April 2006

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Beer and Homebrew19 Apr 2006 05:10 pm

Brewing Pics


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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Beer and Homebrew08 Apr 2006 05:03 pm

End of The World

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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Travelogue05 Apr 2006 07:53 pm

New York City!


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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