Brew Day :) :)

Brewing our Extra Sexy Brew for Beer As Art Spring 2011!!! This event will take place on Sunday, April 10th, at Derby Salon in Seattle (same place as last time). Oh, and don't fret, we'll be sure to remind you PLENTY of time about Beer As Art ;)

ESB:
1 lb crystal 80L
8 lbs amber malt
Wyeast 1098 British Ale
1.5 oz Amarillo hops boil (45 mins) (7.2 AA)
.5 oz Amarilla hops finishing (15 mins)
irish moss

Slightly different recipe than last time. Hoping to up the ABV just a tad (just for fun).

Initial brix: 16.1. This gives us a specific gravity of 1.066. Yowza ;)

In other exceptionally interesting news, the black IPA is totally fucking delish. Its the perfect color. Has a fantastic aroma. It could be slightly hoppier (so we're messing with the hop bill on the next run). You'll have to come out to Beer As Art to try it ;)

Till next week!

<3 erin and pat

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It's transfer day! The beer is GORGEOUS!!! Wow, I can't even believe how beautiful and black as night it is. Hot damn.
Our latest brix is a 9.5, which puts our current ABV at 4.9%. Again, not quite the number we were shooting for. We're gonna give this one a 3lb malt increase next time and see how that works out, but we're also thinking this will need to be one of our first all grain batches. Maybe it's just one of those styles that you can't really hit quite right unless you brew all grain :P We sure as hell don't know but that's part of the fun :)

Till next time,


erin and pat