{"id":128,"date":"2010-03-08T01:37:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T06:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2011-02-18T20:37:12","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T00:37:12","slug":"batch-2-11-munich-dunkel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=128","title":{"rendered":"Batch #2-11: Alt Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nGerman Old-Style Ale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nView Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nSunday, January 16, 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nSunday, January 16, 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\n1.050 @ 80F (1.0526)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nn\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nSunday, January 23, 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.012 @ 72F (1.0133)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nFebruary 25, 11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n5.2% (5.7% final) ABV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Release Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Beerinator
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Summary:<\/p>\n

A very good brewing session.\u00a0 This recipe is unusual, in that all 3oz of hops are added right at the beginning of the brew for bittering.\u00a0\u00a0 None are added at the middle or end for aroma.\u00a0 The wort had a nice sweetness to it.<\/p>\n

I decided after the problems with the yeast in the last batch to try something different with the yeast starter.\u00a0 I used the 5oz starter malt pack, but added 6oz of corn sugar to the boil.\u00a0 After 25 hours, the yeast was VERY active in the flask.\u00a0 I gave the flask a swirl, and the foam grew rapidly and blew the water out of the airlock.\u00a0 When I pitched the yeast from the flask into the bucket, it again foamed up wildly as it entered the wort, like a warm, shaken bottle of soda.\u00a0\u00a0 I just hope I don’t have to deal with any blowouts with the fermentation bucket tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

Jan 17, 7:30AM :: The airlock has steady single bubbles coming out, two per second.\u00a0 No bursts, but this is a very fast rate.\u00a0 I am anticipating a faster rate this afternoon.\u00a0 I’ve never seen the bubbling cycle like this.. I am both excited, and a little nervous.<\/p>\n

Jan 23 4:00PM :: Bottling time.\u00a0 The bubbling was very strong and consistent for four days, and then quickly subsided.\u00a0 I was so happy to see the final gravity reading.\u00a0 The extra sugar to give the yeast starter a boost appears to have a made a big difference.\u00a0 I was hoping this batch would go over 4%, and got over 5%.<\/p>\n

Yield was 1x 2 Growler, 3x 34oz Ikea clear snap-tops, 2x 16oz snap-tops, 1x 22oz, and 28x 12oz bottles.\u00a0 The wort in this batch has a fruity aftertaste.<\/p>\n

Jan 30 10:00PM :: Opened the first bottle to try it.\u00a0 A real surprise: almost zero head is forming.\u00a0 The beer is smooth, fruity, and really tastes like the alcohol level is above the usual 3%-4% range.\u00a0 I am just disappointed in the lack of carbond dioxide buildup in the bottles.\u00a0 I think the wort may have settled too long in the bottling bucket with the corn sugar primar added to it, and a lot may have ended up in the bottom of the bottling bucket.\u00a0 I hope not. \u00a0This means some bottles will have good head carbonation, and others won’t.<\/p>\n

Feb 5 9:00PM :: Opened a second bottle, and there was head forming.. although only about 1\/2″ and very aerated. \u00a0It mostly dissappated in under a minute. \u00a0The taste now showed very nice melding of the flavors, and was very good. \u00a0The fruitiness, bitterness, and the alcohol ratio is now very well balanced. \u00a0I am now optimistic that the next two weeks will yield a very good beer. \u00a0I hope that time will cause the head to become a little less aerated, but it is acceptable the way it is now.<\/p>\n

Feb 18 @ 1:00PM :: I think this particular beer came out well, as far as flavor melding, but didn’t really offer me anything to say it is outstanding. \u00a0Other people, however, really liked this beer. \u00a0There was a continuing problem with the carbonation which showed as I opened various bottles. \u00a0The bottles which had snap on caps had decent carbonation, while the crown capped bottles had very little carbonation. \u00a0This may be an equipment problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Style German Old-Style Ale Ingredients View Here Brewing Date: Sunday, January 16, 11 Primary Fermentation: Sunday, January 16, 11 Original Gravity: 1.050 @ 80F (1.0526) Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Bottling Date: Sunday, January 23, 11 Final Gravity: 1.012 @ 72F (1.0133) Release Date: February 25, 11 Alcohol by volume: 5.2% (5.7% final) ABV Final Release Name: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-128","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128\/revisions\/409"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}