The Beer Nerd - what are you drinking / brewing thread

Fuckin yum!

 

AoE bottles you’re only allowed 1. Public sale you could buy 2 more, so you would have 3 in total

 

What does it do for the beard? Does it soften it?

Oh, and beer.....
Bad pic, good beer

 

Gun Hill Brewing Dessert Storm Imperial Stout

 

Softens it, gives it a good smell, makes women and men alike swoon over you, and gives you a 25% higher chance that you'll get that promotion you've always wanted.

 

Honest Amish balm and oil.

 

Pretty sure this one pre-dates my 8 y/o child. Might even pre-date my 9 y/o marriage.

Still delicious

 

And. How is it?

 

Cheers!

 

Ok, just as long as no one gets pregnant.

 

Probably not something I will buy again. I feel like it either needs more strawberry or less. It’s just enough to give it a weird taste.

 

Gotcha.

That’s how I feel about 21st amendment watermelon wheat.

 

Jacks Abby Blood Orange Wheat

 

beer weekend!

OK, so at our local Houston homebrew shop, Defalcos, there was a Pros vs. Joes.
The style was ESB. A local club the KGB (Kuykendahl Gran Brewers) hosts and event called Big Batch Brew Bash, and ESB is the style.
I wasnt one of the Joes, but I brewed a 10G IPA, split into 2 different batches.

So the first was a crack at Ron Mexico. This is based on the experimental Hop HBC-438, which was sold a year or so ago raise money for ALS.
So I saw that Vinnie Cerluzo (Russian River) made a brew for last years NHC (National Homebrew Conference). Here is his recipe.
https://d3b8rq9ztst8vv.cloudfront.net/carousel/Ron-Mexico.jpg?mtime=20161215093251

His recipe is interesting, its in percentages. When I worked it out in BeerSmith, for 5G I came up with
5.5 lbs Domestic Pale
4.25 lbs 2 Row
4 oz Acidulates
4 oz Cara-Pils
1 oz Crystal 60 (1 oz? WTF?)

.2 oz HBC-438 90:00
.4 oz HBC-438 15:00
3.4 oz HBC-438 05:00
3.25 oz HBC-438 day 10
3.25 oz HBC-438 day 15

I was gonna follow it, but then said fuck it. I am trying to work on a standard IPA base. So I decided to use that instead, double it up and do 2 hop bills.
But I would use his hop regimen, or most of it. But I'm not going to jerk around with an oz of Crystal. And I want some other things.
Then issues sourcing HBC-438. I have 5 oz, I forget where we got it. I cant get more, neither can my store, unless I want to pay 4.99/oz, which is what MoreBeer has it for.
Fuck that noise.

So to continue

RO water w/ Chris Colby IPA water treatment to make 15G water.
6 g Gypsum/3 g Epsom/6 g CaCL/3 g Chalk
Half in mash, half added to initial kettle.
I also added 3g extra CaCL for mouthfeel.

I want smooth tasting IPAs, so I am also going off the reservation and adding Flaked Oats.


(10G IPA)
11 lbs Maris Otter
6 lbs Domestic Pale
1.5 lbs Light Munich
1.5 lbs Torrified Wheat Malt
1 lb Flaked Oats
8 oz Acidulated

OK, So I then screwed up the mash, it was too low, I was adding more water, but I figure I never got over 140 or so, maybe 145. I was vorlauffing and it was milky and the temp was low, and shit. Time to decoct. I pulled maybe 3 pounds off and added it back after 20+ minutes when it was simmering. Better, I got up to 160.
I gave it a half hour then started sparging.

Oh, and I forgot to PH adjust the mash water. But I was using a half pound of Acidulated so I think I was covered.

I collected about 14G, then started it boiling in my 22G Brewbuilt. After a bit when it was going I moved half to a different kettle.

So Ron Mexico Hop bill

.25 oz HBC-438 90:00
.75 oz HBC-438 15:00
yeast nutrient, whirlfloc 15:00
3.0 oz HBC-438 05:00

OG 1063

I have one more ounce of HBC-438. When the krausen falls I'll add it.

And <drumroll>

Fractured IPA

1 oz Chinook 13.4% 60:00

.5 oz Mandarina 7.3% 20:00
.5 oz El Dorado 12.8% 20:00
.5 oz Comet 11.3% 20:00
.5 oz Galaxy 17.8% 20:00
.5 oz Topaz 16.1% 20:00
.5 oz Citra Cryo 25% 20:00
.5 oz Mosaic Cryo 24.1% 20:00
Yeast Food
Whirlfloc
.25 oz Mandarina 7.3% 05:00
.25 oz El Dorado 12.8% 05:00
.25 oz Comet 11.3% 05:00
.25 oz Galaxy 17.8% 05:00
.25 oz Topaz 16.1% 05:00
.25 oz Citra Cryo 25% 05:00
.25 oz Mosaic Cryo 24.1% 05:00

OG 1058
London III Wyeast 1318

Dry Hop
.25 oz Mandarina 7.3%
.25 oz El Dorado 12.8%
.25 oz Comet 11.3%
.25 oz Galaxy 17.8%
.25 oz Topaz 16.1%
.25 oz Citra Cryo 25%
.25 oz Mosaic Cryo 24.1%

When the Krausen falls, I'll add the remainder of those hops.

The yeast is half a liter of the yeast cake from a Session IPA/Pale Ale for each beer.
Between the 2 boils, I didnt end up with the same OG.

 

So today was a bunch of brewery work.

We are trying to get a bit more efficient with March pumps and quick disconnects. So have been fitting all kettles and equipment (sans lines) with female 1/2 inch NPT QDs. All lines will have 1/2 barbed male QDs.

The GF made a Wee Heavy, using the yeast cake from a Scottish 85 which used Wyeast 1728

This is her Wee Heavy
20 lbs Maris Otter
.5 lbs Munich Light
1 lb German Crystal 40L
.5 lbs Canadian Honey Malt
.25 lbs Crystal 125
.25 lbs Pale Chocolate

Hey! That's a lot of grains! How about I make a mild out of her 2nd runnings?

So I got 8 oz of Simpsons Double Roasted Crystal, tossed it on top of her grains and started sparging.

She had .5 oz leftover EKG and .5 oz leftover Fuggles so I used them also.

I ended up with a 1037 OG, and used the same yeast.

 

Had a Prior 8 on tap for lunch yesterday. That was after a Lunch btw (Maine Beer Co.).
That Prior 8 was awesome!!

 

No pics no count!