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09-11-2010, 07:41 PM
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bells competition
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anyone get their wort from bell's today?
what are you gonna make?
doing an all michigan pale ale now. all homegrown hops to match their michigan 2row, chinnook and cascade.
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09-12-2010, 12:50 AM
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I wish bells would make my wort for me...eh, what are you talking about?
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09-12-2010, 02:22 AM
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My first post on this board (have done a few weeks of lurking but no posting)... but yes, I am doing the competition... thinking about a Rye beer... but still browsing for ideas.
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09-12-2010, 02:38 AM
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Damn, wish I would have known about this yesterday! Oh well.
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09-12-2010, 02:43 AM
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It was insanity there. We got there right at 11am to sign up for time spots and got one at 1:40. I felt sorry for the suckers who showed up after noon. They had a 50+ person waiting list.
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09-12-2010, 03:19 PM
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The sig. other and I are brewing up our two 5-gallon batches as four - 2.5 gallon batches. Go big or go home!!!
maple ale w/ cream ale yeast
Imperial IPA
Pumpkin Ale
Caramel Apple Ale
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09-12-2010, 03:22 PM
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heylookasensai- I thought about that too, but they only give 4 labels for entry into the competition for each 5-gal... are you just planning on entering the two of the four that turn out best?
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Coming Up: Golden Rye, another IPA...
Primary: Bells Brown clone
Secondary: IPA
Bottle Conditioning: Blitzen's Blonde
Drinking: Checkers Rye PA
Gone but not forgotten: BTS IPA, Babymaker Brown, Wilde Wheat
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09-12-2010, 03:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Burton
heylookasensai- I thought about that too, but they only give 4 labels for entry into the competition for each 5-gal... are you just planning on entering the two of the four that turn out best?
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Exactly!
my maple cream ale is fermenting nicely as we speak, and my imperial IPA is chilling down from the boil this morning.
any ideas as to what you're brewing? |
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09-12-2010, 05:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by heylookasensei
Exactly!
my maple cream ale is fermenting nicely as we speak, and my imperial IPA is chilling down from the boil this morning.
any ideas as to what you're brewing?
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Nice! My rye pale ale was the original idea... I am starting to second guess myself,though, as the guy behind me in line was planning on brewing the same thing!
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Coming Up: Golden Rye, another IPA...
Primary: Bells Brown clone
Secondary: IPA
Bottle Conditioning: Blitzen's Blonde
Drinking: Checkers Rye PA
Gone but not forgotten: BTS IPA, Babymaker Brown, Wilde Wheat
Last edited by Burton; 09-12-2010 at 05:22 PM.
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09-12-2010, 08:21 PM
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Location: Cereal City, USA
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did up mine within 4hrs of receipt of the wort.
and no i'm not rrevealing my recipe yet
bells set up a 25th anniversary competition where they gave out 5g of unhopped wort to us.
winners of the comp get to brew their beer with the head brewer at bells and have it on tap in the eccentric cafe.
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primary1 :UTOPIA BABY(still searching for it)
secondary:middling bastard ipa
kegged:simcoe blonde, crystal pale ale, yellow jacket golden ale, lemon shandy blonde
DRINKIN DAWG BREWERY
LET'S GO RED WINGS
join michigan mashers here
extraction calculator
grains in pounds(G) X 36(average points per gallon of grains) / batch size in gallons(g) = maximum efficiency(ME)
OG / ME = brewhouse efficiency
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