Another great brew day, weather was perfect and everything about the session went great.. Sample tastes great, a firm hop bitterness.
@:)
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Brewer: Josh Gum
Style: American IPA
Batch: 5.50 gal All GrainCharacteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.064 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 60 IBU
Recipe Color: 25° SRM
Estimated FG: 1.016
Alcohol by Volume: 6.2%
Alcohol by Weight: 4.9%Ingredients
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American two-row 11.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
American Munich 1.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
American chocolate malt 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
Carafa III malt 0.50 lb, Grain, MashedChinook (13aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 60 minutes
Nugget (14.2aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 30 minutes
Centennial (9aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 10 minutes
Chinook (13aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 10 minutes
Centennial (9aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 5 minutes
Chinook (13aa) 0.50 oz, Whole, 5 minutes
Simcoe (12.9aa) 1.00 oz, Whole, 5 minutesCalcium Chloride 1.00 unit, Other, 1tsp @ 60min
Irish Moss 1.00 unit, Fining,
WLP001 California Ale 1.00 unit, Yeast,Dry Hops 1.00 unit, Other, 1/2oz Chinook, 1oz Simcoe, 1oz Centennial after primary fermentation
Notes
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Recipe Notes:
Mashed at 154f for 60min
Ferment at 68fBatch Notes:
OG 1.060The first sample tastes good, much like the last batch except a little less of a resinous bitterness..
Had a great brew day today, even though I missed my final volume by about a gallon.. tastes good. First time I’ve used the Charlie Papazian signature yeast, Cry Havoc. We’ll see how it turns out!
Brew #66: :$
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Brewer: Josh Gum
Style: Scottish Export 80/-
Batch: 5.25 gal All GrainCharacteristics
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Recipe Gravity: 1.041 OG
Recipe Bitterness: 32 IBU
Recipe Color: 12 SRM
Estimated FG: 1.010
Alcohol by Volume: 3.9%
Alcohol by Weight: 3.1%Ingredients
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American two-row 5.00 lb, Grain, Mashed
Crystal 120L 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
Crystal 60L 0.50 lb, Grain, Mashed
Flaked wheat 1.00 lb, Adjunct, Mashed
German pilsener 2.00 lb, Grain, MashedNorthern Brewer (8.2aa) 0.40 oz, Whole, 30 minutes
Tettnanger (5.5aa) 0.40 oz, Whole, 15 minutes
Tettnanger (5.5aa) 0.75 oz, Whole, 30 minutes
Tettnanger (5.5aa) 0.40 oz, Whole, 60 minutesCalcium Chloride 1.00 unit, Additive, 1/2tsp
Irish Moss 1.00 unit, Fining,
WLP862 Cry Havoc Yeast 1.00 unit, Yeast,Notes
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Recipe Notes:
mash @ 152 for 60mBatch Notes:
missed volume, collected 4ga, OG 1.0485/30: Kegged, FG 1.010, has a rather silky mouthfeel. Bitterness seems herbally with some spiciness and a little over the top of the malt flavors. We’ll see how it tastes carbonated..
This upcoming weekend I’ve got 2 beers entered in the Heart of the Valley Homebrew Competition. Same as the Longshot, I’m entering both the brown ale and the black american IPA. I’m really looking forward to the feedback and to compare the scores that I get on these beers.. I’m not expecting a whole lot from the brown ale, it’s lacking hop bitterness in my opinion. I do hope the IPA does well, its probably one of the best beers I’ve brewed. We’ll see this Saturday!
2009 Heart of the Valley Homebrew Competition
http://www.hotv.org/comp09/Competition2009.html
Black American IPA scored 37.33, wins 3rd place in its category. The feedback is; “Big hop nose, citrus with some malt notes”, “Black body with big head creamy head”, “Lots of hop flavor, malty taste with low end of bitterness, fruity and citrus flavor”, “Medium to light body”, “Good drinking beer, nice hop aroma and flavor”. Of the 5 judged categories, the Flavor category was on average my lowest, and that seems to be due to the relatively low bitterness. The rest of the categories each scored 83% of the points possible on average. So apparently this beer could have been 40+ with some more bitterness, in the judges opinions. First place in this category was “Pap Rabbit’s Imperial Pilsner” and second place was “Lawn Boy”.
My Brown Ale scored 29.25, which wasn’t that big of a surprise.. Generally the aroma was missing and the flavor was missing. The malty sweetness and grainy flavor dominated over the hops in this beer, which is not appropriate for an American Brown Ale. Next time I brew this one, I should be adding a bigger punch of flavor hops, some higher alpha bittering, and plenty of late hops for the lingering aroma (or to dry hop it for a little bit).
I just finished bottling my entries for this years Sam Adams Longshot Beer Competition.. I’m entering brews 62 and 63, the brown ale and black american IPA respectively. Both beers taste good, so I’m really looking forward to the judges feedback. I’ll definitely post my results and include a summary of the feedback.. I believe the judging is being done on 5/15 and the feedback will probably be mailed within a week or two afterwards. This is a very big homebrew competition with around a thousand homebrewers entering! So, to say winning it is a Longshot is not just a pun. :D
