tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17945540325280349382024-02-07T04:53:25.937-08:00Rev Brew LabsMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-72092549949448184252015-01-20T14:34:00.001-08:002015-01-20T14:35:25.982-08:00New year, new websiteI have been using blogger for documenting my brewing since 2010. It has served me well and I sort of get a kick going back and looking at those early posts. I started this blog to talk about the beers I was brewing, and their history. Overtime I have definitely changed what and how I brew significantly. Today the beers I am making are more likely to be experimental rather than classic styles. With the bigger focus on style fusions, experimental, and unique beer, I felt a more unique website was also in order. With this in mind I have decided to fully embrace the Rev Brew Labs and drop Revival Brewing.<br />
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If you would like to check out the site, the new address is <a href="http://revbrewlabs.com/">revbrewlabs.com</a>. So far there is no new content there yet. Everything from this site has been migrated over and restyled. I am working on redirecting links pointing to my blogger site to the new one. Once that happens I will retire this site. Until that happens I will try to post to both locations.<br />
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-74840618674272041142014-12-30T09:47:00.001-08:002014-12-30T09:55:38.241-08:00Sésquac, the Belgo-Russian Imperial Stout Returns!It's been a while since I have brewed a Russian Imperial Stout. One of my all time favorites is Great Divides Yeti. These appear in a number of variations. The chocolate barrel aged version is quite fine. But of all of the variations, my favorite is the discontinued <a href="http://www.fermentedlychallenged.com/2011/08/great-divide-belgian-style-yeti.html">Belgian Yeti</a>. There was something magical about how a belgian yeast could make such a big impact in softening the roast and hops this beer comes packing, but still make it a RIS. I tried it alongside the other variations when I was at the brewery while in town for GABF. Of all the beers I tasted, this beer had the biggest impact on me and I had to try and recreate it. It was the first beer I brewed after I returned home!<br />
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The recipe was found online and seemed to have some backing. I believe it was published in one of the brewing magazines at some point. It was unknown which Belgian yeast Great Divide used so I picked French saison.<br />
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<a href="http://www.revivalbrew.com/2011/12/sesquac-imperial-stout.html">That first beer, brewed back in 2011 turned out incredibly well.</a> As a home brewer it was one of the beers that makes you feel your beer can compete against any beer including the commercial versions. I loved ever single bottle of that beer. It went on to win a gold medal as a RIS in my local competition, the Beehive Brew-off.<br />
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This recipe was also used in my home-brew clubs first barrel fill. That beer used Cali ale yeast, but it picked up some brett along the way. The beer turned out pretty bad, but for some reason I refuse to dump the full corny keg still sitting in my basement.<br />
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This week I attempted to recreate the beer I made back in 2011. Things have changed in the brewery considerably since then and so I hope it doesn't change too much.<br />
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-17749935125935355992014-09-01T12:48:00.000-07:002014-11-22T07:37:56.800-08:00Brewing with Amalgamation ( Brett Super Blend from The Yeast Bay )<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">As of 8/21/2014 this was all I knew about the super brett blend from The Yeast Bay:</span><br />
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Amalgamation is the union of our six favorite <em>Brettanomyces</em> isolates from our microbe library. Each isolate produces a unique bouquet of bright and fruity flavors and aromas, and the combination of all of them into one blend results in the coalescence of these unique flavors and aromas into something truly special.</span><br />
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Expect this blend to create a dry beer with a bright and complex fruit-forward flavor and aroma, accompanied by some funk on the palate.</span></span><br />
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Temperature: 65 - 78 ºF, <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Attenuation: 85%+, </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Flocculation: Low</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">The plan is to brew my belgian farmhouse ale. The majority will be fermented as usual with my own Brux Trois and Saison yeast </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">blend.</span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> A gallon of the wort will be set aside to be fermented only with the super blend from Yeast Bay.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">One Aug 20th I kicked off a small starter with two vials of Amalgamation. Unfortunately the amount of yeast in these vials is similar to the amount of brett that White Labs typically gives you, that is to say not very much. The key to any all brett beer is having plenty of the yeast on hand. </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">After about one week I stepped this up to a full 2000 ml starter. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">Version 2: </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">I have a bunch of Brux Trois on hand and will ferment 14 gallons of the 15 gallon batch with that as well as a smaller amount of Giga yeast Saison II. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">If all goes well, and the brett blend is good I will keep it going with 3 gallons of wort at all times in a brew demon</span><span style="line-height: 20px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">These </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">3 gallon </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">Brew Demon carboys are great for storing brett. Whenever you pull yeast from it, just replace it with fresh wort from that same batch for which you are pitching. Always keep it as full as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;">By doing this you can keep this yeast going for a very long time. Brett can sit dormant </span><span style="line-height: 20px;">for at least 6 months and still be good. If your ever in doubt you can always pull some out and do a starter to make sure it is still active.</span></div>
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Nose is full of spicy phenols, alcohol, and yeast. No funk</div>
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Taste is more subtle than the nose. Fruity, spicy, and sour</div>
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Taste is very nice! funk right up front, followed by big fruitiness, and a mild acidic finish.</div>
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Right now the super blend is much more drinkable. However I should note that it is also fairly well seperated from the yeast since I sampled from the top of the carboy. The trois version is in my conical so it was sampled from closer to the yeast. I believe this has a huge impact on the taste so far.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Aroma</b>: </span>hay, earthy, subtle brett, sourness<br />
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<span style="line-height: 20px;"><b>Appearance</b>: </span>light and hazy, nice big fluffy head that dissipates, but never fully drops. Nice lacing left in the glass.<br />
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<b>Flavor</b>: peach, apricot, juicy fruit, again very subtle brett funk coming through. Very nice level of sourness kicks in near the end. I very much like the balance of the fruit and sourness. Brett ands a nice additional layer to the beer, but in no way does it come close to the level of fruit and tart, which I like a lot.<br />
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<b>Mouthfeel</b>: Carb level is high, mouthfeel is helped somewhat by that fact but the beer never feels thin.<br />
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Note: The base of this beer did have 10% acidulated malt, but this beer has a much more pronounced tartness when compared to the version that had only Trois and Sasion yeast.<br />
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<u>Amalgamation #2 (Biere de garde base) tasting notes:</u><br />
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<b style="line-height: 20px;">Aroma: </b>cherry, tartness, some subtle hints of funk<br />
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<b>Flavor</b>: dark fruit flavors, plum, cherry. Some acidity, but it is still background to the ripe dark fruitiness. Some rather bitter sensations end the flavor over the palette.<br />
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Both beers are good. I liked the #1 better. The flavors are well blended, and the beer is somewhat approachable for those just finding their way into sour or funky beer. For those that already desire these types of beers, this one is highly drinkable... pretty much sessionable (at least flavor wise) in that it is not going to pound your palette into submission as quickly as other examples might.<br />
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The flavors are not as well blended in the #2 version. They are also all much stronger than the first. I also think that right now the hops are messing with this one. I do think over time this one will get to a point where it really kicks ass!<br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-83424484501498032462014-07-29T11:46:00.001-07:002014-11-14T13:53:32.931-08:0024 Hour Sour IPA (closed system kettle sour mash)What if you could make a very sour beer using bacteria in 24 hours? Would you be interested in that?<br />
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One of the great things about home brewing is the ability to do whatever the hell you want. The cost of failure is practically nothing at this scale. Even if the beer ends in complete failure, the few dollars wasted on ingredients is well worth the knowledge gained. The beer brewed in the lab this past week falls squarely into the experimental (otherwise know as fuck it if it doesn't work) category.<br />
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Sour beers are all the rage these days. I have long been a fan of these beers but I do have a limit on sourness. More and more it seems some brewers have tried to take sourness to the extremes. To each their own, but sourness for the sake of sourness is not drinkable at all for me. I want to taste layers of flavors in my sour beers, not just sourness. </div>
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I have done a few sour beers over the years. The big issue I have with brewing them is that many of the techniques either produce unpredictable results or take a very long time. These are things I have little patience for. One of the techniques I have used is making berliner weisse by pitching lacto and ale yeast. There are theories abound as to when to pitch the lacto and when to pitch the yeast. In my experience it is still always a crap shoot as to what you will end up with.</div>
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A friend and I have been thinking about doing a sour beer for some time now. To get around the issue of unpredictable pH and or long timelines we decided on a sour mash. Sour mashing is a technique where wort is soured pre boil, and then finished as you would with any other beer. This way you get an idea upfront on the level of sourness and it is very fast. The other thing to note with this method is that the beer will never really get any more sour over time.</div>
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Over the last few months we have refined the concept to try to keep the souring as clean as possible. What that meant was not doing the most traditional method in which wort is left in contact with grains in the mash tun. Sour mashing gone bad can result in many unpleasant vomit inducing smells.<br />
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The first step is mashing and sparging as normal. Once all the wort makes it into the kettle a quick boil is in order. This was mainly done so we could use the boiling wort to sanitize the plate chiller we used to cool the wort down. This could also be beneficial for killing anything that made it through the mash process. However you could simply let your wort chill on its own to ~120 degrees and probably still be fine.<br />
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The next step is to move the wort it into a 15.5 gallon sankey keg (you could use a corny keg as well). The idea/benefit around moving to this vessel is that you can purge all oxygen. The nasty bugs that are possibly going to make your sour mash smell and taste terrible all need oxygen. Luckily our Lacto doesn't need that.<br />
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There are a number of ways to inoculate the wort. One is to add some crushed grain. It's cheap, but it is also somewhat unknown as to what all is on that grain besides the lacto. It may not matter much in this closed system, but you never know. Another fine option is to buy a lab produced lacto. Can't really go wrong there. However with this beer we used plain yogurt to introduce the souring bacteria we needed. I went with a brand called Siggi's as it had multiple cultures including the delbrueckii strain.<br />
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This method can be used for any style of sour beer. This version happens to be designed as an sour IPA. A sour IPA would not be possible without utilizing some sort of sour mash, or adding lactic acid after fermentation completes. This is because Lactobacillus cannot handle hop levels much over 10 IBUs. Most people would say bitterness and sourness are a bad combination. Maybe it will be terrible, but I have had a sour IPA from Trinity Brewing called Red Swing line that was amazing. This is an attempt at brewing something similar but is not in any way a clone of that beer.<br />
