Un-named IPA now called - Outsourced to India Pale Ale

Since this batch will be our 100 gallone brewed, we wanted to brew our first IPA. This is an all Amarillo hop IPA, created by thejadeddog on Homebrewtalk, considering there's over 22 pages of replies with brewers who brewed this, I can't wait to taste this. Picked up the rest of the ingredients from the Gaslight, keep forgetting about that place, have to get ingredients from Dan more often. The only change I will make is I'll add an oz of Amarillo hops vs the half oz that was in the original recipe.

I planned on brewing this up last weekend, but I had the flu ( yeah should have gotten that flu shot) , so I had to wait til tonight to do it, and I'm coughing up a lung with bronchitis, never had that before but after getting over the flu I came down with it.  Had planned on going to the AOH Christmas Dinner but felt like crap all day but had to brew this up tonight (remind me never to brew at midnight again) or risk my grains going bad.

The poll on the left side of the site will determine the name.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Outsourced To India Pale Ale
Brewer: John
Asst Brewer: Zoey
Style: American IPA
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 2.82 gal
Post Boil Volume: 2.60 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal  
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 5.9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 55.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 0.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Calories: 151 12oz

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
3 lbs 8.0 oz        Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM)        Dry Extract   2        46.7 %      
8.0 oz                Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)    Grain         1        6.7 %        
3 lbs 8.0 oz        Extra Light Dry Extract [Boil for15 min] Dry Extract   4        46.7 %      
1.50 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min   Hop           3        25.7 IBUs    
1.00 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min   Hop           6        8.5 IBUs    
1.00 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min    Hop           7        3.4 IBUs    
1.00 oz              Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min    Hop           8        0.0 IBUs    
1.00 Items          Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)        Fining        5        -            
1.0 pkg              Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         9        -            


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 7 lbs 8.0 oz
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Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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1/2lb Crystal 40
Steeped in 1.5 gallons of 160 deg water for 20 minutes.


FINALLY had the chance to bottle this last night, between the holidays, work and now working out, there just hasn't been enough time in the day, but finally did it last night. Everything went great!

The soldiers waiting to be sanitized!

Itchy Paws

After making Pembroke Pale Ale, I wanted to make another American Pale Ale, since  one of these will be my house ale, I wanted to change the recipe around alittle.

Brewed this last night, this way I can be drinking both of these on New Years Eve, always a good thing.


BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Itchy Pawz Pale Ale
Brewer: John
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 2.82 gal
Post Boil Volume: 2.60 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal  
Bottling Volume: 4.60 gal
Estimated OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 6.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 37.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 0.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Calories: 151.6  12oZ

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU        
6 lbs                 Pale Liquid Extract [Boil for45 min](8.0 Extract       3        85.7 %      
1 lbs                 Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)             Grain           1        14.3 %      
2.00 oz             Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           2        29.4 IBUs    
1.00 oz            Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min          Hop            4        0.6 IBUs    
1.00 oz            Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days      Hop       6        0.0 IBUs    
1.0 pkg            Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast     5        -            


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 7 lbs
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Created with BeerSmith 2 - http://www.beersmith.com



Wow, I just realized this is my 95th gallon of beer brewed, my next recipe will be my 100th, guess I'll have to do my first IPA then.

Cracked one open last night and am very happy with the results, although the next time I brew this I will dry hop with 2oz's of Cascade instead of 1oz, to improve the nose, still came out very good though. Little bitter in begging of the taste, with a nice floral aroma, picture came out much darker , which is usually the case.



Pembroke Pale Ale

6 lbs. of Pale Malt Extract
1/2 lb. of Crystal 60L Malt
3/4 oz of Northern Brewer (9%) at 60 min.
3/4 oz of Cascade (7%) at 30 minutes
3/4 oz of Cascade (7%) at 15 minutes
.5 oz  of Cascade (7%) at 0 minutes
1 oz of Cascade Dryhopped
wyeast 1056 American Ale



Haven't made this yet but plan on brewing it in the next week or so, picking up ingredients now. Hopefully this will become the house ale, not too malty, but with a nice floral nose to it. 

Edit..Brewed this up on October 23rd, will be transferring to bottles the week of the 20th, we will be drinking this by Christmas, now that's a Christmas present!

Just made the label

Since my good friend Jury Mabalo will be helping me brew this, I decided to make a label just for him.

What better way to spend your birthday than to bottle beer lol, that's what I did today, finally had a chance to bottle this, wort smelled great by the way. Also was the first time I used 22oz bottles, filled up 8 of those, that'll save some space and less bottles. Wound up with 35 12oz bottles, the 36th bottle was only half full so I drank some of that and it tasted real good, flat of course but a little bitterness with a nice floral aroma from the Cascade hops.

1.8.11   Finally had the chance to take a pic of this one, it came out really well, the body is decent and the additional oz of cascade made the difference, but I think the next time I will throw in another oz. Took a pic of both labels in 22oz bottles, definitely gonna brew this again with or without the dry hopping.

