Friday, June 18, 2010

Brett'd Biere de Mars



It was a disaster brew day, and I have people to prove it. This was the first beer brewed as part of a double brew day. I had several friends over to brew with, and most showed up around flame out for the Biere de Mars. I followed a process used several times prior, but I believe the mainly pellet hop addition was my downfall. The hops almost immediately clogged my pickup tube strainer, yielding my brewing toolbox pump essentially screwed. With no means to pump out the wort, I thought I wold auto siphon it, which just melted the auto siphon. Then I decided to pour from the keggle into my better bottle. I used a basic winter glove as a hot pad, not only did the better bottle melt, but so did the glove. At this point I was embarrassed and frustrated, so I did what any self respecting homebrewer would do, I put the remains of the hot keggle into a snow bank and let it sit for several hours covered.

I figured this batch had to be riddled with off flavors and perhaps infected, but I decided to put it in a fermenter, and let it go. It fermented out fairly quickly with the WLP3711



Type: All Grain
Date: 2/23/2010
Batch Size: 6.00 gal
Brewer: Ryan R Lockard
Boil Size: 7.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00


Est Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.96 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.97 %
Bitterness: 25.6 IBU Calories: 291 cal/pint
Est Color: 10.8 SRM


Amount Item Type % or IBU
7.50 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 51.26 %
3.00 lb White Wheat Malt (2.4 SRM) Grain 20.51 %
2.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 13.67 %
2.00 lb Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 13.67 %
0.13 lb Black (Patent) Malt (500.0 SRM) Grain 0.89 %
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 14.3 IBU
1.00 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (20 min) Hops 8.5 IBU
1.00 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (5 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
10.00 gal Oxford, PA Water
1 Pkgs French Saison (Wyeast #3711) [Starter 2000 ml] Yeast-Ale

Bottled in green champagne 750mL's with Brett C at 2.5 vols co2

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