tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76968115402407878082024-03-19T00:34:57.309-07:00The Brothers Beer HomebrewAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14239211198770366849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696811540240787808.post-17552800291193753502013-02-08T16:10:00.000-08:002013-02-08T16:10:40.481-08:00Murphy's Law<span style="font-size: large;">Thinking back Murphy was with me from the beginning of this brew day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was planing on using the yeast from a recently brewed Munich Helles to brew a dark and malty Dunkel. When I went to my homebrew store they were our of Munich malt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No problem I'm nothing if not adaptable. I'll just brew a Vienna lager. I picked up 9.5# Vienna malt and was on my way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning I woke up and started my brew day. Heated strike water milled my grain and mashed in. While I heated my strike water I dropped the cooler I use for a hot liquor tank. BROKEN...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That sucks but not the end of the world. I'll use my kettle to hold my sparge water and just collect my runoff in a couple of buckets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started to recirculate and my pump clogs. I look at the hose and I realize that it is just sucking a much of grain through. My manifold must have broken some how. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is where I threw in the towel. I know I could have probably made it work, but sometimes the value of my time and peace of mind is worth more than 10ish Lbs of grain. </span><br />
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Oh well, I'll just plan my next beer (Flanders Red) while drinking one of my latest ones (Munich Helles, well at this point its a Zwickel Helles.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cheers, Ben </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have the day off so I'm brewing up version 2.0 of my american bitter recipe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6# of Golden Promise </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">.5# Victory </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">.5# Munich </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">.5# Wheat </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">14g Magnum @ 60</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">14g Falconers Flight @ 10 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">17g Cascade @ 10 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Ben </span>Ben Cranfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442962138145860366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696811540240787808.post-81278058580564390732012-10-04T18:04:00.002-07:002012-10-08T04:15:56.712-07:00Brewing Beer For My Wedding<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm getting married in 6 days. It was maybe a week after I proposed, and that might be a stretch, before the thought popped into my head that I could make the beer for my wedding. Once I had the epi</span><span style="font-size: large;">phany there was no turning back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as I had decided to brew for the wedding I started brewing a lot of "pilot" batches...... "Yes honey, Its for the wedding". I also purchased a keg system and four Cornie Kegs and upgraded my brew pot so that I can accommodate 10 gallon batches ("Yeah, I know, its for the wedding" ~My Fiance) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided that I would brew 10 gallons of 2 different beers. What am I going to brew? I had brewed a bunch of different styles (Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Porter, Oktoberfest </span><span style="font-size: large;">etc</span><span style="font-size: large;">.) My future wife really liked my Oktoberfest, so that was an easy choice. ("Oh and honey, I'm going to need to get a chest freezer to ferment <i>your </i>Oktoberfest in") The other beer was up for debate. A lot of people I spoke with thought that I should brew something more approachable, like a blonde or cream ale. Others thought that the Oktoberfest should be the approachable beer and I should brew an IPA. After a lot of deliberation I decided to brew a pale ale.</span><br />
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Ferment at 50F(10C) for 2 weeks, Lager at 30.2(-1C) for 8 weeks.</div>
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1.5lbs Victory </div>
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20g CTZ [15.2AA] 60min</div>
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28g Amarillo [9.2AA]5min</div>
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28g Cascade [6.2AA]5min</div>
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14g Citra [11.4AA]5min</div>
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28g Cascade Dry Hop for 6 Days.</div>
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Mash at 150 </div>
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I went pretty light on the bitterness in this beer. I realize that most people that are going to be at my wedding are not beer fanatics as I am. I also took a fairly light approach with the dry hop for this beer, again to make it more approachable. Its on the low side for IBU's at 29. It has an OG of 1.059 and a FG of 1.009. 6.6% abv. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ferment @ 66 F (19C) My clone vs the real 60 minute. My clone is lighter in color and slightly more clear. The hop character is similar but the clone has a softer bitterness. The real 60 minute has a much more aggressive and bright hop </span>character<span style="font-family: inherit;"> than my clone. I think if I had made some water adjustments I could have come much closer. All in all its tasty and darn close. </span></span></div>
