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Boiling a west coast IPA right now, Simcoe and centennial
 
Planning on using Denny's Fave (wy1450) for the first time on an American brown ale that will be formally judged by my brew club in mid May. That gives me time to brew, package and condition before zero hour.

I have noticed my brown ales are not their best in less than a month.
 
Brewing a hoppy american strong ale (big brown ale? It's big, kind of brown and hoppy) this weekend with the last of my Citra & Mosaic from last year. In the weeks after that, lager time getting ready for the hot Florida summer.
 
Put my American brown ale to bed at 6:00pm. Had a very smooth brewday other than coming up a few points shy of my anticipated pre boil/original gravity. I anticipate a final product I will be proud of despite less than stellar efficiency.
 
I just bottled a dry hard cider. Just did a gallon of it to make sure it turns out before I do 10 gallons for the summer.

Brewing a tropical coconut milkshake IPA tomorrow!
 
Brewed a simcoe and sorachi ace IPA. First brew in a few months. Need a couple brew days more to be ready for summer. Irish red, chocolate stout. Doesn’t scream summer but it’s going to be good.
 
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Brewing up a Munich Helles tomorrow, using instant-pot Sauergut for biological acidification and a big healthy starter of Munich lager yeast
 
Pipeline is dangerously low with only a WF lager force carbing and an almost empty keg of Brown; so planning an ambitious double brew day tomorrow. First up is a Bastard clone since I can do that one practically in my sleep, then will brew up another batch of lager with some fresh S-23. No german hops on hand, so will probably bitter with some Cascade and finish with a mix of Centennial and Legacy just for 1) the heck of it and 2) I have lots of both.
 
I'm brewing a big Belgian Quad this weekend, modeled after Josh Weikert's "Brew Your Best Belgian Dark Strong" from beerandbrewing.com. The grain bill is 11# Belgian Pilsner, 3# Belgian Munich, 0.25# Special B, and 2# D-180 candi syrup. Planned OG is 1.090. 90 minute mash at 148-150, with 20-minute mashout at 170, boil is 75 minutes and batch size is 6 gallons. I get about 88% kettle efficiency with my HERMS system, with the liquor/grist ratios I use, and my temperature-controlled fermentations run north of 85% with WLP500 Monastery Ale yeast; it may be higher with the 2# of candi syrup. A tiny Magnum addition at 60 minutes, a large-ish Hersbrucker addition at 20 minutes and some Styrian Goldings at flameout. If I can keep my bloody paws off of it, I plan to cellar it 'til fall.
 
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