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One other issue you will need to consider when pre souring is the fermentation. The low pH is going to be stressful to the yeast. The lower the pH, the harder the time the yeast will have. You should still be able to use ale yeast into the mid 3's, but you will want to use a very large and healthy pitch. The other option, and the one I went with is to use brettanomyces. It has some additional tolerance when it comes to pH levels.<br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-24860578014878998862014-06-17T16:42:00.001-07:002014-09-02T09:49:06.314-07:00Sauvignon Saison-brett [A split fermentation and re-blend with Saccharomyces and Brettanomyces]More and more I have been successfully using brett as a primary fermenter. I have been very impressed by the fruit forward character and restrained or non-existent barn flavor that a beer fermented only with Brux trois can deliver. I want to keep playing with this, but also want to try new things as well. <br />
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A mixed fermentation is a pretty typical way in which both brett and sacch yeasts are used. Think of the commercially available blends of these yeast such as American Farmhouse. I have used that particular yeast and found it to be good, but it is unknown what the ratios are. It is most likely that the sacch is by far the dominant fermenter and the brett is only there to provide a bit of flavor complexity as it would if you pitched sacch, attenuated, and then pitched brett.<br />
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I wanted to do a mixed fermentation, but I wanted something a little different than using a pre-formulated yeast blend. I still wanted to bring in the flavors associated with an all brett fermentation. What I proposed was a split fermentation with 50% of the wort fermented with saison yeast and the other 50% fermented with only brux trois. Then blend the two beers back together in some ratio yet to be determined.<br />
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I started with a base of imported pilsner, domestic pilsner and 2-row. I wanted to keep things as simple as possible, but I also had other things to consider because I was fermenting with brett.<br />
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One thing I wanted to do was bring in a low but perceivable amount of acidity without the use of any bacteria. I am trying to turn this beer around in 30 days and bacteria just wasn't really an option. It is also difficult to ensure you get the pH level you are looking for with bacteria. To the mash I added 10% acidulated malt to bring that nice brightness I am looking for. Lastly I wanted to add a level of mouth feel and body that the brett version would not have. To do that I used a small amount of flaked wheat and golden oats. A touch of special b was used to add some color. The mash temp was kept at a low 148 to help the saison yeast bring the gravity of the beer down to what I hope to be about 1.004.<br />
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<b>Update 6-17</b><br />
The brew day went very smooth and I produced 16 gallons of this wort. 8 gallons was pitched into my conical with a 2000ml starter of French saison at 70 degrees. The other 8 gallons was pitched into a sankey keg that I use as a fermenter. I left about 1 gallon of a highly aromatic all brett trois pale ale in the sankey to kick off the brett fermentation. I could have tried to wash or decant the yeast it in, but it seemed unnecessary when the contents within were still so amazing.<br />
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48 hours after pitching the 1.052 wort, the trois version was already down to 1.012. It is super aromatic with tropical fruit, mainly pineapple and mango. The flavor is like that of amazing unsweetend pineapple juice.<br />
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The French saison version is sitting at about 72 degrees now and is down to 1.026 after 48 hours. While it still has some sweetness, the french saison esters are there in both the aroma and flavor.<br />
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The two batches have now been a blended back together. On the 21st the saison fermentation was down to 1.003. The blend was not quite 50:50. I saved 1.75 gallons of the all brett version before adding the rest into the conical with the French saison version. Today the airlock is showing activity once again as the yeast works on the sugars introduced with the Brett version. Still undecided on dry hopping at this point.<br />
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I just received a new order of hops. One of them was 2014 Galaxy. The smell of that one was amazing! One of the most amazing smelling hops I have ever obtained. So of course the idea of dry hopping with more Nelson went out the window. Instead I added 3 oz of Galaxy. I will add a few more oz of Nelson in a few days.<br />
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I entered this beer and the brett only version into my local home brew competition the Beehive Brew off. They did not place, but they got good scores.<br />
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The brux only version actually brought the highest score I have ever received with a 45. The saison was well liked, but some of the judges felt there was not enough spicy phenolics for the style. It got a 32 which is pretty good considering they felt it was out of style.<br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-28380603198189874922014-06-10T21:23:00.003-07:002014-06-11T09:00:06.585-07:00Recap: Lauterday brewers pour at the Mountain Brewers Fest!<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;">On Saturday June 7th the Mountain Brewers Festival in Idaho Falls was crashed by home brew hooligans, <a href="http://www.lauterday.org/" target="_blank">The Lauter-day brewers</a>! Formed in Salt Lake city in the fall of 2012 the Lauter-day brewers or LDB are the newest home brew club in the state of Utah. Since that time the club has grown to more than 35 active members and held many cool events all while helping each other improve brewing knowledge and skill. Just prior to the brew fest the club brewed and filled a red wine barrel and brewed a collaboration beer with Epic Brewing that will be on tap at The Annex soon.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 21px;">With the Mountain Brewers Festival they turned their attention to educating the public that home brew is not what it used to be, and great beer can be brewed at home. Armed with what had to be the biggest selection of beers at one table the festival has ever seen, LDB showed up with 17 distinct beers that were served throughout the day. Many of these beers were very unique styles and might have been completely new to many of those tasting them. The feedback throughout the day was fantastic and many were taken by surprise to find out LDB is not a commercial brewery somewhere in Salt Lake City.</span></span><br />
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A few months back <a href="http://www.lauterdaybrewers.org/" target="_blank">my home brew club</a> got an invitation to do a collaboration beer with Salt Lake Citys Epic Brewing for their gastro pub The Annex. The club decided to turn the collab into a competition. With close to 40 members it would be difficult to come to any consensus so we randomly created 5 groups. Each group was tasked with coming up with 2 beers to submit to a testing panel made up of Epic brewers. The rules were to use ingredients from their inventory, keep it at 4% or under (Utah draft beer law). and turn it all around in just over 30 days.<br />
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It was a really fun event and my group ended up brewing 7 beers in a single day! We brewed 3 different variations of a wit and 2 variations of white IPA. We also did two all brett pale ales. The wits turned out being too experimental and needing some refinement. The white IPAs were both pretty good. One of the brett beers was not good, and one was excellent. My group ended up presenting a white IPA and an all brett pale ale with Citra and Amarillo.<br />
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Epic narrowed it down to two beers, the brett pale with citra and amarillo and a hibiscus wheat from another team. Epic's head brewer, Kevin Crompton, liked the hibiscus beer a little more, but due to the non-beer ingredient the beer would need approvals and that would have pushed out the brew date too far. So the brett pale ale is what was brewed.<br />
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It seems to me that this beer will have much more appeal and will give many people their first taste of an all brett beer like this. Most of the time when people think of an all brett beer they think of funk, barn, dryness, and other things that are present in beers that have used brett in some portion of the fermentation or conditioning of a beer. This type of beer is not like that at all. When Trois is handled just like it's sacch yeast, it produces a beer that has almost none of the flavor traditionally associated with brett. Instead there is a flood of ripe tropical fruit flavors and aromas.<br />
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I have done a number of all brett beers using the super tropical brux trois. This is probably my favorite beer I brew, but I have never done one at 4% and I normally put little to no hops in the boil. For this one we went for a more traditional pale ale. The grain bill we used is from another non-brett 4% pale I have brewed The only change was made because of the low ABV and brett's inability to produce much if any glycol. We
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For our brew day at the annex we followed the recipe very closely. The big difference was the use of 25% RO water, and no other mineral additions. A 45 minute mash instead of 60, and the use of BSI Brux Drie instead of the white labs Brux Trois. <br />
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The beer should be getting dry hopped right now and will be ready to be served at the annex in a week or two. <br />
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<a href="http://www.lauterdaybrewers.org/forum.html#/20140414/epicannex-collaboration-beer-recipes-brux-pal-3850634/" target="_blank">Here is a link to the original recipe </a><br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-24410073609128620792014-04-17T21:12:00.003-07:002014-04-21T12:37:44.270-07:00First Round NHC - 2014<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap-AWZxJ_qOFoPD5ETwUgs6RY3Y9_rIYt8WqnErQ9KriS5Olcs6UvjtY9twIOnGduTVH0TOOh-jghyRI6Re45rmr4K3ada2Lwt9vzC_9TErJtFTp0QWqnQZfI1tgvkrx9WNZc5hde6RY3/s1600/medal.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap-AWZxJ_qOFoPD5ETwUgs6RY3Y9_rIYt8WqnErQ9KriS5Olcs6UvjtY9twIOnGduTVH0TOOh-jghyRI6Re45rmr4K3ada2Lwt9vzC_9TErJtFTp0QWqnQZfI1tgvkrx9WNZc5hde6RY3/s1600/medal.png" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year I decided to enter the National Homebrew competition. They implemented a random lottery to enter this year. You had to give them a few choices for judging location and a max number you wanted to enter. It was said you might not get exactly what you wanted. I ended up getting my first choice for location and the max numbers of entries that I requested, which was four. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sort of entered at the spur of the moment and had not planned out anything at all. I didn't really have much in the way of options of what to enter. It really was just what I had around at that particular time. Three of the beers were my most recently brewed, and one was brewed in 2010 (entered because I really did not have anything else).</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">#1 American Bastard - <span style="line-height: 14px;">8A English Standard Bitter – 2nd Place</span></span></b></span><br />
<span data-reactid=".v.1:3:1:$comment10203602124403871_82120096:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$2:0" style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Brewed with Tim Cantwell and Ryan Buxton</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a really good 3.8% pale ale. Honestly this is more of an american style beer. It was fermented with conan yeast (said to be English), and uses some fruity american hops like mosaic and amarillo. Most of those were added towards the end of the boil. I entered it into English because I was a little worried about a small session beer like this competing against American pales that would have had higher OGs. Guess it worked!</span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".v.1:3:1:$comment10203602124403871_82120096:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$6:0" style="line-height: 14px;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">#2 Tropic Thunder – 23A Specialty Beer – 3rd Place</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span data-reactid=".v.1:3:1:$comment10203602124403871_82120096:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$6:0"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">This is a beer brewed in the style of an American Pale ale with two big differences. Of the 23 ounces of hops used in this 10 gallon batch only 6% were used in the boil, and those were @ 15 minutes. The other big difference is that it was fully fermented with brett brux trois</span></span><span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="background-color: white;">. </span>This was brewed right at the start of 2014. I thought this beer was amazing when it was young, but still really good at it's current age. The fruitiness from the brett early on has started to be replaced by some nice funkiness. A version of this beer has been brewed a number of times now. <a href="http://www.revivalbrew.com/2013/07/trois-ipa-brew.html">Here is a link to the first one I made.</a></span></span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".v.1:3:1:$comment10203602124403871_82120096:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$10:0"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">This is a massive 15% abv braggot I brewed back in 2010. It is very experimental and was brewed to have some similarities to a gruit. It was brewed with chamomile and meadowsweet and fermented with an old ale blend of sacch and brett. This has given it a slight tartness which I think helps with the very sweet nature of this brew. </span><a href="http://www.revivalbrew.com/2010/10/braggotbelgian-ale-project-update-2.html" style="line-height: 14px;">Here is my original post on this brew</a><span style="line-height: 14px;">.</span></span></span><br />
