Friday, December 12, 2014

Sorachi Wheat

Sorachi Wheat

Brew Date: 12/12/14
Bottle Date: 1/24/15

**1 gal batch**
Extracts:
~1.33 lbs Briess Wheat DME

Hops:
.5 oz Columbus at 60 min
1 oz Sorachi Ace at 15-0 min continuous

Yeast:
Safale s-04 Ale Yeast

OG: 1.055
FG: ???? (spilled test cylinder)
ABV: ???? (probably 5-6%)

Tasted like shit, fail brew.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Uncle Gary's IPA

Uncle Gary's IPA


Brew Date: 12/6/14
Bottle Date: 1/2/15

**5 gal batch**


Specialty Grains:
1 lb Briess Caramel 60L Malt

Extracts:
8.5 lbs Briess Pilsen Light DME

Hops:
2 oz Columbus at 60 minutes
1 oz US Willamette at 15 minutes
.75 oz Simcoe at 5 minutes
.75 oz New Zealand Nelson Sauvin at 5 minutes
.5 oz US Willamette at 5 minutes
1.5 oz Columbus at 14 days
1 oz Chinook at 14 days
1 oz Nugget at 14 days
.5 oz US Willamette at 14 days
.25 oz New Zealand Nelson Sauvin at 14 days
.25 oz Simcoe at 14 days

Yeast:
White Labs California Ale (w/ Starter)

OG: 1.085
FG: 1.013
ABV: 9.45%

Notes:  Majority of bottles not carbonated after 3 weeks.  Attempted rescue method with 3 bottles by shaking small portion of dry champagne yeast into bottles and recapping 1/24/2015. Opened on the 3 bottles 1/31/2015 to perfect carbonation and taste.  Began rescue method with remainder of bottles but opened 5 in a row that sounded perfectly carbonated upon opening, so I simply recapped them and stuck in fridge. Now I'm just confused...