
2023-03-19 Batch #48
Primed with 2/3 cup brown sugar
20 22oz bottles
FG 1.020 (6.7%)
2023-02-26 Batch #48
New England Style
12lb Rahr 2-row
1lb CaraAroma
1lb Flaked Wheat
5gal Strike Water @ 172*F
60min Saccharification Rest @ 161*F
1.5gal Sparge Water @ 172*F
Collected all
Boil
60min 1.2oz Cleveland House 2021
60min 5.0z Blythswood Estate 2021
10min 1.9oz Cleveland House 2022
10min 4.3oz Blythswood Estate 2022
Flameout
1oz Cascade pellets
1oz Centennial pellets
1oz Simcoe pellets
Chill to 90*F
Racked to primary
1oz Cascade pellets
1oz Centennial pellets
1oz Simcoe pellets
1pkg Safale US-05
OG 1.071
Less ripe mango as I remember it. More piney. I drank immediately (canned on 2022-10-20).

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Canned 10/14/2020
Pours hazy straw. Light fine head. Mango/peach aroma. Smooth, small bite, pineapple finish.

Pours hazy golden. Fine head. Smells clean, light malt. Bitter start and finish. Citrus, grapefruit hop flavor.

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12lb Rahr 2-row
2lb CaraFoam
1lb Flaked Oat
5gal Strike Water @ 165*F
60min Saccharification Rest @ 154*F
4.5gal Sparge Water @ 164*F
Collected all
Boil
60min 10mL Hopshot
10min 4oz Cleveland House fresh
10min 9oz Blytheswood Estate fresh
Flameout
2oz Four Star Farms Cascade pellets 4.5%
1oz Four Star Farms Centennial pellets 10.5%
Chill to 90*F
Racked to primary
1oz Four Star Farms Cascade pellets 4.5%
2oz Four Star Farms Centennial pellets 10.5%
Pitched 1pkg Safale US-05
OG 1.057
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Pain au Levain
66% hydration (including leaven)
Pillsbury AP + Hodgson Whole Grain Rye
30 min autolyse
Knead by flap & fold
2 hour rise, overnight refrigerated fermentation
Heated oven to 500F
Turned to 425F to start
15min steam
45min total bake



Baguette
One Mighty Mill Bread Flour
Recipe: America’s Test Kitchen

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Batch #42. Crystal clear, light straw, effervescent, generous head. Flat aroma and malt profile. Clean hop bite.

Batch #46. Clear. Reddish brown. Fine head. A bit of hop aroma. Malty with good hop bite.
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Batch #45. A touch cloudy. Thin head. Golden brown. Bitter but not much else.

Batch #43. Poured clear and golden. Little aroma. Fine head. Malty with neat bitterness. Did not notice the fruitiness of the previous bottle.
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150g poolish
340g KA AP
45g rye flour
225g water
30min autolayse
8g salt
¼ tsp instant yeast
2 hour fermentation
Formed baguette
2 hour fermentation
49min at 425*F (first 15min steam)
200g poolish
400g KA AP
200g HM Rye
200g Water
30min autolayse
15g salt Knead by flap and fold. 2hr riseAdapted from http://www.breadcetera.com/?p=71
300g poolish
200g KA Rye
550g KAAP
450g Water
15g Salt
2 tsp instant yeast
Autolayse
Add salt and yeast, knead by flap-and-fold
Let rise
Split into two
Let rise
Make boulets
Let rise
Bake @ 425*F 40min (15min steam)