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I am hoping to bring at least 5 gallons of this beer up to the Mountain brewers festival in Idaho Falls this June. My home brew club has registered for a booth. We will be serving our beers right alongside all of the commercial brewers!</div>
<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-19104062524733730512014-03-17T15:27:00.001-07:002014-03-17T15:30:00.638-07:00El Jefe - India Dark AleI wanted to do something with all the Conan yeast sitting at the bottom of my fermenter. It seemed like such a waste to dump it. I first looked at attempting a Heady Topper clone. After looking at the thread on this subject on HBT, I decided to pass. That thread is over 200 pages and is a bit crazy if you ask me.<br />
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While many brewers are adding a malt derived coloring agent in styles like black IPAs, it seems Kimmich just went for what tasted right, and left out the Sinamar coloring because in the end the beer doesn't have to be black. Again I like the simplicity of it all.<br />
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The brew day went off exceptionally well other than a slightly higher OG than I was shooting for.<br />
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Here is the recipe I used to brew this beer:<br />
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-30965580694940524852014-03-03T11:10:00.001-08:002014-03-03T12:55:51.263-08:00February = Big beers and Small beersThe brew labs have been very busy the past two weeks! <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MQ7H1m6OhNlv93d0kGnOy9SVXZoT4-NMp2_eDIoqufqraaFbYtfeVpC0VwsXcnkbvXbogFvQmqr7mcQ-RWbWeMKn0N-pm6uzSm0WWAmO9YvzGMmyytgtGX4lKyhykjTIzv0tA0GaL4Hi/s1600/IMG_5631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MQ7H1m6OhNlv93d0kGnOy9SVXZoT4-NMp2_eDIoqufqraaFbYtfeVpC0VwsXcnkbvXbogFvQmqr7mcQ-RWbWeMKn0N-pm6uzSm0WWAmO9YvzGMmyytgtGX4lKyhykjTIzv0tA0GaL4Hi/s1600/IMG_5631.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a>This past weekend was all about big beers and barrels. On Sunday we brewed up an imperial style american brown ale. It was my third beer using giga yeast, and I just have to say that I have been pretty impressed with it so far. When I make a starter in my 2000ml flask it wants to escape. So the bad part is I probably should buy a bigger flask. The good part is I get a ton of yeast. I swear it is like i'm pitching three packs of white labs or wyeast into my starter. My fermenter had airlock activity only two hours after pitching! Sundays American brown will eventually go into our 10 gallon rum barrel.<br />
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After the brew day was done we worked on moving around some other previously brewed beer. We have had a Baltic Porter sitting in the barrel about 4 weeks. Due to the logistics on getting another beer into the barrel, we ended up leaving the baltic in the barrel for much longer than planned. We even figured the beer might be a lost cause. However a quick tasting showed promise. Yes the rum was pretty big, but not as overpowering as we thought. We emptied the barrel in to two corny kegs that each had about 1 gallon of the un-barrel aged Baltic. The quick taste after blending was fantastic!<br />
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The previous weekend we spent the entire day, 9 hours, working on some small beers that we brewed for a collaboration my brew club is doing with Epic Brewing. Since we have a pretty big club we split it into a number of groups. Each group will get to submit one beer to be tasted by Epic. They will then choose one to brew at their new gastropub, The Annex. Due to Utah law these beers have to be 4% ABV or less.<br />
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My group ended up brewing a shit load of beer. Here is what came out of the extra long brew day, all 5 gallon batches:<br />
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1) Pale Ale - Citra/Amarillo +Citra hopback. Fermented with Brux Trois<br />
2) Pale Ale - Calypso/Summit +30 minute hop stand. Fermented with Brux Trois<br />
3) White IPA - Fermented with Wit yeast<br />
4) White IPA - Fermented with Brux Trois<br />
5) Wit - Lime/Coconut<br />
6) Wit - Lavender/Rose hips<br />
7) Wit - Lemongrass/Crystalized Ginger<br />
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The fermentation of these beers is done and we will be doing some additional additions for some of them. Stay tuned for more updates on these beers.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-3974354343856732562014-02-03T12:37:00.000-08:002014-04-18T06:48:08.196-07:00Zuur Tafelbier - Hybrid turbid mash & souring with acidulated malt<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tafelbier or Table Beer is the term used for Belgian and Dutch beers that have an ABV between 1-4%. As the name </span>implies<span style="font-family: inherit;">, these are </span>traditionally<span style="font-family: inherit;"> consumed at mealtime by the whole family. Yes, even the </span>kiddies<span style="font-family: inherit;"> get to drink it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the main features of these table beers is that the mouth feel is<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">higher than one might anticipate, usually because of unfermented sugars/malt sugars. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Traditional versions do not use artificial sweeteners nor are they excessively sweet. </span><span style="background-color: white;">More modern versions of this beer incorporate sweeteners such as sugar and saccharine added post fermentation to sweeten the palate and add to a perception of smoothness. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">A mild malt character can be evident. Aroma/flavor hops are most commonly used to employ a flavor balance that is only low in bitterness. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the methods used </span>traditionally to make Tafelbier<span style="font-family: inherit;"> is whats called a turbid mash. It is also common for Lambics. This is a fairly </span>complicated<span style="font-family: inherit;"> process. If you want details on the the full mash schedule check out this page: </span></span><a href="http://bergsman.org/jeremy/lambic/making.html">http://bergsman.org/jeremy/lambic/making.html</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not only was I </span>interested<span style="font-family: inherit;"> in making a Tafelbier, but I wanted to </span>incorporate some<span style="font-family: inherit;"> sourness into it. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Essentially a </span></span>petite sour beer. <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One great thing about a Tafelbier is the quick turnaround. Souring with </span>Lactobacillus<span style="font-family: inherit;"> would have really slowed the turn around down. So I decided to try to use Acidulated malt to get a nice tartness. </span></span> In an effort not to impact the mash PH too greatly I held out the acid malt until late in the mash. The acid malt made up around 25% of the malt bill. This malt was added to the mash 30 minutes into the saccharification rest. I continued the sacch rest for another 25 minutes after the acid malt was added.<br />
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Back to the turbid mash. This is normally done using infusions to raise the temp. It begins with a very thick mash. It is similar in a way to a decoction. The difference with decoction is your mainly pulling your grist out of the mash and boiling it. With a turbid mash you are looking to pull liquid only.<br />
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The idea behind using the technique today is that you pull a % of wort before the enzymes have been activated. Then quickly heat this portion to around 180 degrees to denature it, or destroy the enzymes. Then at some later point in the process this denatured wort is added back into the mash. For lambics and other wild ales this provides long term food for the brett and other bacteria since saach yeast cannot consume these large complex sugars. In the production of table beers, this process can help too add to sweetness, mouthfeel, and body.<br />
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For this beer I was interested in doing a turbid mash. However I did not want to follow the Cantillion process step by step. This is an experimental beer and I was trying to just come up with a hybrid method to hit the main point of the turbid mash which is to keep additional unfermentables in the wort.<br />
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Once I finished the boil and chilled the wort I separated it into two fermenters. In one I pitched GigaYeast GY048 - Golden Pear Belgian. In the other I pitched White Labs WLP670 - American Farmhouse blend. The blend also contains some brett. I plan on bottling some of this one for a longer term aging to see if I can get some additional funkiness from the brett and the turbid mash.<br />
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<u><b>The Hybrid Turbid Mash</b></u><br />
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To start I mashed in 11 pounds of grain with 7 gallons of water. I recirculated for around 5 minutes and pulled off 3 quarts of wort. At this point the mash was thick. I moved the 3 qrts into my boil kettle where I quickly raised the temps to over 180 degrees. I kept this mash liquid in my kettle until I was ready to mash out. I just kept an eye on this and never let it boil.<br />
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At the same time I was heating the pulled wort I continued with my main mash. Here are the steps to with the main mash:<br />
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1) 20 mins @ 122<br />
2) Raised to 157 over about 15 minutes<br />
3) 30 Mins @ 157<br />
4) Slowly added 4# acid malt over 10 mins<br />
5) 20 Mins @ 157<br />
6) Added the 3 quarts back into main wort for mash out<br />
7) Raised temp to 168 for 10 mins (mash out)<br />
8) Drained to kettle<br />
9) Added 11.5 gallons of sparge water. Recirculated for 15 mins<br />
10) Drained to kettle<br />
11) Collected 15.25 gallons of wort<br />
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Type:</i></b> All Grain</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Date:</i></b> 02/02/2014</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Batch Size (fermenter):</i></b> 11.00 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewer:</i></b> Michael</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Size:</i></b> 15.48 gal</td><td width="52%"><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Time:</i></b> 90 min</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Equipment:</i></b> 26 gallon- All Grain</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>End of Boil Volume</i></b> 12.48 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewhouse Efficiency:</i></b> 80.00 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Final Bottling Volume:</i></b> 10.25 gal</td><td width="52%"><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Fermentation:</i></b> Ale, Two Stage</td><td width="52%"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">7 lbs</td><td align="left">Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">46.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">4 lbs</td><td align="left">Acidulated malt (Add late in mash) (1.8 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">2</td><td align="left">26.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2 lbs 8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">16.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs</td><td align="left">Oats, Rolled (1.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">6.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">3.3 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 oz</td><td align="left">Saaz [3.75 %] - Boil 60.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">6</td><td align="left">14.3 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1.0 pkg</td><td align="left">American Farmhouse Blend (White Labs #WLP670) [50.28 ml]</td><td align="left">Yeast</td><td align="left">7</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Est Original Gravity:</i></b> 1.037 SG</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Measured Original Gravity:</i></b> 1.036 SG</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Est Final Gravity:</b></i> 1.009 SG</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Measured Final Gravity:</i></b> ? SG</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Estimated Alcohol by Vol:</i></b> 3.7 %</td><td width="52%"><i><b>Actual Alcohol by Vol:</b></i> ? %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Bitterness:</b></i> 14.3 IBUs</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Calories:</i></b> 0.0 kcal/12oz</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Est Color:</b></i> 6.0 SRM</td><td width="52%"></td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Mash Name:</i></b> Temperature Mash, 2 Step, Full Body</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Total Grain Weight:</i></b> 15 lbs</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Sparge Water:</i></b> 11.5 gal</td><td width="52%"><br /></td></tr>
