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In case you are wondering, I.M. Hammered Brewing is:
Mark -- Head brewer and drinker (brewer of over 65 batches of extract and all grain brews, drinker of many thousands of bottles and pints of beer), CEO and President of the finest Nano-brewery I know of, head bottle washer, and sanitation engineer
Liz -- Vice President in charge of bar decorating, keeping me from becoming too fanatical in my brewing habits, and is also known as "she who must be obeyed"
Michael -- Brewhouse assistant, equipment consultant, Chief IT Geek and self-appointed Official Beer Taster (great work if you can get it)
Schpankie -- Newest convert from fizzy yellow water to finely crafted beers and ales, adds little value to the brewhouse, but we like him anyway
Scooter -- The gas man (and I mean that in the kindest of ways) bringing propane and co2 when needed, also has keen interest in the brewing process
Knuckle Jefe -- Newest convert to brewing (has four batches under his belt), has began a start up nano-brewery in Kentucky known as "Double-Wide Brewing" with the catchy slogan of "double wide beers at single wide prices". Boy has a brilliant future in marketing. IMH is helping with equipment in the start up. We all work for beer, then again, why wouldn't we.
Parrot Pete, aka, Pappa Draft
-- Bar designer, humidor raider, label celebrity, and Just because he should have been on the list the whole time.
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Friday, February 18, 2005
Brewing Is A Lock....Parrot Pete In The House....Kegging Of The Bell's.....
Brewing:
Monday Monday, la la, la lala la....la la, la lala la....Oh sorry, just lost in an old Mamma's and Pappa's song. Brewing is what I really want to talk about. It's pretty much a lock for Monday morning. I will be making starters probably Sunday morning and getting all of my gear and stuff ready to go on Saturday. System will be set up and ready to fly. What are we brewing? Why IPA of course. I liked the last batch of IPA so much that I decided to go again with it. I am putting a little more character into this batch as well as hop bitterness. Here is the recipe for Monday:
18 lbs of two row pale malt
4 lbs of Munich Malt
2lbs of Special Roast malt
0.5 lbs of Victory malt
0.5 lbs of Crystal 20 LOV
1.5 ozs of Columbus hops for bittering at 13.8% AA
2oz of East Kent Goldings Hops flavor with 30 minutes remaining
2oz of East Kent Goldings Hops aroma at knockout.
Mash temp is 152 - 154 degrees for 75 minutes
Boil time is 75 minutes with hop schedule as above
Estimated Opening Gravity at 1.065
White Labs Burton Ale yeast in 2- 1pt starters (one for each fermenter)
10 gallon batch fermenter volume.
This should produce a beer with a deep golden or light orange amber color with plenty of clean hop bitterness and hop character throughout on top of a solid malt background. The Munich and Special Roast will add malt depth and character, and if all goes well, I think I'll be drinking a pretty nice beer in about 6 weeks.....
Parrot Pete:
Speaking of brew day, I believe that the exhalted Parrot Pete, also known as Nitro One, will be in the house on Monday to lend a hand, have a couple of fine homebrews, and to pilfer a couple of cigars from my humidors. Not problem on all accounts. If things go as I believe they will this weekend, I might just have a special treat ready for the ole' Parrotted one when he is here. As always I look forward to the company and the words of wisdom. I might even have to tip a pint and have a fine hand rolled cigar with the exhalted one while he's here. Hey, all work and no play on brew day isn't much fun......I look forward to a great brew day!!....
Bell's:
For Whom The Bell's Tolls is going to get primed and put into kegs on Saturday morning. All looks well with this beer and I look forward to getting a "little taste" from the final gravity sample on Saturday. If it tastes as good as it looks, it will be another great beer for the pub. I am curious to see how close it is to the last version of this beer from last year. After this IPA, I am open to another good recipe and might have to look as some of these great clones that we have made in the past. Deceased Dude Ale anyone?? I also have the Anchor Porter clone, a bevy of Bell's clones, and several Rogue clone recipe's out there for my brewing pleasure. HHHMMMM, what to do?? Anyway, I will be getting the most recent fermentation into kegs here in the next 24 hours for sure and then I'll be open to ideas. I will be brewing a couple obligatory wheat beers as the weather begins to get better, one in spring and another probably in mid summer for the warm fall days. But in between these beers, I think I have some poetic license. I might try my hand at a pre-prohibition ale, or perhaps another California Common. Should I brew more porter or perhaps give cream ale another go. So many styles, so little time, only 10 kegs.......
Get the fever and get brewing. You don't know how much fun you're missing. At least support your local brewery, micro, brewpub, or homebrewing neighbor as much as you can.....
Mark, The Brewer, and looking forward to brewing some beer on Monday........
