Rating System

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

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink
(10 gallons)
3/12/2014

17.0 lbs Valley Malt pale malt
3 lbs rye malt
1 lb crystal special B
0.5 roasted oats

2.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
1.0 oz Mount Hood (30 min)
1.0 oz Mount Hood (5 min)

yeast:
3278 Lambic Blend
Safale Lager

1.040 OG on 3/12

Saturday, March 1, 2014

SMASH American Session Ale

5 gallon extract

6 lbs Pils LME

1/2 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (60 min.)
1/2 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (15 min.)
1 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (5 min.)

1 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (dry hop)

WhiteLabs WLP051 California V

Pitched: 3/9/2014    SG 1.044
Secondary: 3/11/2014   SG 1.015 (dry hopped)
Kegged: 3/27/2014   1.013

Notes: I dry-hopped for twice the recommended 5-7 days as we were travelling, and while this makes the beer pretty hop-forward it doesn't seem to have over-bittered it at all. Indeed, it's amazingly drinkable stuff, and remarkably clear. One of the best beers I've made -- definitely a repeat in 2015.