Beer 2016.03
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Our second attempt at the brown ale from Beer 2016.02. We didn't really secure a source of creeping charlie this time around, so we're going to make this one with some hops and do the same beer in a couple weeks actually with a creeping charlie so we can compare the taste of each. And by that I mean that we totally planned it this way because we always wanted to do the comparison. Yeah, right...
Overview
- Style: Brown Ale
- Codename: Not a creep, I swear!
- Brewmaster: Justin T. Conroy
- Based on: Beer 2016.02
- Type: All-grain
- Initial Gravity: 1.039
- Final Gravity: 1.012
- ABV: 3.54%
- Brewed: 2016-07-17
- Kegged: 2016-09-09 (Keg 2
- First served: 2016-09-11
- Last served: 2016-09-17
Brew Participants
Those who stuck through thick and thin:
- Justin
- Ron
- An
- Jeannine
- Eric (came late, left early)
- Eugene (came later, stuck around 'til the end to help clean up!)
Brewing
Mash
Grain Bill:
- 7.01lb Pale Crystal TF&S 1lb (#313)
- 1.67lb Golden Promise (#311)
- 1lb Caramel 60L Organic Briess 1lb (#110)
- 0.20lb UK Chocolate 1lb (#315)
Mash Schedule:
- Type: Single step
- Equipment 10 gal igloo cooler
- Grain Weight: 9.88 lb
- Mash Water/Grain Ratio: 1.21 Qt/lb
- Rest Temp: 170F
- Grain Temp: ~65F
- Strike Water: 12 Qt @ ~180F
- Mash Temp: ~160F
- 90 Min Mash
Sparge
- Sparge Temp: ~168F
- 5 gallons (20 quarts)
Boil
- Start volume: ~5.5 gal
- Boil time: 60 min
- 1oz UK East Kent Golding Pellets(30 min)
- 1oz UK Fuggle Pellets(Flame Out)
- End volume: ~3 gal. Added 2 gallons of distilled water.
- Initial Gravity: 1.039 (after distilled water was added)
Fermenting
- Wyeast British Ale II (1335)
- Only one round of fermentation. It took about a week, then sat in the carboy for a couple more weeks until I had time to keg it. ;-)
Kegging
Kegged into Keg 2 on September 9th, 2016.