{"id":592,"date":"2013-01-07T00:45:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T04:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2013-01-08T14:56:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T18:56:39","slug":"batch-2-13-canadian-blonde","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/?page_id=592","title":{"rendered":"Batch 2-13: Canadian Blonde"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border: medium outset; height: 228px;\" width=\"381\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Style<\/td>\n<td>Canadian Blondo Ale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ingredients<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartshomebrew.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=4_32_37&amp;products_id=74\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper&#8217;s Malt Extract Kit<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brewing Date:<\/td>\n<td>Saturday: December 22, 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Primary Fermentation:<\/td>\n<td>Saturday: December 22, 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Original Gravity:<\/td>\n<td>1.030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Secondary Fermentation:<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bottling Date:<\/td>\n<td>CANX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Final Gravity:<\/td>\n<td>n\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Release Date:<\/td>\n<td>CANX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alcohol by volume:<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">n\/a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Summary:<\/p>\n<p>This batch was infected, and thrown away. \u00a0I discovered something wrong when I felt part of the lid was loose on one side as I was preparing to start bottling. \u00a0Also, when I pressed down on the lid to force a bit of air through the airlock, there was a very bitter, almost lambic odor&#8211;not a good sign. \u00a0After I opened the lid I saw the tell-tale mold spores floating on the top. \u00a0A real bummer.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this is the only batch in 4 years of brewing where infection has occurred. \u00a0At least all the descriptions of what I had read about infection were verified here, so I am confident that it&#8217;s not too hard to spot an infected batch after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Style Canadian Blondo Ale Ingredients Cooper&#8217;s Malt Extract Kit Brewing Date: Saturday: December 22, 2012 Primary Fermentation: Saturday: December 22, 2012 Original Gravity: 1.030 Secondary Fermentation: n\/a Bottling Date: CANX Final Gravity: n\/a Release Date: CANX Alcohol by volume: n\/a Summary: This batch was infected, and thrown away. \u00a0I discovered something wrong when I felt [&hellip;]<\/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-592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592","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=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bitsofgenius.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions\/603"}],"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=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}