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Brew day Notes:<br />
Mashed in at 131 w/ 7gallons<br />
Dropped to 122<br />
Recirculated 5-6 mins, drained 3 Qts of wort and added it to kettle (raised temp to 180)<br />
Recirced for 20 mins @ 122<br />
Raised temp to 157 over 15 minutes<br />
Held temp at 157 for 30 mins<br />
Added 2# acid malt recirc 5 mins<br />
Added 2# acid malt recirc 20 mins<br />
Added 3 qrts of wort back to main mash<br />
Mash out @ 168 10 mins<br />
Drained Tun, added 11.5 gallons from HLT<br />
Recirc 15 mins at 168, drained<br />
Collected 15.25 gallons of wort in Kettle.<br />
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Boiled for 90 mins<br />
Added 2 oz Saaz hops @ 60 minutes<br />
Chilled, filled two 5 gallon carboys.<br />
Pitched American Farmhouse in one<br />
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<b>Update 4/18 </b>- Let's chalk this brew up as a good starting point, but needing some sweeping changes. The good: What an amazing full mouthfeel for such a small beer. The tartness was also pretty spot on for what I was hoping for. The Bad: I knew this would forever be cloudy, but it took quite awhile to not look like milk (ewww). The smell was so strong of yeast it was hard to handle.<br />
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The version with the gigyeast strain did not stick around long. After several weeks in the keg I tossed it out.<br />
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The farmhouse blend was much more promising. I so wanted to like it. It really was just the nose that was such a turn-off. I ended up dry hopping it with 2 oz of citra in the keg to try and mask it as much as possible. That helped a little, but I also just recently gave up on that version as well and dumped it. I was a little sad about it, especial after I dumped it and noticed that only about 10-15% of the hops I put into the keg made contact with the beer. Oops, I guess I need to get some marbles of something to weigh those down in the future.<br />
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I will try something like this again, but I will most likely cut back on the 'turbid' amount I remove from the protein rest.<br />
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-87166951922895906692014-01-19T09:46:00.002-08:002014-02-06T09:40:02.604-08:00Baltic Porter w/ multi step mash and cold steeped grainsI needed to brew a Porter for an upcoming brew club meeting. After researching the differences between stouts and porters, I settled on the idea of brewing a Baltic Porter because the differences to the other styles of Porters (and Stouts) stood out the most to me.<br />
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Baltics are known for having a rich malty sweetness in both aroma and flavor. Other things I was looking for was a very smooth roast that stopped short of anything aggressive. <br />
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One technique I have been eager to try is withholding dark grains from the mash and boil. Instead these grains are cold steeped for 24 hours and added at some other point. I have seen some adding them to the fermenter, but I went with adding them in at flameout. By doing the cold steeping and withholding it from the boil, you increase the aroma of the malts, and lessen any of the acrid or burnt characters of the darkly roasted malts.<br />
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To 1.5 pounds of black and chocolate malts I added 3 quarts of water or 2 quarts of water per pound of grains.<br />
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Just before I added them, I used 2 different size strainers to lauter the dark malts.<br />
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At flameout the strained liquid (2 quarts) was added to the kettle.<br />
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Type:</i></b> All Grain</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Date:</i></b> 01/03/2014</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Batch Size (fermenter):</i></b> 13.50 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewer:</i></b></td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Size:</i></b> 18.08 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Asst Brewer:</i></b></td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Time:</i></b> 90 min</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Equipment:</i></b> 26 gallon- All Grain</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>End of Boil Volume</i></b> 15.08 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewhouse Efficiency:</i></b> 80.00 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Final Bottling Volume:</i></b> 12.75 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Est Mash Efficiency</i></b> 85.9 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Fermentation:</i></b> Ale, Two Stage</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Taste Rating(out of 50):</i></b> 30.0</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">10 lbs</td><td align="left">Pilsner (Franco-Belges) (1.7 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">34.5 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">6 lbs</td><td align="left">Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">2</td><td align="left">20.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">6 lbs</td><td align="left">Vienna Malt (3.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">20.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">3 lbs</td><td align="left">Brown Malt (Crisp) (65.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">10.3 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2 lbs</td><td align="left">Rye, Flaked (Briess) (4.6 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">6.9 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">6</td><td align="left">1.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 oz</td><td align="left">Perle [7.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">7</td><td align="left">19.9 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 oz</td><td align="left">Willamette [4.75 %] - Boil 15.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">8</td><td align="left">6.3 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">4.0 pkg</td><td align="left">SafLager West European Lager (DCL/Fermentis #S-23) [23.66 ml]</td><td align="left">Yeast</td><td align="left">9</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs</td><td align="left">Chocolate Malt (Castle) cold steep, add end of boil (430.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">10</td><td align="left">3.4 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Black Malt - cold steep, add end of boil (500.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">11</td><td align="left">1.7 %</td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Est Original Gravity:</i></b> 1.063 SG</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Measured Original Gravity:</i></b> 1.062</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Est Final Gravity:</b></i> 1.012 SG</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Measured Final Gravity:</i></b> ?</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Estimated Alcohol by Vol:</i></b> 6.6 %</td><td width="52%"><i><b>Actual Alcohol by Vol:</b></i> ?</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Bitterness:</b></i> 26.2 IBUs</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Calories:</i></b> ?</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Est Color:</b></i> 28.4 SRM</td><td width="52%"></td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Sparge Water:</i></b> 12.79 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Grain Temperature:</i></b> 72.0 F</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Sparge Temperature:</i></b> 168.0 F</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Tun Temperature:</i></b> 72.0 F</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Adjust Temp for Equipment:</i></b> FALSE</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Mash PH:</i></b> 5.20</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">Beta Sacch'</td><td align="left">Add -0.00 gal of water at 149.0 F</td><td align="left">149.0 F</td><td align="left">30 min</td></tr>
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Early tasting was promising. The aroma of the beer was fantastic. The next step with this beer is a short aging in a freshly dumped 10 gallon rum barrel. On Feb 4th I filled up the barrel. I think the aging period will be very short on this one. I plan on taking a sample in the next day and make a decision on pulling it or leaving a little longer.<br />
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Our clubs next style meeting will be focused on Porters. For this reason I have been researching the two styles to try and discern the differences. Let me tell you, it's a mess! Where do I even start?<br />
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I guess the first thing I will mention is that originally the term Stout did not have anything to do with the color, flavor, or aroma of a beer. It just meant it was strong. So any beer could have been described as being stout. Of course that would change over time, but that is the origin of the word.<br />
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A common theme I came across in research is that many people think the main difference is roasted barley. Stouts use it, and porters do not. However lets debunk that one right away. It is just not the case, and it goes both ways. Roasted barley was not even introduced into brewing until the late 1800's. But even then it was not readily accepted into the mash tun. I came across one source that said Guinness did not start using roasted barley in their stout until 1930.<br />
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From Martyn Cornell: <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">"</span><span style="background-color: white;"><i>At Whitbread, whose Chiswell Street premises, on the edge on the City of London proper (the "Square Mile"), was one of the top two or three London porter breweries, in 1805 the firm used 160 quarters of pale malt and 56 quarters of brown malt to make both its porter and single stout, and 136 quarters of pale together with 40 each of amber and brown malt to make its double stout. From these 216 quarters of malt it would make 798 barrels of porter (3.7 barrels to the quarter, around 6 per cent alcohol by volume), or 720 barrels of single stout (7 per cent abv or so) or 580 barrels of double stout (2.7 barrels to the quarter, around 8 per cent abc).</i></span></span><br />
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The brewery made it's porter and single stout with the same malt bill. It's double stout was made with additional amber malt. The resulting beer was 6%, 7%, or 8%. I am going to guess the yeast used for all was the same. Nothing is mentioned about hops, but I am sure they were all hopped similarly as well. So really we are back where we started. The term is being used to describe the beers strength. At this point in time a very similarly produced beer is called a porter at 6% ABV and a Stout at 7% ABV.<br />
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After all of this I would have to say that the only difference between stouts and porters is whatever the brewer wants!<br />
<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-65971252970322710452014-01-12T12:42:00.002-08:002019-08-14T10:58:21.166-07:00Anatomy of an up-cycled Brew StandA couple of weeks ago I had a friend over for a brew session. He asked me some questions about my brew stand and about how much I have invested into it. I really had never added it up, but I figured it was much less than an off the shelf brew sculpture with similar specs.<br />
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There are a small number of commercially built brew stands out on the market. These come in various designs, but they are all pretty costly. They range from around $2,000 to $5,000. My favorite is probably Morebeers tippy dump system. In stainless with all the bells and whistles the price comes in at over $6,000 for the 20 gallon version.<br />
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I guess the main thing I would point out about my brew stand is that it is completely weldless. It is also pieced together out of a number of parts. The idea behind this post is to explain all of those parts, and try to put a price to them all.<br />
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The only real modification to the rack was a set of caster wheels I picked up for cheap at a local industrial surplus store.<br />
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For burners I used one Blichmann floor burner for the boil kettle. The burner and stand for both the HLT and MLT was originally a two burner cajun cooker cart. It was also found at a surplus store. The cart was actually two pieces. I basically discarded everything but the top section with the burners.<br />
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Here is what it looked like out of the box:<br />
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Everything else on the stand consists of gas piping, and 110v solenoids on the HLT and MLT. In addition there is a tankless water heater and three stage water filter bolted to the side of the rack.<br />
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Here is a good picture of the stand and the main components just discussed. The picture is a little old. At the time I was using a PID, and only the large boil kettle is still in use. In it you can see the blichmann and the remains of the cooking cart.<br />
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My first attempt to add everything up I came in at just under $3,000 for everything except the computers (tablet, laptop) that I use to run the BCS since those things are not dedicated to the brewery. I also did not include my grain mill, fermenters, kegs, etc. It's just the items connected to the stand. This is not bad considering the size of the kettles and that it is completely digital. It's half the price of Morebeers single tier digital 26 gallon set up.<br />
