10A - American Pale Ale

Info:

• Brewer: Chris
• Mash: single infusion
  
• Date: 4/28/2008
• Size: 5.25 gallon post-boil

Notes:

• Essentially, this was to be a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone :)
• This is the first brew made under the new 2008 BJCP guidelines.
• It was supposed to be 10lb of 2-row, but my drill battery died.
• Also, I had planned to put some Centennial in @ 15min, but forgot.
• Therefore, the malt and hop info is as brewed, not as planned
  

Grain Bill:

• 9.5lb Briess Organic 2-row malt
• 1/2lb Briess 60L crystal
  

Yeast:

• Wyeast 1056 - American Ale™
• Starter made on previous day using a small mash of 2-row
  

The Mash:

• start
• 14qt @ 170F
• settles @ 151
  
• rest 75 minutes
  
• mash out
• 6qt @ 212F
• settles @ 171
• rest 15 minutes
  
• sparge
• 14qt @ 171F

The Boil (90 minutes):

• 1.0oz Centennial (9.7aau) @ 60
• teaspoon of Irish moss @ 15
  
• 1.0oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 15
• 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) @ 5
  
• Total: 45 IBU(ish)

The Finish:

• OG: 1.050
• To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in secondary
• To be dry hopped with 0.5oz Cascade (4.0aau) in keg
  

Die dunklen Bieren

Here's a picture of the Munich Dunkel (left) and the Doppelbock (right), after both finished primary. Their FG's were 1.015 and 1.018, respectively.

BJCP Styles Updated

The BJCP released a minor update to the guidelines, details at www.bjcp.org

We'll consider our work done up until now under the 2004 guide, hereafter our efforts will be done with the 2008 version.

Update: German Pils, Marzen

The German Pils is now out of secondary and into a keg for lagering. The FG was 1.018, which is high so I'm going to top it off with some distilled water to get it down to about 1.012. Volume is 4 .25 gallons.

The Marzen is beautiful! The color is spot on and it's mmmmalty, and the FG stands at 1.014. Volume is 4.75 gallons.

I'd rather be over than under :)

4B Recycled Munich Dunkel

Info:

• Brewer: Chris
• Mash: 2-step Infusion plus residual from Doppelbock decoction
  
• Date: 2/2/2008
• Size: 6 gallon post-boil
• Notes: For this mash I took a second run from my Doppelbock mash by adding a bunch of Munich and some Crystal on top of it. The Carafa II from the Doppelbock helped contribute some color, along with the residual sugars from the first mash.
  

Grain Bill:

• 7.5lb Munich malt
• 4oz Crystal 40L
• spent grains from the Doppelbock earlier in the day
  

Yeast:

• Wyeast 2124 - Bohemian Lager™
• Starter made previously by Ryan
  

The Mash:

• start with 12qt @ 130F for the new grains, settles at 120F
  
• rest 40 minutes (I was busy sparging the Doppelbock)
• added this mixture to the spent grains from the Doppelbock
  
• add 9qt @ 200F, settles at 151F (w00t!)
• rest 60 minutes
  
• sparge using 180F

The Boil (90 minutes):

• Volume to 28qt (7 gallons)
• 1.5oz Mt Hood (4.1aau) @ 60
• Total: 25 IBU(ish)

The Pitch:

• OG: 1.048 (on the lighter side, but to style)