17 May 2007

Supermom's Foe IPA

I've finally gotten around to my first hero/villain beer...and it's not going to have any alcohol. WTF anyway.

A familiar beginning:
1 gallon of The Town H2O steeping 10 oz crushed 40L crystal malt for 30 minutes at 150 degrees.
This imparts both color and "specialty grain" flavor to the finished beer. Since I am extracting the alcohol and probably losing any subtleties in this batch, this step may be totally meaningless. I feel compelled to do it anyway, thinking that this beer will need all the help it can get if it is going to be at all quaffable.

Strain the water into the brew kettle, and sparge the bag of grains with another gallon of 150 degrees H2O.

Upon boil, added
5 lbs American light extract syrup
1 lb light dry extract powder
1.5 oz chinook bittering hop
boil all this for 45 minutes

Add 3/4 oz Kent Goldings
3/4 oz Cascade
1tsp. Irish Moss
boil all this for 15 minutes

STOP!! NO AROMA HOPS!!

Put the cooling tube in the wort to sanitize. Don't forget to run some clean water through it first. Some water from inside almost always drips into the wort at some time; best if it is not stale water form the last time I brewed.

Cool it down, add to the carboy and pitch the yeast
1056 American Ale slap pack

O.G. 1.033

10 May 2007

Angelsweat v.2

I vow to find out if Angelsweat is as swheat as I think it will be:

2 1/2 gallons of Oaktown's finest
Approximately 7+ lbs wheat extract
1.25 oz Hallertaur pellets for 1/2 hour
.5 oz saaz for 12 minutes - add teaspoon Irish moss here too!
.5 oz saaz for the last couple minutes

On Thursday May 17, I transfered the sweat from my new 6 1/2 gallon carboy (yay) to the neck of a 5 gallon with .5 oz saaz hops for that extra fresh kick.

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The father of Supermom has done it again.

First up: grain beer. No other description given.
First impression is a great head, not too much but definitely present, with dense small off-white bubbles. The beer is cloudy and pale. The aroma made me think Belgian, but the palate made me doubt that guess. There isn't a strong hop aroma, which makes me think it probably wasn't dry-hopped. I also guess that cascade hops wern't used, since I don't get that recognizable west-coast smell or citrus flavor. There is a great new flavor, however, somewhat bready and slight sweetness with tasty, stinging hops bittering up the finish. The head stays around till the last sip, without any real agitation required. Good job, Jor-el.

07 May 2007

Return of the Odd Sox



Yes, Frank is back.
www.frankallisonmusic.com - definitely check out the chicken whisperer video

02 May 2007

Exploding Summer Beer.

This post started as one thing, will end as another. I set out to brew some Angelsweat for Bay to Breakers. I recorded all the specifics up till time of proposed dry-hop:

"That's right. The sweat of an angel, peoples. You know you want it.

Contract brewing for Adventure Angels Bay to Breakers after party. I'm pretty sure I just felt an earthquake; God must not like me bottling the sweat of his minions.

Added 6 lbs wheat extract and 1 lb light dry extract to 2 1/2 gallons tap water.
1 0z Hallertaur pellets upon boil.

Pitched yeast: Whitelabs tube of American Hefeweizen WLP320
OG: 1.053"

Then, I came home after a hot day and evening at work, and WOW! The beer had exploded out the top of the fermenter, like a geyser spraying 2 1/2 gallons of beer all over my kitchen. Back to the drawing board.