting
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2012, 03:34:51 PM » |
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A few things came up, but the IPA is now bottled! Smells Very nice!! Hoppy with a malty alcohol aroma. FG was 1.017, ABV 7.9% Got 45 bottles. Cool!
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 05:30:33 PM » |
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It always good when your brew turns out good. I think my apple wine will be very good too.
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Black Cherry Pinot noir; Bottled
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Thomas Cooper: Bottled
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PetenNewburg
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 07:26:54 PM » |
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OOH Yah, I have a few great memories with Boones Farm Apple Wine!! A year later she was reallllly pissed when I bought a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T instead of a diamond!! LOL!
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2012, 06:27:06 PM » |
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The IPA has good flavor, but next to zero carbonation. I assume inadequate corn sugar as there is some carbonation, but very little. As there is some carbonation, I'll let it alone as opposed to popping 45 caps and dumping it into a keg. This was a week of extremes in carbonation, the Irish Stout is still coming out like a waterjet.
Good thing I have that growler of "Out of Focus" IPA from ABC!
Cheers!!
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Kitchen Sink Coffee Stout, bottled
Raspberry Pils, Kegged.
Grolsch Clone, Bottled.
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Double Imperial IPA, Kegged/ Bottled
Kegged Hard Apple Cider, tapped
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2012, 08:17:05 AM » |
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It is always good to have a backup plan for emergencies.
Dave
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Black Cherry Pinot noir; Bottled
Cooppers Pilsner in primary: Bottled
Thomas Cooper: Bottled
Old School Snider Ale: Fermenting
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2012, 06:10:48 PM » |
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I have a bunch of the "booster" packs from the MrBeer kits. This is what I used for my carbonation sugar. According to MrBeer, it's is corn syrup solids, IE ... corn sugar? I am going to make another IPA, same recipe but use corn sugar for bottling. I am also going to make a IPA, same basic recipe, but add some of the booster to the boil for a higher gravity ale. I have 20+ packs to use so it's going in some where!!
This IPA while somewhat flat, is very tasty. I had a Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA draft at TGI FRIDAY'S this past weekend, (yes, they have it on tap!!!), a slightly lighter version of the ABC "Out of Focus" IPA, VERY GOOD ALE!! I think if my IPA was properly carbed it would be very close to the Dogfish 60 minute. I'll remake it as stated above, but also make a batch adding some of the booster, a pound of DME & increase the hop IBU to 60% from the original 42.5 % IBU and keeping the same dry hop. This should kick up the malt and hop bitterness equally, retaining the fresh hop note at the end.
Time will tell!!
Cheers!!
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Raspberry Pils, Kegged.
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Double Imperial IPA, Kegged/ Bottled
Kegged Hard Apple Cider, tapped
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2012, 06:14:24 PM » |
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Absolutely!! It's the Boy Scout in me, "Always be Prepared!!".  |
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Kegged Hard Apple Cider, tapped
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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2012, 04:52:05 PM » |
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WOW!! What a difference a week made. Carbonation is still low, but enough that it spreads the hop bitterness all over the palette.
It is not overpowering in malt or hop flavor, but enough hop flavor to hide the 7.9 %ABV. It really sneaks up on you!!!! It pours cloudy(33 degrees), remember this was a stuck sparge, but clears somewhat as it warms. No lacing or foam at all, could be pouring it too cold, darn. @ bottle #2 had a buzz, bottle #4 With dinner. Some of my brothers Black Angus Rump Roast marinated in Mountmellick Irish Stout. It really does not get better than eaten' and drinkin' your own effort! Yes, the potatoes, garlic & onion also come from last years garden. Only the carrots were store bought.
CHEERS!!
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Kegged Hard Apple Cider, tapped
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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2012, 07:07:42 AM » |
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Shared a few bottles with my son-in-law. Amazing how nicely this turned out! This will be one of the first to brew in a 12 gallon batch, it seems to disappear too quickly with only making 48 - 50 bottles. The keggerator has not been touched since the IPA was ready!
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Kitchen Sink Coffee Stout, bottled
Raspberry Pils, Kegged.
Grolsch Clone, Bottled.
Mountmellick Irish Stout Kits, both kegged.
Double Imperial IPA, Kegged/ Bottled
Kegged Hard Apple Cider, tapped
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