Bottle day.

Bottling the raspberry, new brix is exactly the same as the previous brix, 10.1. So final ABV on this bad boy is 8.65%. Yowza. Party time! note: brix on batch from last week was 15, this week it's 8.5. This gives us an ABV of 5.9%.

transfer day

holy moly. new brix on the raspberry is 10.1 this puts us at an 8.65% ABV. criminy. this is the highest we've hit yet. that secret ingredient is doing its job apparently. cant wait to try this brew.

brrreeww day

Wow. It's a been minute! Whats up internets?! We're brewing again. Finally. Maybe it's something to do with the changing of the leaves? Or maybe it's because the fall Beer as Art is just around the freaking corner and we haven't started yet! Yeah, that's probably it.

But wait! We're starting now! Brewing a raspberry amber for the show (the one you love, but with a little secret twist that you'll have to come to the show to try) as well as a cascadian dark ale. The names for each are The Stache' Comber and Mustache Rider. You have to guess which is which! ;)

Not going to bother posting the recipe because we have in the past and you can search for it if you so please.

The house smells DELISH! and will holla at you latah! e&p note: brix 19.4. OG 1.081.

IPA feedback

So far... so good! Everyone seems to be loving the new IPA! It's very well balanced, got a great mild bite, a super silky ness in the mouth, and an almost floral aroma. It's realllly good and we are really happy with it :) We are also very excited to see how it turns out next time! Till then :)

bottling day!

bottling the ipa, total bottle count: 24.5 22oz bottles. final brix is 6.5 which puts us at a fg of 1.008 and a final abv of 5.9% (so, no change from last time).

we have also been sipping on a bottle of the ballistic baltic 2 (from beer as art, the one with less honey). it has aged nicely! we are both very happy with it. the hopps are very evenly balanced with the honey, giving it a full front and a smooth finish. you also really get a sense for the honey on the nose. this beer smells like summer in a glass.

we are in the midst of devising out next brew. we have a name: negro chihuahua. its time we made a beer after e's dog. you knew it was going to happen. the style? you'll find that out next week.
::cough cough::
because we're still working on it ::cough cough::


till next time!

e&p

Transfer day!

Transferring the ipa today into 2ndary. New brix: 6.5. Which gives us a FG of 1.008. Still technically a little low, but we were low on the initial as well, so nbd. Current ABV 5.9%. Not too bad. The color is dead on perfect. Kind of an ambery-yellow. You can really smell the hops. This beer is not lacking in aroma. Doing high kicks over here. Till later. e&p

Brew day! FINALLY!!

yay, so so stoked for the smell of a fresh brew!! tonight we are brewing an IPA!

recipe:
0.5 lbs crystal 20
0.5 lbs maris otter
0.29 lbs vienna
7 lbs light malt extract
1 oz magnum (60 minutes)(16.7 AA)
1 oz mt hood (45 minutes) (6.1 AA)
.5 oz glacier (15 minutes) (5.6 AA)
wyeast 1275 Thames Valley
1 tsp irish moss


notes:
brix= 13.2 original gravity= 1.054
the original gravity was a little bit lower than what we were shooting for (1.067 was the goal), a brix of 14 or higher would put us in the proper range, but eh, we'll see what happens :)


in other news, we opened a bottle of the BB1 (the ballistic baltic w/more honey). it has aged very strangely... however, not in a bad way. we think? you can really taste the honey, and it gives it a super silky mouth feel. it's got great head retention throughout a pint. the honey is very noticeable in the aroma, it smells like summer. in a glass. but more honey-y. that was not a type.
next week we will likely sample the BB2.
also! we recently came across some of the ESB that we brewed last fall. it has aged nicely and is super delish.


till next week :)
e&p