|
CaveMead
|
Semi-Sweet Mead
|
5 Gallons |
1.151 |
1.038 |
14.88 |
0 |
5.78 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 15 |
Boil Gravity: 1.151 |
Efficiency: 35 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/4/2014 5:30 AM |
| Notes: |
|
|
Cherrywood Smoked Porter
|
Robust Porter
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.06 |
1.014 |
6.09 |
37.84 |
32.9 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.051 |
Efficiency: 79 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.0 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/1/2015 11:40 PM |
| Notes: |
|
|
Mosaic Pale Wheat
|
American Pale Ale
|
3 Gallons |
1.053 |
1.013 |
5.26 |
50.98 |
5.52 °L
|
3.3K |
2 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 3.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 40 |
Boil Gravity: 1.046 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/2/2012 2:04 AM |
| Notes: Mash @ 152 for 60 |
|
|
Snowman Constructor Hoppy Winter Imperial
|
American Strong Ale
|
11 Gallons |
1.081 |
1.016 |
8.56 |
68.75 |
13.75 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 12.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.071 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/14/2015 3:27 PM |
| Notes: |
|
|
Yellowhouse Wheat Lager
|
Vienna Lager
|
6 Gallons |
1.052 |
1.014 |
5.01 |
28.24 |
10.33 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.042 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.75 |
Primary
Temp: 50 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 3/7/2015 10:25 PM |
| Notes: |
|
|
Hoegaarden White Clone
|
Witbier
|
11 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.012 |
4.65 |
14.23 |
3.34 °L
|
3.3K |
1 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 14 Gallons |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 68 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 4/21/2016 7:32 PM |
Notes: Step infusion mash: add 4.5 Gal of 130°F water to the grains. Stir, stabilize and hold the temperature at 122°F for 30 minutes. Add 2.5 Gal boiling water. Add heat to bring temperature up to 150°F. Hold for 60 minutes.
After conversion, raise temperature to 167°F lauter and sparge with 9 gallons of 170°F (77°C) water. Collect about 14 gallons of runoff for the wort. Add bittering hops and bring to boil. Boil time is 75 minutes.
Fermenting and Conditioning
Ferment around 68°F (19°C) for four to six days. Transfer to secondary fermentor and add 0.5 oz (14g) crushed coriander seed. Age for two weeks. Condition above 60°F (15.5°C) until carbonated and clearer. |
|
|
Blueberry Lager
|
Fruit Beer
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.041 |
1.009 |
4.16 |
21.86 |
2.56 °L
|
3.3K |
2 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 6.25 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.036 |
Efficiency: 82 |
Mash Thickness: 1.88 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 50 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 7/28/2018 8:08 PM |
Notes: After 8 days of primary fermentation did a diacetyl rest for 2 days at 65 degrees. Rack to secondary on top of thawed frozen blueberries and left for 10 days. Removed blueberries and slowly dropped to lagering temps. Lagered at 38 degrees for 4 weeks.
The .5oz of extract at bottling really makes the blueberry aroma come out in the beer. A clean lager with nice smooth not too sweet blueberry flavor. Hops are pretty interchangeable as the blueberry gives most of the flavor and aroma. |
|
|
Stone Ruination 10th Anniversary Clone
|
Imperial IPA
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.098 |
1.021 |
10 |
303.72 |
6.96 °L
|
3.3K |
3 |
|
|
Author:
|
|
jehbrewer
|
|
| Boil
Size: 9 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.06 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 1.25 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: 65 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 2/23/2014 1:47 PM |
Notes: - Use fermcap in the boil and in the primary
- Whirlpool 20 minutes using pump to recirc
- Do iodine test pre-boil to ensure conversion was successful
- Days 1-8 Primary
- Days 8-12 Secondary
- Days 12-17 add dry hop 1 to secondary
- Days 17-21 add dry hop 2 - remove dry hop 1
- Day 22 Add 1 TSP of plain gelatin to secondary and cold crash 48 hours
- Day 24 Rack to bright keg or bottle |
|
|
#50 Jopenbier
|
Clone Beer
|
11 Litres |
1.402 |
1.092 |
40.75 |
48.48 |
15.26 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 25 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.177 |
Efficiency: 80 |
Mash Thickness: 3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/13/2015 6:18 PM |
Notes: mash 64-66C, left for the whole night. First running-offs collected, the rest went for distillation. 6-hour-long boil.
