Beer 2015.03

Overview

• Style: Belgian Ale
• Codename: Cardamom Carrying Belgian
• Brewmaster: No gods, no masters, just men
• Based on: "Backers brew" http://kegscode.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BACKERS-BREW.pdf
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity:
• Gravity going into secondary:
• Final Gravity:
• ABV:
• Brewed: 4/12/2015
• 2nd Fermentation: ?/?/2015
• Kegged: ?/?/2015
• First served: ?/?/2015
• Last served: ?/?/?

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

• eric stein
• justin conroy
• ron olson

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 8.75lb Pale mlt (made from tow-row winter barley) (Pauls Malt) (Typical Color 2.5-3.5L. British.
• 1lb munich malt (dingemans, typical color 4-7L). Belgian.
• 0.75 lb wheat malt. Briess malting company. Typical color 2-2.3L. American.

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Single step
• Start temp: Mash was 146F.
• Start pH: didn't check
• Time: 30 min
• End temp: 145F
• Used 4 gallons of mash water @ 163F

Sparge

• 190F water
• 3 gal of sparge water

Boil

• start ~6gal
• boil started 4:51pm
• 0.5 oz nelson sauvin hops @ start of boil
• 1 oz nelson sauvin hops @ 10 min from end of boil
• 0.5 oz partially crushed cardamom pods at 10 min from end of boil (need a better mortar & pestle...)
• 0.5 oz of grated ginger root, 10min from end of boil
• 0.5 oz of nelson sauvin hops @ flame out

Fermenting

• Primary ferment: Carboy