tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66783780807836239222024-03-13T14:48:25.615-07:00The Chronicles of SNB BrewingA blog chronicling my adventures in brewing, exploring, trading and tasting beerSNB Brewinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10107786443786731586noreply@blogger.comBlogger135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-51764404842517571572016-08-19T14:38:00.001-07:002016-08-22T09:14:44.795-07:00Westbennetteren 20: The Quest for 20 Percent<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After a 3 month primary brawl, using almost 5lbs of sugar, I cracked 20% and created a beast of a beer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After breaking such a massive barrier I'm briefly sneaking out of my blogging retirement to tell the story of how it came to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The road to what became Westbennetteren 20 was a long and winding one. It started in 2013 during an evening of beers and games. I clearly remember at least two of the people at the table being Daniel Fernandez (of Beancurdturtle Brewing and BCT Brewing Project fame) and Miklos Somogyi. During the evening the subject of quads came up and we had a discussion on the evolution of the trappist styles along with what the next logical step would be. Logically the argument was for it to be called a Quintuple (or The Quint as Miklos would refer to it over the next few years) and be in the mid-teens abv wise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Over the next few years I would think about brewing it, even occasionally putting it on deck. During this time I would toy with the recipe trying to think both of what I wanted it to be and how I would push it into the abv range. One of my initial recipes had doubling the amount of candi syrup I use in the boil for Westbennetteren 12. During this time I firmed up in my mind that this beer would be more of a supped up quad than anything else. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Eventually I moved away from just trying to overload it with candi syrup in the boil and instead moved towards step feeding it pure dextrose in primary. This is the technique used in brewing <a href="https://quaff.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/HighGravityFermentation-1.ppt">Black Tuesday</a>, 120 Minute IPA and several others. I ended up adapting the <a href="http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/03/120-minute-your-newborn-baby.html">methodology</a> Scott over at <a href="http://www.bertusbrewery.com/">Bertus Brewery</a> used for his <a href="http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/03/dogfish-head-120-minute-ipa-clone.html">DogFish 120 IPA clone</a> with the base recipe being my Westbennetteren 12. <a href="https://beerandbrewing.com/VSwpSSkAACkAzIk5/article/over-the-top-brewing-high-gravity-beers">Additional notes on brewing massive beers</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the recipe firmed up and after two back to back years of disappointing batches of Westbennetteren 12 (b3 stalled fermentation followed by a slight infection, b4 flat) I decided that the time to brew the quint had arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Sunday, March 6, 2016 I set out early in the morning to brew essentially Westbennetteren 12 for the fifth time. Overall it was a smooth brewday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After some discussion on brewday and thinking about it in more depth I've decided that Westbennetteren 20 isn't a Quintuple after all, it's actually something more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To start with let's take a look at the progression of "trappist" style beers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pattern that emerges is that odd numbered beers are pale while even numbers are dark with deep red, brown and garnet hues. There is also a pattern in the abv range with little overlap. Between the high range of a quad and the lowest abv I targeted for Westbennettern 20 (18% to 22%) there's 5 percentage points up for grabs. Based on that here is my proposed expansion of trappist styles </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quintuple 13-18% ABV pale in color </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Westbennetteren 20 18-22% dark in color</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As far as style names go there are actually 2 options sextuple or hexatruple</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Given the fact I'm probably making many a monk roll over in their grave I'm going with Westbennetteren 20 - The Hex (hexatruple)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fermentation started out fine and within a week it had gone from 1.113 to 1.024. At this point (14 March 2016) I pitched the first starter of WLP099 (Super High Gravity Ale Yeast) along with 12oz of dextrose and some pure O2. My plan out of <a href="http://www.bertusbrewery.com/2012/03/120-minute-your-newborn-baby.html">the Bertus methodology</a> had been to pitch 12 oz of sugar morning and night till it slowed down then moving over to 6 oz additions till it reached the target range. The expectation is that the yeast consumes the sugar at a rate equal to what you are adding. I would check gravity nightly using cleaned and sanitized equipment so that I could add the samples back after measurement. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It became clear pretty quickly that I was adding gravity points faster than the yeast was consuming them. For the 5th addition I moved from 12oz to 6oz to see it that would help, it didn't. During the first 5 days I'd added 54.2 oz of dextrose with the gravity increasing to 1.041. So while it was consuming the sugar, gravity would have been up to 1.051 if it hadn't been, it wasn't consuming it nearly fast enough. At this point I stopped adding sugar and moved gravity checks to every couple of days. My plan was to resume adding sugar once it reached 1.026. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alas it completely staled out at 1.030 for over 3 weeks. At this point the accumulated OG was 1.140 and calculated alcohol only 17.1%. Too low for me to stop yet not to mention at 1.030 was a little too sweet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To kick it back into gear I ended up repitching twice - the first was another starter of WLP099 with an additional 12oz of sugar. Unfortunately it didn't get very far and ended up stalling for another month at 1.035.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not long after, during a meeting of The Fellowship of Tao Brewers at my place we sampled it and discussed my plight. Afterwards I took in all the advice I was given and formulated a cure for my situation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The cure consisted of pitching a liter starter made with 2 packages of Champagne yeast and several capsules of <a href="http://www.whitelabs.com/other-products/servomyces">Servomyces</a>. At pitching I also included another couple capsules and some fresh O2 for good measure. I took gravity a couple of days later and it had dropped to 1.026 ~ 18.7% abv. With some solid fermentation progress I decided resume slowing feeding it another 12oz. This took me to a accumulated OG of 1.152. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On June 11th, just a touch over 3 months since the brewday, it hit 1.020. After some back and forth texts with Shawn I set the fermentation chamber to 30°F to cold crash the yeast and stopped the fermentation! Using the advanced gravity formula 1.152 to 1.020 came out to be 20.7% abv. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I lagered it for 2 months to help it clear before I forced carbbed it for bottling as I didn't have any confidence it would bottle condition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The last change I made from Westbennetteren 12 was to change the color of the cap. With Westbennetteren 12 being directly inspired by Westvleteren 12 I'd always used gold caps from Bottle Mark. For Westbennetteren 20 I optied to go with SNB "house colors" of red and black, a combo that worked within the existing Green Blue Gold Westvleteren cap color scheme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Start with 6oz of sugar per feeding and ensure it gets consumed before adding more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Keep the upper temp below 82 (one of the reasons it could have stalled is I might have cooked the yeast in the upper 80s) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Drive the FG lower to the 1.014 range, it was still going when I cold crashed it and I find it a little sweet (something which might mellow with age) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now that it's all wrapped up it gets a couple months to even out before I share them (1 or 2 might have already slipped out). If we do a QuadFest 2016 I debut a couple bottles then, if not I'll have a private celebration to release them</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Date: 06 Mar 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Trappist Style Hexatruple (65 E)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bitterness: 51.9 IBUs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Est Color: 26.6 SRM </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Measured Original Gravity: 1.113 SG</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Actual Alcohol by Vol: 20.7 %</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10.88 gal RO Water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3.27 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2.93 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1.10 g Calcium Chloride</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1.00 lb D-180 - Extra Dark Candi Syrup (180.0 SRM)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1.00 lb D-45 - Amber Candi Syrup (45.0 SRM) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1.00 lb D-90 - Dark Candi Syrup (90.0 SRM) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mash In Add 6.05 gal of water at 166.6 F 148.0 F 75 min </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1lb of dextrose adds .008 points to a 5 gal batch. So the math says each ounce of dextrose adds .0005 for a 5gal batch. Multiply .0005 by the number of ounces you add (130oz). Then add that value to your gravity. Say your OG was 1.115, and you add 130oz of dextrose. You're OG is now 1.180</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My last real post (not counting the "<a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2014/05/not-dead-just-busy.html">Not Dead - Just Busy</a>" update) was <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2014/02/snb-brewhouse-v35.html">February 11, 2014</a>. In the last year I probably started a half a dozen posts ranging from my friend Curtis opening one of the best new breweries in SD - <a href="http://councilbrew.com/">Council</a> (seriously it's awesome and you should check it out) to QuadFest 2014 (which really should do since I own QuadFests.com) to random brewing things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting them was easy but figuring out where I wanted the post to go or what I wanted it to say wasn't. My "explorations" always seemed to follow the same format, QuadFest 2014 was a great event but what could I say about it beside that it was in different setting than <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2014/01/quadfest2013.html">2013</a> and writing about another brewday took time I could no longer justify spending.