Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Cream Ale in the Fermenter - Updated with Video
So I got the Cream Ale brewed last night. This was the first time I brewed completely outdoors in the garage. What a night, minus the light rain that began falling about half way through! The boil went well and I really boiled it hard, it was a huge rolling boil. My thought here was increased hop utilization. I love hoppy beer and I was brewing this one for people who aren't really into the hoppy stuff, but I still wanted it to have a kick that lighter commercial ales don't have. I ended up with the following hop schedule:
1 oz Cascade 7.5% AA @ 60 min
.5 oz Cascade 7.5 AA @ 20 Min
.5 oz Cascade 7.5 AA @ 5 min
I just went with the flow, I intended to split it into thirds for the aroma hops, but I dumped a few too many in at 20 min so I just thought go with it. I ended up with a SG of 1.044 which is right about where I wanted to be. I will be dry hopping this with 2 oz Cascade whole leaf and 1 oz of centennial whole leaf hops! I hope that they really come through. The only thing that I am worried about is that when I started the chiller I started the water really slow, too slow, so I ran back to the hose and cranked it up, when I got back I had water leaking off the intake of the chiller into the sweet wort! I am thinking that I am a sanitation freak and that all will be well but keep the finger crossed. I need to get another worm clamp on the hose of the chiller so I don't have this problem again. I didn't have this problem last time so it caught me off guard. I also used my new aeration tool last night, I bought a paint mixer and hooked it up the the drill and aeration was a snap, no more pouring and shaking! Got the wort chilled down to 78 and pitched a smack pack of Wyeast 1056 American Ale. Fermentation was extremely active this morning and I am thinking that I may need a blow off tube for the bucket by tonight but we will see. Cheers!
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Nice man! Are you gonna be dry hopping it with 4 oz of cascades then. Hot damn!
ReplyDeleteActually I am switching it up and doing 2 oz of cascade whole hops and 1 oz of centennial, going for some fruityness!
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