Beer 2015.01

Overview

• Style: Imperial Valentine Porter
• Codename: St. Valentine's Cherry
• Brewmaster: Jenny Tong
• Based on: Valentine Imperial Porter, from "The Complete Homebrew Beer Book"
• Type: All-grain
• Initial Gravity: 1.098
• Gravity going into secondary: 1.036
• Final Gravity: 1.034
• ABV: 8.4%
• Brewed: 1/4/2015
• 2nd Fermentation: 1/13/2015
• Kegged: 1/20/2015
• First served: 1/24/2015
• Last served: ?/?/?

Brew Participants

Those who stuck through thick and thin:

• david
• Frank Zamarripa
• jenny tong
• eric stein
• justin conroy
• ron olson
• new eric
• nick ?
• ryan pierce

Brewing

Mash

Grain Bill:

• 1 lb uk crystal malt (60L) (UK Paul's Medium Crystal Malt 60L)
• 8oz UK brown malt (UK TF & S Brown Malt)
• 8oz UK chocolate malt (UK Paul's Chocolate Malt #315)
• 8lbs any UK brand dark malt extract (syrup)

Mash Schedule:

• Type: Single step
• Start tempt: 158F
• Start pH: didn't check
• Time: 30 mins
• End temp: 158F
• Used 3 gallons of mash water @ 163F

Sparge

• ???

Boil

• 90 mins
• bring to boil, then add hops -
• 1 oz northern brewer hops added @ start of boil
• 1 oz northern brewer hops added @ 30min into boil
• 1 hour 15 mins we turn off the heat
• add lactose, sugar, cocoa powder, irish moss and yeast nutrient - stir until dissolved
• turn heat on again for 15 more minutes of rolling boil.
• Yield 5gal wort
• Initial gravity: 1.098

Fermenting

• Primary ferment: Carboy
• Secondary ferment: 5-gal carboy, 1/13/15
• Pitched ???

Kegging

• Kegged on 1/20/15
• Final Gravity 1.034
• Kegged into Keg ?
• Note: We were out of C02 and had to get more before beer could be put on tap