Just testing the pump on the new chiller. Didn’t know if it would have enough power to push thru it.
Everything works great. No leaks. Never used one if these so it’s a bit clumbsy and akward. Gotta make it a bit more brew day friendly.
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Lost post from 2010
(This post was still in que an never posted. Must have been a decent beer because I remade this recipe in 2012)
Its over 100 in the garage today, so might as well brew. Have a SNPA clone in the works.
-8 lbs 2row
-1/2 lb dextrine
-1/2 lb 60L
1 oz perle 60
.5 oz cascade 15
.5 cascade 10
.5 cascade 5
.5 cascade 0
with 05 yeast
forgot to click my lid down so I started mash at 155 but by the time I noticed we crept down to 151 but shouldn’t be that big of a thing.
Is there a wierder smelling hop than these perle? Like a Grapefruit rolled up in fresh cut grass.
What is this!
With the Titletown Open about a month away, its time to start deciding what beers and what categories.
Seems like it should be easy to do. If I brewed a Pale ale, put it in pale ale. Well of course it dont work like that. One of the most important decisions in a homebrew contest is to get the right category and sub category. And even that has little tricks, or nuances. You need to play to the judges. You need to see a judging first hand to get the full meaning of that.
My Betazoid stout for example. I brewed this to be a dry stout. And I think it would fit perfectly here, except its 7.5%. Thats extremely high for a dry. So this might fall into the Foreign extra slot. The only reason I am considering Foreign is because of the alc. I'm gonna need some feed back on this one for sure before I decide.
My strong ale is another. I originally brewed as a barley wine, and I think it still could pass as that, but its nearly two years old now, and is really making a case for old ale. I only have 4 bottles left of this and its been 8 months or so since I had one. Even then the Hops were starting to drop out and the beers was really hitting its stride. I really do hope this one scores well. I like this beer alot. Dont wanna see those last 4 go.
And the I have some tougher ones to place. The porter, is it really a porter? The Valhelsing, American brown, amber? Are these ESBs really ESBs?
Plus I gotta decide which of the 20p beers I wanna use. Our special category this year for the 20th anniversary. My have a starting OG of 20p or more. I made a brown last April just for this and it is fantastic, but I got that Double Alt that sure wants to be in it if it can clean it self up a little in a month.
This year I dont feel I have any clear winners. Sad to say,, but thats the way it is. I do have some good solid beers going in, just nothing that stand out so to say.
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