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Ben Cranfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442962138145860366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696811540240787808.post-90059023715123240982012-08-25T19:40:00.000-07:002012-08-25T19:40:13.926-07:00American Bitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have written about my belief that the <a href="http://brosbeer.blogspot.com/2012/04/should-session-beers-be-next-big-thing.html" target="_blank">next big thing in american craft beer</a> should be low alcohol beers. I have finally decided to try and brew a sub 4% ABV beer. My plan for this beer is to emulate an English Bitter recipe. but to Americanize it. The way every other style is "Americanized" is for it to be higher in ABV and more hoppy. I have designed a small APA (american pale ale) that I call a American Bitter. It clocks in at 3.3 ABV 25 IBU's. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab9_Zk3EF3_2Ylh7NVtt3gFp2T-W47Fiij8oZUtKFNKkDpe66yjzExOOf7jtKsGAi503LqLX4Oep9gJFFMZ3HCRmHtyFUhQ3upFFnSdqLaVMEwOYDD3agM_8EmqSKs7RbgvKR_yItiJh4/s1600/915659-cold-beer-macro-and-the-american-flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjab9_Zk3EF3_2Ylh7NVtt3gFp2T-W47Fiij8oZUtKFNKkDpe66yjzExOOf7jtKsGAi503LqLX4Oep9gJFFMZ3HCRmHtyFUhQ3upFFnSdqLaVMEwOYDD3agM_8EmqSKs7RbgvKR_yItiJh4/s320/915659-cold-beer-macro-and-the-american-flag.jpg" width="213" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;">The Recipe: 5 Gallons </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">6 lbs Golden Promise </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 lbs Munich Malt </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 lbs White Wheat Malt </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1/2 lbs Amber Malt </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">9.5g CTZ @ 60 Min </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">14 g Cascade @10 Min</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">14 g Zythos @ 10 Min </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">14 g Cascade @ 0 Min</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">14 g g Zythos @ 0 Min </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">28 g Cascade dry hop 6 days </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">28 g "Centennial type" dry hop 6 days </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">OG 1.040 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">FG 1.015 </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I brewed this two weeks ago. I unfortunately am at capacity with my kegs. I will dry hop and report back when I have some tasting notes on this beer. I have tried it out of the fermentor and it is really good. It in no way tasted like it is 3.3% beer. It has a really nice cirtus and pine hop character with out being overly hoppy. </span>Ben Cranfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00442962138145860366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696811540240787808.post-69873828278195333642012-08-25T18:21:00.000-07:002012-10-04T18:13:05.303-07:00Sierra Nevada Tumbler Clone (Glass Acrobat) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It is currently hot and humid outside. I am tired of this weather and I can not wait until it is fall. I live in Virginia, where it is most beautiful in autumn. In an effort to bring the changing on the season about a bit quicker than mother nature will allow I am brewing a Brown Ale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This beer is based on Sierra Nevada Tumber. A beer I love. I'm calling it "Glass Acrobat". According to Sierra Nevada's web site they use two-row pale malt, a crystal malt, chocolate malt and smoked malt. According to a Brewing Network interview with Ken Grossman they use a small amount of very fresh (smoked on site) smoked malt in the recipe. The hops sierra uses are </span>Challenger for bittering, and Challanger and Yakima Goldings for finishing. Tumbler OG is 13.6 Plato (1.054 SG) FG is 3.4 Plato (1.014 sg).<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I use significantly more smoked malt than Sierra Nevada dose because the smoked malt I can get is significantly less fresh. Also I had to make some hop </span>substitutes<span style="font-family: inherit;"> based on availability. The recipe I came up with to </span>attempt<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to clone this beer is as follows. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>10 gallon Batch. (76% efficiency) </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">18 lbs Maris Otter </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>2 lbs Crystal 80 Lov</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>2 Lbs Smoked Malt</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>1 Lb Chocolate Malt. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">23.5 g CTZ (13.9 AA) 60 min</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><i>42 g UK Kent Goldings (5.8 AA) 15 Min </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">28 g </span>Challenger (7.5 AA) 15 Min.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Yeast: White Labs 001 (California Ale)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Mash @ 155</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I ended up being much more efficient (87%). My OG is 1.062. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am looking forward to this beer. I plan on fermenting all 10 gallons with a reptiched slurry of 001 from a pale ale that I brewed a few weeks ago and then adding a sour mix to 5 gallons and let it sour for 9 to 12 moths. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will report back with tasting notes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Update: </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> This batch turned out great. Its very similar to Tumbler. My version is much bolder. The smoke is just slightly more noticeable and the body is slightly fuller. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Next time I would do a better job adjusting the recipe to my system (OG too high). I will also probably reduce the smoke malt to 1.5 lbs (maybe 1 lb). </i></span><br />
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