gravity around 1.220, but it is out of scale. 1H NMR doesn't give an answer. Try to evaporate a sample to check what is the sugar content.
Evaporation (60°C, 7days, air circulation) of 50g sample left 25g solids;this means that the wort was 50°P which equals 1.233 g/cm3.
Fermenter was left open @20°C, fermentation picked up after 3 days (!). 15.10.2015
Warto poznać za fundamentalną pracą G.E. Habicha pt. Schule der Bierbrauerei (szkoła browarnictwa)[2]:
Z 1000 kg słodu i 5 kg chmielu produkowane jest około 10,5 hl (1050 litrów) piw
piwa jopejskie trzeba było bardzo szybko schłodzić
By zapewnić naprawdę szybkie parowanie gorącego wywaru przelewano go w duże płaskie kadzie
Wydobyte z pleśniowych jaskiń piwo filtrowano, beczki zamykano, ale proces dalszej, już bardzo powolnej i spokojnej fermentacji trwać musiał jeszcze cały rok
Warto dodać, bo nie wszyscy o tym mówią, że było to także kwaśne piwo. Poziom kwasu mlekowego był całkiem duży, na poziomie około 2% – czyli tak jak w lambicu. Jednak tutaj zostawała olbrzymia ilość cukrów resztkowych, więc kwaśności nie było aż tak czuć
Jakość tego wyjątkowego piwa była rzekomo testowana w bardzo oryginalny sposób. Otóż zawartość pierwszego kufla wylewano na ciężką drewnianą ławę, na której następnie siadali piwosze, by błyskawicznie się podnieść. Jeśli ława unosiła się wraz z nimi, można było kontynuować konsumpcję. Można się zastanawiać, ile prawdy jest tym zwyczaju, ponieważ podobne procedury istnieją w Bawarii – jeśli piwosz w skórzanych spodniach przyklei się do oblanej piwem ławy, oznacza to, że trunek jest odpowiednio treściwy.
http://akademia-piwa.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66%3Apiwo-jopejskie&catid=35%3Ahistoria-piwowarstwa&Itemid=27
Dzięki dziełu „Schule der Bierbrauerei” autorstwa G. E. Habicha, opublikowanemu w 1865 r., możemy poznać kilka technicznych szczegółów produkcji.
Zacieranie odbywało się metodą infuzyjną, zaś obciągniętą brzeczkę gotowano czasem nawet do 20 godzin, aby osiągnąć pożądaną gęstość. Dzięki tym zabiegom z 1000 kg słodu i 5 kg chmielu uzyskiwano ok. 10,5 hl zielonego piwa
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.co.za/2014/06/danziger-jopenbier-again.html
Top-fermented beers, especially Danziger Jopenbier, are discussed by P. Mumme (W. Brauer, 1906, 13). This is a top-fermented, highly concentrated beer, which is seen and drunk more abroad than at home where often not even its name is known. The peculiar smell and taste, reminiscent of port wine, the production methods, fermentation and treatment give Jopenbier something characteristic, because it greatly differs from all other top-fermenting beers from and stands alone in its type. - The wort is left to sponataneously ferment. First of all a thick blanket forms on the surface on which all sorts of moulds grow. These blankets in various vats are again very different from each other in appearance and strength, depending on the points of attack the moulds have found. Gradually, the yeast has developed so that it is able to cause fermentation. - The head, which is often so strong that a 20 gram piece won't fall through it, begins to lift itself. - This is the time when the vats must be covered, because after 2 to 3 days a very vigorous fermentation begins. Before the mould layer has risen to avoid it collapsing. The lids have at the front a wide, somewhat overhanging outlet; through this channel, for 8 to 12 days the beer often pushes out large amounts of loose foam, which is collected in barrels or tubs placed below, until the primary fermentation calms and peaceful secondary fermentation takes place. The foam subsides, the ejected, very bitter beer is filled after the lid is lifted, and the tub is left to itself again. Now in long-lasting secondary fermentation and slow clarification take place, during which the sediment settles. - An analysis of Jopenbier revealed :
Alcohol 3.52%
Real extract 45.04%
Apparent extract 43.20%
calculated OG 49.94%
apparent degree of attenuation 13.49%
Real degree of attenuation 9.81%"
"Jahresbericht über die Leistungen der chemischen Technologie (1907)", 1907, pages 352 - 353. (My translation.)
