Birthday brewing!!

Brewing my 30th birthday Raspberry Amber today :) A little bit later than we had originally planned but since we're so amazing at slacking... well, whatev.

Recipe (same as for the KMO wedding):
Volume: 5 gallons

Ingredients:

Malt:
6 lbs bulk malt pale syrup
3 lbs Briess dry amber malt (brewcraft)

Grains:
3/4 lbs German Wheat
1/2 lbs English Crystal 10L
1/2 lbs Belgian Caramunich
1/4 lbs Dextrin

Boiling Hops:
1 oz Mount Hood (5.5% AA)

Finishing Hops:
1 oz Centennial (9.2% AA)

Yeast:
Wyeast American #1056

Other:
48 oz Raspberries


brix: 16.4%. This gives us specific gravity of 1.068. Last time we said 16.5. This easily could pass for that, the line is so dang tiny. I'd say we are right on with making the exact same kick ass beer that we made for KMO's big day :)


This beer will be at Erin's 30th birthday getaway. If you are one of the lucky people that will be attending then you will have the chance to try this beer. It will be sold by donation at the party.

We're each drinking an ESB tonight. This is the beer that unfortunately was not ready for Beer As Art. However, it's pretty damn ready now! Well, it could still have some more head retention. But it's likely that there is too much alch in it. It's pretty strong. This beer will be at the birthday party as well.

KMO brew day

We decided to make a bock for KMO's wedding. Recipe as follows:
1/2 lb crystal 80L
1/2 lb belgian caramunich
6 lbs amber malt
3 lbs amber dry malt
1 oz Hallertau hops (beginning boil)
1 0z Hallertau hops (45 mins into boil)
1 oz Mt Hood hops (finishing, 5 mins before end of boil)
irish moss
Wyeast German Ale #1007

Brix=16.5. Which gives us a SG of 1.068. On target.

We are also bottling KMO's raspberry amber tonight.
Raspberry amber update: brix = 9.0. This puts the ABV at 8.43%!!!! Damn. This is our record for oomph. KMO's wedding is gonna be a blast, fo sho.

Also transferred the KMO dunkel to secondary. Brix = 9.5. Not quite where we want it. We're going to check it again next week and may repitch if it doesn't go down some more. We're thinking this one must be a slow starter.