Brewing in the Snow

As the great pre halloween snow storm of 2011 is nearly upon us - some soap box jockeys screaming 10 inches of snow - I thought it best to make some more beer.

A new brewing associate Aaron and I will be making a batch of "Chimaybe" a Chimay red clone attempt I came up with today. He gave me two bottles of Chimay and I cultured some yeast from one of them

We will also be making two batches of Brandon O's Graff http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/graff-malty-slightly-hopped-cider-117117/ which I have made before and loved. This time I will be making an all grain version using .5 ounces of cascade hops, 3 pounds of Pale malt, and 1 pound of munich malt.

I plan on mashing this for an hour then boiling the runoff for 30 minutes adding the hops at the beginning of the boil.

Last week Aaron and I brewed up a low end of the scale DIPA - I used beersmith 2 to work it out, I'm still learning the program so I know there are some errors.

Type: All Grain Date: 10/22/2011 Batch Size (fermenter): 5.00 gal Brewer: Ian Boil Size: 8.24 gal Asst Brewer: Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Stainless Kegs (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain End of Boil Volume 6.24 gal Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 % Final Bottling Volume: 4.25 gal Est Mash Efficiency 86.4 % Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage Taste Rating(out of 50): 30.0 Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Ingredients

Amt	Name	Type	#	%/IBU
4 lbs	Munich Malt (9.0 SRM)	Grain	2	26.7 %
2.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min	Hop	4	32.6 IBUs
2.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	7	10.7 IBUs
1.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min	Hop	8	3.2 IBUs
2.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min	Hop	10	0.0 IBUs
1 lbs	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM)	Grain	3	6.7 %
10 lbs	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	1	66.7 %
1.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min	Hop	6	12.5 IBUs
4.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 14.0 Days	Hop	11	0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 45.0 min	Hop	5	14.9 IBUs
2.00 oz	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min	Hop	9	1.4 IBUs

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.078 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.020 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.8 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 % Bitterness: 75.4 IBUs Calories: 151.6 kcal/12oz Est Color: 7.7 SRM

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs Sparge Water: 5.16 gal Grain Temperature: 54.0 F Sparge Temperature: 168.0 F Tun Temperature: 54.0 F Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.20


It is still bubbling away in the fermentation freezer, along with a cascade Munich smash IPA I made the day before.