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2014 was a very hard year for me from a personal standpoint and extremely busy one professionally. This lead to not having the extra time needed to devote to blogging about beer. In total I brewed 14 beers for a total of 85 gallons, which, amazingly, is an increase over 2013's 11 beers worth 66 gallons. Using my new system I was able to produce 3 10 gallon batches including 10 gallons of my <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/01/34.html">annual birthday beer</a> which I plan on racking into an 8 gallon spirit barrel in the fall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also brewed 2 recipes inspired by our <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/09/maui-brewing-company.html">2013 trip to Hawai'i</a>, Black Sand Beaches and Hawai'IPA. Black Sand Beaches was conceptualized by Bonnie and is a schwarzbier (dark lager) with 24oz of toasted coconut added to the whirlpool with an oz of Amarillo. It is absolutely a fantastic beer and we are gearing up to brew a third batch of it as well as an imperial version dubbed Ja Booty (which will include Maui Vanilla beans). Hawai'IPA (12oz of toasted coconut, Mosaic, Citra and Amarillo Hops fermented with Vermont Ale Yeast) still needs some work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The SNB Brewhouse v4 continues to crawl towards completion. At one point everything was put together however I had trouble getting the PIDs to open the valves so I took them off and have been running manually since. I just haven't had time to troubleshoot the electrical with the guy who did the wiring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I continued to have fun adding my logo to various products (hats, jackets, bags etc) which have been a hit with my friends. Hopefully by the end of the month Batch 1 glasses will arrive marking the debut a tweaked SNB Brewing logo which I'll use going forward till 2018. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With all that said I should probably mention that this will be my last post for a while. I'm going to continue to brew and update <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SNBBrewing">the Facebook page</a> but not this space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On April 1st 2011 I found out that I had I won the Karl Strauss ProAM, later that day Angelo (one of my employees at the time) encouraged me to buy the domain SNBBrewing.com, which I did. It took me a little over three months to decide what I wanted to do with it but I eventually decided to do a blog so on July 20, 2011 I published my first post <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2011/07/imperial-rhino-stout-2011.html">Welcome to SNB Brewing</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> launched this blog. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had a lot of fun writing about my love brewing and beer over the years but all of that had to eventually come to an end. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the past few months I've been at a crossroads with what to do with this blog, let it die or bid it farewell. In my heart I had realized that for the most part I'd let it die do I decided to update one last time and actually say goodbye to the world of beer blogging. To those out there that visited - </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">thank you</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - you put up with some of the worst proofreading / grammar / punctuation / run-on-sentences in the beer blogging game and still came back. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Saga isn't over, its only just starting just not here.</span></div>
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StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-72411897263527261512014-05-07T12:21:00.000-07:002014-05-07T12:21:02.724-07:00Not Dead - Just Busy<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The blog is not dead, just dead tired from work. I've been doing a lot getting the new system up and running as well as inventing new style of beer. I'll come up with a catch up post soon but in the meantime here's some picture of what I've been up to. </span></div>
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<br />StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-75288300960230218092014-02-11T01:00:00.000-08:002014-02-11T01:00:08.532-08:00SNB Brewhouse v3.5<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m so far behind on posts that this one is going to really cover three topics. The main topic will be the construction and testing of my flat brewing surface currently known as SNB Brewhouse v3.5. The other topics that will be lightly touched on are BSS aka Bitter Sweet Symphony Remixed and 35ish my annual “birthday” brew based on Kate the Great. Grouping all these together actually makes sense as they are really all part of figuring out how to brew on a flat surface.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It had been almost 6 months since I’ve brewed a beer at my own house. This was mostly caused by me stripping my previous system for parts for a new system while waiting for a flat brutus style stand to be built for me. Almost a month ago I got tired of not being able to brew at my house so I jerry-rigged together a brewing setup (dubbed Brewhouse 3.5) using my old headboard and pieces from my various set ups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was pretty fun building a new manual flat surface brewhouse. I’d been playing with pumps before to move water and wort to different places but always had the ability to use gravity for certain steps. Going to a flat surface meant learning how to move liquid exclusively with pumps. To do this I needed to upgrade my hoses and connections to make moving wort more efficient. On the connection side I looked into the one handed quick disconnects and triclamps but decided to go with cam & groove fittings similar to the ones Shawn uses. The side benefit is when I brew with him I don’t have to worry about modifying either setup to get them to work together! For this setup I relied heavily on <a href="http://www.brewershardware.com/home.php">Brewers Hardware</a> for a great selection of fitting, included the wide bore <a href="http://www.brewershardware.com/1-2-Cam-and-Groove-Coupler-X-1-2-high-flow-Hose-Barb.html">1/2" Cam and Groove Coupler X High Flow 1/2" Hose Barb</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other thing moving to a flat brewing setup meant that I would need to finally transition from batch sparging to fly sparging. I’ve been batch sparging as long as I’ve been all-grain brewing mostly because I didn’t have a HLT, well I had one (which will make its debut as a mashtun in Brewhouse 3.75) cut and drilled I just didn’t have it setup with the hardware. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of both learning to use pumps more efficiently in brewing and fly sparging meant valves valves and valves. Whereas before I only had 2 I now have valves of all shapes and sizes. Using them all really gives the feel of working in a larger scale brewery. It was also fun to get my daughter to help open and close valves. Part of learning to use valves was learning where to put them in reference to pumps. Basically you never want to restrict the flow of liquid into the pump which means only placing valves after the outflow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The one disappointment about moving to new hardware was that the chill plate Bonnie got me for my birthday the previous year won’t work anymore. It was designed to work with a hose barbs and a garden hose neither of which I could really adapt in my new system as you’ll see from the pictures. I ended up selling it and a pump I only used for cooling water to my mom and stepfather. I used the proceeds to buy a new larger <a href="http://www.dudadiesel.com/choose_item.php?id=HX1240">40 plate heat exchanger </a>straight from <a href="http://www.dudadiesel.com/">Duda Diesel</a> with 1/2" Male NPT to attach new fittings and a ball valve directly to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still have some work to do in calibrating the new equipment and entering the values into BeerSmith for more accurate brewing. I have been coming up a little short on my preboil gravity but making up for it in my boil at the cost of being under my post boil volume. It would also help to brew some session level beers to help determine my new efficiency instead of the large beers I’ve been brewing. I don’t want to spend too much time right now as my new brew (probably Westbennetteren 12 b3) will be on Brewhouse 3.75 (stand without automation) and I have a pretty good feel for how it is preforming in its 3.5 configuration</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I jet, let me briefly talk about the two “calibration” beers BSS and 35ish. BSS is the codename for Bitter Sweet Symphony Remixed which is a rebrew and retool of <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/01/bitter-sweet-symphony.html">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a> from last year. I wasn’t happy with how it turned out as a lager so I switched it to WLP007 and changed the rice to brewer’s sugar. Currently it’s on a strange journey that I right now don’t know how it will end up. 35ish is my <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/01/33.html">annual</a> <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/01/34.html">birthday brew</a> based on the Kate the Great recipe. It gains the “ish” this year as even though everything was set and ready to go on my birthday I wasn’t “physically able” to brew that day getting around to it a few days later on the 1st of January. It’s currently in a keg for a long cold secondary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Bitter Sweet Symphony b2</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Double IPA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: All Grain<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Date: 12/23/2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Scott Bennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 7.28 gal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 75 min<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equipment: SNB Brewhouse 3.5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.092 SG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Measured Original Gravity: 1.098 SG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Measured Final Gravity: 1.020 SG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actual Alcohol by Vol: 10.4 %</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 121.1 IBUs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 5.7 SRM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 343.1 kcal/12oz</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grist</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9.00 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Pale Malt (2 Row) US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5.25 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Golden Promise</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oats, Malted</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.50 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carared</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Citra [12.00 %] - Mash 60.0 min<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Citra [12.00 %] - First Wort 75.