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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Gotta warm up first! :freeze:
I'm really looking at this.
Looks like a total citrus bomb to me, which isn't a bad thing.

OR, a great standby of a Sorachi beer I'm totally enamored with! :p


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Recipe: Citra/Comet
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 9.00 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.50 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.25 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 74.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
13 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 87.1 %
1 lbs Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2 6.5 %
1 lbs Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.5 %
0.35 oz Magnum [12.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 4 14.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 11.5 IBUs
0.50 oz Comet [9.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 6 9.1 IBUs
0.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 6.9 IBUs
0.50 oz Comet [9.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 5.5 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 7.0 min Hop 9 10.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Comet [9.50 %] - Boil 7.0 min Hop 10 8.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 3.0 min Hop 11 4.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Comet [9.50 %] - Boil 3.0 min Hop 12 3.7 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 13 -
1.50 oz Glacier [5.60 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Comet [9.50 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 19.38 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.52gal, 4.50gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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My next kegging event will be 1/25 when I keg my latest stout .... 5 gal ....

I don't have to look at the recipe ... I don't even use qbrew much any more. I make the stouts plain and simple, and they're delicious.

5 gal
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7.5 lbs 2row mash - mash
1.0 lb roasted malt - mash
0.75 lb sugar

1oz nugget 60min
1oz nugget 20min

1.06 OG
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Just got done bottling a Blonde Ale, a simple one. 6 LB gold LME, 1/2 lb Carapils, 1lb light Belgian candi, 1 oz cascade @30 min, 1 oz cascade @2 min, 05 yeast.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Got the mash going on a BIAB batch of Tennessee Cream Ale. I like brew days like this; nice and easy-going. Some beers make you work a little more than others, and while I don't mind, since there's always a pay-off to make it worthwhile, well, I also like the days where it's a simple grain bill, a small batch, and an easy boil. I won't even have to add the first hop addition until T-35!

Yeah, the Cream Ale is not a stand-out beer; I know that. But it's nice to have the variety; it'll be conditioned and ready for drinking fairly soon, and while it's not a stand-out, it's pretty darn tasty.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Just bottled a case from the keg of my Nashville Swill and the bottles of other beers going to the Peach State Brew Off.
Naked Cat Brewery On Tap
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Octoberfest
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Got my Nashville brew into bottles and planning the next brew. Just not sure what it will be yet.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Beer-lord wrote:Got my Nashville brew into bottles and planning the next brew. Just not sure what it will be yet.

I'm guessing you bottle from a keg(stuff I'm bringing I bottled last month)
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Yes, this time I bottled from the keg. I rarely bottle but I paid for the beer gun and like it so I might as well use it. It does seem to work well though you can go thru some CO2.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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First hop addition in on 15 gallon batch of my NORTH PORT PILS!
Kegged 5 gallon batch of Brown Ale and will bottle Nasvhille Traveling Irish Red later in the week or next weekend.
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Currently brewing:

Next Up?
Kolsch?
Ginger Beer?
Traveling Red?
Yazoo Gerst Clone?
Peanut Butter Porter?

Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato

Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Steve, you're not running two burners and a heater on propane with the garage door closed, are you? :o
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Brewing a Wee Heavy while drinking a Belgian Saison and watching the Packers and Seahawks.
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I should look into making a Wee Heavy. So many beers, so little time.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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RickBeer wrote:Steve, you're not running two burners and a heater on propane with the garage door closed, are you? :o
Side man door was opened and have eaves vents. I was getting fresh air in.
MONTUCKY BREWING
Currently brewing:

Next Up?
Kolsch?
Ginger Beer?
Traveling Red?
Yazoo Gerst Clone?
Peanut Butter Porter?

Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato

Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle

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Gold 3
Silver 5
Bronze 5
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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I've been busy: I bottled my side of the last RCE last night, a partigyle of Strong Scotch Ale and Irish Red Ale, partly because it was time and partly to free a couple of fermenters to refine the recipe from a previous RCE, which was a split batch of Altbier and Bock. Both recipes were previously posted. This time in the split batch of Altbier and Bock, I used a common core recipe like in that RCE, but added hops to the Altbier, and Munich and Vienna malts to the Bock, instead of varying the yeast. After juggling too many things simultaneously to get this done, let's just say I'm glad they're in the fermenters.
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I bottled my cream ale yesterday and must say I am less than satisfied with it. first the OG was way low and fermentation was something I've not seen or heard of, the FG sample on taste was thin and had lots of corn flavor something not expected. ABV should have been 5.9% and came in at 3.7%. Will let it condition and report in Reviews. I did do my first batch prime and think I'll do this now with all my batches. Its so easy. Always a learning curve going on with a new hobby. :flag:
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