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Gonna do a Stone Levitation tomorrow. Haven't brewed in 5 weeks......that's just not my style.

You were going back and forth on the yeast for a while, right? What did you decide on this time?

I used 04 last time but got some fresh (not washed or harvested) 007 to use this time.
I've used 007 for a number of my IPA's and really like it. It's a nice switch to 001 which is my house yeast.

007 is the James Bond of yeast.

Brewing Yuri Rage's Thunderstruck Pumpkin. Thinking ahead for once.

I actually can't decide what I want to brew next. I've been enjoying so many good commercial craft beers lately that I haven't been inspired.

Posted to wrong thread. Kings Porter on Sunday. Weather seems to be clearing up for sunday!

See here. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=235&start=1125

I'm gonna brew a 2.5 batch of Rushin' Pale Ale today. It's just light DME, a little 40L, and some Cascade, but it's a decent beer; created earlier this year when I was real busy at work, very tired come the weekends, but still wanted to brew. Next week I'll make a 2.5 batch of Scramblin' Amber, which has the same history and similar EZ ingredient list. It's good to have really simple recipes like this on hand, I've found.

Today, I am back!! Starting Kings Porter in about 40 minutes. Time to go prep! I'll take plenty of pictures today

This is what I am looking at for next weekend.

It is a take off of a recipe russki passed me on the old Mr Beer website to
try as a low alcohol brew.
Found one yesterday that had been in the fridge for almost a year and the flavor
is Wunderbar!

Now, I gotta do it as a full blown recipe!

Any suggestions are welcome!



BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Mucho Huevos!
Brewer: JohnEC
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.24 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.24 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 32.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 32.2 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 Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 66.7 %
2 lbs 4.8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2 17.0 %
1 lbs 4.8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3 9.6 %
14.4 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 4 6.7 %
1.50 oz Fuggle [4.50 %] - Boil 45.0 min Hop 5 20.9 IBUs
1.50 oz Fuggle [4.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 11.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) Yeast 7 -


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 13 lbs 8.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 20.88 qt of water at 161.4 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.02gal, 4.62gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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Brewed up a Trippel this morning.

D_Rabbit wrote:Today, I am back!! Starting Kings Porter in about 40 minutes. Time to go prep! I'll take plenty of pictures today

Hope all went smoothly, Dan, and that the beer turns out to be a winner.

Working on a starter right now. I'm brewing again! First time since early spring, I think. I plan to do my red ale, but I also need to finish off these last three Mr. B extracts from the contest, as they have all passed the expiration date. So... I may do one to three of them as well. I will do the winter ale with some spices, the oktoberfest close to straight up, and the pale ale with some hop addition, as well as the addition of dandelion syrup. I also have a kvass extract. Don't know that I'll do all this weekend, but I'll likely do some.

Picked up grains, yeast, and hops for a hefeweizen recipe I'm developing. I took a page from Jamil's book and kept the bill real simple, in hopes that it turns out into a very classic, banana-y hefeweizen.

This weekend the agenda for Saturday!

New twist on a previous recipe. Looking for more malt!


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: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 34.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.2 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 63.1 %
2 lbs Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 2 13.3 %
1 lbs Smoked Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 3 6.6 %
12.8 oz Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 5.3 %
12.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5 5.0 %
6.0 oz Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.5 %
6.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 7 2.5 %
4.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 8 1.7 %
1.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Firs Hop 9 17.4 IBUs
1.00 oz East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil Hop 10 9.6 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 0.8 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 22.81 qt of water at 161.6 F 152.0 F 60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (0.85gal, 4.75gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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