Monday, August 13, 2012

Summarillo Pale Ale

It's been too long since my last post. In fact so long I am ashamed. Hopefully I can start posting more regularly and people will eventually subscribe to my blog. OK, so, this post I am back with a pale ale that came out suprizingly better than I expected.

I made a 10 gallon batch of this, and decided to separate each 5 gallon batch and use a S-04 and S-05 variety for yeast. When I went to pitch the yeast I forgot to label the bucket and ended up not knowing which bucket contained which yeast. Oh well... it gives the final product a bit of magic.


Here is the beersmith profile:


Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 12.08 gal
Post Boil Volume: 10.66 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.50 gal   
Bottling Volume: 10.05 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 42.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 63.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 69.1 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
22 lbs                Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)           Grain         1        89.4 %        
1 lbs 9.6 oz          Aromatic Malt (Briess) (20.0 SRM)        Grain         2        6.5 %         
1 lbs                 Crystal 40, 2-Row, (Great Western) (40.0 Grain         3        4.1 %         
0.50 oz               Summit [15.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           4        12.7 IBUs     
3.00 oz               Amarillo Gold [10.10 %] - Boil 15.0 min  Hop           5        24.6 IBUs     
1.50 oz               Amarillo Gold [10.10 %] - Boil 5.0 min   Hop           6        4.9 IBUs      
1.50 oz               Summit [15.50 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min  Hop           7        0.0 IBUs      
2.0 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         8        -             
1.00 oz               Amarillo Gold [10.10 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Da Hop           9        0.0 IBUs      
1.00 oz               Summit [15.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days      Hop           10       0.0 IBUs      


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 24 lbs 9.6 oz
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Saccharification  Add 13.88 gal of water at 159.8 F       152.1 F       75 min        
Mash Out          Heat to 168.0 F over 7 min              168.0 F       10 min   



The final gravity on the first batch came out to 1.051 and 1.056 for the second. The reason was I didn't periodically switch the draining of the cooled wort into each bucket. The first 1.051 batch I dry hopped with 1.0 oz amarillo and the second 1.056 batch 1.0 oz of summit.

Will report back later for tasting updates....



Sunday, January 29, 2012

Apollo IPA


I made this beer back in late September 2011, finally got around to reviewing it.

White light pillow head which laces to the side of the glass. Color is dark orange with a bit of red hue. Aroma is slightly fruity with hints of grape. Medium body. Slight fruity flavour with a bit of tangerine followed by crisp bitterness and resiny spiceyness.

Althought this was a good stab at experimenting with Apollo hops I would have to say that next time I would change the malt profile on this IPA. I would probably eliminate the Crystal 60L and go in favour with something more malty that doesn't add to the resiny flavour. This hop doesn't seem to fit the flavour/aroma category and next time I would use it purely for bittering in a beer with a fuller malt profile.

Aroma: 5/10
Appearance: 6/10
Taste: 5/10
Palatte: 5/10
Overall score: 5/10

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Some brewing pics

I haven't really been posting on here as often as I should, so to make up for my laziness I've decide to post some photos from 2011.


Summer day of brewing with a friend


Keggle #1 complete!


Harvesting some Forbidden Fruit yeast



Fermentation Chamber!


Merry xmas to me!


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