Brew Batch #186 Reinke's Revenge 2023

As close to Stout Day as I could get it, this annual 18-year favorite is dialed in! I'll be getting a freshly dumped rum barrel from John Emerald distilling to put this one in which means technically I'll have to brew it at least 3 times (more like 4 according to RP @ now defunct OTB😕) but with some leftover of the original to put in a small keg. OG hit 1.120+0.000 @70F, but since I'm blending several batches I can perhaps bump the abv up to it's now grandiose level of 13%. Put it on a monster CBB pitch of Cal Ale yeast so we should bottom out well. Perhaps I'll just update this entry with the next 3 batches numbers. I also need to name the new barrel 🤔

11/28/23 1.120+0.00 @69F. good BE consistency at least!

12/28/23 1.124+0.000 @67F

3/11/24 1.140 +0.001 @64F (gonna be a huge top off to barrel!)

Brew Batch #185 Wallaby Water ( pronounced Wa-duh)

This thing took off and was dunzo in 3 days! FG 1.004-0.001 @58F to give pretty much the same as last time 5.25%. I don't' get any off flavors from this 3rd gen pitch of WLP009 that I've had for over a year now but was also able to procure a fresh pitch through CBB downtown as they have a line on White Labs "vaulted" strains. Galaxy is a nice twist on this one and ever present.