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A blonde ale for the summer, using willamette, cascade and Amarillo. Hopefully around the 4 -4.5 range for summer sessions
 
Version 4 of my Vienna APA just hitting the boil. Trying out Bru-1 and El Dorado with some Mosaic. Using BRY-97 yeast for the first time too.

50-50 MO and Vienna with a bit of Carapils. All late hops.
 
The evening brew has started. Brewing a clone of Taras Boulba (hoppy Belgian pale). My order of beers arrives today also so I have the beer to do a side by side once it's ready. Also got 3 bottles of Orval (save the dregs for my planned Brett saison. Also got an Altbier as I have never had one before and I'm brewing one next month.
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A Sorachi Ace. Brooklyn brewery's recipe, and the second time I've done it. It's a Saison, and is supposed to be step mashed; last time I did and this time I haven't... Just mashed at 66C. Talk about living dangerously
 
Punk IPA brewed at the weekend.
Got a bit slack and didn't check my hops stock before starting. Nowhere near enough Ahtanum and found this out 10 mins before the boil. Swapped to the boil additions with a proportional amount of Magnum instead. Saved the Ahtanum for the flameout and will up the Simcoe, Chinook and Cascade in the dry hop.

One problem I regularly have is a very poor cold break. It really doesn't coagulate like I'd expect. This one in particular was just a hazy mess.

Punk IPA (2010 - Current)
5.6%

BrewZilla / RoboBrew 35L
Batch Volume: 20 L
Original Gravity: 1.054
Final Gravity: 1.011

Mash
66 °C — 75 min
Malts (4.8 kg)
4.55 kg (94.8%) — Crisp Crisp Clear Choice Extra Pale — Grain — 3.9 EBC
250 g (5.2%) — Crisp Cara — Grain — 28 EBC
Hops (295.6 g)
23 g (33 IBU) — Chinook 11.6% — Boil — 60 min
10 g (11 IBU) — Magnum (Whole) 9.2% — Boil — 60 min
20 g (22 IBU) — Chinook 11.6% — Boil — 30 min
5.6 g (5 IBU) — Magnum (Whole) 9.2% — Boil — 30 min
27.5 g — Chinook 11.6% — Boil — 0 min
15 g — Ahtanum (Whole) 4.1% — Boil — 0 min
12.5 g — Nelson Sauvin 11.3% — Boil — 0 min
12.5 g — Simcoe 13% — Boil — 0 min
47.5 g — Chinook 11.6% — Dry Hop — 5 days
37.5 g — Cascade 6.2% — Dry Hop — 5 days
37.5 g — Simcoe 13% — Dry Hop — 5 days
27 g — Amarillo 9% — Dry Hop — 5 days
20 g — Nelson Sauvin 11.3% — Dry Hop — 5 days
Yeast
1 pkg — Lallemand (LalBrew) BRY-97 American West Coast Ale 80%
 
Well brew day went really well, the recipe was asking for 1045 for 23L i got 1050 i put this down to the new shiny mash paddle the oh bought me previously i could not get right to the bottom of the bag without burning my fingers this one reveild lots of little dough balls lurking in there i am well happy athumb.. i got 22.5L
 
23L of @Clint's Citra Saison.

4kg pale (MO)
500g Munich malt
250g Wheat malt
Mashed @ 64°C 60mins
Mash out @ 75°C 10mins
20g Chinook @ boil
30g Chinook/Citra (Mixed)@ 20
Half a protofloc tablet @10mins
50g Citra @ turn off (80°C)
OG 1.050
MJ M29 pitched @ 27°C
Fermenting @ 25°C
 
Well today I decided it was time for another Saison but decided to go for something at least somewhat sessionable.

Grain Bill
1.6KG Pilsner
0.2KG Vienna
.1KG Wheat

Hops
20g Bramling Cross 4.5AA 30 Minutes 21 IBU
10g Bramling Cross 4.5AA 5 Minutes 2.75 IBU
10g Styrian Golding 4.2AA 5 Minutes 2.56IBU

Yeast Belle Saison

OG 1.040
Expected FG 1.004
Expected ABV 4.73%

9.5L in the Fermentor
Expected packaged volume 8L

I wanted to have a try using Bramling Cross in a Saison no idea if it will work out but felt it was worth a try. Efficiency was as expected (62% roughly),I’ve pitched the yeast at 27°C and hoping to keep it about 22°C which worked well on the previous Saison.
 
Well today I decided it was time for another Saison but decided to go for something at least somewhat sessionable.

Grain Bill
1.6KG Pilsner
0.2KG Vienna
.1KG Wheat

Hops
20g Bramling Cross 4.5AA 30 Minutes 21 IBU
10g Bramling Cross 4.5AA 5 Minutes 2.75 IBU
10g Styrian Golding 4.2AA 5 Minutes 2.56IBU

Yeast Belle Saison

OG 1.040
Expected FG 1.004
Expected ABV 4.73%

9.5L in the Fermentor
Expected packaged volume 8L

I wanted to have a try using Bramling Cross in a Saison no idea if it will work out but felt it was worth a try. Efficiency was as expected (62% roughly),I’ve pitched the yeast at 27°C and hoping to keep it about 22°C which worked well on the previous Saison.
You'll have to let me know if the BX and SG combo works out I'm intrigued.
 
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