Feb 24, 2019

Chantrelle Saison / XPA


XPA
1.045 - 1.008
4.8% ABV
33 IBU


Chanterelle Saison
1.057 - 1.007
6.5% ABV
33 IBU


Malts
25 lbs pilsner
5 lbs wheat
5ml Lactic acid in mash (no other water treatment needed)

Ten Gallons Strike Water

Hops
1oz galaxy ( 14% AA)  60 min
2oz Saaz (2.8% AA) 45 min
2oz Saaz (2.8% AA ) 30 min
2oz Saaz ( 2.8% AA) 15 min

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Chanterelle Saison

boiled in wort for 5 minutes:
1lb D 45 Candi Syrup
2.25 0z dried Chanterelles

Secondary
14.5 oz frozen vacuum packed Chanterelles


Brewday Notes:

Strike Temp: 154 -- dropped to 151
Mash Temp 151
Mill set to same as big brew (didn't even check -- will I pay for that later?)

Mash stuck, but found pump will suck it through. Hooked hose up to mash tun recycle return rather than drain mash gravitationally.

Total Volume: 19.25 gallons @ 1.035
Post Boil 16.5 gallons @ 1.053
Dilution1: 18 gallons @ 1.045

Feb 5, 2019

Big Brew Day: Barleywine / Session IPA / Small Beer

Big Brew Day / Partigyle.

The idea was for each of the three brewers (Matt, Sean, Me) to formulate a grainbill that would be 85% Pale Malt, and 15% medium crystal malt with a gravity (if it were one beer) of 1.060. More complete notes and ramblings here.

The Malts
Pale Two Row -- Varying amounts by brewer
Crystal Malt -- Varying amounts by brewer (One mash, 40L, one 80L, one 20L)

The Water
Ca: 112, Mg: 15, Na: 11, Cl: 98, SO4: 190
Chloride / Sulfate Ratio: .51 (below .77 / enhance bitterness)

Ye Olde Dicke Joke

1.086 - 1.008
10.2% ABV
95 IBU

Hops:
3.5 oz Nugget (13% AA) -- 75 minutes
1 oz Summit (15.2% AA) -- 75 minutes
5 oz Columbus (15% AA) -- 5 minutes
(about 3oz Columbus dry hop (5.23.19)

Yeast: 
Varies by brewer
mine: Two rehydrated packets of S-04 pitched 1.22.19

Brewday notes:
Collected first runnings from each mash
D: 1.074, S: 1.085, M 1.085

Total Preboil: 19 gallons / 1.075

Richard Nixon

1.045 - 1.007
40 IBU
5% ABV

Hops:
1 oz Summit (15.2% AA) -- 60 min
1 oz Columbus (15% AA) -- 15 min
1 oz Moziac (11.5% AA) -- 5 min
1 oz Citra (13.3% AA) -- 5 min

Yeast:
Varies by Brewer
mine: One rehydrated packet of S-04 pitched 1.22.19

Brewday Notes:
Collected second runnings until capacity of boiler (18 gallons)
Pre-boil gravity 1.036


The Noble Wiener

... an unexpected little bastard

(Gravity not exactly known, but suspected to be 1.038-40 IBU not calculated: we were tired)
FG 1.005

  • Around 4.5% abv



Hops:
.5 oz Loral (10.2% AA) -- 60 min
1 oz Loral (10.2% AA) -- 30 min
1 oz Loral (10.2% AA) -- 10 min

Yeast:
One rehydrated packet of S-04 pitched 1.22.19