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Brewday #64 – Mango/Papaya/Vanilla Oatmeal Ale

Grainfather

It has been a long time since I had time and felt like brewing something. I was getting bored with the complexity using all the equipment. So I bought the Grainfather. So much easier, and less things to worry about.

The first beer with the Grainfather is an Oatmeal Ale with Mango, Papaya and Vanilla bean.

5K g Pale malt
0.5 kg Oat malt
Columbus Bittering hops
Columbus Taste hops
Centennial Aroma hops
1 big Papaya
8 Mango fruits
1 Vanilla stalk
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19 Liters
OG 1051
FG 1016 (estimated)
ABV% 4.8 (estimated)
IBU 24

I forgot to mash out, that’s why the lower abv% (which is fine actually)

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Brewday #63 – 11:11/14 Infinite and Unknown

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Now a curse upon Because and his kin! May Because be accursed for ever! If Will stops and cries Why, invoking Because, then Will stops & does nought. If Power asks why, then is Power weakness. Also reason is a lie; for there is a factor infinite & unknown; & all their words are skew-wise. Enough of Because! Be he damned for a dog! But ye, o my people, rise up & awake!

-The Book of the Law II:28-34

This is the second time I’ve had time to brew this year, I’ve been busy and I also been pretty lazy when I had time. Anyway it is that time of the year, actually precise date it is. It’s the day I’m doing magickal beer.

As usual the beer is 11%ABV, 111 IBU is too little so this time I pushed it over 200 IBU all thanks to Columbus hops. It will be flowery and citrusy all thanks to Centennial hops and Citra hops.

The colour is black and brown, or blue and golden for those that can see. For it is a magickal beer.

Hop Island

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Systembolagets ölsläpp saknar helt logistiskt tänk

Har inte så mycket att tillägga annat att det finns bättre sätt att stapla upp de 20 mest åtråvärda produkterna som 150 pers köar en timme för att få lägga vantarna på. De flesta vet vad dom vill ha, så det bör gå snabbt.

Men vi klämmer in all öl på två stycken en-och-en-halv-hyllmeters-hyllor så att två obeslutsamma personer och en pirra kan ockupera de två kvadratmeterna mellan hyllorna. Samtidigt står 150 personer som vet exakt vad dom vill ha tålmodigt bakom och väntar.

Det här är dessutom Sveriges flaggskepp ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Hursomhelst detta roffade jag åt mig på ett par minuter 30 minuter efter öppningstid, och då var det bara 20 personer före mig i kön.

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Brewday #60 – 11:11/13 Hoppy Black Ale

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It’s that time of the year again when I brew my magickal ale with everything 1’s. It’s OG 1111, 11%ABV, 111 IBU… Shut up and drink it!

kranked up to 11It’s Chocolate dinkel malt, crystal malt, caramel malt, pale malt and rye malt.

It’s Belma hops, Centennial hops, Chinook hops, and Columbus hops.

It’s not an IPA.

It’s not a Stout.

It’s a well hopped black ale. Some call them CDA (Cascadian Dark Ale), I’m not in or from Cascadia, I’m not partiulary influenced by those. I’m not sure if I came up with this before I heard of them, but who cares.

It’s not an Black IPA, that just sounds stupid and I don’t condone that style name. Some say IBA (India Black Ale), I might sign on to that, but I’d like to promote yet another name…

HBA (Hoppy Black Ale)
A black ale which is just as hoppy as an American IPA. It should not get too much of the roasty tones as a stout, it should be hidden under the hops, it might come out as an after taste. But the hops should rule!

When the clock shows 11:11 make a wish and toast this beer and your wishes will come true, it will work best if you just happen to look at the clock. It doesn’t work if you set the alarm clock or wait for the clock, it should be by “luck” or instinct, then it works.

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Brewday #58 – Moloko Milk+ Chocolate

#58 Moloko Milk+ Chocolate (label)

Today I’m brewing a Chocolate Milk Stout. Pale malt, caramel malt and three black malts (pale chocolate, chocolate and black malt). I’m using chocolate nibs (10 min boil), and will be adding lactose at the bottling. Everything else is the same as usual.

Don’t worry about the noodles, it’s not going in to the beer. Noodles t is a quick perfect meal when the oven is occupied. I got use for the rice cooker to, it will cover the boil off from the big kettle.

I think I will do like the last time, at the second fermentation pour 10 liter in one and the rest in the the second and add water so I get a lower ABV beer.

It was 26C warm in my apartment, and it rained this morning so it’s not getting cooler than that. So I wrapped the fermentation tank in wet blanket and put the fan on it. The temp meter said 20C (pretty good).

Edit 2013-06-17: I put 12 liters in first (second fermentation) tank. Estimated 7%ABV.
I put 7.5 liters plus 4.5 liters water in the second (second fermentation) tank. Estimated 4.2%ABV.

Edit 2013-06-26: Bottled the Main batch and got 31 bottles (37cl). I added 5gr Lactose per bottle.