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.50 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10.00 g<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Corn Sugar (Dextrose) [Boil for 15 min]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mash In<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Add 5.48 gal of water at 168.3 F to hit 153.0 F for 60 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 4.05 gal water at 168.0 F</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>35ish</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imperial Stout</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: All Grain<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Date: 1/1/2014</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Scott Bennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 7.39 gal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 80 min<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equipment: SNB Brewhouse 3.5</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.102 SG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Measured Original Gravity: 1.106 SG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.018 SG<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 11.2 %</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 70.0 IBUs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 57.8 SRM<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 351.7 kcal/12oz</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grist</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">16.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.90 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Barley, Flaked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.90 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Special B Malt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.90 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wheat Malt, Dark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.80 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Carafa III</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.70 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Aromatic Malt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.60 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.60 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Roasted Barley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.30 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Black (Patent) Malt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.30 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.30 lb<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Chocolate Malt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 75.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.70 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Perle [8.00 %] - Boil 75.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.70 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 75.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.25 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Palisade [7.50 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Willamette [5.50 %] - Aroma Steep 15.0 min</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeast</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6.00 pt Starter Dry English Ale (White Labs #WLP007)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Misc</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mash In<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Add 7.22 gal of water at 163.3 F to hit 149.0 F for 45 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 3.10 gal of water at 168.0 F</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last December (of 2012) I wrote a recap of <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/12/quadfest2012.html">QuadFest 2012</a>, a get-together tasting that my friends Daniel, Shawn and myself had a put together in order to try a series of quadruples that we had brewed at the start of that year. We all felt that it was a very fun and successful event that we wanted to do again next year. We also decided that we wanted to expand the field of participants by extending invitations to brewers whose beers we've enjoyed in the past and run it through our Fellowship of Tao Brewers Google group. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We presented the idea of QuadFest 2 - the Quadening, along with a style presentation on brewing quadruples at the January meeting of Tao. It was met with a lot of positive feedback and interest so I started a new discussion topic for QuadFest 2013 the next day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The guidelines for new participants were very simple; brew a quad that quarter (sooner the better to give it time to age), bottle it in later summer, come to QuadFest 2013 and have a great time. There was no set recipe to follow but I included the presentation on quads with some “tips” along with my recipe for <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/01/westbennetteren-12.html">Westbennetteren 12 b1</a>. I still think the recipe would be incredibly easy to convert to extract. We used the thread all year as a place holder for recipe development, feedback, advice and planning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As QuadFest 2013 approached I scrambled to finish some pretty slick participant shirts giving them free range over color and logo set (I had started over the summer but my new job zapped my time). Daniel also had a set of chalices made with both the QuadFest 2013 logo and the Fellowship of Tao Brewers logo. The chalices came out incredible taking the silly seriousness of QuadFest to the next level. Once more the Globe hosted us and ended up reserving front tables just to fit us all in as we ended up increase participation to 10 quads and expanded the number of people in attendance to 18 which for once included my wife which made me very happy. We divided the quads into two flights; Classic (pils/2-row with candi syrup) and Belgian Dark Strong (inclusion of specially malts). Before each one Daniel presented a commercial example for calibration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SNB Brewing - <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/02/westbennetteren-12-b2.html">Westbennetteren 12</a> - 11.1% - Classic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitten Town Brewing - Fifteen Keys - 9.0% - Classic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Burlane Brewhaus - Red sQuadron - 9.5% - Classic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dogface Brewing Co - Dark Bark 12 - 9.5% - Classic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neice Brewing Co - Quadzilla II – 13.0% - Classic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boyd Brewing - Father of Dead in the water – 10.0% - BDS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BreezeWay Brewing - Qua(d)regnon – 10.7% - BDS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ølë Brewing – Fyrdübbel – 9.9% - BDS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beadcurdturtle Brewing - BCT Quad 2013 – 10.3% - BDS</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edick Ale Works – Brandy Barrel Quad – 16.0% - BDS</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 excellent quads from 10 excellent brewers, each one was nicely executed and delicious but still 10 quads… So where do QuadFests go from here? I’m concerned that we might have outgrown the Globe for next year as we continue to expand. In addition sampling 10 quads is a tough job but I think with a more structured setup we can maybe handle about double that many next year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next year I see QuadFest 2014 going through another expansion in its original format, but with a few slight changes: Early requirements for how much will be needed for QuadFest (3-4 x 750mls) for better planning come bottling. Set the date further in advance, possibly over the summer. Find a new venue to allow for a more focused event with better lighting, I’m hoping we can convince Brad over at Peace to both participate and host. QuadFest 2015 will happen but only time will tell what form it will take.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The road to this beer started several years ago when I first got heavily into beer. I can’t remember when I first learned of its existence but I right away knew I wanted one for my 35th birthday, which at the time was three plus years out. I know a couple of guys who have acquired them for their 40ths but at the time it seemed like too much of a stretch, now however I would consider another bottle just for that occation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over the years I’d throw out an occasional ISO:FT but only got crickets. I even tried eBay off and on when you could still find beer on it, but I never caught a 1978 when it was available and was outbid on some close vintages (I thought I might be able to trade a 77 or a 79 for a 78).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So after years of searching and with the 35th deadline quickly approaching I was finally able to set up a trade for one in exchange for a bottle of the recent release of Duck Duck Gueuze. The only hang up was that the bottle was all the way in Australia of all places. He asked if I’d be willing to wait till December as his friend would be in California around that time and could bring the bottle over with him. Considering it was the closest I’d been I agreed and started the wait. A lot happened to me in the interim time: I started a new job, got banned from BA despite never violating their terms of service (where the trade started), ate a lot of reubens, ordered a brewsystem, went on an incredible vacation with my wife to Maui, had the best Halloween ever with my daughter and drank hundreds of new beers. In the end we met up at Noble for a pint and exchanged a beer I’d been waiting years to get my hands on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thomas Hardy’s Ale – In “The Trumpet – Major” Hardy wrote of Dorchester’s strong beer “It was the most beautiful colour that the eye of an artist in beer could desire; full in body, yet brisk as a volcano; piquant, yet without a twang; luminous as an autumn sunset; free from the streakiness of taste but finally, rather heady”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Appearance:</b> Poured very carefully from a 180 ml 6.34 fl oz bottle numbered G 8745 and dated 1 May 1978. Pours near flat into a Thomas Hardy’s Ale Snifter glass sent to me by my friend Dan Cowell. Tiny little bubbles form on the surface of the beer some linger but most quickly vanish. Peering inside the bottle reveals that a black tarry sediment remains on the bottom. All is to be expected