Notes: -----BREW DAY------
Burner off center for circular flow.
Heat 2 gallons to boil (some in separate pot, to pour through funnel into syrup container to get it all). Remove from boil add syrup, warmed in warm water.
Return to light boil, wait for hot break, add hops at marks.
Get boil steady before adding hops; (optional: remove from heat for first addition)
Add Brown Sugar at 45 minute mark
Add dextrose at 30 minute mark.
Let wort stand for 10 minutes before cooling at 60 minutes mark
Cool wort to 90-100.
Fill fermentor with 1 gallon cool water, add wort. Add more water to bring to 4 gallons.
Seal and rock back and forth vigorously to aerate.
Add dry yeast to 10 times weight in 86-95 degree water and let sit for 15 minutes. Stir lightly and let sit for 3 minutes then add to wort.
Add yeast when temp is 78 degrees or lower.
Add 1tbs sanitizer solution to fermination lock.
Place in temp controlled room.
____BOTTLING DAY_______
At 9 days add, hops in muslin bag. Boil bag and marbles. Tie off so that below water line.
Bottling: 4 oz dextrose with 4ish oz water, bring to boil then add to beer. shoot for 4 gallons in ferment
____POST BREW________
Overall, very good.. a more mellow version of 'Four'
A little too bitter.. may mellow out
Bitter and malty.. around 7%
Not enough aroma..
Too dark? Use malts from three? not Marris otter..
Next Beer: hops from three, influence from Burnt Hickory cannon dagger.. dry hop intense shoot for 6%.. Norther brewer gold, 5 gallon batch. |
