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BeerRust wrote:Bottled Maple Milk Stout today.

Waiting, waiting,

Today, after a morning hike in the redwoods, I racked my Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale into a keg and threw in 1oz of dry hop. I'll pull 'em out on Friday and then start carbing this one right away. (It's a 2.5G batch so the 1oz is proportional).

Kealia wrote:Today, after a morning hike in the redwoods, I racked my Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale into a keg and threw in 1oz of dry hop. I'll pull 'em out on Friday and then start carbing this one right away. (It's a 2.5G batch so the 1oz is proportional).

Everything about this sounds just right!

I just dry hopped .7 oz of belma pellets and 1.1 oz of citra whole leaf in my Hoppy Saison. Will bottle in about 5 days.

That saison is gonna smell amazing!

Bottled the Pacific Gem English brown. Tasted like I used a hella-lot of fuggles. Which is ok by me.

Finally bottling Tabby today (hefeweizen). Pretty neutral aroma but the banana esters came through well in the flavor, which is just what I wanted! Can't wait to pop one open.

Going to bottle/keg a batch of my Middletown Pale Ale tonight.

Got two recipes going this weekend since I'm off Monday!

The Smoked Porter I didn't get to do before vacation!

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Apocolypse Not Smoked Porter Redux
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: Robust Porter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.50 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 34.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30.7 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 61.1 %
2 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2 12.9 %
1 lbs 8.0 oz Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.6 %
12.8 oz Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.1 %
12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.8 %
6.0 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.4 %
6.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 7 2.4 %
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 8 1.6 %
1.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Firs Hop 9 17.1 IBUs
1.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil Hop 10 9.4 IBUs
1.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil Hop 11 4.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 12 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs 8.8 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 23.44 qt of water at 161.7 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.76gal, 4.75gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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And a heavier Hefe recipe!

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Munich Hefe
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: Weizen/Weissbier
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 9.50 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 4.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 14.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
7 lbs 8.0 oz White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 1 65.2 %
3 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) UK (1.0 SRM) Grain 2 26.1 %
1 lbs Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.7 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 14.4 IBUs
1.0 pkg Hefeweizen Ale (White Labs #WLP300) [35. Yeast 5 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 11 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 18.38 qt of water at 165.6 F 156.0 F 45 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (2.04gal, 5.25gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Can't wait!

Bottling the Scramblin' Amber Ale tomorrow, and then on Sunday I'm brewing the Black Hops RCE batch that BeerRust and I wrangled up.

LHBS is having its Grand Opening tomorrow. Going to brew a Farmhouse Saison in the parking lot. Going to pitch White Labs WLP670, Saison yeast with Brett. Gee, I hope it will look infected.

I left about 1" of dregs in one of my juniper saison bottles and put the cap back on and it's been sitting for a week. The oxygen woke up the brett (I think because it needs to make a pellicle to protect itself) and so it formed a cool brett pellicle in the bottle and it's chewing up whatever stuff in there it can still eat a more rapid fashion then in the full capped bottles that have a co2 blanket. The bottle is almost rock hard again (740ML Coopers PET). So now I have a little brett starter to pitch into something or step up. Hurray! More Brett in my house!

I'd bring it on over to your opening and let you chuck it into your beer for some extra variety - but your too far away

Oh and I brewed an evil festbier/kolsch hybrid with Juniper.

brewing up a Middletown Pale Ale.

Bottled today Fall Farm house Saison or might name it Funky Farm house Saison. Haven't decided yet, but as per samples it's going to be good. Some strange flavors in this one but good ones. Was fermented warm with Belle Saison yeast, Pilsner as a base, some wheat, Caramunich. Nelson Sauvin, Saaz, and Strisselspalt hops for the aroma. Coriander and grains of paradise. It seems to be an interesting beer.

Today I brewed my Harvest Nugget SMaSH using my homegrown nugget hops and 12 lbs of Maris Otter. It was a very good brew day. Also I went to the Cider Mill and got 5 gallons of cider fresh from the apple press for $5 a gallon.