from a beer older than I am. It is crystal clear with a brilliant amber-garnet color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Aroma: </b>Wow, talk about sensory overload. It smells hot (fusel), old and very musty probably from oxidation. Very reminiscent of port with leather and aged stone fruit accompaniment. There is some faint residual sweetness on the nose when I deeply inhaul. Bonnie swore it was barrel aged when she first smelled it and I can agree it has the presence that it could have been aged in port barrels with some type of fruit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mouthfeel: </b>Thin and very slippery with no carbonation detected, but I’m in no way surprised by this. The slickness coats my entire mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Taste: </b>Very odd, nothing like I've ever tasted before. I get hints of port but it also has a very metallic taste to it like over ripe plums. There is a distinct tartness to it. There is so many things going on that I have never tasted before I have no frame of reference to compare it to. It is nearly impossible to distinguish what’s going on in my mouth. It gets crazy good as it warms and opens up you get used to what you’re experiencing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Overall: </b>You really have to approach a beer like this with a completely open mind. It was like nothing I have ever smelled or tasted before. Some beers get top marks due to taste alone while for others it is the experience that make them unforgettable. For this beer it is truly an experience I will not soon forget and a great way to toast my first 35 years on this planet. I would love to try another in 5 more years and possible with a 1978 Westvleteren 12.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it's been a while since I've update the blog and there are a lot of reasons for that. The biggest is my new job that has kept me a lot busier than I had been in the past. The other big reason for the lack of posts has been a lack of brewing. A couple months back I took the plunge to start construction of an all new brewhouse. The project is taking slightly longer than I would like and since I stripped several pieces of my old set up for the new one the result has been an out of commission brewery. Hopefully the project can get back on track in December...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, I've been having the itch to brew as the last time I actually produced a beer was the last time I brewed with my mentor and good friend Shawn O on the Same Grain, Same Style, Different Brewer group collaboration which produced my <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/08/sour-citra-saison-same-grain-same-style.html#more">Sour Citra Saison</a>. Shawn and I had been talking for several months about going a Bohemian Pilsner using decoction, I even bought a sack of grain in August time frame just for it. Unfortunately scheduling the actual collaboration proved to be about as easy as building a brewhouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When it was looking like we were going to brew in October I bought a vial of WLP800 (Pilsner Lager) to use seeing as how it had a mid November expiration, however by the time we nailed down a post Thanksgiving brewday I needed to buy another vial. Stock issues lead me to grab a vial of WLP830 (German Lager).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For hops I went out on a limb and used two New Zealand hops one of which I'd never heard of. For bittering and half of my flavor charge I went with Pacific Gem. For the other half of flavor and a larger whirlpool of Aroma I selected Wakatu. Here are the descriptors </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alpha: 15.00 % Beta: 8.20 %</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">High alpha smoothcone cross developed at DSIR in 1987.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used for: Bittering - produces a cask-oak woody flavor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alpha: 9.00 % Beta: 8.50 % </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Characterized by restrained floral notes atop freshly zested lime </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Description: Formerly called Hallertau Aroma. Similar to German Hallertau but Higher alpha. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Excellent Dual Purpose hop, rounded floral aroma with hints of lime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typical Beer Styles: Lager, Pils, Bock, Wheat, Kolsch, Helles, Belgian Ales.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The one thing I really wanted to use was my new <a href="http://www.brewershardware.com/15-Gallon-TC-Fitted-Boil-Kettle-with-Tangential-Inlet-and-Temperature-Port-POT15BKTI.html">15 Gallon Boil Kettle with Tangential Inlet</a> I bought from Brewers Hardware back in October. The thing was an absolute beast! Once we sparged into Shawn's kettle we drained off half of it into mine and started heating. I was amazed at how fast it came to a solid boil. The tangential inlet also worked better than I could have imagined and after a 30 minute whirlpool had created a wonderful island of trub in the center of the kettle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm really looking forward to trying this one in a couple of months and can't wait till my brewhouse is completed. For our next collaboration / Scott education project we are looking at doing a turbid mash to brew some lambics. Until next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bohemian Pilsner </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Scott Bennett </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: All Grain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Date: 11/29/2013 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.50 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 7.80 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 75 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equipment: Shawn's System / SNB Brewkettle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewhouse Efficiency: 82.00 % </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.058 SG </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Measured Original Gravity: 1.057 SG </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.8 % </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 58.0 IBUs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 3.5 SRM </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 191.2 kcal/12oz </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10.00 lb Bohemien Pilsner (2.0 SRM) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz Spalter [4.50 %] - Mash 60.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.50 oz Pacific Gem [15.00 %] - First Wort 75</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.55 oz Pacific Gem [15.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.55 oz Wakatu [9.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.50 oz Wakatu [9.00 %] - Aroma Steep for 20.0 min at Knock Out</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.0 pkg Pilsner Lager (White Labs #WLP800)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 hours) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mash Name: Shawn's Decoction Schedule </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total Grain Weight: 10.50 lb </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparge Water: 5.67 gal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mash In Add 3.66 gal of water at 155.7 F to hit 146.0 F 30 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decotion Decoct 0.48 gal of mash and boil it and add it back to hit 153.0 F 30 min </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the most part I don't bottle condition my beers and opt instead to carbonate the beer in the keg to a volume I am happy with then BeerGun it into a bottle when I need it in a bottle. I have really only one exception to this and that is for when bottle conditioning is a very integral part of the of finished beer, such is the case for my "fancy beer with a fancy name" <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/01/westbennetteren-12.html">Westbennetteren 12</a>. Even in these exceptions I still like to utilize the BeerGun in loo of a bottling bucket as it allows for a nice sealed O2 free environment and it's so much easy to use the controls on the Beer Gun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So when it came time to bottle up <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/02/westbennetteren-12-b2.html">Westbennneteren 12 b2</a> I moved the beer from it's long secondary to a flushed keg. I then added 5.5 oz of <a href="http://www.candisyrup.com/">Candi Syrup Inc</a> Simplicity and a fresh vial of WLP500 (I couldn't get any fresh WLP530 in time). Finally I shook and rolled the keg to get everything to blend together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this round I wanted to use as many genuine Belgian bottles as I could (especially Westmalle / Westveleteren trappist bottles) so I asked my friend Michael, who owns the incredible Belgian GastroPub <a href="http://theglobeoc.com/">The Globe</a>, if I could have at some of his empty bottles. He said yes allowing me to secure just about a case of Westmalle, Rochefort, Orval and Straffe Hendrik bottles. Added to the Belgian bottles I had on hand allowed me to bottle over a case of Westbennetteren 12 in Belgian bottles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final key to this years batch occurred just as I was ready to order this years caps from <a href="http://www.bottlemark.com/">Bottlemark</a>. Just as I was about to place my order for the same cap I <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/07/bottling-westbennetteren-12.html">used last year</a>, they came out with a new line of colored crowns including a gold oxygen-barrier cap which is the perfect cap for Westbennetteren 12. I have to tell you the new caps are incredible, not only do they look great but they are incredibly durable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that the beer is bottled up it has about a month or room temperature conditioning ahead of it before it's debut at Quad-Fest 2013!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5<br /><br />Until tonight I had issues completing the Top 5 as number 2 Masala Mama from Town Hall Brewery was draft or growler only.<br /><br />I was unsuccessful in my last trip to Minnesota as it was "too late and far" to go with my brother, never mind that we ended up waiting over 40 minutes where we went.<br /><br />So special thanks to chixdighops for the growler of Masala Mama for a growler of Knucklesandwich.<br /><br />It arrived tonight and thanks to the cold temperatures was pretty cold. an hour in the fridge while I worked on the keezer was plenty of time to get it to IPA enjoying temperature.<br /><br />Appearance: Pours a beautiful amber color with a fluffy cloud of head (I'm actually pretty impressed as it was fill on Monday) into my Squatters Imperial Pint. Solid head retention with very nice lacing.<br /><br />Aroma: I'm a little stuffy but the hop aroma blasts through but in no way over powering, I would guess it is little dry hopped.<br /><br />Taste: Yup this is a solid IPA, not overly bitter and well balanced. Bonnie says that is is "ooh smooth" and for the most part I agree. It reminds me a lot of Furious in taste and appearance which is not a bad thing.<br /><br />Mouthfeel: Beautiful <br /><br />Drinkability: Awesome, at around 6 this is a prefect multiglass IPA!<br /><br />Now that I have creaked the Top 5 its time to work on both filling the top 20 and getting reviews in place for all<br /><br />Serving type: growler<br /><br />01-08-2011 02:34:28</span></div>
StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-27160794896424752672013-09-30T15:08:00.001-07:002013-09-30T15:08:29.000-07:00Karl Strauss - Scott's Big IPL<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pulled off of BA in light of the <a href="http://www.beertrading.org/community/threads/the-grand-banning-of-2013.1134/">Great Banning of 2013</a><br /><br />look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5<br /><br />Had on tap multiple times at the Costa Mesa location as well as pro brewers night at the AHA Conference. <br /><br />This beer was the pro version of their Pro-Am competition for <br /><br />A: Nice golden orange color with a frothy white head. Lacing remains well through the glass<br /><br />S: Good hop aroma, I would have excepted more with it being related to an IPA but this is a Karl Strauss beer. I'm picking up Simcoe <br /><br />T: More East coast then West coast and tasted more Ale then a lager but overall I it had a very nice flavor that I enjoyed greatly<br /><br />M: Solid monthfeel with good carbonation.<br /><br />O: A good representation of a non existent style. On of the best Karl Strauss beers I've had in years<br /><br />Serving type: on-tap<br /><br />07-12-2011 15:46:40</span>StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-63225996529774123822013-09-30T15:05:00.004-07:002013-09-30T15:05:35.495-07:00Brasserie La Choulette - La Choulette Framboise<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5<br /><br />Had this at a sour tasting held 7-Mar-2011 at my homebrew club<br /><br />A: Brown, glossy, low carbonation<br />S: Earthy, it smells like dirt<br />M: ~ metalic, slick and dry<br />T: Shit! it is going crazy in my mouth, Hot, very tarty and sour, its a smack to my palate <br />O: It's a very nice ride, Buzzy, I could enjoy a bottle<br />A-<br /><br />Serving type: bottle<br /><br />03-08-2011 19:34:15 </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A: They started it off by taking some of the spent cherries they used during the fermentation and putting them in the glass, they then poured into a Tulip. it is a murky brown color with very low carbonation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">S: The nose on the beer is incredible. you pick up some of the coco, the cherry smell is very strong and I also get a very feint vanilla hint</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bonnie and I recently had the opportunity to vacation sans Syd in Hawai'i. We decided based on past visits to stay in Wailea on Maui and by past visits I'm referring to family trips over <u><b>two decades</b></u> ago. While the primary reason for the trip was relaxation and alone time I knew a trip to Maui Brewing (both the pub and production facility) was definitely on the agenda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been a fan of Maui Brewing for several years now after giving there cans a try when I was first getting into beer. In Bonnie's opinion their Bikini Blonde Lager tastes like Hawai'i and Big Swell IPA was exactly the type of IPA I was into back then. Whenever a new can comes out I make it a point to give it a try and have been presentably surprised more often the not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little background on <a href="http://mauibrewingco.com/">Maui Brewing Co</a>, they started back in 2005 as a brewpub in Lahaina on the west side of the island. About 3-4 years ago they decided to open a production facility to can some of their best selling beer. The decision to can was based a lot around the environmentally conscious aspect of cans with a Ball recycling/production facility on the island it was a no brainer for them. I really got the sense on tour that local and sustainable are very important to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tour at the production facility was great, the guide went into a lot of detail both on the history of Maui Brewing and processed involved in not only just making beer, but making Maui beer. Some of the fun facts I collected on my tour are as follows: Maui has a contract with their shippers so that the beer the send to the main land is keep below the waterline of the boat which keeps it in the low 50s°F. The toast all their coconut in house for their CoCoNut Porter. They've been experimenting recently when it comes to when they add it to the beer including in secondary. Originally they added it to the boil but have recently moved to running the beer over it in a hop back between boil and chilling which has greatly enhanced the coconut flavor. So if you haven't tried it in a while I recommend grabbing a four pack. They date all their cans now (thank you). Bikini Blonde is their top selling beer in Hawai'i while CoCoNut Porter is their top selling beer on the mainland. They really focus on where their beer is sent so they can feel comfortable it's turning over quickly. They are in the process of building their own "<a href="http://mbcdev.mauibrewingco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-JAN_NEW_BREWERY_PR-FINAL.pdf">destination brewery</a>" in Kihei which will increase their production fivefold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The food at the pub was really solid and some of the better food we ate while on Maui. The tap list was incredible and made me wish they canned more of the brewpub beers as I was absolutely in love with a bunch of them. I really enjoyed Double Overhead and Black Rock Lager which I convinced the bartender at <a href="http://www.monkeypodkitchen.com/">Monkeypod Kitchen</a> to mix 50-50 with the CoCoNut Porter. This blend, which Bonnie called an Maui Black and Tan (even though they are both dark beers), will be the inspiration for her next brew. I myself was inspired by my travels to brew what I'm calling a Hawaiian Pale Ale, but we'll talk about that later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot has happened since I first started talking about the large batch of <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/12/red-wine-barrel-aged-baltic-porter.html">Baltic Porter</a> the Tao of Fermentation planned on aging in an used <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/01/putting-yin-in-barrel.html">red wine barrel</a>. To start with, the beer became known as Yin with its brother Yang starting to take shape quite recently. I also started referring to the Tao of Fermentation as the Fellowship of Tao Brewers. Since putting the beer into the barrel in mid January (13.13.13 if you recall ;) ) I'd made it a point to taste it once a month to see how it was going. In the May time frame I felt it was getting pretty close to being ready and my June I was convinced of it so we started talking about ways to get it out of the barrel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was decided that we would set the date for exaction to occur at our August meet up. Shawn had a long rod of stainless steal which he fashioned into a racking cane and Daniel procured a self priming pump.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to collecting the beer I thought it would be fun to watch <a href="http://www.beerhuntermovie.com/">Beer Hunter the Movie</a> while drinking some beer off of Shawn's beer engine in honor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson_(writer)">Michael Jackson</a> in addition to opening some Michael Jackson worthy beers. Unfortunately the draining of the barrel, drinking of beer and general comradery was too load to really hear the movie so I'll have to check it out at a later time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beer itself came out really well and measured 1.014 FG. When you consider the overall group average gravity of was right around 1.095 SG we're looking at an ABV of 10.76% with an apparent attenuation of 83.82%, pretty outstanding. The flavor was fantastic and we noticed there was some stratification that the different levels with the first pull being very different from the last pull. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up with three vessels pulled from the around the beginning, middle and end totaling around 11 gallons. I believe the extra couple of gallons kegged is really Shawn's as he only brought a single keg with him so I prepped a keg for him that was filled with the last couple of gallons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of leaving the beer how it is I plan on dividing what I have into three beers. The batch I already have kegged I'll leave as is and rotate in as a spot on <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/p/crate.html">the crate</a> becomes available. The 4.5 gallons I collected in a carboy I'm adding three vanilla beans to and will let it sit for a couple of months. To the last keg I am also adding a vanilla bean and half a cinnamon stick, once this is done I planning on BeerGunning it to share with Shawn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd like to see what everyone does in the next few months and try to organize a tasting where we can taste the different directions everyone went. I'm also interested in see if a grand cru blend can be created. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From here the barrel needs to be cleaned, sanitized and sealed until the next round. In my head I'm torn between an imperial oatmeal stout (<a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2011/07/imperial-rhino-stout-2011_29.html">Imperial Rhino</a>) or an old ale. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till then στην υγειά σας</span></div>
