Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Shopping List

Pale Ale 12kg
Biscuit 3kg
Hop Extract 1btl
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Monday, February 9, 2015

Final Brew Report (proposed)

1. Barrel Name (I think I need to number these barrels)

2. Batch Name (I need a better naming convention)

3. Date brewed

4. Recipe

5. Final brewpot volume

6. Date entered fermenter

7. Fermenter yeast details

8. Date bottled

9. Final bottle volume
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Brewing Checklist (proposed)

1. (The night before) Briing 24 liters of water to boil, add brewbags and caps.

2. Bring water to 73C.

3. Measure 3kg base malt, 1kg spec malt.

4. Clip brewbag, check for 73C, place filter bag in a clean barrel.

5. Pour malts, stir, check for 65-67C, cover for one hour.

6. Drain and squeeze bag, top off to 24 liters.

7. Bring to full boil and hot break.

8. Add hops, boil for 90 minutes.

9. Add Irish Moss 5 minutes before flame-out.

10. Filter through second bag into bidon.


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Priming Sugar

For 2.3 atm:

2.3t = 2.3 / 1L
1.15 = 2.3 / .5L
3.45 = 2.3 / 1.5L
4.6 = 2.3 / 2L
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Choc

16 .5L
4 1.5L
1 1L

15 Liters
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Mela

9 .5L
2 2L
2 1.5L
2 1L

18.5 Liters
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Chocolate Bottles

12 - .5L =6
1 - 1L =1
3 - 2L = 6
3 - 1 1/2L =4.5

17.5
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Mela Bottles

12 - .5L =6
2 - 1L =2
3 - 2L = 6
3 - 1 1/2L =4.5

18.5
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Bottling Day

6 - 2L
6 - 1 1/2L
3 - 1L
24 - .5L

36
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F20114 Update

Oh, frabjous day! This batch of Mela looks like it came out fine ...and just might leave me with a fine yeast bed.
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

F40207

Moss in (yea!)
Flame out 5 min later
Into bidon w/ sterilized cap
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Updated Inventory

Hops 35g
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F40207

Boil begins
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F40207

20 liters after squeeze
Topped off to 24
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F40207

Bag out
Flame on
13 liters
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Brewhouse Inventory

Biscuit 1.5k
Chocolate 4k
Mela 4k
Hops 82g
Moss 24t
SAF05 1pk
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Re: F40207

Strike 73C
Mash 66.7
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 09:55:36
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
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Subject: F40207

Flame on
24 liters
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F40207

Flame on
24 liters
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Thursday, February 5, 2015

Re: F30205

Boil achieved.
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From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:46:27
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
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Subject: Re: F30205

Topped off to 25 liters.

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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:36:10
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Subject: Re: F30205

Boil began at 13:24
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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:24:24
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
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Subject: Re: F30205

Less than 19 after squeezing.
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From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:33:04
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
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Subject: Re: F30205

Strike water @ 72C
Mash @ 65.3
Perfect.
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From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:21:26
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Brown Ale
3kg Pale Ale
1kg Brown
Will strike @ 72C
Hope for a 65-66C mash
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:08:40
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil.
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From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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Some thoughts on my first brown

It really turned out to be maybe the best beer ever. A little too sweet, perhaps ...and maybe a little short on the alcohol ...but delicious and so beautifully balanced. Good head and sufficient carb.

I think it must have been the brown malt that helped counteract the hardness of the water ...something I've always been told.

Anyway, I'm brewing my second batch today with close attention to the mash temp. My hope is that this one will be a bit more attenuated, a little dryer and more bitter.

All in all, an excellent beer ...even in summertime.
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Re: F30205

Topped off to 25 liters.

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From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:36:10
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil began at 13:24
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:24:24
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Less than 19 after squeezing.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:33:04
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Strike water @ 72C
Mash @ 65.3
Perfect.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:21:26
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Brown Ale
3kg Pale Ale
1kg Brown
Will strike @ 72C
Hope for a 65-66C mash
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:08:40
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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Re: F30205

Boil began at 13:24
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 16:24:24
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Less than 19 after squeezing.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:33:04
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Strike water @ 72C
Mash @ 65.3
Perfect.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:21:26
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Brown Ale
3kg Pale Ale
1kg Brown
Will strike @ 72C
Hope for a 65-66C mash
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:08:40
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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Re: F30205

Less than 19 after squeezing.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 14:33:04
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Strike water @ 72C
Mash @ 65.3
Perfect.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:21:26
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Brown Ale
3kg Pale Ale
1kg Brown
Will strike @ 72C
Hope for a 65-66C mash
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:08:40
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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Re: F30205

Strike water @ 72C
Mash @ 65.3
Perfect.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:21:26
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Brown Ale
3kg Pale Ale
1kg Brown
Will strike @ 72C
Hope for a 65-66C mash
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:08:40
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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IMG-20150205-01381.jpg

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Re: F30205

Brown Ale
3kg Pale Ale
1kg Brown
Will strike @ 72C
Hope for a 65-66C mash
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 13:08:40
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: Re: F30205

Boil.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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Re: F30205

Boil.
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-----Original Message-----
From: yanquimike@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:38:56
To: Beerblog<yanquimike1.espuma@blogger.com>
Reply-To: yanquimike@gmail.com
Subject: F30205

Flame on.
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F30205

Flame on.
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