Quick FYI. Bottled the IPA yesterday.
The FG of the Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA was 1.011-ish. I need to go back and calculate the OG (since it was an extract brew) to see what the ABV is.
I could have drank about a gallon of the stuff before bottling it. Even flat, it has a fantastic hop aroma and complex hop flavor, no doubt from the 60-minute continual hop addition.
God bless America.
Quick FYI #2. The Kirin Pseudo-Lager is looking good. Will probably rack to secondary this weekend, then wait three more weeks before bottling. That should put it in good shape for its due date in May.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
2010 Brew Day #2: Kirin Lager
Mission accomplished. No, seriously.
Brew day #2 is wrapped up. The Kirin Lager clone is done, hanging out in its carboy, waiting to ferment.
Tomorrow will likely be bottling day for the Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA clone. It's already spent 4-5 weeks in one carboy or another. It's looking the clearest of all the ales I've brewed so far, so I expect greatness from this one.
If it's not great, I will drink it out of spite, like so much Super Bowl reuben dip.
UPDATE:
3.14.10 @ 15:30 - I've heard a couple of bubbles escape the blow-off tube.
3.15.10 @ 23:30 - Been churning along all day. Good volume of CO2 being blown-off.
Brew day #2 is wrapped up. The Kirin Lager clone is done, hanging out in its carboy, waiting to ferment.
Tomorrow will likely be bottling day for the Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA clone. It's already spent 4-5 weeks in one carboy or another. It's looking the clearest of all the ales I've brewed so far, so I expect greatness from this one.
If it's not great, I will drink it out of spite, like so much Super Bowl reuben dip.
UPDATE:
3.14.10 @ 15:30 - I've heard a couple of bubbles escape the blow-off tube.
3.15.10 @ 23:30 - Been churning along all day. Good volume of CO2 being blown-off.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Kirin Ichiban
I have my doubts about this, but I'll give it an honest try.
My Japanese father-in-law will be visiting sometime in April or May, so I've decided to try my hand at brewing a lighter beer. I'm not really equipped to do an authentic lager, but thankfully White Labs makes a yeast that allows the homebrewer to cheat a bit.
The WLP060 American Ale Yeast Blend is a combination of their California Ale yeast and some lager strains. It alleges to finish clean like a lager, at fermentation temperatures closer to those you'd expect for an ale.
Kirin Clone:
4.5 lbs. Extra Pale Dry Malt Extract
1.0 lbs. Rice Syrup Solids
0.5 lbs. German light crystal malt
1.0 oz. Saaz
1.0 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker
Boil 45 mins. then add:
0.5 oz. Saaz
0.5 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker
1 tsp. Irish moss
Boil 13 more mins. then add:
0.5 oz. Saaz
0.5 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker
Predictions:
Malt extract won't do this lighter-bodied beer justice. The yeast will still exhibit some of the fruity and spicy tones that ale yeasts tend to produce, making the final product less identifiable as a lager...which technically it should, but won't, be.
No worries, and here's to hoping this turns out as a crisp addition to the home-brew stash.
My Japanese father-in-law will be visiting sometime in April or May, so I've decided to try my hand at brewing a lighter beer. I'm not really equipped to do an authentic lager, but thankfully White Labs makes a yeast that allows the homebrewer to cheat a bit.
The WLP060 American Ale Yeast Blend is a combination of their California Ale yeast and some lager strains. It alleges to finish clean like a lager, at fermentation temperatures closer to those you'd expect for an ale.
Kirin Clone:
4.5 lbs. Extra Pale Dry Malt Extract
1.0 lbs. Rice Syrup Solids
0.5 lbs. German light crystal malt
1.0 oz. Saaz
1.0 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker
Boil 45 mins. then add:
0.5 oz. Saaz
0.5 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker
1 tsp. Irish moss
Boil 13 more mins. then add:
0.5 oz. Saaz
0.5 oz. Hallertau Hersbrucker
Predictions:
Malt extract won't do this lighter-bodied beer justice. The yeast will still exhibit some of the fruity and spicy tones that ale yeasts tend to produce, making the final product less identifiable as a lager...which technically it should, but won't, be.
No worries, and here's to hoping this turns out as a crisp addition to the home-brew stash.
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