49.94º Plato is 1230º in SG. The finishing gravity is 1195º. That's quite an achievement having an FG higher than the OG of a Scottish 160/- Ale.
What can you say about the fermentation, other than that it sounds scary and disgusting at the same time. I wonder what it was that caused the fermentation. The slime sounds like some sort of bacteria, despite being described as mould. Did Saccharomyces play any part in the fermentation?
From the comparison to port wine, it sounds like there was both some acidity and considerable sweetness in the finished beer. Given the description of the fermentation, it would be a miracle if there were no trace of sourness
http://www.chmielowisko.pl/2015/02/04/jopejskie-czy-to-jeszcze-piwo/
|
|
|
Duvel Clone
|
Belgian Blond Ale
|
19 Litres |
1.072 |
1.02 |
6.83 |
29.63 |
6.55 °L
|
3.3K |
2 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 24 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 2.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 9/13/2015 8:14 PM |
Notes: Duvel clone
Author: BYO Staff
Issue: May/Jun 2005
Duvel clone
(5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains)
OG = 1.072 FG = 1.006
IBU = 30 SRM = 5 ABV = 8.5%
Duvel is the classic Belgian golden ale. Although it is very strong (8.5% ABV), the beer is extremely light in color and dry in taste. The dense, white head that sits above the beer lasts until the beer is done. In the US, bottles of Duvel often show some oxidation in the aroma. Brewing it fresh at home gives you a glimpse of what it tastes like in Belgium. The yeast will not have an easy job here; they are dealing with a high-gravity, high-adjunct wort. Help them (and yourself) out by making a big yeast starter for a high cell count at pitching.
Ingredients
1.8 lbs. (0.82 kg) Coopers Extra Light dried malt extract
3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) Coopers Light liquid malt extract (late addition)
3.0 lbs. (1.4 kg) Pilsner malt
1 lb. 11 oz. (0.77 kg) corn sugar (kettle)
11 oz. (0.31 g) corn sugar (dosage)
6 AAU Styrian Goldings hops (60 mins) (1.2 oz./34 g of 5% alpha acids)
3.75 AAU Saaz hops (15 mins) (0.93 oz./27 g of 4% alpha acids)
0.75 oz. (21 g) Saaz hops (0 mins)
1/4 tsp yeast nutrients (kettle)
1/16 tsp ("a pinch") yeast nutrients (dosage)
1 tsp Irish moss
Wyeast 1388 (Belgian Strong Ale) or White Labs WLP570 (Belgian Golden Ale) yeast (3 qt./3 L yeast starter)
1 cup corn sugar (for priming)
Step by Step
In a large soup pot, heat 4.5 quarts (4.3 L) of water to 161 °F (72 °C). Add crushed grains to grain bag. Submerge bag and let grains steep around 150 °F (66 °C) for 45 minutes. While grains steep, begin heating 2.1 gallons (7.8 L) of water in your brewpot. When steep is over, remove 1.5 qts. (1.4 L) of water from brewpot and add to the "grain tea" in steeping pot. Place colander over brewpot and place steeping bag in it. Pour diluted grain tea through grain bag. Heat liquid in brewpot to a boil, then stir in dried malt extract, add first charge of hops and begin the 60 minute boil. With 15 minutes left in boil, add kettle sugar, hops and Irish moss, then turn off heat and stir in liquid malt extract. Stir well to dissolve extract, then resume heating. (Keep the boil clock running while you stir.) At the end of the boil, add last charge of hops, cool wort and transfer to fermenter. Add water to make 5 gallons (19 L), aerate wort and pitch yeast. Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C). Rack to secondary and add dosage sugar. Bottle when beer falls clear.
