6-1-11 the Bock and Steam





The bock seems to be just fine so far. Dont think I have seen a better ferment so far. Pitched the dry Munich as I was goin to bed, and by morning she was just about to the top lip. Had to install the blowoff. She chugged away at top speed for almost 3 days. Finally fell and is still going pretty good.

Although I am getting the banana smells from it, Its sitting at 64 degrees so I dont think i need to worry about getting those flavors, but the style does allow for them. Which is ok because I am planning on entering this recipe.
She was also qite dark going into the fermenter, but as everything is starting to drop out now, its getting to the color I was hoping for. more twards the 20 ish SRM instead of the black that it was.

The Steam beer has finally stopped airlock bubblin. I think it needs one more week before I keg it. Hard to get a good look at it as the carboy is in a bucket, but it really looks clear.

Starting to plan out my first 10 gallon batch. Its gonna be the upscaled Cropcircles It will need to be another partial mash because of mash tun size, but thats ok. But I really need to up size my cooler pretty soon.

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