Info:
- Brewer: Chris
- Mash: single infusion
- Date: 6/13/2009
- Size: 5.25 gallon post-boil
Grain Bill:- 16lb Gambrinus organic pale malt
- 10oz Briess crystal 40L
- 8oz CaraPils
- 4oz Belgian Special B
- 1lb 8oz sucrose
Yeast:
Misc:- small amounts of gypsum, baking soda, and salt to the mash water
- yeast nutrient
- Irish moss
The Mash:- mash at 151F, hold for 60 minutes
- mash out to 170F, hold for 10 minutes
- sparge with 170F, collect 7.5 gallons
The Boil (90 minutes):- 2.0oz Zeus (16.4%) @ 70
- 0.5oz Centennial (9.7%) @ 20
- 1.0oz Cascade (4.5%) @ 15
- Irish moss @ 15
- 0.75oz Amarillo (5.0%) @ 10
- 0.7oz Summit (18.1%) @ 10
- 0.75oz Amarillo (5.0%) @ 5
- 0.5oz Cascade (4.5%) @ 5
- 0.7oz Summit (18.1%) @ 1
- sucrose @ 1
- Total: 127 IBU(ish)
The Finish:
- OG: 1.100 (it's imperial, right?)
Dry Hops:- 1.0oz Amarillo (5.0%)
- 0.5oz Cascade (4.5%)
- 0.5oz Centennial (9.7%)
- dry hops will be blended together and sit for 5 days 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
