Tag: ipa

Wheat IPA(?) Kegging

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Got around to getting the Big Brew Day beer packaged up.

Opening the fermenter it sure smells like a wheat beer

Was planning to bottle, but my bottling bucket split at the valve.. but we had a mini keg on hand. Only a 2.5 gallon so we needed a couple of bottles as well.

Was kind of surprised that it wasn’t as bitter as I expected. That ounce of Chinook in a 3 gallon should have had some oomph behind it. But it’s pretty tame. Bitter for sure, but I think it should have been more.

Tastes pretty good now, but will wait a week or so before doing a real review. And by then the Red IPA should be in keg and ready as well.

The Farmers markets will be up soon, so we will be switching the focus more on cider and wine, and pickling things

Stay tuned.

Mini Big Brew Day

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It was Big Brew day this past Saturday. I didn’t brew one of the National recipes but I did brew.

Threw together a mini batch of White IPA. Or something close to that. Had to sub in Fuggles for the Saaz. And used a Saison yeast. But these all should go with a basic 50% wheat grain bill.

Just a yeast cake..

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It’s been quite a while since I have used US05. I forgot it makes cool looking yeast cakes.

This was just a simple IPA with a bit of midnight wheat for some color. Tastes great right out of the fermenter.

Hopefully I can get another brew in this week. I was planning a saison, but I may do a leftovers brew to get rid of things so I can get on track this year.

Looks like the leftovers will include Pilsner, Munich, various crystals and I think there is a couple of oz of roast barley. Hops are mostly cascades, with some saaz and tet.