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Brew Day - July 10, 2010

Cujo Light 15 Gallons This is similar as the last one. Hopefully, no off flavours. I am going to let this go for two weeks because I want it to finish completely. 22 lbs. Pilsner Malt 62.5 grams Williamette 60 grams Nottingham O.G. - 1.044 F.G. - 1.008 % - 4.7 SRM - 2.7 BU - 17.4 I had a hard time sealing the dome on top of the conical. I wasn't getting any blow off into the bucket. I checked and it was going good. I adjusted it and it was tighter, but still it wasn't totally sealed. I hope that with the fridge blowing in cold air, it doesn't get into the beer later on when it slows down. The beer seems fine. No air got into the conical as far as taste goes. This is very light. I like it, but prefer bitters. Cleared up nicely after a few days of gelatin. This tasted funny for a couple of weeks. It seems to be okay now, but of course it is almost gone. I won't make this style again until fall which I will use lager yeast.

Brew Day - June 29, 2010

Krabby Patty This is quite a turnaround as compared to what I have been brewing the last while. Very light. I just wanted to brew a very light beer for something to do. 22 lbs. Pilsner Malt 50 grams EKG - 60 min. 60 grams Nottingham O.G. - 1.042 F.G. - 1.009 % - 4.3 SRM - 2.7 BU - 14.5 This was one of the most vigourous fermentations in a long time. There was no krausen in the blow off tube because of the dome lid on the conical. But, the bubbles were quite active. This has a nice, light taste to it. On day 8 I opened the fc and I got a bad smell. It wasn't a real disgusting smell, just bad enough that I knew something was going on. It has carried over into the kegs too. When you pull a pint, the smell is there. The taste is not that bad, a faint off flavour. This has stumped me. An infection for sure, slight that it is. From what? That part is the big question.