I'm sipping one of my last bottles of a dubbel I bottled on Jan 29, 2005 (this was only the second brew I mashed).
What was I thinking? (sort of a Chimay red clone)
2.5 kg Munich
0.75 kg Vienna
0.5 kg Crystal 30/40
0.25 kg Crystal 70/80
300 g Jaggery sugar
150 g Demerara sugar
3.5 # of pale LME (was limited by a 5 Ga mash tun)
33 g Hallertau (4.5% aa)
15 g Northern brewer (8.2% aa)
60 minute boil with both hops (what was I thinking?)
OG=70
FG=11
WLP500 cake.
I thought it was too dry, so I bottled with 250 g of Malto dextrose, bringing the gravity up to 1.021 (WHAT WAS I THINKING??).
I used Lyles golden syrup to prime it.
It ended up a little sweet (especially to my taste now), but it has aged nicely and it's still quite drinkable.
Cheers to brewing & learning!
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What HOMEBREW are you drinking right now?
BIG NUT Brown Ale
Inspired by the Amsterdam Nut Brown, brewed for the SOB contest.
The plan was to do an India Brown Ale, cutting back on the crystal to dry it out like an IPA, and of course hopping it like an American IPA.
5# American Pale
5# Marris Otter
2.2# Biscuit
1# Weyermann CaraMunich I
1# Crystal 120L
0.5# Chocolate Malt
1oz Simcoe 12.2%AA - 60 min
1oz Amarillo 7.5%AA - 30 min
1oz Centennial 8%AA - 20 min
1oz Willamette 5.5%AA - 10 min
1oz Simcoe - dry hop
OG=1.062
FG=1.012
The Amsterdam is lightly finished with Fuggle, so I thought I'd finish with the new-world derivative Willamette, thinking the woodsy spicing would go with the nutty flavour.
When I racked to secondary, it was right on track with what I had envisioned. Knowing the hops would fade, I dry hopped with an ounce of Simcoe. Man did that take over!
Not something I'd normally brew, but I might actually give it another go. A little less chocolate, cut back (or eliminate the dry hop), and maybe even add some oats to try & cut some of the hop acidity.
That said, the certified judge commented that if he was rating an Imperial Brown, he'd give it 38/50 (which was a pleasant surprise!).
Inspired by the Amsterdam Nut Brown, brewed for the SOB contest.
The plan was to do an India Brown Ale, cutting back on the crystal to dry it out like an IPA, and of course hopping it like an American IPA.
5# American Pale
5# Marris Otter
2.2# Biscuit
1# Weyermann CaraMunich I
1# Crystal 120L
0.5# Chocolate Malt
1oz Simcoe 12.2%AA - 60 min
1oz Amarillo 7.5%AA - 30 min
1oz Centennial 8%AA - 20 min
1oz Willamette 5.5%AA - 10 min
1oz Simcoe - dry hop
OG=1.062
FG=1.012
The Amsterdam is lightly finished with Fuggle, so I thought I'd finish with the new-world derivative Willamette, thinking the woodsy spicing would go with the nutty flavour.
When I racked to secondary, it was right on track with what I had envisioned. Knowing the hops would fade, I dry hopped with an ounce of Simcoe. Man did that take over!
Not something I'd normally brew, but I might actually give it another go. A little less chocolate, cut back (or eliminate the dry hop), and maybe even add some oats to try & cut some of the hop acidity.
That said, the certified judge commented that if he was rating an Imperial Brown, he'd give it 38/50 (which was a pleasant surprise!).
Good God, man. What will power you have. I think I have maybe 2 bottles that are from late 2008. I have no will power.Derek wrote:I'm sipping one of my last bottles of a dubbel I bottled on Jan 29, 2005 (this was only the second brew I mashed).
just bottled this
im currently drinking what didnt fit into the bottles i cleanedmatt7215 wrote:i had a fun day today:
3 gallon batch
3 lbs pilsner malt
2 lbs wheat malt
.5 oz willamet mashed
OG 1.040
cooled and pitched the dregs of some homebrewed biere de garde (100% bret b)
1 gallon batch
1 lb pilsner malt
1 lb flaked wheat
no hops, no boil
pitched 0.5 lbs of raw pils grain and 2 acidophilus pills
OG 1.030
next weekend im goin to strain the one gallon batch with some cheese cloth and blend it into the 3 gallon batch. ill let that go for about a month then rack it to secondary.
