Beer 2015.05

Overview

• Style: Sumerian Beer
• Codename: Lizardman Slavbier a.k.a.
• Brewmaster: Eric Stein
• Based on: http://archive.maltosefalcons.com/recipes/20051002.php
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity: 1.05
• Final Gravity: 1.004
• ABV: 6.04%
• Brewed: 2015-10-25
• Kegged: 2015-12-05
• First served: 2015-12-06
• Last served: ?/?/?

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

• eric stein
• justin conroy
• dan baltudis
• eugene liokumovich

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 9 lbs 2 row domestic by Cargill. 1.4-2.5L
• 0.5 lbs Flaked barley, OIO Gilbertson & Page
• 0.12 lbs Carafa Special I, 300-375L. Weyermann.
• 0.5 lbs TF & S Dark Crystal II. 118-124L. UK.

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Single step
• Equipment 10 gal igloo cooler
• Volume: 5ish gallons
• Mash water input: 3.5gal
• Start temp: Mash was 160F. Mash temp was 145F at start of mash.
• Start pH: didn't check
• Time: 60 min
• End temp: 138F

Date and Spice Soup

Ingredients

• 2 Large Radishes, Grated
• 1.5 tsp Yellow Mustard Seeds
• 1.5 tsp Coriander Seeds
• 1.5 tsp Anise Seeds
• 1.5 lbs Dates

Chop up dates small. Grind up spices in mortar and pestle. Simmer for a while with around 3.5 quarts of water. When we were done with it, it was 3 quarts when we strained the solids out.

The date and spice soup was poured in at the start of the boil.

Sparge

• 180F water
• 10 qts of sparge water

Boil

• Start volume: ~5.5 gal
• Boil time: 25 min
• End volume: ~ 5 gal
• O.G. 1.05

Fermenting

• Primary ferment: Carboy
• Yeast Wyyeast 1056 American Ale