Tweaked Oatmeal Stout...

Brewer: Brewpilot
Beer: Hangar Stout Style: Oatmeal Stout
Type: All grain Size: 5.25 gallons
Color: 129 HCU (~42 SRM)
Bitterness: 29 IBU
OG: 1.062 FG: 1.017
Alcohol: 5.8% v/v (4.5% w/w)
Grain:
7 lb. Maris Otter
2 lb. American 6-row
1 lb. Flaked oats
1 lb. American chocolate
8 oz. American crystal 120L
8 oz. Roasted barley
Mash: 77% efficiency
30 minute mash at 122F
60 minute mash at 153F
15 minute mash out at 168F
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.052 6.25 gallons
Irish moss @ 15 min
Hops: .75 oz. Chinook (11% AA, 60 min.)
Yeast: Irish Ale starter

Heffe...

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Beer: Hefeweizen Style: Weizen/Weissbier
Type: All grain Size: 5.25 gallons
Color: 3 HCU (~3 SRM)
Bitterness: 12 IBU
OG: 1.045 FG: 1.012
Alcohol: 4.3% v/v (3.4% w/w)
Grain:
3 lb. German Pilsner
5 lb. Wheat malt
Mash: 78% efficiency
Step Mash... 122 for 30 min, 152 for 45 min.
Water PH 5.2
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.038 6.25 gallons
Rehydrated Irish Moss at 15 minutes
Hops: .5 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (5% AA, 45 min.)
.25 oz. Hallertauer Hersbrucker (5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast: WLP300

Drowning Wasp

Brewer: Brewpilot
Style: American Wheat
Type: All grain Size: 5.2 gallons
Color: 6 HCU (~5 SRM)
Bitterness: 11 IBU
OG: 1.052 FG: 1.017
Alcohol: 4.5% v/v (3.5% w/w)
Water: Low chlorine municipal water source
Grain:
5.5 lb. Wheat malt
.5 lb. American crystal 20L
4 lb. British pale
Mash: 71% efficiency
2 step mash 30 minutes at 122F and 60 minutes at 153F
Boil: 60 minutes SG 1.043 6.2 gallons
1 tsp Irish moss at 15 minutes
Hops:
.5 oz. Hallertauer (4.25% AA, 45 min.)
.5 oz. Kent Goldings (5% AA, 15 min.)
Yeast: Danstar Nottingham Ale yeast, 11 grams for 5 gallons, rehydrated at 92F degrees for 30 minutes.

Razzberry Red

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Beer: Razzberry Ale Style: American Pale Ale
Type: All grain Size: 5.2 gallons
Color: 5 HCU (~5 SRM)
Bitterness: 10 IBU
OG: 1.041 FG: 1.010
Alcohol: 4.0% v/v (3.1% w/w)
Grain: 7 lb. Maris Otter
Mash: 80% efficiency
Single Infusion, 60 minute rest at 150F
Mashout at 170F for 15 minutes
Boil: 70 minutes SG 1.034 6.25 gallons
Fuggles 4.4AA .5oz @ 60 min.
Fuggles 4.4AA 1.00z @ 0 minutes
Irish Moss 1tsp @ 15 minutes
Hops: .5 oz. Fuggles (4.75% AA, 60 min.)
1 oz. Fuggles (aroma)
Yeast: Danstar Nottingham Ale Yeast 11g rehyrdated in 100ml of 88F water
Pitched at 68F
Log: Brewed on 11-6-06
Fermentation at 68F for 7 days
Transfer to secondary on top of 2.5lbs of raspberries
Carbonation: 5oz of corn sugar at bottling time

The stout is in the second mash step as we speak! Bottling the Fat Tire today... mmmmmm smells like beer in central IN...

Brewpilot

god, i would love to bew during the week!

One of the bennies of working 3-4 days a week... this is a first, handling 2 brews in a day! The Oatmeal Stout has 1lb of chocolate malt in it, OMG it smells soooo good. It is so black and gooey!

Brewpilot

Hey, here is the quick and dirrty of the brewday.

Initial runoff 1.075
Final Runoff 1.018
OG before boil 1.052 @ 6.5 gallons
OG after 60 min. boil 1.061 @ 5.5 gallons
Efficiency 77%
Nottingham 11g rehydrated

Mash at 120F for 30 min
Mash at 153F for 60 min
Initial runoff boiled to bring temp to 168F prior to sparge

Sparge lasted 1:15

10 hours later, there is life... I leave for 4 days now! I have never in my life seen anything so black or so sweet in my life!! Where there are small leaks around my fittings in my mash tun, the wort turned into a tar like substance and sealed it!! My fist stout ever, this will be interesting!

Brewpilot

Temp stable at 64F....