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<td height="14" style="height: 14.0pt;">Heavy duty rack</td>
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<td height="14" style="height: 14.0pt;">Blichmann floor burner</td>
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<td height="14" style="height: 14.0pt;">Morebeer 26 gallon HLT, MLT, Kettle, sparge arm</td>
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UPDATE: Here are some close up pictures of my favorite brew gadget, the LPG tankless water heater.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are the beers I have brewed since my last blog post:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Winter Warmer </b>(Coriander strong ale)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Wee Heavy </b>(Split fermentation. 5 gallons fermented with Scotch Whiskey distillers yeast)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Oyster Stout </b>(Yes, freshly shucked)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pils IPA </b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(IPA 85% Pilsen 15% Rye)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Wild Ale version #3</b> (An all brett pale ale with mosaic & azacca hops)</span><br />
<b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">India Pale Lager</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (An IPA fermented with lager yeast)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Big Coffee Brown Ale</b> (Inspired by Surly Coffee Bender. Aggressive coffee) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>American Special Bitter </b>- 4% Special bitter made with a large amount of late addition American hops. Mosaic, Amarillo, Azacca, dry hopped with Antanum, and fermented with GigaYeasts Conan strain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A quick count shows close to 30 beers brewed this year. I averaged 2 a month, but did a few extra brews here and there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In the brewery were a couple of notable upgrades. First was the switch over to the BCS 460 brewing control unit. I had a couple of small hiccups with it at first, but it runs great now and I really enjoy using it. The other big upgrade was my ez-mash step up. It's a propane fired tankless water heater and it makes my brew day a little shorter. Most of the year I get ~170 degree water coming out of it at around 1.5 GPM. I can be mashing in with 10-15 gallons within 15 minutes of getting my brew day started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Some other highlights of the year in brewing:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I brewed my first all brett beer. It was probably my favorite beer of the year. It also won 1st place in the specialty category of the Beehive Brewoff. Speaking of beer competitions, I also judged in two local contests this past year. It was a lot of fun and I learned a bunch about the whole process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This was the first full year for the Lauterday Brewers home brew club that I help run. It really took off this year! We always have a great crowd, but in the last part of 2013 we had a ton of interest. Our last few meetings have been just packed with upwards of 30 brewers attending! It's a great time that I am always looking forward to. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The brew club did two group barrel brews to fill our Jack Daniels barrel. The first was a Russian Imperial Stout. The second, and still sitting in the barrel is a huge English style barley wine. This year we plan on two barrel brews using wine barrels! We have a lot of other great ideas that I am so excited about! I can't wait to announce some of the cool shit we will have going this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's to an amazing brewing year for all in 2014!</span><br />
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<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-53711827074765078492013-10-01T06:32:00.002-07:002013-10-01T10:41:26.637-07:00Revival 2013 Harvest Ale - Pecan & Pumpkin PorterI like to do Fall harvest beers, but I always try to use some ingredient or technique that I have never tried before. In previous years I have used yams, smoked pumpkins, or unorthodox base styles.<br />
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This year I went somewhat traditional in that a standard pumpkin was used. The base style was pretty straight forward as well. What was new is that I used nuts in the brewing process for the first time.<br />
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Nuts do not seem to be an ingredient that fits well into the brewing process due to the fact that nuts are mainly fat (oil) and protein. One way to get around that problem is to use a flavoring extract, but where is the challenge in that? <br />
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Pecans are actually seeds of a drupe fruit from hickory trees and not a true nut. None the less, they are still full of fats and seem like a great way to ruin good beer. That said I know a number of brewers are using real nuts and making fine beer with them. The first step in my quest to use these nuts was to roast them.<br />
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<b>Prepare the Pecans:</b><br />
Roast them at 350 degrees until they start to smoke just a little. Take them out of the oven and place them in brown paper bags. As they cool, shake them around. It will not take long before you see the paper soaking up some oils. After that, smash them and roast them again, and repeat the paper bag rest with new bags. At this point you should be fine, but you could keep repeating this until you stop picking up much oil. Before adding them to the mash, try and break the pecans up really well. I thought about putting them through my grain mill, but I decided against it as I had already milled my grains and didn't want to leave any pecan oil on my mills rollers.<br />
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<b>Prepare Pumpkin: </b><br />
There is plenty of info out there on using pumpkin to make beer. It seems everyone has an opinion. I guess you can sum them up into three basic methods: 1) Roast a pumpkin 2) Use canned pumpkin 3) Don't even bother with the pumpkin.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ3SVdJANNRa2I8eJ4MZb2MhZbq-SUcYbTTf-LZMPCmA0UamXpzUzuZZ-mWXIxY425rTO4sGkgxVOOhNo_gvUaZO1_6KkEgSnBpJNOYXXYgdomHBDY4Do5AOvSB8KGPEo82YTldIaIty0/s640/blogger-image-1197854127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ3SVdJANNRa2I8eJ4MZb2MhZbq-SUcYbTTf-LZMPCmA0UamXpzUzuZZ-mWXIxY425rTO4sGkgxVOOhNo_gvUaZO1_6KkEgSnBpJNOYXXYgdomHBDY4Do5AOvSB8KGPEo82YTldIaIty0/s640/blogger-image-1197854127.jpg" /></a>I fall squarely into the first method. I only make this style of beer once a year. If I made more of it, maybe I would change my method. Since I make this style just once a year, I am going to with the method that I feel gives me the most control over my ingredients. If you are going to use a real pumpkin, the only important thing is that you get the proper kind. You do not want your standard carving style pumpkin. These things have very little flesh. You need to find the types that are meant for baking. This year we used a pumpkin that a friend grew. It was a really nice Cinderella type pumpkin. You can see in the pictures just how thick the walls are. To prepare, just cut it up and bake in the oven until it is soft and somewhat browned on the outside. Then let it cool then remove the outer skin. Your pumpkin is ready to be added to your mash.<br />
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<tr><td align="left">20 lbs 4.0 oz</td><td align="left">Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">74.7 %</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">12.9 oz</td><td align="left">Chocolate (Briess) (350.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">3.0 %</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">12.8 oz</td><td align="left">Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">6</td><td align="left">3.0 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Midnight Wheat (550.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">7</td><td align="left">1.8 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">11.50 lb</td><td align="left">Pumpkin (Mash 60.0 mins)</td><td align="left">Other</td><td align="left">8</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 lb</td><td align="left">Roasted Pecans (Mash 60.0 mins)</td><td align="left">Other</td><td align="left">9</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">0.75 oz</td><td align="left">Apollo [18.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">10</td><td align="left">21 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">0.50 oz</td><td align="left">Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">11</td><td align="left">5.6 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 oz</td><td align="left">Goldings, East Kent leaf [5.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">12</td><td align="left">2.6 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1.50 tsp</td><td align="left">Pumpkin Pie Spice (Boil 0.0 mins)</td><td align="left">Spice</td><td align="left">13</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.0 pkg</td><td align="left">Nottingham dry yeast</td><td align="left">Yeast</td><td align="left">14</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-49148781726803082782013-09-03T12:23:00.000-07:002013-09-07T09:33:04.552-07:00Big One Barrel brew weekend!<br />
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style, but not quite. We brewed 20 gallons of this one. It will be an interesting experiment to see if the malt flavor can make it through the higher IBUs on this beer. I think we will also do some dry hopping in the kegs so we can try out using different types and amounts of hops.</span></div>
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American IPA (14B)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Est OG:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
1.060 (14.8° P)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mash Profile:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Single Infusion, Medium Body, No Mash Out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Est FG:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
1.016 SG (4.1° P)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fermentation:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Ale, Single Stage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ABV:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 5.8%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 18.75pt;">
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<span style="color: #111199; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amount<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td style="background: rgb(44, 90, 160); border-color: rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid solid solid none; border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">24 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pale Malt (2 Row) US
(2.0 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pale Malt, Maris Otter
(3.0 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Melanoiden Malt (20.0
SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Carafoam (2.0 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe [13.0%] - First
Wort<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.6 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe [12.0%] - Boil
60 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil
20 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil
10 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil
5 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.6 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe (Hop Back)
[12.8%] - Steep 30 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 pkgs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">SafAle English Ale
(DCL/Fermentis #S-04)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yeast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2 pkgs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Safale American
(DCL/Fermentis #US-05)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yeast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Simcoe [13.0%] - Dry
Hop 0 days<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Next up was a little side project. I had a bunch of 4th or 5th year Cascade hops growing in my yard and I needed to get them picked and used as some were already starting to dry out on the bine.
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFyuPPoKji04-Ay7S2M40aNcvVMpZI3BXQJCOMae9Ay0QXI7pWVj4O0UurQAkfEg7QQIqeTvtsE1EHZmBnHg1mZas_DKonQWJMbUdaBkN7jEntTmZ8lDSbuFUtPHF2xNwV0Or2Z7WH5qY/s1600/blogger-image--1593146253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcFyuPPoKji04-Ay7S2M40aNcvVMpZI3BXQJCOMae9Ay0QXI7pWVj4O0UurQAkfEg7QQIqeTvtsE1EHZmBnHg1mZas_DKonQWJMbUdaBkN7jEntTmZ8lDSbuFUtPHF2xNwV0Or2Z7WH5qY/s320/blogger-image--1593146253.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This brew session was run by just me, although I got a lot of help from the family both on brew day, and picking the hops. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I had some trouble with these hops. I pulled down the bines and should have worn long sleeves. The bines ended up being pretty brutal on the arms! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I just dumped the hops in like a complete noob. This was not a smart move! I had a ton of problems with chilling, recirculating. I had to dump everything into my cleaned mash tun so I could use the false bottom to keep them out of the pump. I also had to open the wet end of my pump to get all of the wet hops out! Based on this I am calling this beer: </span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">“When Hops Attack!”