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StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-58758269405559193262013-08-05T02:00:00.000-07:002013-08-05T02:00:08.644-07:00Sour Citra Saison - Same Grain Same Style Different Brewers No.1 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few months back Steve J and Daniel F came up with the idea for "a different kind of 'collaboration'". One that involved brewing the same style of beer and the same grist percentages. After that, every other aspect (gravity, hops, yeast/bugs, spices etc) was up each brewer. The style for what I am assuming/hoping will be the first of many rounds was determined to saisons. The grist percentages were set at 86% Belgian Pilsner, 11% Spelt and 3% Rye As I've mentioned before saisons aren't my favorite style as they tend to have a wide range of flavor and aroma profiles considered to be "in style" however certain saisons, such as <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/10/fifth-element.html">Fifth Element from Squatters</a>, are among my favorite all time beers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I knew right away that I wanted to team up with Shawn O on this one. My idea for how I wanted to collaborate with Shawn was pretty simple, 1 mash and 2 kettles. Basically do the mash for around 11 gallons of wort production and split it into two kettles. This would allow each of us total control on hops, spices etc. Initially I figured that he would brew a clean to version while I would sour it in some way. It quickly became apparent that he also wanted to play around with some bugs, which I was in no way surprised by. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a couple of weeks of swapping ideas between each other over various conversations, calls, texts and emails we settled on plan of attack. Each of us would do our own sour starter which we would combine and add to the mash when we got together. I would take 6 gallons of wort and add 1.5 gallons of RO with a 60 minute boil targeting a 1.048 SG. Shawn would take the balance adding slightly more RO and do a 90 minute boil looking have 1.037/8 SG.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To prep for brewday I made a gallon starter with pilsner DME which I split between two vessels. The first vessel was a quart mason jar with a half a cup of raw unmilled grain. This became my sour starter as <i>lactobacillus</i> is naturally present on the hulls of grain. I tried my best to keep it at 120°F using an old Polystat Constant Temperature Circular I had rescued from the trash at work. Unfortunately the reason it was tossed was that it couldn't cool, which at the time I wasn't concerned about, however as I learned this meant that it would continue to drift up over time. I was able to remedy this by setting an upper limit which shut it off if it was above, this was accompanied however with a nice alarm. The remaining gallon became the start for an old pitch of ECY04 Brett Blend #1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ECY04 Brett Blend #1 - Three individual <i>Brettanomyces </i>isolates from lambic producers combined to give an aggressive brett presence in any beer. Vigorous, funky, and acid-tolerant, the blend can be added at any stage of fermentation and is excellent for priming or re-yeasting. Contains B. anomala, B. clausenii and B. anomulus</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the hops I decided I wanted a BIG Citra presence so I planned to hop burst with a good amount of at 20 and 0 while keeping the IBUs contrained (more pale ale level than IPA). For the bittering hop I decided to go with some Cascade given it's dual use potential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewday itself was a blast. I headed over very early to find the mash water almost at temp and Shawn waiting for me to mill. After getting everything set to go we tasted and tested our sour starters. Both had a pleasant sour bite and combined for a 3.63 pH so we tossed the liquid into the mash. My brother Ryan (who recently moved to Cali from MN) soon arrived to hangout and help me brew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end we both beat our target gravity with me coming in at 1.051. It was great to brew with Shawn again as every time I do I learn so much. The beer is currently fermenting in a <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/02/temperature-control.html">poor-man fridge</a> and smells absolutely incredible, I can't wait!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sour Citra Saison (SGSSDB) </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saison </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: All Grain Date: 7/28/2013 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.74 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Scott Bennett </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asst Brewer: Ryan Bennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 7.49 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 60 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equipment: SNB Keggle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">End of Boil Volume 6.24 gal </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beer Profile</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Measured Original Gravity: 1.051 SG </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 % </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 51.7 IBUs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 3.1 SRM </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 168.6 kcal/12oz </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7.56 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) <b>- 86.0% </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.06 lb Spelt, Flaked (1.7 SRM) <b>- 11.0% </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.18 lb Rye, Flaked (2.0 SRM) <b>- 3.0% </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.74 oz Cascade [6.80 %] - First Wort 60.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.11 oz Citra [13.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 oz Citra [13.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6.0 pt Starter Brett Blend #1 (East Coast Yeast #ECY04)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mash In Add 3.00 gal of water at 163.8 F 153.0 F 60 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparge Step: Fly sparge with 5.80 gal water at 168.0 F </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://brewnundrum.blogspot.com/2013/04/oxygen-flow-meter-for-disposable-oxygen.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As seen on Brewnundrum</span></a></td></tr>
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StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-83890112973278600682013-07-11T01:00:00.000-07:002013-07-11T01:00:05.501-07:00Dueling Brews<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the Fourth of July, Bonnie and I celebrated the birth of our homeland by brewing two beer side by side... at the same time! This momentous event was made possible by the generous trade of a pretty full tank of propane for some future beers by my buddy Ryan O! I have to tell you it was great to be able to do and nice to know have a backup tank for normal brewdays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For her beer Bonnie went with the <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/petite-saison-d-ete-extract-kit.html">Petite Saison d'Ete</a> kit from <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/">Northern Brewer</a> that'd we'd picked up during the <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/3-kits-ship-free/?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+BUY+THREE+SHIPS+FREE+-+Time+for+some+Summer+Fun%21+48+Hours+ONLY+-+HURRY%21&utm_content=Buy+3+Ships+Free&utm_campaign=3+SUMMER+BEERS">Buy 3 Ships Free</a> promotion. She followed the recipe pretty straight forward but instead of brewing it with the recommended yeast we instead tossed it on the very thin yeast cake from <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/06/weiss-hell-not.html">Weiss the Hell Not</a>. This should give it a bready slightly sour character which will be further refined by aging it on some canned raspberries. The name given to this beer therefore will be Petite Framboise d'Ete and it should be ready by the fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my beer I decided to take the <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/dead-ringer-ipa-extract-kit.html">Dead Ringer</a> kit that came in the promotion and turn it into an IPL using washed yeast from Bonnie's latest batch of <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/06/costa-del-sol-b4.html">Costa del Sol</a>. I think it's pretty cool that to ferment our beers this round we used the yeast (and bugs) harvested from each other's previous batches. The Dead Ringer kit is essentially a pretty spot on clone of <a href="http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/info/2">Bell's Two Hearted</a> which is a highly rated all Centennial IPA. It also happens to be the beer that my brother Ryan B bought for <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2012/12/darkness-day-2012.html">Darkness Day</a> and shared with whomever in line wanted some. Once it is done I plan on washing the yeast once more for a second run at <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/01/bitter-sweet-symphony.html">Bitter Sweet Symphony</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it, nice, short and straight forward, probably a sign of posts to come. Recipes below</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-SNB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Petite Framboise d'Ete </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saison </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: Extract Date: 7/4/2013 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Bonnie Bennett </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 4.00 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 60 min </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beer Profile</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.041 SG </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.011 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.9 %</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 26.1 IBUs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 5.1 SRM </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 135.2 kcal/12oz</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ingredients</span></u></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malt</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.50 lb Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 lb Extra Light Dry Extract (3.0 SRM) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 lb Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3.15 lb Pilsner Liquid Extract (3.5 SRM)</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hops</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.25 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.25 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.75 oz Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 2.