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Just finished sparging and now waiting for the wort to boil on Bubs' Pale Ale. Preboil SG estimated at 1.049, and I just measured 1.055! Looks like my mash efficiency just shot way up!
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Added cherries to my wheat and since I had 2 extra fermenters sitting empty I figured I should fill one so I brewed up a batch of BrewDemon IPA.
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Inkleg wrote:Have a yeast starter going for a Nashville brew. ;)
Stepped up this starter last night. Planning to brew Sunday.
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Just finished bottling/kegging a batch of Jim's American Wheat
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I bottled my American Amber, made with MB American Ale, some Crystal, DME, Cascade and US-05. Came in at 5.2% ABV. The taste I got left at the end of bottling is pretty cloudy but tastes clean, slight hop aftertaste, which I wanted. It's hard to judge the color but I think it will be appropriate.

I think I may have a good beer here! :woot:
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Bottled my IRA this morning. Color is a bit lighter than expected. I went a little on the light side with the crystal and malted barley because I wanted to avoid a very dark beer, but sample smelled and tasted great. Hops for days! Also, I need to replace my broken bottling wand. What a PITA!
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Hops for days!
Nothing wrong with that at all!
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Brewing a batch of my Bengal in the Rye. Just waiting for it to come to a boil now.
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A little nb brickwarmer holiday red. Smells great!
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This is it!

If it's anything like the last Apocolypse Not Smoked Porter Redux I made....
DAMN, it'll be awesome!!


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Apocolypse Not Smoked Porter Redux 1.1
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: Other Smoked Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0) Redux 1.1, Practically new recipe. Hit all the numbers! Find out in a couple of weeks if it is a ringer!

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 9.80 gal
Post Boil Volume: 7.80 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 7.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.75 gal
Estimated OG: 1.057 SG
Estimated Color: 33.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 28.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
9 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 57.6 %
2 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2 12.1 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.1 %
1 lbs Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 4 6.1 %
1 lbs Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5 6.1 %
12.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 6 4.5 %
6.0 oz Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 7 2.3 %
4.0 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 8 1.5 %
2.1 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 9 0.8 %
0.75 oz Perle [8.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 10 18.8 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 11 -
1.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [7.20 %] - Boil Hop 12 9.6 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 13 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs 8.1 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 24.63 qt of water at 165.4 F 152.0 F 75 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.22gal, 5.40gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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ApocolypeNot Smoked Porter Redux ,Boil volume was way off.
Don't understand. It was rainey and cool, but it shouldnt
have made a gallon and a half difference.
Used US05 rehydrated in the 6 gallons, and Notty sprinkled in the 1.5 gallon.
We'll do an experiment while we have the ability! LOL!

Put the wrong batch size in the design box is why I have 7.5 gallons! Doomas!
6 gallons is at 1.010 10-22.
1.5 gallon is at 1.012. Much difference in flavors too.
I like the 05 version and Dee likes the Notty version.
05 is more robust and the flavors are more pronounced in my opinion.

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Got a fiver of White Panama brewed today. Just a simple blonde ale, but one I think will stay in the rotation, especially as summer approaches. I can see this being a very good lawnmower beer.
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Went to check my Saison Brett and found this. Just gonna leave it alone for another month or two.
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Looks like something under a microscope. Of course your wife made it look so much more drinkable with her talents. Wonder if she could make you look better under the lights.
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@Inkleg:

That's what my Brett C infected stuff looks like. But not as nicely photographed!

Looks nasty, tastes great!
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Holy cow that stuff looks freaky. It's amazing that something that looks like that could actually end up tasting good.

And that's a really cool picture too....with that eclipse thing going on.
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