Info:
- Brewer: Chris
- Mash: infusion
- Date: 5/4/2008
- Size: 6 gallon post-boil
Notes:- The name is a nickname for my son Noble, who has long blonde hair :)
- Recipe is from the 2008 Big Brew Day, which was called "Fill in the Hop Blonde Ale," and it got filled in with Cascade because that's what I have a lot of sitting around. I also substituted crystal 20L for the aromatic because it's what I had/could find.
Grain Bill:- 9lb Briess Organic 2-row malt
- 1/2lb Briess 20L crystal malt
- 1/2lb Gambrinus honey malt
Yeast:The Mash:- dough in
- mash out
- 8qt @ 212F
- settles at 167F
- sparge
The Boil (60 minutes):- 1.0oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ start of boil
- teaspoon of Irish moss @ 15
- 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 10
- Total: 18 IBU(ish)
The Finish:
- OG: 1.047
- To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in secondary
Info:
- Brewer: Chris
- Mash: two step infusion
- Date: 5/3/2008
- Size: 6 gallon post-boil
Notes:- Yeah, I'm a hophead :P
- Inspired by Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
- This was quite an interesting brewing experience, with some equipment performing excellently, and others straight out letting me down.
- :( Had some problems with my grain mill, which led to low efficiency:
- drill issues... including the one I borrowed
- broke the hopper and housing I had built
- had to crush one cup at a time using a 9.6V cordless drill and a makeshift hopper, which led to a very uneven crush
- :) First brew using my new kettle, a converted Gordon Biersch keg
- :) 150,000 BTU hurricane burner stood up to rain and 20 knot winds
- :) Massive wort chiller kicking ass, wort was pitchable in 5 minutes.
- :( Need a false bottom for keg, hose from the ball valve clogged and the auto siphon wasn't happy with the insane amount of hop material in the wort.
Grain Bill:- 13lb Briess Organic 2-row malt
- 1/2lb Briess 20L crystal
- 1/2lb Briess Carapils
- 1/2lb Belgian Special "B"
Yeast:The Mash:- start
- protein rest for 30 minutes
- the big show
- 7qt @ 212F
- settles at 151F
- rest for 90 minutes
- sparge
The Boil (90 minutes):- 1.0oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 60
- 1.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 60
- teaspoon of Irish moss @ 15
- 1.25oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 15
- 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 5
- 0.5oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 5
- 0.25oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ lights out
- Total: 67 IBU(ish)
The Finish:
- OG: 1.060
- To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in secondary
- To be dry hopped with 1.0oz Cascade (4.0aau) in keg
