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Month: April 2012

Brew #23 – Smoked Porter

Brew #23 – Smoked Porter

04/18/2012 – Brew Day 0.25# chocolate malt 2 oz Crystal 90L malt 2# 2-row malt 1# rauch malt 0.5# black patent malt 6.5# amber extract 1.5oz kent golding hops for 60 minutes 1oz glacier for 15 minutes 0.5oz kent golding for 5 minutes 2 tubes WLP008 (White Labs East Coast Ale yeast) We’re using more sparge water than we typically do, by 50%, in order to rinse out more fermentables and flavor-contributing compounds. OG 1.059, a little down from the…

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Brew #22 – Irish Red #3

Brew #22 – Irish Red #3

04/08/2012 – Brew Day 1.5# 2-Row Malt 8 oz Cara Munich Malt 8 oz Crystal 120L Malt 1# Munich Malt 5# Munich Malt Extract 1.5oz Hallertau @ 60 minutes 0.5oz Cascade @ 15 minutes 1 tsp Irish Moss @ 10 minutes 0.5oz Cascade @ 5 minutes Pitched 1 tube of White Labs Irish Ale WLP004 yeast OG: 1.045, 11.1 Brix 04/15/2012 – Rack to secondary IG: 1.009, 5.9 Brix 04/22/2012 – Bottled 16 and kegged the rest FG: 1.008 4.85%…

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