Red Ale IPA

I decided to try and a Red .

9# 2 row
8oz 80L Crystal
4oz 20L Crystal
4oz Cara-Red
2oz Cara-Armoa
2oz Roasted Barley
Total:  10.5#

Mash:

65C for 60min
70C Sparge
Total 6Gal

22oz Creme Honey @ 60min
1oz Nugget @ 60min
2oz Magnum @ 60min
2oz Cascade @ 30min
1oz Mt. Hood @ 5min

OG: 1.060

Yeast:  Burton WLP023

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New Stout

8# 2row
2# Crystal 20L
1# Crystal 80L
1.5# Rolled Oats
1# Torrified Wheat
.5# Black Patent
.5# Roasted Barley
.5# Chocolate

2oz Goldings @ 60min
1oz Willamette @ 30min

Wyeast – Irish Yeast #1084

Striked this mash at 75C.  Went to check temperature several times and noticed the water level had dropped and there wasn’t water covering the top of the grains.  Filled it up with 70C water each time, but struggled to keep the water up top.  I think i had too many grains in the new masher because there was a point where if i filled it anymore i couldn’t put the lid on.  I don’t think i can put anymore than 12lbs of grain in the coolers.  I’ll need to experiment to find out.  I will probably again this Sunday.

Sparged at 70C.  I think i ended up with a bit more water than i wanted.  I thought i would have boiled off more.  Ended up with a 6gal batch instead of a 5gal.

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Two Pale Ales

Liz’s Pic:

5# 2row
5# 20L Crystal
2# Torified Wheat

2oz Magnum @ 60
2oz Mt. Hood @ 30
1oz Willamette @ 5

OG: 1.041

Jon’s Pic:

4# 2row
5# 20L Crystal
5# 80L Crystal

1oz Nugget @ 60
1oz Magnum @ 60
1oz Chinook @ 30
1oz Cascade @ 30
1oz Mt. Hood @ 15
1oz Willamette @ 5

OG: 1.052

Will Dry hop after 3 days with 1oz Mt. Hood

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My first mash with two brews!

So I brewed up two batches of this weekend.  I did a Stout and a Hefeweizen.  Once I am done, I plan on naming the and adding them to the recipe section of my blog but until then, here ya go.

Stout:

  • 6# 2Row
  • 1# 6row
  • 1# Roasted Wheat
  • 1# Torrefied Wheat
  • 1# Oats
  • .5# Black
  • .5# Barley
  • 2.5oz East Kent @ 60min
  • .5oz East Kent @ 30 min
  • 1oz Sterling @ 10min
  • Wyeast – Irish

Hefeweizen:

  • 5# 2Row
  • 2# 6Row
  • 2# DWC Wheat
  • 1# Roasted Wheat
  • 1# Torrefied Wheat
  • 1# Oats
  • 1oz Nugget @ 60min
  • .25oz Cascade @ 60min
  • 1oz Sterling @ 20min
  • .5oz Sterling @ 5min
  • Wyeast – London III (Large batch because i reused it from my very first 2 brews that were extract)

Both were mashed the same way.  I heated the water up and began the mash at 70C.  I let them sit for one hour.  Rinsing I used hot tap water, which I will not do next time.  My OG for both was 1.041.  Not very good, probably due to my rinsing process.

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