I’m ecstatic that there will be a tent dedicated to homebrewing at this year’s Great Canadian Beer Festival.
We’ll be on the festival grounds actually making beer while the hordes drink themselves silly. And here’s what we’re making:
On Friday it will be a Best Bitter (a middle-of-the-road English Pale Ale):
09-09-2011 JZ I'm Not Bitter, I'm Thirsty A ProMash Brewing Session Report -------------------------------- Brewing Date: Friday September 09, 2011 Recipe: JZ I'm Not Bitter, I'm Thirsty Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 12.00 Wort Size (Gal): 12.00 Total Grain (Kg): 9.75 Anticipated OG: 1.047 Plato: 11.70 Anticipated SRM: 11.0 Anticipated IBU: 42.3 Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 % Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes Alc by Weight: 3.61 by Volume: 4.62 From Measured Gravities. Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88.4 8.62 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) Great Britain 1.038 3 4.7 0.45 kg. Aromatic Malt Belgium 1.036 25 4.7 0.45 kg. Crystal 120L 1.033 120 2.3 0.23 kg. Special Roast Malt America 1.033 40 Hops Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 106.31 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 36.6 60 min. 49.61 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 5.7 20 min. 42.53 g. Goldings - E.K. Pellet 4.75 0.0 0 min. Yeast ----- WYeast 1968 London Extra Special Bitter
Saturday will be a clone of Firestone Walker’s Mission Street Pale Ale (a terrific American Pale Ale). The grist for this includes pale ale malt grown on Vancouver Island by Mike Doehnel.
Brewing Date: Saturday September 10, 2011 Recipe: Mission Street Pale Ale Recipe Specifics ---------------- Batch Size (Gal): 12.00 Wort Size (Gal): 12.00 Total Grain (Kg): 9.64 Anticipated OG: 1.045 Plato: 11.31 Anticipated SRM: 5.9 Anticipated IBU: 12.4 Brewhouse Efficiency: 72 % Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes Alc by Weight: 3.44 by Volume: 4.40 From Measured Gravities. Grain/Extract/Sugar % Amount Name Origin Potential SRM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80.0 7.71 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) America 1.036 2 15.0 1.45 kg. Munich Malt(light) Canada 1.034 15 5.0 0.48 kg. CaraPilsner France 1.035 10 Hops Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14.18 g. Fuggle Pellet 5.00 5.6 90 min. 14.18 g. Chinook Pellet 13.00 6.8 30 min. 48.19 g. Cascade Pellet 5.75 0.0 0 min. 48.19 g. Centennial Pellet 10.50 0.0 0 min. 48.19 g. Cascade Pellet 5.75 0.0 Dry Hop 48.19 g. Centennial Pellet 10.50 0.0 Dry Hop Yeast ----- WYeast 1968 London Extra Special Bitter