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.75 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] - Boil 2.0 min </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeast</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pitch on yeast cake from Weisse the Hell Not</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 tbsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8.00 oz Raspberry Puree (Secondary 3.0 weeks)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Dead Ringer IPL </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">American IPL </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: Extract Date: 7/4/2013 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Scott Bennett </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 6.97 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 60 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equipment: SNB Brewhouse (Keggle and Cooler) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fermentation: Scott's IPL Lager </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beer Profile</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.067 SG </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.017 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.6 % </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 67.3 IBUs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 9.7 SRM</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 227.7 kcal/12oz </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9.15 lb Northern Brewer Gold Malt Syrup (4.8 SRM) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hops</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeast</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.0 Pt of washed Mexican Lager (White Labs #WLP940) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Misc</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 tbsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dry Hops</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mentioned in my post on <a href="http://www.snbbrewing.com/2013/05/societe-brewing-co.html">Societe Brewing</a> that the Tao Fellowship (one of the many brewing groups I'm in) was planning a pilgrimage down to see them. A couple of weekends ago a group of us (Steve C, Steve S, Greg N, Daniel F and myself) got together and headed south in a rented mini van (complete with a free screw in a tire). Our journey south of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Curtain">Orange Curtain</a> took us to several destinations, some good, some bad and some outstanding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We met up at the historic home of Greg Nagel (<a href="http://www.ocbeerblog.com/">world renown beer blogger</a>) to assemble and try a few beers. Once Daniel and his lovely wife HsiHou (who had graciously volunteered to be our DD) arrived we loaded into our "screwed" minivan and took off to sit in traffic for nearly three hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our first stop of the day was the brand new Pizza Port Bressi Ranch location which sometime this year will become their production location canning Pizza Port beers. Hopefully one of the first through will be Poor Man's IPA but I highly doubt it. It was a gorgeous and shiny facility, I want to say that they were still in the middle of a soft opening as I'd not seen any official grand opening announcement. The only reason I knew it was open was cyber-stalking some of my beer buddies on Untappd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got two beers while I was there and split a pizza with Greg. The first beer I had was El Toronado an IPA they brewed up for the San Diego location's 5th anniversary. Overall it was a solid IPA loaded with pine and citrus aromas and a clean bitter taste. The next beer up was a half pint of RuinTen from Stone. I really enjoyed Ruination Tenth Anniversary last year, I even split a bottle with Bonnie to celebrate our <a href="https://untappd.com/user/StarRaptor/checkin/10798787">Tenth Wedding Anniversary</a>. I therefore wanted to give RuinTen a try, however tracking down a bottle was proving tough so I was jazzed to find it on draft. Another top shelf dank IPA with even more resiny pine and citrus resin. The pizza I paired the beers with was a brilliant jalapeno and pineapple that Greg suggested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After filling up on pizza and beer we set out for our next destination. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been using White Labs yeast almost exclusively for the last couple of years and enjoyed what I've read in the Yeast book co-authored by Chris White. I'd also noticed on their site for their new tasting room that they were offering pours of beers brewed with different yeasts. I thought that was a great way to really understand the effect yeast could have on a beer. It was therefore on my recommendation that a group of homebrewers stop by... unfortunately nothing that I drank there lived up to the promise of the concept. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biggest problem was the quality of the base beers did little to highlight any noticeable differences produced by the different yeast strains. Overall it tasted like mediocre homebrew that was fermented without temperature control or water profile adjustments. While I was glad to have gone it's definitely not a place I can recommend and if I was to do the trip again I've opt to go to AleSmith or Ballast Point instead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaving disappointed we headed to our next and final destination... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's not much more to say on Societe outside of my previous post but once again Societe proved to be one of the highlights of our journey. I enjoyed a glass of the latest Bachelor, which is their series of single hopped IPAs this one with Mosaic hops. I also had half pours of Pupil, Apprentice and the Widow and got two fills to send to my Minnesota buddies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall it was a great trip and I would love to do it again soon.</span></div>
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<br />StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-82162849257125041482013-06-13T01:00:00.000-07:002013-06-13T10:18:56.110-07:00Costa del Sol b4<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To say that <a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/04/costa-del-sol-b3.html">Bonnie's batch of Costa del Sol</a> hit it out of the park would be an understatement. After few weeks on tap it hit a point of maturation that just made the hops sing! From that point on people couldn't get enough of it. It became on of those beers at a tasting that people would appear with a full glass of it in loo of a small taste. I myself helped myself to plenty of weeknight pints based largely on it's low abv however the good times were not to last as just like all great beers that you only have 5 gallons it wasn't long till you poured air... Fortunately we have the ability to make it again and set out to do just that over the weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only change in the recipe was changing the first wort hop (and primary bittering) from Centennial to Simcoe solely because I "thought" we still had enough however when I went through my bags of hop bits in the freezer Centennial was nowhere to be found. I'm interested what effect, if any, this change will have.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided to run a double brewday with me brewing up <a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/06/weiss-hell-not.html">Weiss the Hell Not</a>. So as with her the previous batch, I left her mostly on her own. After I set everything up, I answered only a few questions here and there before heading to the gym. I returned at the very start of her boil to see she still had things well at hand. Since we only had one propane tank I transferred <a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/01/34.html">34</a> to a keg (see the pictures in <a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/06/weiss-hell-not.html">Weiss the Hell Not</a>) while I waited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now comes the hardest part, waiting the required 6-8 weeks till I can drink it again. For her next batch we bought the <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/shop/petite-saison-d-ete-extract-kit.html">Petite Saison d'Ete</a> kit along with some others during <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/">Northern Brewer</a>'s <a href="http://www.northernbrewer.com/3-kits-ship-free/?utm_source=bm23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+BUY+THREE+SHIPS+FREE+-+Time+for+some+Summer+Fun%21+48+Hours+ONLY+-+HURRY%21&utm_content=Buy+3+Ships+Free&utm_campaign=3+SUMMER+BEERS">Buy 3 Ships Free</a> promotion. We are thinking of taking the kit and tossing it on the yeast and bugs from Weiss the Hell Not along with some raspberry puree. It should be fun.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Costa Del Sol b4 </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Premium American Lager </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: Extract Date: 6/9/2013 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: <b><span style="color: blue;">Bonnie Bennett </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 4.50 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 60 min </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">End of Boil Volume 5.20 gal </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fermentation: Lager, Two Stage </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.042 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.011 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.1 % </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 37.5 IBUs </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 4.1 SRM </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.30 lb Vienna Malt </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.50 oz Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min </span><br />
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StarRaptorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17750767692737324767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678378080783623922.post-16783823361566279172013-06-11T01:00:00.000-07:002013-07-10T10:30:00.201-07:00Weisse the Hell Not<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">It had been a couple of months since my </span><a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/02/westbennetteren-12-b2.html">last brewday</a><span style="text-align: justify;">. For the most part I've been working on figuring out what I wanted to do for a brewstand and taking the opportunity to save some money in the process. I've made somewhat decent use of my slightly extra time by keeping the "brewery" tidy and finally bottling both of my meads (</span><a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2012/02/boysenberry-riff-mead.html" style="text-align: justify;">Boysenberry Riff Mead</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> and </span><a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2012/11/amys-backyard-honey-mead-aka-trilobite.html" style="text-align: justify;">Amy's Backyard Honey Mead aka Trilobite</a><span style="text-align: justify;">). Still, I was feeling the itch to brew and seeing my beer reserves tumble, especially the not 10% plus beers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While I love all grain brewing, helping and watching Bonnie brew up a couple of her own batches (<a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/03/wee-bonnie-lass.html">Wee Bonnie Lass</a> and <a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2013/04/costa-del-sol-b3.html">Costa del Sol b3</a>) reminded my of a lot of the benefits for extract brewing. To be ultra clear here, there is not a noticeable difference in flavor between a well brewed extract and well brewed all grain beer. The benefits of all grain relay more on cost and recipe freedom than quality of the finished product. Extract brewing (when using a quality product) benefits from a shorter and less complicated brewday, perfect for someone short on time and looking to fill a keg with a quality beer. I guess what I'm trying to say is watching Bonnie brew opened me up to the possibility of brewing an extract beer here and there while remaining primarily an all grain brewer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was with this more open mindset that I came across a post in the homebrewing section of <a href="http://www.beertrading.org/community/">BeerTrading.org</a> - <a href="http://www.beertrading.org/community/threads/extract-berliner-weisse-anyone-got-one.107/">Extract - Berliner Weisse, anyone got one?