Today I bottled v2 of my Gimp Biscuit E.S.B. Still maybe a touch too dark, at roughly 11 SRM (thanks BrewMath app!). Still don’t have a great handle on water volumes with my brew system- I ended up with only 4.25 G Total. Apparent attenuation 81.6%. 6.8% ABV. Measured mash efficiency is good, though, at 80.0%.
I have high hopes for this one. Must wait three weeks before trying!
Today I bottled the first installment of my Hoppy Gnome IPA. It’s a touch darker than I expected, but it smells and tastes great. The Citra hop is definitely featured, as was the plan, with no hints of the “catty” aroma (cat piss) that sometime is associated with Citra.
I managed a solid 81.8% mash efficiency, with my starting and final gravities hitting within a measurement error of the targets. At 7% ABV, it’ll pack a wallop, but it should be nicely balanced out by the 90.2 IBU’s of hops, plus a lot more aroma and dry hops that should make this a true hop bomb. Continue reading
I finally got around to bottling my oatmeal stout this week. Because I have been sick and still don’t have a lot of energy, I split the bottling work between two days (one half-batch per day). Continue reading
I finally got around to bottling the Bavarian Dunkel. Looks great, clear as a bell, and tastes fantastic too (which is, of course, far more important). Got a pretty good yield out of it, too, just shy of five gallons total. I finally feel like I’m getting my system dialed in.
Today I bottled my Gimp Biscuit ESB. I’m pretty excited, since this is my first self-designed recipe. Yield was good: 49 12-ounce tall boys, including one that shattered in my hand as I was capping it (no harm done aside from a wasted beer).
Today I bottled my West Coast Evaporated Water Beer (a.k.a. California Steam / California Common). Yield was exactly what I expected (just under two cases). A two-hour workday, boil to cleanup, so it went smoothly.
I’m excited about how this turned out but am a bit concerned that both it and my Bavarian Continue reading