To close out the Standard American Beer section of the BJCP I brewed both a Cream Ale and an American Wheat Ale on the same day. This was mostly driven by the fact that the "Best of the Bay" competition is fast approaching and I didn't have enough time to space these two brew days out. The details of the Wicked Panda American Wheat Ale are over here. The Cozy Bear Cream Ale is named after the widely known threat group Cozy Bear or APT29. This group is considered responsible for the DNC e-mail hack in 2015 as well as the supply chain attack on SolarWinds. BJCP Style: 1C - Cream Ale BJCP: "A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American “lawnmower” beer. Easily drinkable and refreshing, with more character than typical American lagers." Brewday 07.04.2021 Recipe: The grist was a 50/50 blend of 2-row and Pilsner with a dash of flaked corn. I planned to brew this in the Mash & Boil, but I mistakenly setup BeerSmith as a 7.5 gallon recipe so I would eventually have to transfer the Cream Ale from the Mash & Boil to my E-Herms system. Milled grain Mash water salts Sparge salts I checked the pH of the mash 10 minutes in and saw that I was hovering around 5.6. To bring the pH down to about 5.2 I acidified the mash with 8.1 mL lactic acid. The hop charge is 31 grams Liberty at 60 and 15 grams Liberty at flameout. E-herms and Mash & Boil chugging away Hop quality inspection by the Brewery Manager Post-boil gravity 1.055/13.6P Adding O2 No yeast cell counting for this brew, just pitching a full sachet of Voss Kveik and fermenting at 90 degrees F.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Jamie WeissHomebrewer, Recognized BJCP Judge, aspiring Certified Cicerone Archives
November 2023
|