While I was attempting to make a La Fin Du Monde clone a couple of weekends ago, James took a couple of pictures. This was also my first attempt at brewing an all grain batch of beer. If you look closely you can see some mistakes.
In other news when I transferred the beer to secondary it tasted good, and the specific gravity was down to 1.010 from 1.072 giving about 8.3% alcohol. Now it will sit in secondary for a week or two before bottling.
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Now that I have a mash tun out of a 10 gallon Igloo cooler and various bits of hardware I am going to attempt my first all grain batch of beer Tomorrow. I will also be making my first high gravity beer, which means I am making my first yeast starter to breed a couple of million extra yeasties to attack all that sugar. It has the making of a first-rate disaster! This is designed as a La Fin Du Monde clone.
| End Of The World |
| Recipe | End Of The World | Style | Belgian Tripel | |||
| Brewer | Randy | Batch | 5.00 gal | |||
| Mashed |
Recipe Characteristics
| Recipe Gravity | 1.081 OG | Estimated FG | 1.022 FG | |||
| Recipe Bitterness | 28 IBU | Alcohol by Volume | 9.0% | |||
| Recipe Color | 7° SRM | Alcohol by Weight | 6.9% |
Ingredients
| Quantity | Grain | Use | ||||
| 10.00 lb | Belgian pilsener | mashed | ||||
| 1.50 lb | German wheat | mashed | ||||
| 0.50 lb | Belgian aromatic malt | mashed | ||||
| 2.00 lb | Honey | extract | ||||
| Quantity | Hop | Form | Time | |||
| 1.00 oz | Styrian Golding | pellet | 60 minutes | |||
| 0.75 oz | Styrian Golding | pellet | 25 minutes | |||
| 0.25 oz | Styrian Golding | pellet | 10 minutes | |||
| Quantity | Misc | Notes | ||||
| 1.00 qt | White Labs WLP550 Belgian Ale | package | ||||
| 1.00 tsp | Irish Moss | 1 tsp clarifying for 15 min | ||||
| 4.00 tsp | Corriander Seed | flavoring crushed 10 min | ||||
| 2.00 Oranges | Orange Zest | zest of orange for 2 min | ||||
Recipe Notes
75 minute total boil
Starter made from .25 lb pilsner DME and .25 gal water
Dough-In 12 qt @ 166 for 150 90 minute rest
Mash-out 8.5 qt @ 208 for 170 dump
Batch Sparge 1 8.1 qt @ 170 10 minute rest dump
Batch Sparge 2 8.1 qt @ 170 10 minute rest dump
Expected wort 6.55
Seperately Bring Honey to 150, hold temp for 30 minutes, add to primary after wort
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Katherine and I met her cousins in Manhattan for a long weekend in New York City. We had a great time, but I was a bit disappointed that SOHO looks to have lost a lot of the unique clothing boutiques that I remember from six years ago. Now it is mostly an outdoor version of stores you can find in your local mall. However, there are still a number of cool trendy furniture stores.
We went up the Empire State Building, and I am happy to report a total absence of giant apes. Pictures are here.
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