All-grain option:
Replace grains and extracts with 10.5 lbs. (4.8 kg) Pilsner malt, 8.5 oz. (0.24 kg) CaraPils malt, 1 lb. 11 oz. (0.77 kg) corn sugar (kettle) and 11 oz. (0.31 g) corn sugar (dosage). In your kettle, mash in to 131 °F (55 °C) and heat the mash slowly, over 15 minutes, to 140 °F (60 °C). Add boiling water to raise temperature to 148 °F (64 °C) and hold for 60 minutes. Mash out to 168 °F (76 °C). Boil for 90 minutes, following remaining instruction in extract recipe. |
|
|
Orange Honey Hefeweizen
|
Weizen/Weissbier
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.048 |
1.012 |
4.65 |
12.47 |
3.99 °L
|
3.3K |
3 |
|
|
Author:
|
|
JonnyBrew
|
|
| Boil
Size: 3 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.088 |
Efficiency: 30 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: Extract |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 11/29/2013 2:54 AM |
| Notes: Add 1 oz of orange zest at flameout. |
|
|
BCS Blonde Ale
|
Blonde Ale
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.056 |
1.013 |
5.65 |
17.64 |
4.58 °L
|
3.3K |
1 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 6.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.048 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: BIAB |
Pitch Rate: 0.75 |
Primary
Temp: 67 ° F |
Priming Method: Table Sugar |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/23/2014 3:29 PM |
| Notes: Adjusting to 2.25 from 2.5 for CO2 level after first batch results. |
|
|
Cascade Orange Pale Ale
|
American Pale Ale
|
33 Gallons |
1.054 |
1.013 |
5.28 |
25.03 |
6.5 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 37 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: N/A |
Efficiency: 68 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: N/A |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/29/2012 9:48 PM |
| Notes: 6 packs S-04 used. Rehydrated. Original recipe states 34 IBU's? |
|
|
Hop Burst IPA
|
American IPA
|
12 Gallons |
1.063 |
1.012 |
6.64 |
76.98 |
7.1 °L
|
3.3K |
2 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 14.4 Gallons |
Boil Time: 70 |
Boil Gravity: 1.053 |
Efficiency: 73 |
Mash Thickness: 1.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.5 |
Primary
Temp: 66 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/10/2015 5:49 PM |
| Notes: |
|
|
Extra Pale Ale
|
Blonde Ale
|
20 Litres |
1.047 |
1.009 |
5.09 |
19.9 |
3.89 °L
|
3.3K |
3 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 25 Litres |
Boil Time: 75 |
Boil Gravity: 1.038 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: 3.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.25 |
Primary
Temp: 18 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 10/23/2015 12:57 AM |
| Notes: |
|
|
Belgian Pale
|
Belgian Pale Ale
|
5.5 Gallons |
1.061 |
1.014 |
6.11 |
24.74 |
8.5 °L
|
3.3K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 7.5 Gallons |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.045 |
Efficiency: 70 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 72 ° F |
Priming Method: dextrose |
Priming Amount: 3 oz |
Creation
Date: 5/23/2016 8:47 PM |
Notes: Ferments in 7-9 days. Bottle or keg with dextrose.
