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