IPA</span></span></u></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Batch Size: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11.50
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Style:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
American IPA (14B)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boil Size: </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15.25
gal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Style Guide:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
BJCP 2008<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Color:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
11.1 SRM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Equipment:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Stainless Pots (26 gallons) -Brewtroller All Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bitterness:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
89.7 IBUs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Boil Time:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
90 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Est OG:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
1.068 (16.5° P)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mash Profile:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Est FG:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
1.017 SG (4.4° P)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fermentation:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Ale, Two Stage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ABV:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 6.7%<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Taste Rating:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> 30.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 18.75pt;">
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<span style="color: #111199; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ingredients<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amount<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Name<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Type<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">21 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pale Malt (2 Row) US
(2.0 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Maris Otter
(3.0 SRM)(ran out of US pale)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3 lbs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Munich 10L (Briess)
(10.0 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.5 lbs </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cara-Pils/Dextrine
(2.0 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.5 lbs </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wheat - White Malt
(Briess) (2.3 SRM)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Midnight Wheat (550.0
SRM) (some color)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Grain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12 ml<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Generic </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal;">CO2</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal;">-</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; white-space: normal;">extracted hop resin</span> [60 IBUs] 60 min </div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amarillo Gold [8.9%] -
Boil 15 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Citra [14.4%] - Boil
10 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">9<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cascade (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wet Hops</b> ) [?%] - Boil 5 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Citra [14.4%] - Boil 5
min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amarillo Gold (Hop
Stand) [8.9%] - Steep 15 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.0 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Citra (Hop Stand)
[14.4%] - Steep 15 min<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: white; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;">
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160); border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">16 oz<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Cascade (<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wet Hops</b>) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[?%] - Steep until drained</span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(44, 90, 160) rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; mso-border-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid #2C5AA0 .75pt; padding: 0in 2.25pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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water. Never dump wet hops without screen in place! Will dry hop with cascade.</span></span></b><br />
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-78720626301143162552013-08-06T09:31:00.000-07:002013-08-06T12:13:54.837-07:002013 Beehive Brewoff ResultsThis year I entered 5 beers, but I also help judge the 600 entries. I had a great time judging and really learned a ton about the whole process. The first table I judged was Dark Lagers. Not a favorite style, but lucky almost every entry was a schwarzbier, which is one of the few lagers I can get into. The best part of that was I got to judge with Kevin Ely, head brewer at Uinta Brewing, Utah's best brewery. I learned a lot listening to his feedback and trying to find what he was tasting.<br />
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Even though I entered 5 beers, two were really for feedback and to help make a decision on what might be a lost cause.<br />
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<b>Beer #1 </b>American Pale Ale - A simcoe and cascade beer that I felt good about and thought would do ok, but realized it would face stiff competition.<br />
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<b>Beer #2 </b>Fruit Beer (Coconut Brown Ale) - I also felt good about this beer. I was somewhat worried as I only had enough in my keg to bottle 3 beers so I had no idea how well it would do from the bottle.<br />
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<b>Beer #3</b> Specialty Ale- An all brett fermented beer. Very experimental in that it did not have any hops in the boil. Just flame out and dry hopped. Really good beer, but was unsure on how it would be received.<br />
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<b>Beer #4</b> Wood aged beer- A Scottish Ale we fermented in a very used oak barrel from epic. This beer turned out nothing like what was planned. We did not plan on any brett, but there ended up being no way to stop the brett in the barrel from taking over. The base beer was also really flawed with a bad tannin issue. That said, I still wanted to enter it for feedback and to see if it might be worth holding onto the other 30 gallons I still have.<br />
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<b>Beer #5</b> Oud Bruin - This was another sort of train wreck of a beer, but I was curious on how it would do. This started out as a herb'd honey brown ale for my wife. It never attenuated right and was super sweet. So I decided to throw a Belgian sour mix into it. It turned out almost good. The big issue with it was the finish. The herbs (heather, meadowsweet) had this overpowering bitter quality. I did not mention that the beer had any herbs in it.<br />
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<b>Beer 1 American Pale - Score 30 </b><br />
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Judge Comments<br />
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<li><span style="color: red;">Presents well, great aroma, Flavor a bit out of balance and oxidized aftertaste.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Needs more hop aroma/flavor. Oxidation detracts from other flavors.</span></li>
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I have none of this beer left. I bottled only 3 beers from a keg. Based on the comments I have to assume it was oxidized pretty badly. Before that occurred this was a good solid pale ale, although probably a bit old for the style. I figured it would score around 35.</div>
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<b>Beer 2 Fruit Beer - Coconut Brown Ale - Score 39 (3rd Place)</b><br />
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<li><span style="color: red;">No base style specified but I am guessing brown porter. Aroma is very nice blend of chocolate, biscuit and coconut. Flavor features a drier chocolate and nice coconut character.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Nice beer. I would really like to know the base beer. I have to ding it slightly for not specifying but this is nicely balanced.</span></li>
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I did mess up here by forgetting to call out the style. Maybe it might have cost it a few points, but I doubt it would have made a difference in the end. I think this beer was just awesome. I felt it would do the best of all my beers even though I know the fruit category is pretty big. I used about 10% brown malt in this beer and have just fallen in love with this malt. It really brings an amazing coffee aroma and flavor. When this beer was still really fresh it was like Kona coffee and coconut.</div>
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<b>Beer 3 Specialty Ale - Wild Ale - Score 41 (1st Place)</b></div>
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<li><span style="color: red;">Well put together unique beer - nice work</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">WOW! Technically perfect. The hop addition is spot on. Much earlier would have ruined it. </span></li>
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I love this beer, but was really unsure how it would do since it is quite out of style in terms of the BJCP guide. I used some cool techniques in this beer. Instead of the standard hop additions that count down from the start of boil, I did no boil additions. Rather I did additions where I counted down post boil. Call it a hop stand if you like. I added Mosaic hops over a 30 minute time frame from flame out. I also dry hopped with more mosaic and some nelson. I purposely did not call out a style on this one since I felt it could harm it in the judging process. </div>
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<b>Beer 4 wood aged beer - Barrel aged Wee heavy - Score 23</b><br />
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<li><span style="color: red;">I really like this beer. The only knock against it is I don't get much wood flavor. I think it might do better in a different category. I would order this at a bar, but for the sourness rather than the wood.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Great idea & I could see what you were going for but the Brett stripped most flavor and body leaving this fairly bland.</span></li>
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<span style="color: black;">To me this beer is pretty terrible. Sometimes I drink it and think it's passable as a decent brett beer, and othertimes I just dump it out. Overall there are a number of issues with this beer. The first one is that it no longer seems to fit in any style. I agree there is really no wood flavor going on in this one. I still have 30+ gallons of this so I really wanted to know if I should hang on to it for long term aging. I know both the judges, they like funk in their beers. Based on these comments I have decided this beer is not worth saving.</span><br />
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<b>Beer 5 Oud Bruin - Score 34</b><br />
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<b>Judge Comments</b><br />
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<li><span style="color: red;">A decent example that needs just a bit more tartness. There is some detectable hop flavor that is out of style.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">Great base beer but you way over hopped it. The bitterness steals the show in the end. Dial those back and your on your way.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">A nice malty, slightly toasty with a hint of sourness. Perhaps a bit too much hop but a well crafted brew.</span></li>
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If only that damn heather were not in this one! The high hop finish that was mentioned are not hops at all. It seems like that finishing flavor will not go away either! I have been sitting on this one for about 14-15 months and the flavor has only diminished very slightly. I am suprised it scored as high as it did. I don't have too much left so I will probably dump this one and try again with a true Oud Bruin in mind.<br />
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<strong>Scoring Guide</strong><br />
Outstanding - (45 - 50) - World-class example of style.<br />
Excellent - (38 - 44) - Exemplifies style well, requires minor fine-tuning.<br />
Very Good - (30 - 37) - Generally within style parameters, some minor flaws.<br />
Good - (21 - 29) - Misses the mark on style and/or minor flaws.<br />
Fair - (14 - 20) - Off flavors, aromas or major style deficiencies. Unpleasant.<br />
Problematic - (0 - 13) - Major off flavors and aromas dominate. Hard to drink.</div>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-21806436868382027102013-07-20T15:45:00.002-07:002013-07-22T12:21:12.657-07:00Smokin Oats Porter Brew DayOn this scorching July Saturday I brewed a Smoked Porter. A Smoked Porter seems like an odd choice of style to brew mid summer and I agree, it is. Reason? I have two people in the house who absolutely love this beer. One of them, my father in-law, is staying with us while he recovers from surgery. If possible I would like to try and keep him drunk. At least I think I do... we will see. On top of this, he said he would pay for a batch of porter. He didn't tell me the size ;) My wife is also a huge fan of the style.<br />
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Of the porter styles I have brewed, I most enjoy a coconut version and a smoked version. He opted for smoked. Fine by me.. let's brew a batch! a 20 gallon batch!<br />
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I changed up the recipe a bit. My LHBS is finally carrying naked oats. Its been several months since I have used these as I have have had to mail order them in the past. I absolutely love naked oats. The flavor they bring, at least in the proper amount is not really noticeable. But the body, oh the body. Don't beleive me? Ask Todd Haug, Brew master at Surly about them, and how much he uses them!<br />
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On top of the naked oats, which make up 3% of the grain bill, I added quick oats at a rate of 4% of the bill. This will be my first time adding any oats to this recipe. The recipe is solid and in my opinion the beer will benefit from the oat addition. We will see in a few weeks if I am right.<br />
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Also this week my wife wanted to get involved in the brewing. She helped out as well as learned some cool brewing terms and techniques!<br />
