Unfortunately this many bottles is a little optimistic for this batch.
Beer 2
Bread and beer are my specialties. Look at that head!
On the way to boiling. Extract brews seem to have a perfectly consistent foam.
Brew #2 – bottled
PBW + Krausen = what looks like…
Artsy US-05 pic
mmm
Read (and tasted) this a couple hours later.
Getting it done
Taste test vs. Yuenling lager, because that’s what I had around.
The ol’ Spent Grain pile. Which I just started.
The Cascade is doing better than the Centennial
On my 6.5 gallon carboy, I wasn’t sure how much this is. Got 43 bottles out of it!
I knew this was gonna happen. Don’t fear the foam they say.
Pretty clear
Now confident enough to follow the rule “drink a homebrew while you homebrew” In my glass is beer #4. I could probably wash this yeast and re-use it, but not quite ready for that.
this wort drank pretty good
Finally bubbles reduced enough that I can read this (sort of)
Yum
There it sits. Right next to that power strip. Brilliant.
A nice closeup of the head, but this doesn’t really capture it’s true lighter, more reddish color.
FG: 1.003
Iodine test
Big teabag of specialty grains
The critical moment: pull out the siphon before we start sucking up other goodies.
Go baby go.
Cost per beer
Lots of grain making it into the boiler.
Of course I can read that.
Empty primary vessel
bottling
Bottling Beer #4
Old brew pot, NEW brew pot.
Back in place and will soon be wearing a T-Shirt
Already delicious on bottling day!
Flat. The bubbles are just from pouring.
Some people put a Ziploc bag over the mouth of their santized vessel. I prefer a StarSan forcefield.
Irish moss
Brew #4: BeerP0rn
supervisor
Perfect carbonation after a shake
Everything’s good but the color. But if use less extract to lighten it all the other paramaters get outta whack.
soon that glass will say humble man brewery on it.
My first-ever mash
Nice color, decent taste, but flat.
I forgot to pour mine aggressively! I had that head nice and pillowy last time…
This is not really a head from carbonation, as there is none yet. It’s just from splashing and pouring (and Star San foam?)
This is not what went in the beer.
Here it is, ready to be bottled.
Brew #4
last swallow
Ok, so I dumped about half of this.
Vorlaufed, and it started running clear (maybe not in this pic yet) but still ended up with grain in my boil.
Brew in a bag
last swallow
Next morning… looking good. Lots of chunky guys in here.
Tasting. It was not very delicious.
About 5 minutes left in the boil
bottling assembly line. Somehow it goes from right to left.
mmmm, hops. The smell is up there with coffee.
blowoff tube – necessary?
bottom of carboy…. mmm, science.
hot break
New thermometer!
Beersmith is damn good at estimating the color.
snifffff
about 4.5 gallons
So clear!
Krausen at about 40 hours – This beer is bubbling constantly and the airlock smells SO GOOD.
Not my clearest beer. There was dry hopping and no secondary.
Ready to go
Took a taste. Delicious, flat beer! My best so far. No off-flavors, and a nice bitter hoppiness!
