Brew Batch #167 Uranus IPA

And Uranus is in the keg. One of our first hazies that deserved a “do over” since better understanding of 💧  🧪, yeast health etc. FG 1.010-0.001@53 F puts it right in line with the last batch at 6.8%

2022 Coconut Cup

And FL eludes once again. 30 for Reinke’s Revenge 2022 Covid edition alpha variant and 25 on I Like Big Oats v1.1 (but I think my water chemistry may have been off on that one). 💩! Well, it’s the last BA ordering state I have. ‘Twas a nice big comp of 393 and run well by MASH but I couldn’t pull it off. Next time FL, next time. 

29th Peach State Brew Off

 

The 29th PSBO came and went and all I could do was hope for any bling at all as my neighboring state has eluded me for years. Well, IAH…GA muddled a 28.5 with notes of acetaldehyde noted, so I’ll start building that Munich 2308. But When Doves Rye hit a 42 out of 453 entries and a 🥇 to take it to mini-BOS I was floored. I gotta say Covert Hops Society have it dialed in on coordinating and communication after 29 attempts, but I’m not sure I can medal again in this stiff competition. 

Brew Batch #167 Uranus IPA

OG 1.060+0.001@75F on this old timey favorite. We've been told at Beat-12, that there's nothing like Uranus. People have admitted to really enjoying Uranus time and time again. Go figure. I ASSume it's the Galaxy, Comet, Mosaic hop blend that makes Uranus so palatable? 

Brew Batch #166 Sparkly Roo

After crashing for a few extra days than planned, Sparkly Roo finally hit the keg at FG 1.004-0.001@50F. Should be a destroyable 5.4%. I've been wanting to try this style for a while as I've taken a liking to the NZ pils style in the past year or so. I've just found it hard to get the Pride of Ringwood iron-like quality just right, but I've got to brew more "out of my wheelhouse" brews if I'm going to keep developing.