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Type:</i></b> All Grain</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Date:</i></b> 7/28/2012</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Batch Size (fermenter):</i></b> 20.00 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewer:</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Size:</i></b> 23.90 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Asst Brewer:</i></b> Gabrielle</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Time:</i></b> 60 min</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Equipment:</i></b> Stainless Pots (26 gallons) - All Grain</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>End of Boil Volume</i></b> 20.50 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewhouse Efficiency:</i></b> 75.00 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"></td><td width="52%"><b><i>Est Mash Efficiency</i></b> 78.8 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Fermentation:</i></b> Ale, Single Stage</td><td width="52%"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">20 lbs</td><td align="left">Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">41.2 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">12 lbs</td><td align="left">Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">2</td><td align="left">24.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">9 lbs</td><td align="left">Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">18.6 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2 lbs</td><td align="left">Oats, Flaked (quick oats) (1.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">4.1 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs 8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">3.1 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs 8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Chocolate Malt (375.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">6</td><td align="left">3.1 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs 8.0 oz</td><td align="left">Golden Naked Oats (10.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">7</td><td align="left">3.1 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs</td><td align="left">Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">8</td><td align="left">2.1 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 oz</td><td align="left">Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">9</td><td align="left">28.8 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">5.50 oz</td><td align="left">Sybilla [6.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">10</td><td align="left">10.0 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Re-Pitch</td><td align="left">SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) </td><td align="left">Yeast</td><td align="left">11</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Est Original Gravity:</i></b> 1.065 SG</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Measured Original Gravity:</i></b> 1.065 SG</td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Estimated Alcohol by Vol:</i></b> 6.4 %</td><td width="52%"><i><b>Actual Alcohol by Vol: TBA</b></i></td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Bitterness:</b></i> 38.8 IBUs</td><td width="52%"><br /></td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><i><b>Est Color:</b></i> 32.1 SRM</td><td width="52%"></td></tr>
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Mash Name:</i></b> Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge - 154 degrees</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Total Grain Weight:</i></b> 48 lbs 8.0 oz</td></tr>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-225289951451971572013-07-02T14:38:00.000-07:002014-02-03T12:50:46.103-08:00100% Brett Trois IPAI have always wanted to brew an all Brett fermented beer, but just never had gotten around to it. I guess one reason was I have always associated these beers with a fairly long turn around time. So I always seemed to put it off in favor of something else.<br />
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That recently changed. I was checking out a post from a fellow home brewer, <a href="http://www.metabrewing.com/2013/05/0-ibu-100-brettanomyces-fermented-ipa.html" target="_blank">Meta Brewing</a>, on an all Brett fermented IPA. After reading the post and reading everything else I could find on the concept, I dove right in by moving this to the top of the brew schedule.<br />
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The beer itself is really two experiments in one for me. It is my first attempt at all-brett fermentation. And second it is my first beer to forgo any hops in the boil. Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of hops in this brew, but all come at flame out and later.<br />
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Thanks to Luke (Meta Brewing) for the inspiration and tips. I used his grain bill, and ideas around hop schedule to come up with the following.<br />
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Type:</i></b> All Grain</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Date:</i></b> 6/19/2013</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Batch Size (fermenter):</i></b> 11.50 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewer:</i></b> Michael & Tim</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Size:</i></b> 13.25 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Asst Brewer:</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Time:</i></b> 90 min</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Equipment:</i></b> Stainless Pots (26 gallons) -BCS 460</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>End of Boil Volume</i></b> 11.00 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewhouse Efficiency:</i></b> 70.00 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Final Bottling Volume:</i></b> 10.00 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Est Mash Efficiency</i></b> 76.1 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Fermentation:</i></b> Ale, Two Stage</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Taste Rating(out of 50):</i></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left" width="22%"><b> Amt</b></td><td align="left" width="50%"><b> Name</b></td><td align="left" width="11%"><b> Type</b></td><td align="left" width="4%"><b> #</b></td><td align="left" width="11%"><b> %/IBU</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">23 lbs 2.9 oz</td><td align="left">Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">80.0 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2 lbs 14.4 oz</td><td align="left">Munich 10L (Briess) (10.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">2</td><td align="left">10.0 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs 7.2 oz</td><td align="left">Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">5.0 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1 lbs 7.2 oz</td><td align="left">Pale Wheat Malt (German) (2.3 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">5.0 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2.00 oz</td><td align="left">Mosaic [12.20 %] - Flameout (Steep15.0 min)</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">0.0 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">7.00 oz</td><td align="left">Mosaic [12.20 %] - Aroma Steep 15 min (add 15 mins after flame out) </td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">6</td><td align="left">0.0 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">2000ml starter</td><td align="left">BRETTANOMYCES BRUXELLENSIS TROIS (White Labs #WLP644)</td><td align="left">Yeast</td><td align="left">7</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">7.00 oz</td><td align="left">Mosaic [12.20 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">8</td><td align="left">0.0 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">5.50 oz</td><td align="left">Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">9</td><td align="left">0.0 IBUs</td></tr>
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Updates:<br />
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<b>6/23</b> - Brew day went pretty smooth. OG was a little higher than expected, since we only got 11 gallons into the fermenter. We were expecting 1.064 and hit 1.068<br />
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Pitched the Trois from a 2000 ml starter that had been going 4 and a half days. I basically went about doing the same process I do for an ale starter except I did it for several more days than normal. It did not take long for the fermentation to take off.<br />
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<b>6/28</b> - Gravity at 1.020 interesting flavor<br />
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<b>7/2</b> - Things have really slowed down. Gravity is only down to 1.019. I would expect something lower than this. I guess I need some patience. Sample tasted amazing. No noticeable sweetness and just an in your face blast of mango and pineapple flavors. Can't wait to get the dry hops in!<br />
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<b>7/4</b> - Added 7 oz of Mosaic hops to the fermenter. The smell that came out of the fermenter when I opened it was absolute tropical fruit heaven! Just floored me how fruity the smell was.<br />
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<strong>7/11 - </strong>Added 5.5 oz of Nelson<br />
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<strong>7/18</strong> - Transfered to kegs. FG is 1.015<br />
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<b>7/22</b> - Tasted a little yesterday. Still under carbed at this point. No bitterness at all. Tastes very fruity. I will do a full review in a week or so.<br />
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<strong>8/4</strong> - I entered this beer into the Specialty Ale category (23) in Utah's 5th Annual Beehive Brew off. It took first place with a score of 41 in a field of 24 entrants. In the special ingredients field I specified 100% Brett fermentation with Brux Trois. No boil additions and all hops at flameout or later. I also mentioned no fruit was in the beer. Even though I had an IPA in mind when I brewed this I did not call out a base beer. I felt it would probably be harmed in the judging if I did. <br />
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Judges were split on the hop schedule. One judge thought it needed more hops in the background to balance the beer. The other said it was spot on and an earlier hop addition would harm the beer.<br />
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After drinking this beer I tend to side with the argument for some boil addition hops. If for no other reason because I know what it tastes like without them. It would also push this beer into an amazing Brett beer that I could truly call an IPA.<br />
<br />Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-13873435993025200652013-07-01T18:22:00.001-07:002013-07-19T08:34:32.834-07:0080 Acre Hoppy Wheat CloneAbout a week ago I came across Boulevard Brewing's 80 Acre Wheat beer. I immediately fell in love with it. I am not a big fan of wheat beers, but this one just tasted great to me. With a heat wave in full effect, the desire to brew something similar was high.
I checked out some different threads as well as Boulevards website to come up with a clone recipe. It helps that Boulevard is pretty open about the beers ingredients.
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It is a pretty simple recipe. There is only one small bittering addition. I used CTZ, but it really doesn't matter what is used as long as you get something like 12-16 IBUs (Boulevard lists this as a 20 IBU beer). All of the rest of the hops, and there are a ton, come at flame out or later.<br />
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The calculations below come from Beersmith. In my opinion that program doesn't handle flame-out hop additions well. I guarantee that you are going to pick up some IBUs from a large flame-out addition like the one below.<br />
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At flame out we added close to 14 oz of Cascade hops and let things stand for 15 minutes. When we started chilling the temp was 190.<br />
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The finishing touch to this beer will be a half pound more of Cascade and a half pound of Nelson Sauvin as dry hops. It will give this beer the aroma of a fine IPA, but will come off more or less like a slightly hoppy and quite citrusy wheat beer.<br />
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<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Type:</i></b> All Grain</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Date:</i></b> 6/30/2013</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Batch Size (fermenter):</i></b> 20.00 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewer:</i></b> Michael & Tim</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Size:</i></b> 23.59 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Asst Brewer:</i></b> </td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Boil Time:</i></b> 70 min</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Equipment:</i></b> Stainless Pots (26 gallons) -BCS 460 </td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>End of Boil Volume</i></b> 21.00 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Brewhouse Efficiency:</i></b> 72.00 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Final Bottling Volume:</i></b> 20 gal</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Est Mash Efficiency</i></b> 75.6 %</td></tr>
<tr><td width="40%"><b><i>Fermentation:</i></b> Ale, Single Stage</td><td width="52%"><b><i>Taste Rating(out of 50):</i></b> </td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">24 lbs 10.4 oz</td><td align="left">Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">1</td><td align="left">62.2 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8 lbs</td><td align="left">Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">2</td><td align="left">20.2 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">7 lbs</td><td align="left">Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM)</td><td align="left">Grain</td><td align="left">3</td><td align="left">17.7 %</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">1.25 oz</td><td align="left">Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">4</td><td align="left">16.3 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">13.80 oz</td><td align="left">Cascade [5.50 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">5</td><td align="left">0.0 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">4.0 pkg</td><td align="left">SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]</td><td align="left">Yeast</td><td align="left">6</td><td align="left">-</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8.00 oz</td><td align="left">Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days</td><td align="left">Hop</td><td align="left">7</td><td align="left">0.0 IBUs</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">8.00 oz</td><td align="left">Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">Saccharification</td><td align="left">Add 13.39 gal of water at 163.9 F</td><td align="left">153.0 F</td><td align="left">60 min</td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><b><i>Sparge Step:</i></b> Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun, , 15.96gal) of 168.0 F water</td></tr>
