Jalapeno Update

Bottled the Jalapeno today - got 24 22oz. bottles and another 30 or so 12 oz.

Now I will be transferring the brown ale later this week.

Taste tests showed me that the jalapeno does have some heat and a decent peppery smoke flavor.

Batch Standard - 10G Southbound Brown Ale

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Recipe Specifications

Brew Date: 9/1/2011
Recipe Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Recipe Boil Size: 13.50 gal
Estimated Pre-boil OG: 1.043
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 24.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 29.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Actual OG: 1.042 SG
Actual FG: 1.017 SG
Actual ABV: 3.25 %

Ingredients

Water Additions

Prepare 16.75 gal Water for Brewing

Amount	Item	Type
1.22 gm	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
1.22 gm	Salt (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
7.61 gm	Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
16.14 gm	Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
24.67 gm	Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
28.93 gm	Chalk (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
16.75 gal	RO Modified - Brown Ale (Malty)	Water

Grain Bill

Ingredients for Mashing

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
18.00 lb	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	70.59 %
4.00 lb	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)	Grain	15.69 %
2.00 lb	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)	Grain	7.84 %
1.00 lb	Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)	Grain	3.92 %

Hop Schedule/Boil Additions

Boil Ingredients

Boil	Amount	Item	Type
60 min	2.02 oz	Centennial [8.70 %] (60 min)	Hops
60 min	0.50 lb	Brown Sugar, Light (8.0 SRM)	Sugar

Steep Aroma Hops

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
2.00 oz	Liberty [4.50 %] (5 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)	Hops	-

Yeast/Other

Ingredients for Fermentation

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
2 Pkgs	American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272)	Yeast-Ale

Mash

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out, Brown Ale 10G Thick Mash
Total Grain Weight: 25.00 lb

Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out, Brown Ale 10G Thick Mash

Step Time	Name	Description	Step Temp
60 min	Mash In	Add 25.00 qt of water at 174.4 F	155.0 F

Notes

First time scaling up to 10G - we will see how this works.
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Jalapeno Update

Quick update - last Thursday I transferred the jalapeno to secondary (I tend to find secondary fermenting helps settling out for better clarity in extract brews - less so in my all grain batches).

Before I did, I cut up two more jalapenos and threw them on a piece of aluminum foil on the grill on high heat.  After about 10 minutes, it had a nice black char on some of the skin and the jalapenos had gone soft, so I dropped them into the secondary along with the transferred beer.

Next up - a brown ale brew tomorrow and bottling the jalapeno towards the middle of labor day week (possibly Tuesday).

Batch TEST - 10G Texas Firewater Hand-Picked Jalapeno Pale Ale

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Recipe Specifications

Brew Date: 8/18/2011
Recipe Batch Size: 11.00 gal
Recipe Boil Size: 13.50 gal
Estimated Pre-boil OG: 1.037
Estimated OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 9.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 47.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Actual OG: 1.059 SG
Actual FG: 1.010 SG
Actual ABV: 6.39 %

Ingredients

Water Additions

Prepare 11.50 gal Water for Brewing

Amount	Item	Type
0.98 gm	Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
0.98 gm	Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
5.15 gm	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
9.57 gm	Chalk (Mash 60.0 min)	Misc
11.50 gal	Munich, Germany - Jalapeno Modified	Water

(Liquid Extract Adds Lots of Volume)

Grain Bill

Steep Grains at 165.0 F

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
1.00 lb	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)	Grain	6.58 %
1.00 lb	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)	Grain	6.58 %

Hop Schedule/Boil Additions

Boil Ingredients

Boil	Amount	Item	Type
60 min	13.20 lb	Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM)	Extract
60 min	2.00 oz	Chinook [11.00 %] (60 min)	Hops
60 min	2.00 items	Jalapeno Pepper, Raw (Boil 60.0 min)	Misc
15 min	2.00 oz	Cascade [5.00 %] (15 min)	Hops
5 min	2.00 oz	Cascade [5.00 %] (5 min)	Hops
0 min	4.00 items	Hop Sock (Boil 0.0 min)	Misc

Yeast/Other

Ingredients for Fermentation

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
4 Pkgs	Safale US (LeSaffre #05)	Yeast-Ale

Mash

Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 10.00 lb
Steep grains as desired (30-60 minutes)

Secondary Additions
When transferring to the secondary after a week (if you do such things), or just after a week (if you don't), grill 2 jalapenos on aluminum foil until they collapse and are gooey. Add one to each secondary.

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Upcoming Brew Schedule

Just a placeholder for some planning for brew days (red means I did not do that batch as planned):

August 2011 - Jalapeno Pale Ale (10G batch experiment)
September 2011 - Brown Ale (Standard 10G Batch)
October 2011 - Christmas Ale (10G batch experiment)
November 2011 - Stout (10G batch experiment)
December 2011 - Wye Heavye (5G "final" experiment before this goes standard)
January 2012 - Irish Red (5G or 10G experiment)
Feb/Mar 2012 - IPA (Standard 5G Batch)
Apr/May/June/July 2012 - Belgian Dubbel (5G experiment - untested category)
Apr/May 2012 - Brown Ale (Standard 10G Batch)
June/July 2012 - Jalapeno Pale Ale (hopefully should be 10G standard by then)
Aug/Sept 2012 - APA (Standard 10G Batch)
October 2012 - Christmas Ale (may still be 10G batch experiment)
November 2012 - Stout(should be 10G standard by then)
December 2012 - Wee Heavy(should be 5G standard by then)