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Posted by Epoisses on 2007-11-07 19:41:34 +0000

Batch #1 -- IPA

Sunday night, after the Pats game:

2.20 lb Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract
6.61 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract
1.06 oz Northern Brewer [9.80%] (30 min) Hops
0.71 oz Northern Brewer [9.80%] (15 min) Hops
0.53 oz Northern Brewer [9.80%] (10 min) Hops
0.35 oz Northern Brewer [9.80%] (5 min) Hops
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale

Krausen is in full effect, boyee.

Shit's addictive -- I'm already scheming the next batch.
Posted by tgl on 2007-11-07 20:29:26 +0000
Yeah! I'm deciding on the second batch. Oatmeal Stout, possibly. Tomorrow marks two weeks in the bottle for the ESB, might be ready for a sample.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-11-08 01:59:06 +0000
Save a bottle for me if there is to be a <b>H3W Holiday™</b>
event!

Posted by tgl on 2007-12-07 23:37:38 +0000
Good pssft removing the cap. Rich copper color, cloudy but clearing. Not much head. A bit of lace lingers. Definitely not flat.

Not much on aroma (but I'm in the cold basement and feeling cloggy). Great mouthfeel with a nice bitterness up front. I'd call it a roundness maybe. Just enough enough malt, consider steeping some oatmeal and Crystal... maybe. Turns to a grassy hoppy bite.

Haven't had a Sierra Nevada Pale in a while, but this works as a stand in.

Up the aroma hops and consider dry hopping? The 15/10/5 schedule seems a bit much, but that's what the boys in Chico do. 10/5 with a half once each and another 1/2 ounce in the primary fermenter. Make it again, certainly.




Posted by dyedon8 on 2007-12-08 06:47:34 +0000
Sierra also adds brewers' yeast to each first bottle.

I'll make this batch again -- a very good first attempt, I think.
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