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7/10 -This beer has been in the fermenter for 10 days at a constant temp of 67. I did not check the gravity, but I am sure that fermentation is complete. I added a whole pound of hops to the fermenter today. 8 oz of Cascade and 8 Nelson Sauvin. I plan on letting it go 4-5 days before kegging. <br />
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7/14 - Kegged this one today. Tasted and looked a lot like grapefruit juice. I will give it a week of keg conditionaing before tasting again.</td></tr>
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Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-31809633146636949122013-03-31T17:34:00.002-07:002013-07-22T10:45:38.954-07:00Operation: EZmash - Brewing with a tankless water heaterHave you ever wished you could just fill up your mash tun with water and mash in? Me too...<br />
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Well today we hooked up our newest completely non-essential piece of brewing equipment. A compact LPG tank-less water heater. With this thing we will be able to cut both time and propane out of normal brewing sessions. In our process I figure we will save about 60 minutes a session. I am not sure what the propane savings will be, but it should be pretty great too. <br />
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The hook up should have been easy, but of course we had a small hick-up. It turned out our propane pressure was too great for this thing. After 30 minutes of messing with the thing and being unable to get it to light, we turned down the gas and poof... it lit up just like it should.<br />
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The results were beyond my expectations. According to the documentation, this unit can do a 77 degree rise at 1.8 GPM. I didn't test the temp of my ground water, but I know it is under 70 at this time. And it will only get warmer until about early fall. At the documented rate I should get a max of 144 (less if my ground water is < 70). In our first test we filled the mash tun with 9 gallons of 160 degree water in less than 10 minutes! EZ-mash!!!<br />
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To install we tee'ed off our existing gas plumbing. So now we have a single tank that services 3 burners and a tank-less water heater! We have a few changes to make. For example we will hard plumb the filters to the water inlet. However the initial test is very promising! More scientific tests to come!<br />
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A couple of brew sessions ago I took the temp of my ground water. It came in at 62 degrees and we were filling the HLT with 165 degree water! So we were getting just over a 100 degree temperature rise! That is with an unmodified EZ-202. There is a check/safety valve that can be bypassed, but I see no need. </div>
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We are very careful with both the flow of water and gas. It will shut off if the water GPM is too low. It will not light if the gas pressure is too high. It will also shut off if the water hits ~176. Even then we are still careful. It seems you can melt this thing if you get too aggressive with it. But pumping out 160-165 strike and sparge water at 1.5 GPM is no problem at all!</div>
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So far I would have to say this is probably the best brewing equipment investment I have made. Saving an hour on each brew day for a mere $200 investment is a big win in my book.</div>
Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-64335832392949323562013-03-22T10:40:00.000-07:002013-03-24T20:44:33.577-07:00Simcade Pale Ale Brew Day in picturesLast weekend we brewed up a Pale ale with Simcoe in the boil, and cascade at flameout and in the hopback. The beer will also be dryhopped with cascade hops.<br />
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</div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11850551068632785483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1794554032528034938.post-60700531182935094862013-02-17T08:54:00.000-08:002013-09-04T09:19:54.955-07:00Brewing Automation: Brewtroller DX1 Vs BCS 460When deciding how to automate I had a choice to make between Open Source Control Systems <a href="https://www.oscsys.com/projects/brewtroller">Opentroller/Brewtroller DX1</a> and the <a href="http://www.embeddedcontrolconcepts.com/">BCS 460</a> from Embedded Control Concepts. I ended up going with the brewtroller for one main reason. The ability to <a href="https://www.oscsys.com/projects/brewtroller/system-design/volume-measurement">measure volume</a>. I was so geeked about that fact that I may have overlooked other pros and cons of both of these controllers.<br />
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I have now owned and used both of these controllers, and here are my thoughts.<br />
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<span style="color: white;">I picked up the DX1 in late August 2012. We wired everything up, and used an old metal CD holder for the case. The DX1 is made up of a number of parts besides the main controller. Putting those parts together was no big deal. Getting outputs and temp sensors to work was more difficult. Accessing the code and setting up outputs is all done by hooking the DX1 to a computer and uploading them through software that can be found on the OSCS site.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Getting everything functioning took a few trys and I had to seek out help online or from OSCS. Even then I had a number of things that just simply did not work. None were critical to actually brewing beer, but had these things worked I might still be using it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><b>Con- </b><b>The click wheel interface </b></span></h3>
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<span style="color: white;">It is at it's most annoying when you sit there inputting a recipe into the system using the click wheel when the temperature is very cold. It's just horrible. You get this awful lag in the LCD due to the freezing temps. Sure, it wouldn't be bad if I could upload a beer XML file, but I never got that to work. You still have the web interface, but I was never able to import from that interface either.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I am marking this as a pro, but I never got to do it. Once I got the controller I had many other issues to deal with so I never got close to measuring volume.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I had a number of issues that I cannot blame solely on the controller. Apparently the switch to the new controller and temperature sensors changed my system enough that I ruined a substantial amount of beer before I realized I had an overheating issue. I brewed over 50 gallons to fill a Bourbon barrel and all of that beer is most likely going to be dumped unless I can get rid of the tannin off flavor. I should have been more cautious but I just didn't think it would cause such a change in how the temperature was being read. I will say that after monitoring temps in a number of locations with multiple thermometers, I was able to get that issue resolved by moving the location for measuring mash temp. So not every batch I brewed with the DX1 was bad.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">The biggest gripe I had with the DX1 was access. I disliked the click wheel interface. There is the Brewtroller Live web interface but for me it only worked for basic monitoring, and even then temps refreshed really slowly. I was never able to get any of the commands to work or upload a recipe file using it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Lastly I had a random issue when brewing and trying to move to the next step in the brewing process where I would get an error "program failed to advance".</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">After six months of brewing with the DX1, it was not living up to the picture of automation I had in my mind.</span><br />
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This January, six months after I bought the Brewtroller, I went back and checked out the BCS product again. I saw that Derrin over at Brewers Hardware had bought EBC, the company that was producing the BCS. I liked the investment, direction, and the focus that it seemed he was putting into it. Once again the only drawback I was seeing was the lack of volume measurement. But seeing where I was at with the Brewtroller after six months, I no longer cared. I wanted to make the switch. So I did.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgML6KEKUkhrBRMOkeGkCJCdlBoGePJgHpuX2ATnyQlsm409OJrb_k2-2ksUhY9OQw5M_SYOqQVN5B7efMVu_UyNJ_FTbIjbvgXqkR8W3XzxNza0E4Hl2pHOFJZwQ2XGCeLilDqVKLprZ-y/s1600/bcs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgML6KEKUkhrBRMOkeGkCJCdlBoGePJgHpuX2ATnyQlsm409OJrb_k2-2ksUhY9OQw5M_SYOqQVN5B7efMVu_UyNJ_FTbIjbvgXqkR8W3XzxNza0E4Hl2pHOFJZwQ2XGCeLilDqVKLprZ-y/s400/bcs.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="color: white;">We purchased the controller, two temperature sensors, and some SSRs to replace our relays. We had everything wired up quickly. We immediately brewed 15 gallons of Black IPA. We payed extra close attention to temps because of our previous experience, but everything seemed to go really well. We started to play around with the process control functions, but ran everything in manual mode.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">When originally deciding which system to go with, I did not even really think about this as a deciding factor. I knew the BCS was simpler and the DX1 more complex. So it wasn't until after working with the DX1 and then the BCS that I can now say without a doubt that simple wins hands down. We could have had this thing up and running in an hour but we found our relay switches from the DX1 would not operate with the BCS. We had to wait a little longer as we ordered SSRs. We quickly finished the system set up as soon as they arrived.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">It looks great, it works great, and the refresh rate is super fast. Therefore the BCS kills it in this area. I already mentioned that the default click wheel input on the DX1 was one of the things I disliked about it the most. With the BCS the default interface is from a browser. At first glance it might seem confusing, but it is pretty straight forward. You can assign all your inputs and outputs from it. No need to edit and upload config files to it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Yes, you need some other device to interface with the BCS. For me that meant putting an old mac mini and 23 inch LCD monitor into my garage. The nice thing was I already had this stuff lying around unused. The only thing I had to purchase was a swing arm style mount for the LCD. I put the computer in the garage for the BCS, but I now love having it out there. We are using it for a bunch of other things than just displaying the BCS control page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Want to just control HLT, MLT temps? You don't need to build processes to do that. Just pull up the manual control page, enter temps, and off you go. Ready for more complex events and automation? It can do that too. Just start creating processes to do multiple steps. With the DX1, you can define your system set-up. So number of vessels, capacity, that type of thing. However when it comes to the event of brewing, you have to go through every part in a linear step by step approach. But what if I don't do mash outs? You cannot remove it. When it gets to that step you can use click wheel, open the menu and step past it. But I shouldn't have to worry about doing that if I don't mash out. It is probably possible to change this in the software code itself, but that is something I would rather do from a simple interface. The BCS lets you build processes that match your brewing routine. So it is truly customized to you.</span><br />
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Con- <b>No volume measurement</b></span></h3>
<span style="color: white;">I need to put this down as a con since I originally saw this function as the deciding factor in a home brewery automation control system. I have heard around the inter-webs that EBC is working on adding volume measurements. If it happens that will be great and I will look to add it quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">I only have two brew sessions with the BCS so far, but those brew days went smoothly. I am really looking forward to building some more complex processes. I am also already thinking about adding more automation, rather than trying to fix functionality that's not working correctly.</span><br />
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While it is obvious after reading this that the BCS is the right hardware for me, I have nothing but good things to say about the people over at Brewtroller. They were always there to help me when I was encountering issues. Some of which were undoubtedly created by myself.<br />
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I felt ready and willing to take on a system that I knew was way more DIY than plug and play. Looking back it seems that although I was able to work through issues and get the thing functioning, I was underwhelmed with what I had. To improve it, to make it work as expected, was probably over my head and too time consuming for me. So in the end I made the switch to something simpler in many ways, but also very powerful and complex if you want it to be.<br />
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I have now been using the BCS setup for 9 months and have brewed -ahem- a lot of beer with it. I can say without a doubt that I have made the right decision. I will note that we did have one issue that bugged me for a while. The temp would bounce or fluctuate quite a bit. This would take place during mashing. The jumps were completely illogical, and could not be real. Example: No heat source on, 38 pounds of grain, and 15 gallons of water recirculating in the mash tun and the temp would jump up or down up to 7 degrees at a time. Then it would jump back.<br />
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That issue seems to have resolved itself. We first looked at it as a electrical shielding issue. We reconfigured our set up by moving things into a much larger control box. Then we updated the firmware on the BCS. The last couple of brew sessions have been very stable and I feel the issue is now resolved.<br />
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I have also created processes for most of the brew day. I use these processes to maintain HTL temps, mashing, including multi-step mash profiles, as well as the boil with alarms for every hop addition.<br />
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Overall I am very happy with the controller.<br />
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