Batch 5 is bottled

Batch 5 Transfered

Batch #5 is Lagunitas IPA clone-ish

... Probably could say that for many of the IPA Recipes

Lagunitas IPA clone
(Lagunitas Brewing)
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.059  FG = 1.015
IBU = 67  SRM = 9  ABV = 5.7%

Ingredients
11.33 lbs. (5.1 kg) 2-row pale malt
0.4 lbs. (0.18 kg) dextrine malt
0.3 lbs. (0.14 kg) crystal malt (60 °L)
0.2 lbs. (91 g) light Munich malt (4 °L)
8.25 AAU Horizon hops (60 mins) 
    (0.75 oz./21 g of 11% alpha acids)
4.5 AAU Cascades hops (30 mins) 
    (0.90 oz./26 g of 5.0% alpha acids)
1.25 AAU Willamette hops (30 mins) 
    (0.25 oz./7.1 g of 5.0% alpha acids)
15.75 AAU Cascade hops (0 min)
    (3.15 oz./89 g of 5.0% alpha acids)
Wyeast 1056 (American Ale) or White 
    Labs WLP001 (California Ale) yeast

Step by Step
Mash at 154 °F (68 °C). Boil for 90 minutes, adding hops as indicated in the ingredient list. After the boil, let the wort sit for 15 minutes before cooling. Ferment at 70 °F (21 °C).

BYO - Attack of the Hop Clones

Centennial Hop Harvest

Harvested 20 oz wet. If wet weight x .20 = dry weight, then maybe 4oz dry.

Regardless, I think it'll all be for Batch 5's Dry Hop.

Centennial Hops

Batch 5 enohcs IPA

Adapted from http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=81478

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 1272 American Ale II
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: 1800 ml Starter High Krausen
Batch Size (Gallons): 10
Original Gravity: 1.064
IBU: 68
Est. %ABV: 6.3
Boiling Time (Minutes): 45
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14days @ 68f
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7days @ 68f

Mash at 154 for 60min. 65%eff
American Rahr (2 row) Pale: 23lbs
American Briess Crystal 20 2lbs
American Briess Light Munich 2lbs
American Briess Carapils 2lbs
American Briess Torrified Wheat 1lb

Chinook (Pellet) 2oz 30min
Cascade (Pellet) 3oz 30min
Williamette (Pellet) 1oz 15min
Cascade (Pellet) 2oz 15min
Williamette (Pellet) 2oz 5min
Cascade (Pellet) 2oz 0min
Centennial (My Own Leaf (*Hopefully)) 4oz Dry in secondary

tablespoon Gypsum

Centennial Hops Year 2

Excited to see what my yield will be this year.  Last year I produced less than 2 oz dried

June 22 2015 (Year 2)

June 22 2014 (Year 1)

Bottling Batch 4

Cleaning bottles

Hops Stems

Just starting to branch out.

Batch 4 ThunderWorm Wheat

My first All-Grain non-BIAB.  
As adapted from ThunderWorm.  Went into the fermenter looking quite greyish. I'm suspecting I drained the mash tun too quickly and the grain bed did not settle well enough. Added 9oz of DME and used an aggressive boil to hit the 1.050 OG.


Boil Volume 11.00 gallons
Boil Time 60 minutes
Batch Size 9.00 gallons
OG 1.050

Fermentables11 lb 2-row malt Rahr
9 lb Wheat malt Weyermann
1 lb Munich malt Weyermann
9 oz DME to hit OG
1 lb rice hulls

Hops
18g US Magnum FWH
16g Centennial 10 min
10g US Magnum 0 min
40g Centennial 0 min

Yeast
2000ml slurry Wyeast 2565 Kolsh
Mashed at 148 degrees and fermenting at 60 degrees

Aggressive Boil 

Centennial Hops - Day 350

The Hops Survived the Winter

Batch 3 Bottled

I bottled straight from the primary after 3 weeks. One bucket finished bubbling at 5 days. The second finished in 11. Sure sign of underpitched yeast, so I have an accidental experiment and will get to judge how they compare.

Washed Wyeast 1056

100+ bottles

Keeping the syphon secure

Ready to bottle

Batch #3 Stuck Fermentation

The basement closet, where I have the fermentation buckets, was sub-60 degrees.  There was no activity after 10 hours so I had to use a portable radiator to heat the room up.  It's bubbling away now.

Batch #3 MidwestSupply Black Dog Ale Clone

Batch #3 MidwestSupplies Black Dog Ale Clone

Wasn't able to maintain needed mash temps with my system in 28 degree weather so I ended up adding the LME to compensate for my ~50% mash efficiency.  So this one is a one of a kind.

Boil Volume 14.00 gallons
Boil Time 60 minutes
Batch Size 13.00 gallons
OG 1.036
IBU 25

Fermentables
19     American Two-row Pale (Rahr)
2       American Crystal 60L
1.5    Malted Wheat
3.375 Muntons Light LME

Hops
2 Oz  Mount Hood Pellet 6.0 AA  60 Min
1 Oz  Cascade Pellet    5.5 AA  5 Min

Yeast
2000ml slurry Wyeast 1056 American Ale

The Grain

 The Hops and Yeast

The heat stick heating up the Mash Out water

The Extra LME to get my OG from 1.030 to 1.036