Leap Day IPA

Leap day is a good day to brew an IPA...

Brew Day: 29 Feb 2020

Partial Mash:
8 oz light Munich
2 oz flaked wheat

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

Hops:
7 g German Perle (@ 20 min)
1 oz Mandarina Bavaria (@ flameout, 10 min whirlpool)

Yeast: T-58

Addendum, 7 Mar: Dry hopped with 14 g German Mandarina Bavaria hops.

Addendum, 11 Mar: Bottled tonight, on 30 ml of light corn syrup, dissolved into 1/2 cup of boiling water.  Got 8 good bottles and 1 partial fill.

Addendum, 26 Mar: Tried one bottle tonight.  After chilling the beer, opened it to a slight hiss, but the beer poured with minimal carbonation.  The taste of the beer was good, but it was almost (not completely) flat.  I did some research and found a couple of options; one is try flipping the bottles over for three days, then turning them up for three days.  Another option is to try uncapping the bottles and adding a grain or two of dry yeast to each bottle, then re-capping, agitating, and waiting.  I'm going to start by rotating all of the bottles, and see how that goes.

Sour IPA

It's about time that I use up the remaining GoodBelly StraightShots, and how better to do that than with a sour IPA?

Partial Mash:
8.5 oz 2-row
2 oz flaked wheat

Boil #1 - 25 Feb 2020 (20 min):
1 lb Pilsen DME
4 oz table sugar

After the boil, rack the wort on to two GoodBelly StraightShots, in a sanitized fermenter, then place the fermenter on a warmed warming plate, wrapped in a towel.

Boil #2 - 28 Feb 2020 (20 min):

Hops:
7 g German Perle (@ 20 min)
1 oz SA African Queen (@ flameout, 10 min whirlpool)

Yeast: US-05

Addendum, 7 Mar: Dry hopped with 14 g German Mandarina Bavaria hops.

Addendum, 11 Mar: Bottled tonight, on 30 ml of light corn syrup, dissolved into 1/2 cup of boiling water.  Got 8 good bottles and 1 re-purposed soda bottle.

Tasting Notes, 25 Mar: Chilled and opened the soda bottle tonight. Excellent flavor, good body, but only minimally carbonated.  Sours don't usually have much head to speak of, but this beer was very mildly carbonated.  I'm not sure what the issue is, it's something I'm going to need to address.

Honey Ginger Belgian

My wife, who loves ginger Belgians, got me some ginger-infused honey for Christmas, specifically to add to a beer.  So...here it is!

Brew Day: 6 Feb 2020

Partial Mash:
8 oz Munich
2 oz flaked wheat

Boil (20 min):
1 lb golden light DME
8 oz ginger-infused honey (flameout)

Hops: 7 g German Perle (@ 20 min)
1 oz thinly-sliced fresh ginger (@ 5 min)

Yeast: BE-134

Addendum, 15 Feb: Racked to secondary.

Addendum, 16 Mar: Bottled tonight, on 30ml of light corn syrup dissolved in 1/2 c boiling water.  Got 9 good bottles.

Tangerine Wheat

Okay, trying again...

Brew Day: 6 Feb 2020

Partial Mash:
8 oz Munich
2.5 oz flaked wheat

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

Hops: 7 g German Perle (@ 20 min)
4 g dried orange peel (@ 5 min)

Yeast: US-05

Addendum, 15 Feb: Racked to secondary, on 20 ml of tangerine extract.

Addendum, 20 Feb: Bottled today on 2.5 T of table sugar dissolved into 1/2 c boiling water.  Got 9 good bottles and one partial fill of a re-purposed soda bottle.