Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas!

...and a happy brew year!

It's brew day again. This time I brewed an American stout. "Ol' Curmudgeon" looks like this...

Ingredients:
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Amount        Item                                      Type         % or IBU     
11.25 lb      Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)            Grain        81.82 %      
0.75 lb       Roasted Barley (700.0 SRM)                Grain        5.46 %       
0.50 lb       Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)     Grain        3.64 %       
0.50 lb       Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)     Grain        3.64 %       
0.50 lb       Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)                Grain        3.64 %       
0.25 lb       Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM)           Grain        1.82 %       
1.00 oz       Warrior [17.20 %]  (60 min)               Hops         53.2 IBU     
0.50 oz       Chinook [10.60 %]  (30 min)               Hops         12.6 IBU     
0.50 oz       Amarillo Gold [7.40 %]  (30 min)          Hops         8.8 IBU      
0.50 oz       Amarillo Gold [7.40 %]  (0 min)           Hops          -           
0.50 oz       Chinook [10.60 %]  (0 min)                Hops          -                                  
8.00 gm       Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 min)               Misc                      
14.00 gm      Chalk (Mash 60.0 min)                     Misc                      
8.50 gal      Los Angeles, CA (West)                    Water                     
1 Pkgs        American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [StartYeast-Ale]
This was pitched onto the yeast cake from "Pooh II". Pooh II, by the way, looks like an improvement over the last batch. I was able to maintain much better temperature control this time. (Despite a few 80° days!) It also looks closer to the color I had in mind. This stout, on the other hand, will be as black as the ace of spades.