Best in show in the 2016 Hilo Homebrew Competition, recognized by the American Homebrewers Association. |
|
|
Pilsner Urquell National Award-Winning Clone (Decoction And Non-Decoction Version)
|
Czech Premium Pale Lager
|
23 Litres |
1.052 |
1.013 |
5.07 |
41.2 |
3.51 °L
|
3.3K |
4 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 36.7 Litres |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.033 |
Efficiency: 63 |
Mash Thickness: 3.7 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 13 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 6/21/2018 7:09 PM |
Notes: Double Decoction:
*Note: Pilsner Urquell uses a triple decoction method with an initial acid rest, but I use well enough modified malts and correct for pH already so the first of three decoctions is unnecessary. The decoction measurements below are ones I developed for an electric system and err on the side of caution, so they are the lower amounts needed to potentially reach the next temperature step and direct heat can be applied to compensate.*
Perform a protein rest at 125F for 15min, then pull off slightly less than 1/3 (1.16gal/4.4L) of the thickest mash and place it in a separate pot. Bring the pot slowly up to 158F and hold for 15min, then slowly bring it up to a boil and proceed to boil for 10min. Stir often so the grains do not burn, but try to allow some 'browning' to help darken the colour and enhance the flavour/aroma profiles. Add the decoction back to the 125F mash, little by little, aiming for a beta rest temperature of 148F. Hold this temperature for 30min while adding back any leftover decoction (if any) as it cools. After this has finished, pull off roughly 1/6 (0.7gal/2.6L) of the thickest mash a second time and place it in the separate pot. Slowly bring the pot up to a boil and continue to boil for 10min. Add the second decoction back to the mash, little by little, aiming for an alpha rest temperature of 158F. Hold this temperature for 30min while adding back any leftover decoction (if any) as it cools. Once this rest has finished, raise the temperature up to a mash out rest of 167F and hold for 10min. After the decoctions and mash out are finished proceed to sparge/lauter as usual.
No Decoction:
Instead of the labour intensive double decoction mash schedule you could:
- Substitute some of the pilsner malt for vienna and/or munich to add colour and depth.
- Include some melanoidin malt for a slight decoction 'feel'.
- Add some carapils malt (or your preferred alternative) for improved head retention.
- After which, just carry out a temperature/infusion mash schedule based on your preferences.
**This beer won a national silver medal at the Saskatoon Headhunters Competition (2017) and has consistently scored 40's at other national competitions. |
|
|
Camden Hells Clone V8 40L 2-Kegs
|
German Pilsner (Pils)
|
42.5 Litres |
1.044 |
1.01 |
4.49 |
25.62 |
3.63 °L
|
3.3K |
5 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 46 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 81 |
Mash Thickness: 2.5 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 1.5 |
Primary
Temp: 10 ° C |
Priming Method: co2 |
Priming Amount: 1.44 bar |
Creation
Date: 5/27/2019 3:16 PM |
Notes: Treat water with the MSB before brewing to remove chlorine/chloramine. 0.5g per 25L
Make a 5L yeast starter a few days in advance and cold crash before brew day
Decoction mash is optional
For the decoction mash remove a large pan (approx 4kg) of grain and being to the boil then return during the heating cycle between steps
Pitch the yeast at 8-9C and ferment at 9-10C for 10-14 days or until the fermentation slows to almost nothing
Make sure you do a diacetyl rest for 3-4 days at 18c to clean up the flavours
Cool down to 10 to add gelatine
Cold crash a 0C for 7-10 days then transfer to keg
Leave it for at least 2 weeks to carbonate and smooth out before drinking.
Brewed with wyeast 2308 or White labs WLP860. Make sure you do a starter and give it a real boost of yeast to get a quick and clean fermentation.
Blind taste tests 3 out of 4 preferred this to real Camden hells and only 1 picked out the original as their preferred beer. You can tell a slight difference but it’s marginal and most people actually prefer this beer I’ve just tweeked the hops a little over time to get it even nicer.
