Tuesday, September 6, 2011

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.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Batch Standard - 10G Southbound Brown Ale

Lovely day for a brewday.  I'll be tweeting this brew session (and I've already started) over in the Twitterverse.
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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