{"id":391,"date":"2010-10-17T21:30:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=391"},"modified":"2014-01-05T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-05T18:19:07","slug":"batch-xx-11-crankcase-stout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=391","title":{"rendered":"Batch #5-13: Crankcase Stout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Style<\/td>\nCrankcase Stout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ingredients<\/td>\nView Here<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brewing Date:<\/td>\nWed: Dec 11, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\nWed: Dec 11, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Original Gravity:<\/td>\n1.048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\nTentative: Sat: Dec 14, 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Interim Gravity:<\/td>\n1.032<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bottling Date:<\/td>\nSat: Jan 4, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Gravity:<\/td>\n1.030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Release Date:<\/td>\nFri: Jan 31, 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n2.4% ABV Raw (2.9% Final)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Final Release Name:<\/strong><\/td>\nCrude Awakenings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This style of stout will be a first time for me.<\/p>\n

The commercial equivalent of this beer is Mackeson XXX from Great Britain. This beer is super dark, has a noticeable, but not overpowering aroma of licorice and coffee, and is to dark beers what espresso is to coffee. It is not for the faint of heart. But if you like dark beers, this is the ultimate. \u00a0We’ll see how it compares to the Mackeson XXX itself.<\/p>\n

This is an unusual brew for me. \u00a0Normally, when secondary fermentation is called for, partial mash is left to ferment completely in the primary fermentation, and then transferred to secondary (Pumpkin Ale is an example of this). \u00a0The secondary process has some fermentation going on, but it is mostly to let the beer clear itself more of sediment and allow the flavors to interact prior to bottling or kegging. \u00a0This recipe requires a transfer to secondary after only 48-72 hours, so I am not sure if the primary fermentation is expected to be very fast or it is transferred while the yeast is till highly active. \u00a0We’ll see.<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/p>\n

17 Nov :: bought the ingredients from South Hills Brewing Supply, my new local source. \u00a0Since the Pumpkin Ale was brewed first, the grains and hops are in my fridge awaiting the brewing date.<\/p>\n

9 Dec :: Yeast starter created.<\/p>\n

10 Dec :: I am using Nottingham Yeast from a packet for this yeast starter, and this yeast is aggressive! \u00a0The flask, when swirled, almost wants to blow the foam through the airlock. It’s settled down a bit now, and unfortunately, I’ve had to delay my brewing until tomorrow. \u00a0I plan on just adding some more food (heated corn sugar in water, then quickly cooled) to give the yeast a jump start in the morning.<\/p>\n

11 Dec :: The yeast got its sugar in the morning, and boy was it a jump start. \u00a0By 6PM, it was as active as on the 10th. Began the brew cycle at 6PM, with the 3 gallons of water in the freezer. \u00a0This is a non-Heart’s recipe, so the first thing I realized is that there were no heating and sparge temperatures or water volumes. \u00a0So knowing this was a form of a stout\/porter, I elected to heat the grains at 150 for an hour. \u00a0The technique in the original recipe called for steeping the grains in a nylon\/muslin bag, which I have used before, but I find the sugar extraction works a bit better when soaked and then sparged. \u00a0I sparged the grains with 170 degree water.<\/p>\n

Brewing went very smoothly. \u00a0I made one substitution on the original ingredient list: two ounces of chopped licorice root instead of the 1\/2 brewer’s licorice stick. \u00a0The wort is indeed dark in this batch. \u00a0By the time I pitched the yeast, it was more active than when I started a few hours earlier. \u00a0The original gravity was only 1.038, which surprised me. \u00a0I was expecting over 1.040.<\/p>\n

14 Dec :: I transferred the wort to secondary, but the interim gravity only measured 1.032. \u00a0Odd, considering the yeast was going full force in the fermentation bucket for the first 48 hours it was in there, and still showed signs of activity when I transferred it.<\/p>\n

03 Jan 14 :: Bottled today. \u00a0Yield was 7x 64oz growlers and 15x 12oz bottles. \u00a0The wort has an incredibly good aroma, and the licorice and coffee aroma is dominant. \u00a0The final gravity was still a bit high at bottling, but I realized from a note I made that my initial gravity reading after brewing was wrong. \u00a0It should have been 1.048. \u00a0So that will put the final ABV at 2.9%. \u00a0Not a lot of alcohol, but that’s the way I actually prefer the beer I make. \u00a0I’m optimistic this will be a good batch when conditioning is complete.<\/p>\n

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Style Crankcase Stout Ingredients View Here Brewing Date: Wed: Dec 11, 2013 Primary Fermentation: Wed: Dec 11, 2013 Original Gravity: 1.048 Secondary Fermentation: Tentative: Sat: Dec 14, 2013 Interim Gravity: 1.032 Bottling Date: Sat: Jan 4, 2014 Final Gravity: 1.030 Release Date: Fri: Jan 31, 2014 Alcohol by volume: 2.4% ABV Raw (2.9% Final) Final […]<\/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-391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391","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=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/391\/revisions\/1105"}],"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=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}