Belgian Blonde Ale

Finally had a change to brew this up, picked it up from Northern Brewer,  this crisp monastic session brew is made in the tradition of an Abbey Enkel (aka “Single,” but you might also know it as “Blonde," "5," or "6"). Twisted Enkel is light-bodied and straw colored, with a modest alcohol content and judicious hopping that makes it equally suitable for handing out to pilgrims staying outside your cloister or for general thirst-quenching duty on a hot day. A small finishing addition of Saaz hops lends a subtle floral character, while Wyeast's Canada/Belgium ale yeast brings bready and fruity flavor and a light pear aroma to the glass.

0.75 lbs Belgian Cara 8

0.25 lbs Biscuit Malt

3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
2 lbs Pilsen DME

1 oz Hersbrucker (60 min)

0.5 oz Saaz (60 min)

0.5 oz Saaz (5 min)

WYEAST 3864 Canadian /Belgian Ale.

you can already see it bubbling away, the one behind is the Patersbier.

Bottles this up Saturday night, looked real good, wort tasted great, can't wait to try this one. Going to make a labels for this one. One label for the poll winner and one for Makayla, we'll call that Makayla Blonde.

Picked up a set of Sam Adams beer glasses at Total Wine this week, figure I'd break them in when I crack open this batch, right now it's going to be called both Twisted Blonde (poll winner) and Makayla Blonde.

This came out pretty good, as clear as  I can probably get it since I am doing Partial Boils, it had a decent body to it, finished nice and dry also, I will definitely be brewing this up again, maybe soon. I'll definitely be drinking a few more tonight :)

Finally had a chance to make the Twisted Blonde label, should have the Makayla Blonde label up soon.

This was actually the other Twisted Blonde label I made, came out alright but decided against it, should have used a pic of Courtney Love or something lol..

Patersbier

"Made only from pilsner malt, hops, and yeast, the complexity that results from these simple ingredients is staggering: perfumey floral hops, ripe pear fruit, sour apple, spicy cloves, candied citrus and a slight biscuit character on the drying finish ... a monks' session beer. "

Nothing explains a Patersbier better than that last line, "a monk's session beer" lol, if a monk's gonna have a few beers this is what he's going to have. A Patersbier is a Belgain Ale, a session beer.

0.5 lbs CaraPils
1 oz Tradition hops (60 min)
0.5 oz Saaz hops (10 min)
6 lbs Pilsen malt extract syrup
Wyeast 3787 Trappist

Yup, you guessed it, another beer for our Lawnmower Series.


I was able to create the label at http://www.beerlabelizer.com/ , it's a great new site for beer labels, one of the guys from HBT created it.

Bottled this tonight, started at 10:30 didn't finish cleaning up til 2:00 AM, only able to get 48 bottles from this batch, had hoped on 50-54 but can't complain.   Everything went according to plan from the priming sugar to bottling, real smooth. Had a Hopfish IPA and a 220z Arrogant Bastard (first one) while bottling, that helped the process along some lol..

Well as you can see by the pics below, this came out better than advertised lol..Good body and mouthfeel, went down real easy, great lawnmower beer to add to our Lawnmower Series, or Summerfest brews. I also edited the label a little.

Honey Kolsch

Well, my first lawnmower brew last night, well actually very early this morning since I didn't get to bed til 4:30 AM by the time I had cleaned up.

What's a lawnmower beer you ask? From the beerconniossuer.com. "The term “Lawnmower Beer” gets a lot of work around this time of year, usually in reference to a beer that’s light on flavour and heavy on hype, such as you might drink for refreshment following a particularly hot and sweaty activity, such as mowing the lawn. The typical characteristics displayed by such a brew are as follows: cold, wet, thirst quenching".

Yeah, I know, we live in a condo in Harrison and we don't have a lawn. I won't tell if you don't :)

HONEY KOLSCH

6 lbs Gold Malt Syrup

1 lb Honey late addition (0 min)
1 oz Vanguard (60 min)
1 oz Vanguard (30 min)
Fermentis Safale US-05 Ale Yeast

When this beer is done, it’ll finish with a nice pale color, light body, and smooth mouth feel. The honey adds subtle floral character and lightens the body by fermenting to dryness. This is going to be a nice summer beer, the airlock is already bubbling away as the yeasties do their work. The pic is from my blackberry, for some reason the one I have takes horrible pics, yet others who have the same model take great pics, guess it's me.

Found a great new site for labels, http://www.beerlabelizer.com/ , a guy from HBT created it. You can create cool looking labels in minutes, just save them and print them out later.

You can see on the label it's part of our Lawnmower Series, a brew you can lean back and watch someone else cut your grass and actually down a few and not get bombed.

Ahhh, looks great and tastes great! This will definitely be made again, probably soon.

