Chris's Pub Ale - January 2, 2020
Had to delay brewing because of the freezing rain. This is a Session beer using up all my Cascade hops to make room for mostly lagers and bitters. Not sure which one I will brew most.
KEGGING UNDER C02 FROM CARBOY TO KEG
I have issues with the taste in my last 4 brews. Not sure if it is oxidation or not. Just an odd and unpleasant taste. I have had the orange carboy cap for years but have never used it. Went to You Tube and watched how they do it. I think I can do it. Better to do it on this beer than my lager in a few days to see if it works out okay. At least I can eliminate oxidation if this works out and keep trying to find out where the off flavour is coming from.
Ingredients
11 lbs. UCM
1 lb. Munich I
26 g Cascade at 60 min.
60 g Cascade hop stand ( 5 min after knock out )
US-05 Slurry 2nd Generation
Water Profile - Chris's Pub Ale
PH - 5.30
Basic brewing day, doing nothing out of the ordinary. The last one seems odd, but I think it either needs aging or Blonde Ales are just not my forte. My last Blonde Ale ever. Done, moved on...
O.G. - 1.050
F.G. -
% -
SRM - 3.7
BU - 21
BREW NOTES
A good brew day and nothing went wrong for some reason. Added the 0 addition of Cascade hops approx. 5 minutes after the chilling was started.
That Night - Started bubbling when I went to bed. Slow though.
Jan 3 - Almost the same thing - 64 F. May turn on the heater, but will have to keep an eye on it. I
still have a lager down there, but the D-rest is pretty well done.
Jan. 7 - 64 F. Yeast slowed down. Heat on to 68 F. More active. Keg around Jan. 16 or so.
Jan. 10 - Keg in a few days. No hurry if you are going to use this yeast again. Take a good sample
to see if you want to use this yeast, if not, cancel the next brew day.
Jan. 12 - Not much activity, but it is cool down there. Since there is all ice outside, I may keg this
today.
KEGGED ON SUNDAY JAN 12
Cleared in a few days and this one hasn't got that pastey/oxidized taste which the last what? 4 did. I was careful when I kegged them all, so wtf? Anyway, I am using the orange cap to push beer into kegs when I use the carboy for now on. This is a light, mellow beer. Great for a nice, sunny, summer day which is many months away. Gone now, but the hop aroma was not quite there. Other than that, this was an okay beer.
KEGGING UNDER C02 FROM CARBOY TO KEG
I have issues with the taste in my last 4 brews. Not sure if it is oxidation or not. Just an odd and unpleasant taste. I have had the orange carboy cap for years but have never used it. Went to You Tube and watched how they do it. I think I can do it. Better to do it on this beer than my lager in a few days to see if it works out okay. At least I can eliminate oxidation if this works out and keep trying to find out where the off flavour is coming from.
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Ingredients
11 lbs. UCM
1 lb. Munich I
26 g Cascade at 60 min.
60 g Cascade hop stand ( 5 min after knock out )
US-05 Slurry 2nd Generation
Water Profile - Chris's Pub Ale
PH - 5.30
Basic brewing day, doing nothing out of the ordinary. The last one seems odd, but I think it either needs aging or Blonde Ales are just not my forte. My last Blonde Ale ever. Done, moved on...
O.G. - 1.050
F.G. -
% -
SRM - 3.7
BU - 21
BREW NOTES
A good brew day and nothing went wrong for some reason. Added the 0 addition of Cascade hops approx. 5 minutes after the chilling was started.
That Night - Started bubbling when I went to bed. Slow though.
Jan 3 - Almost the same thing - 64 F. May turn on the heater, but will have to keep an eye on it. I
still have a lager down there, but the D-rest is pretty well done.
Jan. 7 - 64 F. Yeast slowed down. Heat on to 68 F. More active. Keg around Jan. 16 or so.
Jan. 10 - Keg in a few days. No hurry if you are going to use this yeast again. Take a good sample
to see if you want to use this yeast, if not, cancel the next brew day.
Jan. 12 - Not much activity, but it is cool down there. Since there is all ice outside, I may keg this
today.
KEGGED ON SUNDAY JAN 12
Cleared in a few days and this one hasn't got that pastey/oxidized taste which the last what? 4 did. I was careful when I kegged them all, so wtf? Anyway, I am using the orange cap to push beer into kegs when I use the carboy for now on. This is a light, mellow beer. Great for a nice, sunny, summer day which is many months away. Gone now, but the hop aroma was not quite there. Other than that, this was an okay beer.
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