Beer 2016.02

We made this beer all the way through to pitching the yeast, and then we dropped the carboy and it exploded everywhere. :-(

The beer fermented in the sewers. The only tasting notes we have are from before we pitched the yeast.

Overview

• Style: Brown Ale with Creeping Charlie
• Codename: The Beer That Wasn't Meant To Be
• Brewmaster: Justin T. Conroy
• Based on:
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity: 1.042
• Final Gravity: Couldn't Be Measured!
• ABV: Who Knows!?
• Brewed: 2016-05-22
• First served: NEVER! :-(
• Last served: NEVER! :-(

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

• Justin
• Jim
• Ron
• Nick
• Mike
• Jacob
• An
• Ian
• Jennie (came late)

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 7lb Pale Crystal TF&S 1lb (#313)
• 1.65lb Golden Promise (#311)
• 1lb Caramel 60L Organic Briess 1lb (#110)
• 0.20lb UK Chocolate 1lb (#315)

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Single step
• Equipment 10 gal igloo cooler
• Grain Weight: 9.85 lb
• Mash Water/Grain Ratio: 1.25 Qt/lb
• Rest Temp: 170F
• Grain Temp: ~65F
• Strike Water: 12.25 Qt @ ~185F
• Mash Temp: ~160F
• 90 Min Mash

Sparge

• Sparge Temp: ~168F
• 5.5 gallons (22 quarts)

Boil

• Start volume: ~6 gal
• Boil time: 60 min
• 1.6oz Fresh Creeping Charlie (20 min)
• 1.6oz Fresh Creeping Charlie (40 min)
• 1.6oz Fresh Creeping Charlie (Flame Out)
• End volume: ~ 5 gal.
• Initial Gravity: 1.042

Fermenting

• Happened in the sewer.

Kegging

NOPE!