Brew Your Own Label Contest

Decided to enter the 2010 Brew Your Own Label contest, here's the link BYO- homebrew-label-contest , it's the 15th annual contest, honestly don't think we have a chance but looking at past label winners, we're dead in the water lol. Alot of the enteries are from graphic designers, but since we go for humorous labels, we're hoping to get a few votes. I will be entering the 4 labels  below.

  

  

                 


    

Pirate Pale Ale

I'll stop into the Gaslight Brewpub in South Orange once in awhile and grab a beer before heading home,  the Gaslight is located a few blocks up from Seton Hall University, home of the Seton Hall Pirates. One of their many brews there is the Pirate Pale Ale, an English Pale Ale that is incredible.  Dan the owner of the Gaslight drew me up a recipe and I'm going to brew it up and if it comes anywhere close to what  they have their, I'll be extremely happy. This will also be my first time working with liquid yeast, I've only worked with dried yeast so far in my young brewing career.

6 lb dme
.5 lb Victory 
.5 lb Crystal 60
1.5 oz Northern Brewer @ 60 min
1 oz East Kent Golding @ 2 min











Had hoped to brew this up last night but not going to happen til Monday night at the earliest, i did have time for the label. It's pretty cool, I found a site that had Einstein's pic and was able to add the recipe so it looks like he's writing it on the blackboard as an equation, even had the last entry wrapped around his hand.

Once the water got up to 160, dropped the grains in, another term is tea bagging.  I basically hold the bag of grains with a set of tongs, move them around slowly, not letting the bag settle for too long on the bottom so not to burn. Then heat is turned off, put the lid on the pot for 30 or so minutes. After that, I remove the lid, turn the heat on high, remove the grain bag with the tongs, letting everything drain out before chucking it in the garbage.

Once the water hits the boiling mark, 212, I throw in the bittering hops, 1.5 oz of  Northern Brewer. You see it on the left as the pellets start cooking, then I add in a few pounds of DME (dried malt extract), and set the timer for 60 minutes. With 15 minutes left I throw in the whirlfloc tab, a finishing agent which clears up the beer. Then with 2 minutes left we'll throw in 1 oz of East Kent Golding for the aroma hops.

Pouring in the 1 oz East Kent Golding with 2 minutes left in the boil, almost done.

Hooked up the auto siphon to and started transferring the wort to the Ale Pale, with the auto siphon it goes MUCH smoother. After most of the wort was in the fermenter, I poured the rest in, trying not to get too much trub in. Finally aftter 45 minutes, the temp went down below 70 and I poured the yeast in.

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The Voters have spoken..It's Yellow Snow Pale Ale

Well the Unamed Pale Ale has a new name, the voters have cast their ballots, it's now known as Yellow Snow Pale Ale. It was a close vote, Yellow Snow beat Kingston Pale Ale by 2 votes, guess with all the snow we had this winter everyone figured Yellow Snow was more appropriate.

I was personally hoping for Kingston, this we we can name an beer after Matoy and Omni's son, but I'll send a few bottles with the Kingston Pale Ale label down to Virginia for them to sample.



Poll Results
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Yellow Snow Pale ale (12)
Kingston Pale Ale (10)
Itchy Paws Pale Ale (9)
Sneaky Tortoise Ale (8)
Electric Hippo Ale (5)



Had a lot of fun creating the labels, the Yellow Snow label has to be my best one yet, funny and too the point.


Yellow Snow Pale Ale Label



















Kingston Pale Ale Label


















The Beer..And yeah, it taste THAT good!

Big Mamma's Hungry Hefe

Decided to brew my first Hefeweizen, its' a 5 gal kit I ordered from Rebel Brewer. Figuring I was going to be working from home on Friday anyway with the upgrade in work, James had no school with the snowstorm. Why not brew it late Thursday night??

I hope this is the last time I decide to brew at midnight, no matter what night of the week, with sanitizing and cleaning, it's now a 3-3.5 job, started at 11:30 and finally finished up at 3 AM.

Pale straw color, classically cloudy, some clove and banana esters
and a tight creamy head. This is my first attempt at a Hefeweizen, and really looking forward to tasting this one, gonna be a great summer brew.


OG 1.051
IBU 15
SRM (color) 3
Alc. % 4.9

Cracked this open tonight and it came out REALLY good, will definitely be brewing this again, came out good to style, Pale straw to very dark gold in color. Mouthfeel is right there, medium-light to medium body, came out really good.

See for yourself.

Ok, I had more than one.

To Be Named - American Pale Ale

The brewers at Pembroke Farms Brewing Co are getting ready to brew another batch of suds, this time we'll be cooking up an American Pale Ale, the only problem is we have yet to come up with a name for it. So, we're going to let you vote for the name, the poll closes February 28, which is the day I will be cracking the first one open. Now you don't want me drinking an unamed Pale Ale do ya, let's get voting then.

This will be a 5 gallong batch, we'll be using Cascade hops at the 15 min mark and at flameout.

O.G 1.054
IBU 33
SRM (color ) 8
AlC 5.%