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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!

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.

Inkleg wrote:Have a yeast starter going for a Nashville brew.

Stepped up this starter last night. Planning to brew Sunday.

Just finished bottling/kegging a batch of Jim's American Wheat

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!

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!

Hops for days!

Nothing wrong with that at all!

Brewing a batch of my Bengal in the Rye. Just waiting for it to come to a boil now.

A little nb brickwarmer holiday red. Smells great!

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.

Went to check my Saison Brett and found this. Just gonna leave it alone for another month or two.

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.

@Inkleg:

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

Looks nasty, tastes great!

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.