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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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This is an old stand by for me!

Very hoppy not really bitter.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Sorachi Again 1.1 (1.2)
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0) Loved this beer! Wish I could make 10 gallons!
Might be the house beer!

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.22 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5.72 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.50 gal
Estimated OG: 1.067 SG
Estimated Color: 5.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 87.6 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 96.4 %
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.6 %
0.30 oz Magnum [12.10 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 3 14.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Sorachi Ace [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 4 26.3 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 5 -
1.00 oz Sorachi Ace [12.60 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 22.6 IBUs
1.00 oz Sorachi Ace [12.60 %] - Boil 9.0 min Hop 7 15.1 IBUs
1.00 oz Sorachi Ace [12.60 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 9.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35. Yeast 9 -
1.50 oz Sorachi Ace [12.60 %] - Dry Hop 3.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 14 lbs
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 19.25 qt of water at 171.8 F 156.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.98gal, 4.11gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Brewed a 11 gallon batch of Drop Kick Nate but it ended up being 11.75 gallons. I beat my OG by 11 points and can't figure out why since I overshot my volume. I did add 1/2 lb more malt but come on, that doesn't make 11 points.
I did use RO water for the first time so can that make a difference? I shot for 5.4 ph and got 5.5 so I left it alone. It's a 'smelly' pale ale so I think 5.5 should be more than fine. Don't want this too bitter.
We won't have too many more weekends like this one weather wises but I'll be brewing more in the coming weeks. El Nino has been very good to us.
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Kegged 5 gallons plus of Beyond The Dark Extra and 5 gallons Beyond the Dark BB dry Irish Stout. Extra is w/Organic Chocolate liquid extract 2 oz and the BB is aging in a recently emptied whiskey barrel, which had a bottle of bourbon dumped in and rotated til I filled it today.
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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
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle

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

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My Shelleigh Irish Red Ale. finished way lower than expected, I got a 6.5% brew out of it. :banana:
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I will drain that glass again.
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I recently bought some Mr. Beer 1 Liter bottles off of Craigslist. I had asked my daughter to pick them up for me as they were several hours from me but close to her. The guy said he'd throw some other stuff in with the bottles. She came home last night and brought me several boxes of bottles, couple packages of pop-off bottle caps, an older LBK, and two old Mr. Beer refills-a Vienna Lager and a Canadian Draft along with 2 packages of rock hard sugar booster. The cans looked nice, so I thought what the heck, I brewed them up along with the booster today. In case the yeast was too old, I split a package of Safale S-04 between them. :banana:
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We're bottling 6 gal of a Blueberry Wine today, and another 6 gal of an American Wheat tomorrow
"Filled with mingled cream and amber
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chambers of my brain
-- Quaintest thoughts -- Queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away;
Who cares how time advances?
I am drinking ale today."

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Brewing up a Kentucky Common today. Debated on the yeast a bit, but decided S-04 would work to keep it easy.
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5.5 G The Mather Steamship Cali-Common today, beautiful cloudless sky in the 70's finally!
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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

Medal Count
Gold 3
Silver 5
Bronze 5
Actively brewing since December 2013
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Not a darn thang. Got me grains all ground up, hops measured out, stuck head in fridge and poooooop, I'm outa yeast. LHBS won't be open til wens..... great planing on my part.
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I hope you got your yeast FiT.
I'm making another Busted Wing Pale. Both of last year's one hand brews failed, hoping for better this time.
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Got 'er done, one 5 gallon bubbling away, Summer Blonde. I need to do some/alot of drinking and get some kegs empty. WAY too many cobwebs on my equipment.
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Re: What are you brewing/bottling?

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Saturday I plan on brewing BlackDuck's Four Point Pale Ale. I had to make a few minor tweaks to account for what my Organic LHBS had in stock but it's essentially the same beer.
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Kealia wrote:Saturday I plan on brewing BlackDuck's Four Point Pale Ale.
Oooooh, that's a good one.
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I'm sure it will come out fine with your changes! Can't wait to hear how it come out.


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Yeah, well I just noticed that they gave me C-60 instead of C-80 too so make that 3 changes. Arrgh, tree-hugging hippies. That's what I get for going to my local shop in Santa Cruz, that's all organic on 4/20 to pick something up that needs to be specific!
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