</a> I've come to really enjoy Berliner Weisse over the last couple of years. They are a wonderful summer beer with their tart crispness and low abv (generally 2.8% to 3.8%). I'd had desire to brew a Berliner Weisse since coming a across a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hClp9huB1M">video presentation</a> by Jess Caudill of Wyeast Laboratories during National Homebrewers Conference 2012 that Northern Brewer had documented and put on YouTube. The presentation focuses a lot on the yeast driven components of the style more than the grist (grain). I therefore felt that this would be the prefect time to brew up an extract version and started that taking notes on the presentation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boy did I end up taking a lot of notes, so many that I ended up putting up them into a PowerPoint presentation containing not only my notes from the presentation but my recipe and the history of the style. I've put the presentation online and a <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7w3Khhn7SrLVzdkd2pkbXRwcm8/edit?usp=sharing">PDF here</a>. I won't summarize here but will say that putting it together definitely helped, especially in the area of recipe development. Originally I was going with a primarily wheat driven recipe till I learned that Berliner Weisse is usually made from roughly 25 – 30% pale malted wheat. I therefore bumped down my ratio to align with what I'd learned... until I shared the presentation with the Tao of Fermentation group where <a href="https://twitter.com/beancurdturtle">Daniel</a> pointed out that Briess' Wheat DME is 65% wheat 35% barley. He suggested that I therefore adjust my recipe to 1.75lbs Extra Light DME and 2.00lbs Wheat DME which would give me a 47% Pils, 35% Wheat and 19% Pale recipe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about the easiest brewday I've had since I moved from Mr Beer to extract. With no steeping grains and a 15 minute boil the longest part of the day was bringing it to boil. From there is a almost a mad dash to find, put together and sanitize all the pieces of my chilling equipment. It's almost funny as the chilling worked so well, cooling it down too low for my intended fermentation cycle, that I had to speed up the run off to warm it back up. I still think I'm fermenting it a couple of degrees to cold. At some point this week I'll put together an additional starter for clean yeast and pitch it this weekend. If you have no idea what I'm talking about I suggest reading my notes or watching the video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Type: Extract Date: 6/9/2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brewer: Scott Bennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Size: 6.03 gal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boil Time: 15 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equipment: SNB Brewhouse (Keggle and Cooler)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">End of Boil Volume 5.72 gal</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fermentation: Berliner</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Original Gravity: 1.033 SG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.0 %</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitterness: 4.3 IBUs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Est Color: 3.8 SRM </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories: 100.2 kcal/12oz</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ingredients</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 lb Wheat Dry Extract</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.75 lb Extra Light Dry Extract</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.25 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.00 tbsp Yeast Nutrient - Boil 15.0 min</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.0 pt starter Lactobacillus delbruckii (White Labs #WLP677)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.0 pt starter German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) [35.49 ml] [Add after 7 days]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been to a bunch of beer related festivals over the years and my hands down favorite is the <a href="http://www.firestonebeer.com/mingle/fw-invitational-beer-fest.php">Firestone Walker Invitation Beer Festival</a> held annually in Paso Robles. This is actually the first year I could use the word annually in the correct context as last weekend happened to be it's second annual. It really is a fantastic fest both in concept and in execution with one of the greatest selection of breweries I've ever seen at a fest. The basic concept is that <a href="https://twitter.com/FW_Brewmaster">Matt Brynildson</a>, Firestone Walker's head brewer, reached out to brewers he knows and respects from across the country and invited them to participate by bringing a minimum of two beers, something rare and something session (low abv generally below 4%). Also included with the ticket is a great selection of food offerings</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For this year I was joined by my stepfather Hugh Hamm and my good friend <a href="https://twitter.com/beancurdturtle">Daniel Fernandez</a>. Once inside we headed straight to Surly were I had hoped to bump into <a href="https://twitter.com/surlybrewer">Todd</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Hopdragon">Linda</a> Haug however they we're out and about doing their own exploring. While I was enjoying my first beer, Schadenfreude (a dark lager and one of the few Surly beer's that I'd never had) the OC's premier beer blogger <a href="https://twitter.com/OCBeerBlog">Greg Nagel</a> of the <a href="http://blog.ocbeerblog.com/">OC Beer Blog</a> found us. The four of us then set out to explore the tremendous offerings that had been selected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first time I lost Hugh was when I stopped by to talk to Linda at the Surly booth. While I was catching up she asked if I had ever met Mikkel Borg Bjergsø (<a href="http://mikkeller.dk/">Mikkeller</a>) and Tore Gynther (<a href="http://to-ol.dk/home/">To Øl</a>), when I said no she asked if I wanted to. I've had a lot of really cool experiences over the years but having Linda introduce me to Mikkel and Tore was pretty damn awesome. To it top off Mikkel himself grabbed me a glass of Lil' Mikkel and let me have my picture taken with him. He also took a picture of me with Linda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I found Hugh we headed over to listen to Todd's Behind The Beer Session hosted by the Brewing Network. Ok I'll admit it, with Surly being one of my favorite breweries Surly, while not the main focus, was a big part of this years fest for me. Also, I did get to ask Todd a brewing related "homebrewer nerd" question on the difference between mash hoping and first wort hoping which I had been interested in for some time. You can see the whole interview <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqWPZ-V89ik">here</a> with my question coming in at the 14:08 mark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the rest of the day we worked our way around the fest trying tons for great beers and food. I lost Hugh again when he took off to use the restroom while I manned the abandoned Dogfish Head booth which I used to serve up "barrel aged high fives". Once I found him we tracked down Greg and Daniel to finish the fest. We ended up hanging out in the back with Linda and Todd culminating with me talking to Gabe and Julian of <a href="http://beachwoodbbq.com/brewery.html">Beachwood BBQ & Brewing</a>. I'm trying to get Julian to be a part of <a href="http://snbbrewing.blogspot.com/2012/12/quadfest2012.html">QuadFest</a> 2013 as his <a href="https://untappd.com/beer/295753">Jean-Quad Van Damme</a> is a nice clean example of the style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It should come as no surprise by now that one of the highlights for me was getting to visit and hang out with my friends from Surly Brewing. I love that in true Surly fashion they brought two of the lower abv beers to the fest; Bitter Brewer (a great american style bitter) and Schadenfreude. Hopefully next year they'll pull out some Surly Mild and some Bender variants, who knows maybe even some Darkness? On the beer side, my favorite of the day was Brandy Barrel Hunahpu. There was some much wonderful stuff going on in it with tons of vanilla and cinnamon mixing in and out with the brandy and the wood aromas, truly a wonderful beer. The main highlight however was bumping into and hanging out with friends within the community some of which were in from out of state. There are two breweries I would love it see invited next year, Squatter's and Noble. I think they would be a prefect fit and I might even put up a post in the future outlining why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amalgamator by Beachwood Brewing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apricot au Poivre Saison (Reserve Series, Chardonnay Barrel Aged) by Nebraska Brewing Company</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barrel-Aged Maple Stout With Coffee by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cuvee de Bubba by Bear Republic Brewing Co.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Der Weisse Bock by Mahr's Bräu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even Keel by Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grand Am by Bear Republic Brewing Co.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hoppy Birthday by Alpine Beer Company (CA)</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hunahpu's Imperial Stout - Brandy Barrel Aged by Cigar City Brewing </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Indra Kunindra (Barrel Aged) byBallast Point Brewing & Spirits</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Invasion Pale Ale by Cigar City Brewing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Osiris Pale Ale by Sun King Brewing Co</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peach Whiskey Barrel-Aged Prickly Passion Saison Blended W/ Felix by New Belgium Brewing Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Schizophrenia by Southern Tier Brewing Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speedway Stout (Barrel Aged) byAleSmith Brewing Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SpontanCherry Frederiksdal byMikkeller</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Temptation by Russian River Brewing Company</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel and his 100° rated hat - photo via Daniel</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Todd at the Brewing Session</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">photo via Daniel</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alpine boys steaming things up</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hugh and I</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Todd can I get a full pour of </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hanging out with Julian and Gabe from Beachwood</span></td></tr>
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