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CUJO'S ELBOW 11 Gallons - Carboys on bench          * BROKE 1 CARBOY - SAVED 1 - NICKED AN ARTERY * I bought 11 lbs. of Tettnang pellet hops ( 2013 ). They are only 3.2% AA.  May as well use them in a simple ale to find out how they are. 22 lbs. Bohemian Pils 2 lbs. Munich type 1 135 g Tettnang - ( 3.2% AA ) - 60 min. 28.35 g Tettnang - ( 3.2 AA ) - 0 min. US-05 75/25/RO/WELL O.G. - 1.050 F.G. -  1.010 % -     5 SRM -3.7 BU - 25 Kegged this. A little over the top with the flame out hops. Won't do that again. Taste is fine considering it sat there for 3 hours in the remaining carboy. I won't use dry yeast again in a blonde ale. I just can't get the taste I am looking for. Wyeast 1010 in my blonde ale a couple of years ago tasted real good.The Tettnang hops are fine. That is good since I bought 11 lbs. of it cheap. 2013 crop. FTBS

                                                                 BROTHER CHRIS Finally getting around to brewing this. The yeast is getting close to 4 months old, so get'r done. 5.5 Gallons 16 lbs. Bohemian Pils 4 lbs. corn sugar 1 lb. Munich 110 g Tettnang - ( 3.2% AA ) 4 L Wyeast 1762 Abbey Ale II 75/25 RO/WELL O.G. - 1.084 - 76% efficiency. F.G. -  1.010 % -     9.56 SRM - 4.3 BU - 32.7 Make a 4 L starter with 108 day old yeast so you will definitely end up with lots of yeast either way. If you happen to get 90% efficiency, you will still have enough yeast to get the job done. Pitch cold, 64 F. I had a hard time cooling t...

Pals 15 Gallons ( More like 12 with the boil over ) I had a boil over near the end of the boil. The addition of the chiller pauses the boil for a bit, so I turn on the other element to get it back quickly to a boil. However, as usual, my cell phone screwed up again ( trying to set the timer ) and I took an eye off the boil for a moment and I lost about 2 L of wort. That doesn't bother me as much as I think I lost some bitterness as the wort didn't have as much BU as I wanted. Will see in 3 weeks. I read that running hot water through the chiller before you toss it in the wort will decrease the pause in the boil. I'll try it next time. 22 lbs. Bohemian Pils 2 lbs. Munich type 1 99 grams Hallertauer ( 4% AA ) - 60 min. WLP830 German Lager 75% RO 25% WELL It takes until the next day to add the yeast at 44 F. This morning it was 48 F. Finally pitched the 830 @ 4:30 pm. O.G. - 1.050 F.G. -  1.015 % -     4.6 SRM - 3.7 BU - 23 Kegged on March 9....

Cujo Cujo's Elbow 11 Gallons 22 lbs. Bohemian Pils Malt 2 lbs. Munich Malt type 1 80 grams German Hallertauer ( 4 AA ) Wyeast 1098 British Ale 70/30 RO/CITY O.G. - 1.050 - 82% F.G. - % - SRM - 3.7 BU -18.5 FTBS Hopefully this won't be a harsh and just awful beer I tossed out recently. I still don't know what went wrong. Moved on and have to brew more often to get the pipeline full as time is a factor. I won't be able to brew on the shelf when spring comes, too warm.