Batch 10 Monster SMaSH

Definitely my cheapest brew ever.  Half a $40 Bag of Pale Rahr at 20% off = $16 for 10 Gallons/ 96 bottles.  That's 17 cents a bottle!!

Boil Volume 11.00 gallons 
Boil Time 60 minutes 
Batch Size 10.50 gallons 
OG 1.054
IBU ???

Fermentables 
25# American Two-row Pale (Rahr) 

Hops 
2 Oz 60 Min
1 Oz 30 Min

2 Oz 15 Min
1 Oz 1 Min

Yeast 2000ml Wyeast 1272 American Ale II 

  Harvested from Batch 9

 

Single Malt (Rahr Pale Ale 2-Row) Single Hop (True Mystery! Found in Dad's Forest)

 Rinsing out the Chiller and Heating the Strike Water

1272 Wyeast Cleaned from Batch 9 and a pic from Bottling Day

16 oz of Mystery Hops

First time I've ever seen Hop Seeds before.

Dad's awesome drying operation.

Screen stapled to 2 bys with fans underneath

Next year we need to get these vertical.

Mom picked all this from a brush pile.

Batch 9 Transfer

Jules takes control of adding hops to the carboy.

He watched my put them in by the handful, 

then gave me the "Move Over" and

Rubber-banded the bag to the top of the Carboy.

I guess he's the brains of the operation now.

Neighbor lending me his 7 gallon carboy

so I can accommodate my extra volume

Bucket 'O Beer

Batch 9 Bell's Half Hearted IPA

Fly sparged too long and deluted my target OG from my target 1.063 to 1.050

14 Gallons
1.050 OG

18#   Golden Promise
8#     Rahr Pale 2-Row
1#     Briess Cara 40

2.75 Oz Centennial 45 Min
2.75 Oz Centennial 30 Min
8      Oz Centennial 5 Day Dry Hop
Wyeast 1272

Low OG but very full Buckets.

Being cautious for blow off

To Fermentor

flirting with danger

much Skimmage

Measuring the hops.

Again with the Fly Sparge

2016 Hop Harvest

33 Oz Wet
18 Oz Dry

Batch 8 Bottled

Cones are forming

Centennial Hops 3 Years and 3 Months

Good thing they're a hardy plant, they've really taken a beating from the wind lately