Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Brown Sour IPA

One of the great things about being a home brewer is that I can not only make beers to have available when what I like isn't "in season", but I can create new beers, as well.  This is one of those beers.

Initial Brew Day: 14 Dec 2019

Partial Mash:
8 oz Special B
2 oz flaked wheat

Boil (20 min):
1 lb DME
4 oz table sugar

Racked the wort on to ~1 1/2 Goodbelly Straight Shots, and then placed on a warming plate.  I don't want an over-powering tartness, and this will likely be subtle enough to just give a bit of tartness and let other flavors come through.

Second Brew Day: 17 Dec 2019

Boil (20 min):

Hops:
7 g Hallertau Blanc (@ 20 min)
7 g Hallertau Blanc (@ 5 min)

4 g dried sweet orange peel (@ 5 min)
3 g crushed coriander seeds (@ 5 min)

Yeast: Omega Hot Head

After boiling the wort and pitching the yeast, I placed the beer on a warming plate.

Addendum, 24 Dec: Transferred to secondary.

Addendum, 29 Dec: Bottled on 2 T table sugar dissolved in 1/2 cup boiling water.  Got 8 good bottles and one re-purposed soda bottle.

Addendum, 7 Jan: Put a bottle in the fridge this morning to chill, thinking it would be fine.  The re-purposed soda bottle is clearly under pressure.  However, the beer came out flat, and tasted "off".  I'm going to remake this beer, using US-05 yeast.

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