NPA Pale Ale - 20

owner: Michael Erwin | started: 02/26/2009 | last updated: 07/11/2009
Recipe: | status: Finished

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February 26, 2009
Planning

Ordered ingredients from Midwest. Plus, ordered two hop rhizomes, Cascade and Glacier.

8 oz crystal 10L
6 lbs Briess pilsen light malt syrup
12 oz pilsen light dme
1 oz Galena pellets (45)
.5oz oz Cascade pellets (15)
1 tsp Irish moss (15)
1 oz Cascade pellets (5)
1 safale 04
1 oz Cascade pellets (dry hop)
6 oz corn sugar

I'm going for a lighter color this time.

OG:1.055
Exp FG:1.014
Starting Temp: 68F.
Took this one to the upstairs closet. Got warm (75F), and starting going nuts within two days; blew out the airlock. Moved to kitchen closet. Now at 65F and fermenting nicely.

3/11/09 - SG:1.011, way better than expected. Extremely light color. Moving to secondary.

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April 9, 2009
Conditioning
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temperature: 64F
starting gravity: 1.055
specific gravity 1.011
final gravity: 1.009

Warm, flat beer. Must be bottling time again. Deep straw color, very light. FG came in nicely, dropped 2 points in secondary. See you in two weeks!

FG: 1.009
App Atten: 84% !!!!!
ABV: 6.0%

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July 11, 2009
Finished
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Oh so good. I'm working on an all-grain version to brew in August.

Elementary Penguin Maibock - 19

owner: Michael Erwin | started: 02/02/2009 | last updated: 07/11/2009
status: Enjoying

2/3/2009 - Raw materials are on the way. Here's the recipe from Papazian, and I'll edit later to include my modifications:

9.9# light malt extract syrup
.5# toasted malted barley
1.5oz Mt Hood (60)
.5oz Vanguard (30)
1oz French Strisselspalt (15)
Saflager 23

2/25/09 - Got delayed for a number of reasons. But, tomorrow is the day.

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February 26, 2009
Brewing
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Brewing as I type this into the blackberry. Here is my recipe:

9.9# Midwest Gold malt extract syrup
.5# lightly roasted barley
1 oz Mt Hood (60)
.4 oz German Spalt (60)
.5oz Vanguard (leaf) (30)
1oz French Strisselspalt (15)
Saflager 23

This is a big beer. OG:1.072, so we're looking at a 7% abv at the finish. Pitched at 74F. Recommended ferm temp is 50-60F, so I'm going to put this one in the basement, and hope for about 55F.

3/5/09 - SG:1.024. 53F.
3/7/09 - SG:1.023. 56F.
3/12/09 - SG:1.017. 53F. Moving to secondary.

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April 25, 2009
Bottling
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temperature: 53F
starting gravity: 1.072
specific gravity 1.017
final gravity: 1.016

Bottling day. Dark amber in color, with a sweet taste at this point.

App Atten: 78%
ABV: 7.3%

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May 14, 2009
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Oh, this is good.