Showing posts with label Munich Helles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Munich Helles. Show all posts

Monday, April 23, 2012

Parkway Pro-Am


Great results from the Parkway Pro-Am competition with golds for Halley's Comet and Meatsitck Smoked Porter, plus Meatstick was picked as one of the "Best to Brew" beers.  So a bigger batch will be brewed at the Station U-Brew in the next few months and it will be on draft at one of the Parkway Tavern Pro-Am events on either June 27th or October 24th!!  


I want to thank everyone who participated in the 2012 Parkway Am-Pro Homebrew Competition.  I want to send a special thanks out to the Parkway and it's staff for helping us put on this great event.  I also want to thank all the judges who came down on Sunday and helped judge the 75 entries. Your time and expertise is much appreciated.

And now for the results...

Light Beer Category
  • Gold - Ben Bottoms for Halley's Comet
  • Silver - Casey Williams for Cream of the Hop
  • Silver - Ryan Meyer for Boo Juice

English Ales Category
  • Gold - Mike White for Mudd Puddle Ale
  • Silver - Heather Erickson for Irish I Was
  • Bronze - KC Graham for Boyd's Imperial Wee Heavy

American Ales Category
  • Gold - Jiri Zatloukal for Populuxe Pale
  • Silver - Johnathan Sherwin for Cutthroat Amber
  • Bronze - Adam Sannes for House Pale

Porters and Stouts Category
  • Gold - Ben Bottoms for Meatstick
  • Silver - Aaron Johnson for Tall Order Porter
  • Bronze - Scott Sannes for Chocolate Milk Stout

IPA Category
  • Gold - Chad Wallin for Feral Dog Brewery-IPA
  • Silver - Bryan Copeland for Moving Day IPA
  • Bronze - Brian Tetreault and Ben Satterthwaite for Bloody Fingers IPA

Belgian Category
  • Gold - Brian Tetreault and Ben Satterthwaite for Belgian Dark Strong
  • Silver - Mike Braaten for 11 Belgian Stout
  • Bronze - Jim Witwer for Down on the Farm
  • Bronze - Matt Burns for Saelens Belgian Ale

Strong Ales Category
  • Gold - Bryan Kramer for First Attempt
  • Silver - Matt Lacroix for 28th Strong
  • Bronze - Ryan Shdo for Bona Nox

Specialty Category
  • Gold - Tim Kordik for Northwest Backwoods Brown Ale
  • Silver - Tim Kordik for Rainy Days Rye CDA
  • Bronze - Travis Nye for Sorta Sumpin

Results for the Best to Brew Beers
  • Howard Hawley's Habanero Alt Amber
  • Tim Kordik's Rainy Days Rye CDA
  • Travis Nye's Sorta Sumpin' American Wheat IPA
  • Brian & Ben's Belgian Dark Strong
  • Mike Braaten's 11 Belgian Stout
  • Jim Witwer's Down on the Farm Saison
  • Brian & Ben's Bloody Fingers IPA
  • Ben Bottoms’ Meatstick Porter
  • Bryan Copeland's Tumble Down Brown
  • Jiri Zatloukal's Populuxe Pale Ale
  • KC Graham's Boyd's Imperial Wee Heavy
  • Ryan Meyer's Boo Juice Blond
Congratulations to Everybody who won.  For the Best to Brew winners I will be sending out information later this week on how to get your beer brewed. The awards ceremonies will take place on June 27th for the beers styles that take less time to finish and October 24th for the big beer styles.


Monday, January 23, 2012

Batch #43 - Halley's Comet

Halley's Comet....aka Hell(es) is Coming

Brewed - January 21, 2012

Style - Munich Helles

Ingredients:
  • 14.0 lbs. Pilsner
  • 1.5 lbs. Munich
  • 1.5 lbs.Vienna
  • 1.0 lbs. Melanoidin
  • 1.0 lbs. CaraMunich
  • 1.75 oz. Hallertaur (60)
  • Wyeast #2124 Bohemian Lager (1200 ml starter / 1 pack)
  • Wyeast #2308 Munich Lager (1200 ml starter / 1 pack)

OG – 1.050
Primary – 38 days
Secondary - 34 days

Kegged - April 2, 2012

Wyeast #2124 - Bohemian:
FG - 1.009
Attenuation - 82%
ABV - 5.4%

Wyeast #2124 - Munich:
FG - 1.010
Attenuation - 80%
ABV - 5.2%

Notes:
  • Trying out two different lager yeasts again
  • Mash at 152° and 60 min boil
  • Pitched at 55° and started fermentation temp at 46° in my chest freezer
  • Made bigger starters but neither had much activity when pitched
  • Used my new Better Bottles for primary fermentation; picked these up last week b/c I'm stick of breaking glass carboys