The Twelve Hopostles

[Budzu]

I have not yet, but yes in a week or two at latest. I need more hallertau. Already got my amber malt for it. I think I will use my White labs kolsch yeast for this, nice and cool. Whatcha think of that?

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Cool idea. I haven't had an IPA with K. yeast but it sounds like a good idea now that you mention it. Maybe ferment it warm around 68 and see how the fruity esters play with the noble hops.... let me know, it could be great!

 

[Budzu]

OK, got me lots more Hallertauer, and its a higher AA crop from Puterbaugh. Going to brew this within the next week. Still undecided yeast, its between WL kolsch or WL california. I kept the lower AA hops later in the boil. here's how I revised the recipe for 11.6 gallon:

25.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 89.3 %
3.00 lb Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 10.7 %
2.00 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (60 min) Hops 17.7 IBU
1.70 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (50 min) Hops 14.3 IBU
1.70 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (40 min) Hops 13.2 IBU
1.70 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (30 min) Hops 11.6 IBU
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (20 min) Hops 9.0 IBU
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (10 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
1.50 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -

Gotta run it by the main brain first of course!

 

[KAMMEE]

This is a great idea... I may try doing this with 12 one gallon batches just for my own education.

 

[stubbornman]

OK, got me lots more Hallertauer, and its a higher AA crop from Puterbaugh. Going to brew this within the next week. Still undecided yeast, its between WL kolsch or WL california. I kept the lower AA hops later in the boil. here's how I revised the recipe for 11.6 gallon:

25.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 89.3 %
3.00 lb Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 10.7 %
2.00 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (60 min) Hops 17.7 IBU
1.70 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (50 min) Hops 14.3 IBU
1.70 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (40 min) Hops 13.2 IBU
1.70 oz Hallertauer 2 [6.40%] (30 min) Hops 11.6 IBU
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (20 min) Hops 9.0 IBU
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (10 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
1.50 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
3.00 oz Hallertauer [3.60%] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -

Gotta run it by the main brain first of course!

I vote for the Cali yeast (nice and clean) so you get all the benefit of the single hop bomb.

I will do the Centennial soon.

 

[Budzu]

Brewed St. Andrew's Hallertau IPA last night. Hit 1.070 spot on, used the adaption that I posted. I ended up doing it with no hop bag on the ditches I relied on whirlpooling to handle the pellets. It was 16 oz of hallertau in the boil Of course I got some pellet in the fermenters but I don't mind. I pitched at 64 and will ferment at 65. Pitched a huge amount of washed WLP 001 from a batch I racked a week ago. Had about 6 hours lag time now its foamed up nice.

Looking forward to this stuff! Love me some noble hops.

 

[dave5155]

Very cool. Labels look awesome.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Nice work Budzu! Please give us a review in a couple weeks.

 

[IPAAAA]

I didn't read the entire thread but any reason why these are 4 gallon batches and not 5?

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

My system brews four gallons at a time. The Beersmith files are there if you need to scale it up or down.

 

[IPAAAA]

My system brews four gallons at a time. The Beersmith files are there if you need to scale it up or down.

That makes sense. Thanks.

I am new to beersmith but is there a way to change it to gallons and lbs instead of liters and kg?

 

[Prime]

Just found this thread, but this is an awesome idea! I will be downloading all the Beersmith files when I get home tonight. These are added to the 'To Do' list.

 

[manoaction]

How come 5 of them are giving "The Shocker" sign?

Actually that hand sign is to represent the concept of the Trinity. Look for it in a lot of early church images.

Instead of Judas period, you could use Paul or Matthias depending on your theology. I'd go with Paul.

 

[sharkuttack]

awesome idea, brew on!

 

[bh10]

Brewed St. Andrew's Hallertau IPA last night. Hit 1.070 spot on, used the adaption that I posted. I ended up doing it with no hop bag on the ditches I relied on whirlpooling to handle the pellets. It was 16 oz of hallertau in the boil Of course I got some pellet in the fermenters but I don't mind. I pitched at 64 and will ferment at 65. Pitched a huge amount of washed WLP 001 from a batch I racked a week ago. Had about 6 hours lag time now its foamed up nice.

Looking forward to this stuff! Love me some noble hops.

How'd it turn out??

 

[Budzu]

How'd it turn out??

