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tomorrow... a Nong Brew.

My starter is still spinning. Nothing going on but a whirlpool. I do have a pretty excellent whirlpool going, so hopefully the yeast is still multiplying like mad vs having got frozen in the back of my fridge. Hope to see some sign of life tomorrow.

Gonna do my first pumpkin ale tomorrow.
It was a request from my daughter and her fiance. They are coming home at
Thanksgiving so it should be good by then!


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Punkin Ale
Brewer: JohnEC (Yuri is the original)
Asst Brewer:
Style: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 4.62 gal
Post Boil Volume: 3.12 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 3.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 3.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 14.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 13.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
36.00 oz Pumpkin (Mash 75.0 mins) Flavor 1 -
4 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 66.0 %
1 lbs Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3 16.5 %
8.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 4 8.3 %
6.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 5 6.2 %
2.9 oz Wheat, Flaked (1.6 SRM) Grain 6 3.0 %
0.36 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 Hop 7 13.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 8 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 6 lbs 0.9 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 7.57 qt of water at 177.0 F 158.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.14gal, 2.31gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Needs 30 oz of pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling, roasted!

Also, steep 0.1875 oz of pumpkin spice and add it to the secondary small amounts at a time
to get the desired flavor.

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Cincinati Common
Kentucky Common
Type: Extract Date: 7/2/2013
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal Brewer: Jim Johnson
Boil Size: 6.5 gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Pot (8gal) - BIAB
End of Boil Volume 6.77 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 5.05 gal Est Mash Efficiency 0.0 %
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients


Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 1 6.4 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.2 %
28.00 g Cluster [7.10 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 3 22.3 IBUs
1 lbs 12.0 oz Amber Dry Extract (12.5 SRM) Dry Extract 4 22.4 %
1 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 5 12.8 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 6 42.3 %
16.0 oz Candi Sugar, Amber (75.0 SRM) Sugar 7 12.8 %
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 8 -
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 9 -

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.051 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.051 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.009 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.5 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 %
Bitterness: 22.3 IBUs Calories: 168.6 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 22.3 SRM

Can't wait to see how your version of the KY common turns out, JJ!

Attempting a Bourbon Barrel Stout using Mr Beer Winter Dark as base

1 can Winter Dark
1 lb Dark DME
.25 oz Saaz 20 min
.25 Saaz 7 min
Soaking 1/2 oz Dark roast oak cubes in 4 oz Bourbon. Will add in 2 weeks for last week of fermentation

This is all educated guess work so will see how it turns out
Qbrew give SRM 29, IBU 60, ABV 6.8 %

I brewed my last patersbier of the season, 4.8 gallons split between my two new LBCs. A good way to break them in.

It's basically a light version of Chimay Red, except I tossed in 1/4oz of Nelson Sauvin as a flavor addition just to make it interesting. The slight grapyness I get from that should play nice with the D-180L/WLP500 plum/fruit/spice.

Gonna finish this cup of coffee, and then brew up a fiver of South Ferry Steam Beer this morning!

Just like Dave, I am gonna finish up some morning coffee, and then bottle up my modified Oktoberfest!

Going to watch a little football, then bottle my Sapphire Pilsner.

I'm going to dryhop the Conan IPA today, and then I might consider doing a Mr. B batch or something since I have so much still on the shelf. Or I may just mow the lawn. I guess we'll see where the day leads...

My grass needs to be cut also....you want to cut mine too Swen??

No brewing, going to call my friend who solders, have a few things for him to do for me. Here's a teaser.....

It's alive....

Inkleg wrote:No brewing, going to call my friend who solders, have a few things for him to do for me. Here's a teaser.....

It's alive....

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That looks totally BADASS!!! Can't wait for more info!

Bottled BAA yesterday!

4 weeks to go. Ho Hum.