Give it a try |
|
|
Bourbon Barrel English Old Ale
|
English Barleywine
|
5 Gallons |
1.09 |
1.025 |
9.42 |
53.1 |
16.87 °L
|
3.2K |
0 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 7 Gallons |
Boil Time: 90 |
Boil Gravity: 1.065 |
Efficiency: 71 |
Mash Thickness: 1.3 |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: 0.35 |
Primary
Temp: 70 ° F |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 1/18/2015 8:28 PM |
Notes: First beer made using our newly-put-together HERMS system, the first major update we've made to our brewing equipment since starting in late 2013. For this one, we're doing a strong English style ale aged for (probably) 6 weeks in our Damnation Alley bourbon barrel.
3/15/15: Brew day for this one. Things are going somewhat strangely (lots of spilling water and some wort loss, but overall we've corrected everything well all things considered) given our lack of experience with the new system, and we don't have our PID controller to electronically control the temperatures, so we have been having to manually track temperatures and fire the burners on the stove at discretionary times to keep things going smoothly. The recirculation part is working very well so far. -AP
3-21-15: switched from blow-off assembly to airlock. Has been sitting at 70 degrees for one week, krausen has already died down. I don't think it's a stall -- just not a very aggressive ferm. Took a whiff of the carboy and everything smelled good; solid nose of english hops and maris otter (no shit, eh?). Looking forward to racking this into barrel next weekend. -PG
3/27/15: Just transferred to bourbon barrel. Hydrometer reading was a bit higher on FG than we wanted (only reached about 72% attenuation, finishing at 1.025 instead of the expected 1.022). Not really gonna complain because it still comes out almost 9.5%. The sample before conditioning and aging tasted really good, but pretty mild. Very genuine "British" style strong ale flavor; subtle caramel/toffee with some slight fruity esters; rather dry though it leads off sweet. No heat from the rather high alcohol either, which was nice. Extended barrel-aging (six weeks at minimum for this one) should make this one awesome. -AP
5/10/15: Just took this from barrel to bottles last night. Conditioning with a slurry of the same a yeast used for primary (WLP007). Tasted really good from the small sample we pulled from the barrel; slightly fruity, very woody and bourbon forward with a long, dry yet full-bodied finish. Excited to see how it conditions in several weeks.
5/29/15: Tasting from a bottle that was opened 5/27 and re-sealed with about half of the beer remaining. It's been in bottles about 3 weeks at this point and it actually has, according to Pat, already carbonated pretty decently. The several ounces I pulled were slightly oxidized because the bottle had been re-sealed, however. Scent is hefty English toffee, light stone fruit (cherry/plum in particular) and bourbon. The spirit character is nicely noticeable, likely due to the six weeks of aging the beer underwent in our Damnation Alley barrel. Flavor is pretty incredible actually; I'm getting a lot of tannic notes from the barrel, slight tart cherry, bourbon, caramel and the aforementioned toffee all in a really complex yet approachable package. Very excited with how this one continues to develop. It's pretty perfect right now; almost exactly what I feel like we wanted to get out of it. Very cool. -AP |
|
|
Hob Goblin
|
Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
|
23 Litres |
1.05 |
1.009 |
5.35 |
35.32 |
14.47 °L
|
3.2K |
2 |
|
|
|
| Boil
Size: 28.4 Litres |
Boil Time: 60 |
Boil Gravity: 1.04 |
Efficiency: 75 |
Mash Thickness: N/A |
Sugar
Scale: Specific Gravity |
| Brew
Method: All Grain |
Pitch Rate: N/A |
Primary
Temp: 21 ° C |
Priming Method: N/A |
Priming Amount: N/A |
Creation
Date: 5/8/2015 10:34 PM |
Notes: Added 1 TSP of 5.2 Ph stabiliser.
Boil 60min. Used US yeast, this will give a drier finish, didnt have Nottingham yeast which is what I would of preffered to use. Shouldnt make to much difference, less esters! |
|
|
|
|