Rating System

1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me
2 - tasty, walter approves
3 - so good you should have it for breakfast

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Saison

Saison
(5 gallons)
3/24/2013

10.0 lbs Valley Malt pilsner malt
1 lb Wheat Malt
4 oz toasted whole oats

0.5 oz Columbus (60 min)
1.0 oz Mt Hood (15 min)

yeast:
Saflager T-58
Infusion mash 150 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.040 OG on 3/24
1.012 secondary on 3/30

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Ben's Lager

Lager from Ben the brewer at Gritty's

5 gallon
all grain
1/31/13

Pils malt          10 lbs
Munich           0.5
Caramal pils    0.5
Carapils           0.75

Saaz  3.9%       1 oz 60 min
                         1 oz 20 min
                         1 oz 5 min
Summit 18.5%  0.5 1 min
Saaz                  0.5  in keg
Summit             0.5   in keg

Wyeast 2278 Czech pils
     used with yeast starter 48 hours prior

Infusion mash 155 for 60 min
Boil 60 min

1/31/13  OG 1044 in cellar at 55*
2/18/13  1010 to secondary cellar 55*
2/28/13  1010 to keg, hops added

Batch 2:
Same as first batch but used Saflager-34/70 for yeast

4/22/13  OG 1.054
4/28/13  added hops, to secondary, 1.012
5/11/13 kegged


Saturday, March 9, 2013

Maple Brown Ale

Brown Ale
(5 gallons)
3/9/2013

10.0 lbs Valley Malt 2-row pale malt
2 lbs 6 oz Brown Malt
1 lb toasted whole oats

2.0 oz French Strissenspalt (60 min)
1.0 oz French Strissenspalt (30 min)

6 gallons sap/3 gallons water used in process

yeast:
Saflager S-04
Infusion mash 150 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.060 OG on 3/9
1.018 secondary on 3/17
1.018 keg on 3/24