Brewed: Award Winner and Pot Licker (C)

By scot in Beer Recipes, Home Brewing on Saturday, March 28th, 2015

It has been a while since I have brewed two batches of home brew in one day. It has been in even longer since I brewed two different beers in the same day. In both cases, Chuck brought over brewing gear (brew kettle, burner, chiller, etc). This extra gear allowed for the brew day to be smooth without interruption once the second beer was mashed. This time around I wasn’t as fortunate. No matter, the brew day must proceed for Award Winner DIPA and Pot Licker Milk Stout.

Award winner is inspired by the IPA article in the March/April issue of BYO magazine. One recipe was using Header Topper yeast. It has been a while since I worked with the yeast. Fortunately this yeast is now available by multiple yeast companies. I used Omega Yeast 052, named DIPA Ale. Pot Licker is on its’ third version (thus the ‘c’ in the name). The first time I used too little lactose sugar, the second, I used a pound of lactose but the recipe was “American” centric: 2-row and yaest. I decided to use Maris Otter and English yeast: WYeast 1968 – London ESB Ale.

Both yeasts were over a month old, therefore I made a four liter starter for both yeasts. The four liter starter would allow me to have enough to keep for future brew days.

I figured the day would take close to eight hours (it did) if I had the grain ground, ready to go in the morning. A Friday night of grain grinding proved to be more exciting than expected. I brought the gap in the mill down to 0.30mm, which proved to be too tight for the drill that I use to run the mill. A third of the way through the first grind, the roller came to a halt. Dumped the grain, cleaned the mill and tried again with a gap of 0.32mm. Again, the mill bound up. Frustrated, I repeated the clean up of the mill, leaving the gap. I revved the drill up, ripping through the grain and made it; both grain bills.

The drill is heavy duty, therefore I still don’t understand why it stalled out. Also, the 0.32mm gap was only 0.01mm less than I used on my last batch, seems that that little change shouldn’t have caused a problem.

The resulting crush was powder. Too much crush. Quickly I remembered that Pat purchased 50# of rice hulls about two years ago that are sitting in my basement, I added 1.5# of rice hulls to each of the grain buckets. To add insult to injury, I realized that I only had one carboy ready for a double brew day. Time to dry hop Clash of Hops allowing for a second carboy. After three hours, I was ready for Saturday’s brew day.

The rice hulls saved my day. The most tumultuous part of the day was the transition from second batch finishing mashing while chilling the first batch. Getting two batches done at once was a challenge but a nice feeling of accomplishment while freeing up a few weekends before I have to brew again. Enjoy!

Award Winner DIPA

General Information:
Brew Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: OYL-052
Yeast Starter: 4 liter
Batch Size (Gallons): 6.00
Original Gravity: 1.071
IBU: 77.6
Color: 8.8 SRM
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70%
Alcohol by Volume: 6.9%
Primary Fermentation: 14 days @68*F

Grain Bill:
15.0# 2 Row
1.00# Wheat
10.0 oz Caramel 20L
6.0 oz Caramel 120L

Mash:
Saccharification @154.0*F

Hop Bill:
0.50 ounce Magnum @60 minutes
0.50 ounce Galaxy @20 minutes
0.50 ounce Galaxy @10 minutes
1.00 ounce Galaxy @5 minutes
1.00 ounce Galaxy @whirlpool
1.00 ounce Simcoe @whirlpool
2.00 ounces El Dorado @whirlpool
1.00 ounce Galaxy @4 days dry hop
2.00 ounces Kohatu @4 days dry hop
2.00 ounce El Dorado @4 days dry hop

Extras:
1.0 tsp Yeast Nutrient @ 15 minutes

Update(s):

• 2015-04-19: Dry hopped: 2.0 ounces Kohatu, 2.0 ounces El Dorado, 1.0 ounce Galaxy.
• 2015-04-18: Bottled with 4.2 ounces priming sugar and 2.0 cups of water. Gravity at 1.012.
• 2015-05-01: Initial, non-carbonated tasting. Heaping helping of hops!

Pot Licker Mlik Stout (C)

General Information:
Brew Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WYeast 1968
Yeast Starter: 4 liter
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.50
Original Gravity: 1.065
IBU: 26.4
Color: 36.0 SRM
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70%
Alcohol by Volume: 5.7%
Primary Fermentation: 14 days @68*F

Grain Bill:
7.00# Maris Otter
2.00# Munich
1.00# Chocolate
12.0 oz Caramel 60L
0.50# Roasted Barley
0.25# Black Patent

Mash:
Saccharification @155.0*F

Hop Bill:
1.00 ounce Amarillo @60 minutes
1.00 ounce Centennial @60 minutes

Extras:
1.0 tsp Yeast Nutrient @ 15 minutes
1.00# Lactose

Update(s):

• 2015-05-06: Split the batch into six 1-gallon carboys.
• 2015-05-10: Bottled each of the individual gallon carboys. A lot of work!

Useless Fact (one for each home brew):

• Cuba is the only island in the Caribbean to have a railroad.
• In the U.S, Frisbees outsell footballs, baseballs and basketballs combined.