Big Ol' Something-or-Other

I got to spend some time in the garage on Sunday and brew some beer which was a nice treat. I've been so busy this passed year that brewing has been sparse and the supplies are dwindling. I think this is technically my first "kitchen sink" beer I've ever brewed. No I didn't brew it in my sink. Basically I brewed a huge beer with what I had on hand. Good thing is, it is probably something I would have tried anyway.

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 25.25
Anticipated OG: 1.127 Plato: 29.52
Anticipated SRM: 20.2
Anticipated IBU: 65.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


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Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.47 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.080 SG
Final Gravity 1.100 OG
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Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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25.7 - 6.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row) - Great Britain - 1.038 - 3
3.0 - 0.75 lbs. Crystal 125L - Great Britain - 1.033 - 120
65.3 - 16.50 lbs. Munich Malt - Germany - 1.037 - 8
4.8 - 1.20 lbs. Flaked Oats - America - 1.033 - 2
1.2 - 0.30 lbs. Rye Malt - America - 1.030 - 4
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Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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3.00 oz. Cluster - Pellet- 5.00- 48.5 - 60 min.
1.00 oz. Styrian Goldings - Pellet- 3.75- 8.5 - Mash H
1.00 oz. Styrian Goldings - Pellet- 3.75- 6.2 - 30 min.
1.00 oz. Styrian Goldings - Pellet - 3.75- 2.0 - 5 min.

I pitched SafAle US-05 & SafAle T-58 (supposedly the strain used in De Struise Pannepot)

2nd to last bottle of my undead red that my friend James had stashed away. 3+ years old now and tasty!

Brewday Where Are You?

I'm back in school and I am swamped with reading and my beer supply is dwindling away. I need to set up some sort of automated system to brew for me while I am in class. Hopefully I can find the time to sneak in a brewday soon. It seems every second of my day that I am not at work or asleep I am in a book. Oh well, it's only 2 years of school and then back to the old hobby (religion) we know as homebrewing.

I Am a Home Brewer

Can you spot the Yooper in this video?

FOOP

DRINK YOUR FOOP
I decided to try drinking the FOOP--(Formerly Once Only Protein) from a Hopped up Red Rye beer I did this morning. It was really interesting. It is going to be a brewday tradition from here on out I believe.

MBG Festival & UPtoberfest

The Michigan Brewers Guild is going to be hosting a festival Sept. 12 in Marquette! They need people to help out and pour beer for this event so if anyone is interested in pouring beer samples for a few hours let me know by emailing me your name and phone # and I will add you to a list that I am going to pass on to a friend at New Holland Brewery who will let you know when and where you can help out.

This should be a fun event and a great chance for us Yoopers to get our hands on many of the great offerings that are to be had right here in Michigan.

Also, October 10th in Escanaba, there will be another festival that has been growing in interest over the past few years. This will by-far be the best year yet for UPtoberfest. Head to the website and get your tickets now.

Sept. & Oct. are going to be a lot of fun.....as long as you attend these two beer festivals.

Christmas Beer in Bottles...Fa la la la la

I just bottled my Christmas Beer that I'm going to be handing out to some friends and family this Christmas season. It's basically the grain bill of a schwarzbier fermented with the Duvel strain of yeast and I blended in a tea I made with some mulling spices at bottling to give it a little bit of holiday kick. It tastes pretty good right now, hopefully it gets better with a little bit of age on it before the Holidays.

Other beers I have going right now:
Barley Wine (dry hopped with amarillo)
Schwarzbier
Lambic