Some pictures:
Now you'll notice the scale out and one of the rules was no scales. Let me explain. Some of the hops I bought were cheaper if I bought them by the half pound, so I did. The way I see it I could have spend the extra money to buy single oz's, so I should be able to measure out at least 1oz amounts then split them from there, which is what I did. Those were only some of my hops that I used. 9oz total of hops in this bad boy.
Just your normal brewing shot. Nothing special going on here.. not even a boil yet.Overall it was a fun contest. I don't have any action shots of me rolling the dice, but I will say out of 12 rolls I never hit 6 once. Sort of weird. The summer challenge has yet to be determined, but we're talking about a seasonal. Depending on the rules I would like to make an American Honey Wheat this summer. If I could use my family's wheat that would be awesome, but there's a lot of work to do in order to make the wheat into brewing quality.
On another note I will say is I think I've been jumping the gun a little too quick on some of my beers to start pouring. I'm going to have to let stuff sit a little longer because my beers seem to be better towards the end of the keg then the beginning. My Irish Red for example has really picked up some flavors and is a whole lot better then the beginning. Needless to say I'm going to let Sophie's Stout sit for a little while longer in the keg before I actually tap it.
Anyways, it's been snowing for the last 48 hours and I should go and yet again snowblow my driveway. Until next time!
Prost!
-Ryan
NICE! Glass cups for your hops, you're a lot classier than I am. You may be able to cold-crash that haze out - or add some gelatin to the keg - if you keg this baby. Nothing wrong with a hazy IPA though. You naming it?
ReplyDeleteBeing the creator of said contest, I do have one problem with the pics. Where is the beer you were enjoying while you were brewing this. Crap, I should have added a rule. :P
I can't wait to try this and to hear your recipe!
PS: What were your feelings about the PROCESS! This contest was process orientated. How did it feel to let the cosmos align to determine your outcome? If you had the ability to control the times and types of hop additions, would you have changed it - or do you want to wait to try it to answer that?
ReplyDeleteIt's name for the moment is phuckented. :) The process was fun but had I had a little more options on hop addition time or amount I would have changed things up a bit. 60 and 10 is fine, but the IPA will have more flower smell then hop taste. As for clearing it up I still have yet to decide if I'm going to clear it or not. I'm sort of tempted to just keep it hazy, much like the whole way it was created.
ReplyDeleteAs for the beer I drank while making it, I had one of my Irish Red's.
In reply to your glass comment, I didn't have any keg cups laying around, so I made use of what I had. :)
With all those hops added at 10 min and close to flameout you're going to have a ridiculous amount of hop taste and aroma. With the amount of hops added you might as well chew on a hop cone while drinking it.
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