It is one unique beer... quite tasty. The amber malt that i got ended up being a little too prominent. It was a little one-dimensionally toasty, a bit too much so. If I did it again I'd cut the amber that I had in half.
The hop character however was awesome. It was grassy, but only pleasantly so. Hallertau is something different when you go overboard with it, very interesting.
I still have a few bombers left. I'll taste it again tonight. Everyone that has tried it (even non-craft beer folks) really enjoyed it.

I want to try the Saaz one sometime

 

[thehopostle]

So I just came across this thread when I was searching on the name of my blog, "The Hopostle". It prompted me to write a post...check it out here. This is a great idea for a series of beers. Have any others been made in the last two years? Thanks for the cool idea and great blogpost fodder

 

[509inc]

Just brewed Saint Matthew. Took a pic of the hops.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Awesome! Way to go. Please report back when you have a taste.

 

[509inc]

St Jude under way.

 

[storunner13]

Exciting! When will they both be done?

 

[509inc]

I actually have 3 of the 12 going right now. Should be ready to drink in two weeks.

 

[gak27]

I brewed a batch of St. James the Greater last night with one "modification":

I made it more of a session pale ale vs. an IPA. I was looking to do a session pale ale for the summer and I've followed this thread since I found it and...since I wasn't really being inspired to come up with a recipe I went with St. James the Greater -- plus, he's my son's Confirmation namesake (his greatgrandfather was also named James).

Anyway, brewday went off without too many glitches -- I did forget to add the Irish Moss so I have a LOT of trub in the primary that got past my strainer. A little under my target OG but not anything to complain about. I went with 1272 for the yeast.

Of course, I didn't think about pictures until I was done...

For those that may be interested, here's my partial mash (BIAB, mash at 154) recipe:

St. James the Greater - American Pale Ale
================================================================================
Batch Size: 5.000 gal
Boil Size: 3.500 gal
Boil Time: 1.000 hr
Efficiency: 70%%
OG: 1.052
FG: 1.013
ABV: 5.0%%
Bitterness: 33.2 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 6 SRM (Morey)

Fermentables
================================================================================
Name Type Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
Amber Malt Grain 16.000 oz Yes No 75%% 22 L
Extra Light Dry Extract Dry Extract 3.000 lb No Yes 95%% 3 L
Pale Malt (2 Row) US Grain 4.000 lb Yes No 79%% 2 L
Total grain: 8.000 lb

Hops
================================================================================
Name Alpha Amount Use Time Form IBU
Cascade 5.5%% 0.500 oz Boil 1.000 hr Pellet 10.5
Cascade 5.5%% 0.250 oz Boil 50.000 min Pellet 5.0
Cascade 5.5%% 0.250 oz Boil 40.000 min Pellet 4.6
Cascade 5.5%% 0.500 oz Boil 30.000 min Pellet 8.1
Cascade 5.5%% 0.250 oz Boil 20.000 min Pellet 3.2
Cascade 5.5%% 0.250 oz Boil 10.000 min Pellet 1.9
Cascade 5.5%% 0.250 oz Aroma 0.000 s Pellet 0.0
Cascade 5.5%% 0.500 oz Dry Hop 4.000 day Pellet 0.0

Yeast
================================================================================
Name Type Form Amount Stage
Wyeast - American Ale II Ale Liquid 0.528 cup Primary

 

[509inc]

I currently have James the Lesser, Saint Jude, Saint Matthew on tap. Throwing a party tonight with a side by side tasting of all three. Whose thirsty?

 

[JetSmooth]

I love this idea so much!

I've always wanted to do a steinbier and call it "Peter".

BK, what are you using for your brewing data sheets? Also, do you have any of the excel source files you care fo share?

 

[JMass]

I'm thinking this may be a good idea for those who grow hops (like me) and have leftovers that they don't use. Cascade is what I grow most of but sometimes have leftover sterling or Williamette.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

My brewlog is from braukaiser.com

I also use Kaiser's efficiency spreadsheet for every brew to monitor my system. I highly recommend both those logs.

Awesome work everyone. Keep up the brewing!

 

[JetSmooth]

Brilliant site. I don't know how it eluded me all this time.

 

[509inc]

As I sit here drinking a Saint Matthew I had a daydream about how these recipes must have come together.

I envisioned the Lord of Malt preaching the glory of his majestic grain bill sent down from above. On his travels he meet the Hopostles each with their own sacred spice which when paired with his grain and the spirit of the holy yeast brought on a feeling of jubilation.

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

509inc- did you make it through all of them? That is incredible!!! Any comments or pointers on any of them?