New Wave of Seattle Real Ale

boom....come on down on April 20th for a full house of cask-conditioned beers :)

Batch No. 67 - Under the Milky Way

Under the Milky Way

Brewed - April 6, 2013

Style - English IPA

Ingredients:

• 9.0 lbs. American 2-Row
• 7.5 lbs. Marris Otter
• 1.0 lbs. Wheat
• 1.0 lbs. Biscuit
• 1.0 lbs. Crystal 20L
• 0.50 lbs. Victory

• 1.00 oz. Cluster (60)
• 1.00 oz. Perle (60)
• 0.50 oz. Willamette (30)
• 0.50 oz. Cluster (30)
• 0.50 oz. Willamette (10)
• 0.50 oz. Cluster (10)
• 0.50 oz. Cascade (5)
• 0.50 oz. Cluster (5)
• Keg #1 Dry-Hops = TBD
• Keg #2 Dry-Hops = TBD

• Wyeast 1028 London Ale (1 pack)
• Wyeast 1056 American Ale (1 pack)

OG – 1.056

Wyeast 1028:
Primary – ?? days
Secondary - ?? days

Kegged - ??

FG - 1.012 (estimated)
Attenuation - 78.6% (estimated)
ABV - 5.76% (estimated)

Wyeast 1056:
Primary – ?? days
Secondary - ?? days

Kegged - ??

FG - 1.010 (estimated)
Attenuation - 82.1% (estimated)
ABV - 6% (estimated)

Notes:

• First time brewing an English IPA, which isn't hopped quite as aggressively as an American IPA and brewed with English yeast for a slightly more malty, caramel and minerally flavor
• Brewing this for the "New Wave of Seattle Real Ale" Cask Festival that we're hosting at the SODO Lab on April 20th
• Doing 1/2 the batch with Wyeast 1056 in case I don't dig the 1028 London as much
• Mash at 154° and 70 min boil

Batch No. 66 - Such is the Promise

Such is the Promise

Brewed - April 6, 2013

Style - Dark Mild Ale

Ingredients:

• 7.5 lbs.Golden Promise
• 2.0 lbs.American 2-Row
• 1.0 lbs. Pale Chocolate
• 1.0 lbs.Crystal 60L
• 0.9 lbs. Crystal 120L
• 0.50 lbs. Flaked Barley

• 0.75 oz. Northern Brewer (60)

• Wyeast 1968 London ESB (1 pack)
• Safale S-04 English Ale Yeast (dry / 1 pack)

OG – 1.038

Wyeast 1968:
Primary – ?? days
Secondary - ?? days

Kegged - ??

FG - 1.010 (estimated)
Attenuation - 73.7% (estimated)
ABV - 3.67% (estimated)

Saflager S-04:
Primary – ?? days
Secondary - ?? days

Kegged - ??

FG - 1.010 (estimated)
Attenuation - 73.7% (estimated)
ABV - 3.67% (estimated)

Notes:

• First time brewing a Dark Mild
• Brewing this for the "New Wave of Seattle Real Ale" Cask Festival that we're hosting at the SODO Lab on April 20th
• Mash at 154° and 70 min boil

Yard City Cask Festival

Last Saturday was the annual Yard City Cask Festival put on by the West Sound Brewers over in Bremerton.  The morning started with a nice ferry ride across the sound and a yummy breakfast at the Hi-Lo 15th Street Cafe where one table is located in an old VW bus.  Sadly we did not get to sit in that table :(

The Cask Fest featured nine cask conditioned beers and were all under 5% ABV.  My beer engine box worked great though I was a little jealous of the three-headed monster and the one decorated with lights.  My beer turned out pretty good especially with the less than 2 week turnaround and it had a great centennial hop aroma from the dry hops.

The whole Wayward crew was in attendance with a beer each and Jerome had made some Wayward buttons and some great banners too with the logo.  Overall a great day of drinking a unique and varied collection of session beers and meeting some new brewers.  Big thanks to Matt and the West Sound crew for being such great hosts.  I look forward to next year!!

Credit to Russ for the last four photos.   

Homemade Beer Engine

Homemade Beer Engine

I built a simple Beer Engine last week so I could dispense beer at the Yard City Cask Festival.  I followed the basic procedure from Brew Your Own and it's essentially an 8" x 8" box made of plywood with a hole in the top for the RV rocket pump and tubing connecting to your keg.  At the last minute I ended up making the sprayer and I think it made a big difference.  The "cask conditioned" beer has a low level of natural carbonation and the sprayer helped aerate the beer a bit and form a nice head, which was good for my IPA aromas.  Pics of the actual festival to follow soon!!  

Batch #48 - Littly Jimmy Session IPA

Little Jimmy Session IPA

Brewed - March 10, 2012

Style - Mild Ale / Low-Alcohol / IPA

Ingredients:

• 2nd Runnings of the American Barleywine
• 1.0 lbs. Acidulated Malt 

• 0.60 oz. Centennial (60)
• 0.10 oz. Centennial (10)
• 0.15 oz. Centennial (0)
• 1.00 oz. Centennial (Dry for 3 days)

• Wyeast #1056 American Ale (slurry from Schooner)

OG - 1.030
Primary – 9 days
Secondary - 0 days

Kegged -March 19, 2012

FG - 1.005
Attenuation - 83%
ABV - 3.3%


Notes:

• Session IPA hopped with Centennial
• Part 2 of a Parti-Gyle batch; not quite the traditional method where I designed one overall beer and mash to get two beers (one strong and one weak), but this was more about designing the barleywine that I wanted and then using the 2nd runnings to make a low-ABV Session IPA
• First time trying the whole 2nd runnings process and while a little hectic (long sparging time, keeping hot water temp up, boiling two beers simultaneously, scrambling to cool, etc.), it was a learning process in terms of efficiencies, calculating evaporation, runoffs, ending gravities, etc....I hope to do more of these in the future    
• Only brewed a 5-gallon batch specifically to be my first cask-conditioned beer for the upcoming Yard City Cask Festival in Bermerton (more on that later) 
• Original Mash of the Barleywine was at 149° for 90 minutes; after the long 1st sparge, some acidulated malt was added to the top of the mash tun to help with the PH
• Runoff for the IPA was 7.5 gallons
• 60 min boil
• Estimated IBU's ~ 30
• Ferment in the low 70's for hopefully 1 weeks, then a brief dry hop before transferring into the keg and prepping for the cask fest
• Dry hopped for 3 days
• Transferred into the the keg after 9 days; added 2.1 oz. of corn sugar to build ~ 1.8 volumes of CO2 of natural carbonation; condition for 3 days and then cold crash before the festival to get the CO2 in solution