Sour Bottled

Brew Day - Bell Creek Blonde

Bell Creek Blonde

1/29/12
6-B Blonde Ale

Size: 5.96 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 77.0%
Calories: 171.62 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.052 (1.038 - 1.054)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.008 - 1.013)
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Color: 3.67 (3.0 - 6.0)
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Alcohol: 5.22% (3.8% - 5.5%)
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Bitterness: 23.1 (15.0 - 28.0)
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Ingredients:

10.0 lb Pilsen Malt
.5 lb Munich Malt
1.25 lb Red Wheat Malt
1.5 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker (2.3%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
1.0 oz Spalt Spalter (3.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
.5 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker (2.3%) - steeped after boil
1.0 ea White Labs WLP004 Irish Stout

Schedule:

Mash @ 150

Ferment @ 162

Notes

Yeast will be a repitch from a wheat beer that was originally pitched with kolsch yeast but had a vial of irish ale added which is probably the dominant strain in the slurry. The wheat came out nice and clean.

Brew Day

Winterfell Wheat

6-D American Wheat or Rye Beer

Date: 1/16/2012

Size: 5.96 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 147.33 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.044 (1.040 - 1.055)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (1.008 - 1.013)
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Color: 4.26 (3.0 - 6.0)
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Alcohol: 4.36% (4.0% - 5.5%)
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Bitterness: 19.2 (15.0 - 30.0)
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Ingredients:

8.0 lb Red Wheat Malt
2.0 lb Maris Otter
1 oz Tettnanger (3.5%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
.5 oz Ahtanum (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
.5 oz Ahtanum (5.2%) - added dry to primary fermenter
1.0 ea White Labs WLP029 German Ale/Kölsch

Notes:
I ended up pitching a tube of Irish Ale yeast on day 2 because the wlp029 starter did not take off.
1-22-12 -  1.011 and cloudy.  Pie crust aroma and flavor, subtle hop character

Silvestrator 2012 Doppelbock

Silvestrator 2012

12/31/11
5-C Doppelbock

Size: 4.5 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 306.67 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.091 (1.072 - 1.112)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.023 (1.016 - 1.024)
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Color: 20.98 (6.0 - 25.0)
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Alcohol: 9.07% (7.0% - 10.0%)
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Bitterness: 20.0 (16.0 - 26.0)
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Ingredients:

10.0 lb Munich Malt
3.0 lb Pilsner Malt
2.0 lb German Dark Munich
1.0 lb Caramunich® TYPE II
.5 lb German CaraAroma
1.0 oz Czech Saaz (3.0%) - added first wort, boiled 90 m
.5 oz Czech Saaz (3.0%) - added during boil, boiled 30 m
.5 oz Czech Saaz (3.0%) - added during boil, boiled 15 m

Schedule:

Ambient Air: 70.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 m

00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 5.16 gal; Strike: 150.75 °F; Target: 140.0 °F
00:11:00 Decoction 1 - Volume: 0.93 gal; Boil: 5.0 m; Target: 150.0 °F
00:41:00 Rest 1 - Rest: 30 m; Final: 150.0 °F
00:49:00 Decoction 2 - Volume: 1.09 gal; Boil: 5.0 m; Target: 160.0 °F
01:19:00 Untitled Step - Rest: 30 m; Final: 160.0 °F
01:49:00 Sparge - Sparge Volume: 8.25 gal; Sparge Temperature: 168.0 °F; Runoff: 8.26 gal


Notes:
1-22-12 : Gravity 1.028.  Started raising temp from 49 to 60

Recipe - Aces Rye

Aces Rye

10-A American Pale Ale
Date: 12/4/2011

Size: 6.0 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 181.79 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.055 (1.045 - 1.060)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.010 - 1.015)
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Color: 7.19 (5.0 - 14.0)
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Alcohol: 5.37% (4.5% - 6.0%)
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Bitterness: 36.2 (30.0 - 45.0)
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Ingredients:

10.0 lb Golden Promise Pale
2.0 lb Rye Malt
5 oz Crystal 60
1.0 oz Sorachi Ace (11.6%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
1.0 oz Sorachi Ace (11.6%) - steeped after boil
1 L White Labs WLP001 California Ale

Notes:

Mash in 110
Rest at 149 for 60 mins
Rest at 154 for 30 mins

Collected almost 8 gals (oops) - 12 Brix (1.048 or so)
Hit my OG (1.055) with 6 gals of wort collected
(Better Bottle wouldn't hold it so a gallon went into a jug)
Fermenting at 65

Brew Day - Road Tripel

Road Tripel
11/26/11

18-C Belgian Tripel

Size: 5.96 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 80.0%
Calories: 255.12 per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.077 (1.075 - 1.085)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.015 (1.010 - 1.016)
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Color: 4.2 (4.5 - 6.0)
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Alcohol: 8.11% (7.5% - 9.0%)
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Bitterness: 22.87 (25.0 - 38.0)
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Ingredients:

14 lbs Belgian Pils
2.0 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)
1000 mL White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale
2.0 oz Tettnanger (3.5%) - added during boil, boiled 90 min
.5 oz Saaz (2.8%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min


12/10 - added sugar

American Wit

6-D American Wheat or Rye Beer

Size: 5.96 gal
Efficiency: 75.0%
Attenuation: 75.0%
Calories: 164.78 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.050 (1.040 - 1.055)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.008 - 1.013)
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Color: 3.45 (3.0 - 6.0)
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Alcohol: 4.87% (4.0% - 5.5%)
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Bitterness: 26.3 (15.0 - 30.0)
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Ingredients:

5.0 lb Red Wheat Malt
5.0 lb 2-Row Brewers Malt
1.0 lb South Dakota Clover Honey
1.0 oz Cluster (7.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m
1.0 oz Cascade (6.1%) - added during boil, boiled 2.0 m
.5 oz Corriander crushed - added during boil, boiled 0.0 m
.5 oz Sweet Orange Peel (dried) - added during boil, boiled 0.0 m
1.0 ea White Labs WLP001 California Ale