Brew Batch #159 WBI

You know and love it "Mista Wwyan" Wheat Beer Incident. The recipe born out of nasty that won gold (multiple times) 1.040+0.000 @75F. A seasonal thirst quencher. Repitched the WLP 300 on this one too to see how it does as compared to Wyeast 3068. 

2021 Red, White & Brews

Coming out of quarantine with a brand new True beer dispensing fridge the kids have longingly named "Mista Wwyan" and only one beer on tap at the time, Dingo Took My Baby, my all Australian pale ale.  It scored meh at 31. The Non-BJCP scored me lower than the certed professional brewer but I tend to side with the Non in this instance. He picked up phenolic tones, which I am now tasting in the beer as it sits. Needless to say, I hope it was a onetime poo-poo on my brewing process where the Aussie yeast didn't kick up as quick as it should've (cause I'm brewing it again with this propped up strain) and not a gram-negative colonization. None of the grains were smoked so those couldn't be the culprit. Had to either be contamination or the yeast. Regardless, this was such a smooth comp by the Long Beach homebrewers to enter I'm already looking forward to it hopefully next year. Scores posted only a couple of hours after the awards ceremony and sheets appeared this morning. And I just commented on Untappd the other day how some brewers "can't even brew basic BJCP categories well". Someone pass me a beer for the crow I'll be eating. Only a comp of 114, so I better up my game quick.

Brew Batch #158 KeeWeePee v2.0

Finishing at 1.004 + 0.000@61F, KWP 2.0 gives the perfect abv I was searching for at 4.6%. V2.0 because it has a totally revamped hop profile (all New Zealand though). V2.1 will follow V1.1's footsteps and have a dry-hopping of the Rakau and Waimea in this version. Can't wait to brew it already, this one has some nice promise on the swill sip. 

Brew Batch #158 KeeWeePee v2.0

Totally dropped the ball on posting this one at first. Went 2.0 with Wakatu followed by light doses of Rakau and Waimea. Going to "2.1" it later with dry-hopping and I'm excited about pitching some fresh Czech pils yeast to use about 10 times through the summer and fall. OG 1.038+0.001@72F. 

Brew Batch #157 Dingo Took My Baby

Propping that wonderful Australian yeast from White Labs again on an Australian pale ale that hit the keg today with FG 1.002+0.000 @60F. This makes it a solid 6.5%abv. For pale ales that's a little high but it also crosses into the IPA range except that the IBUs are only 43. I'll enter it in a comp to see what happens score-wise, but the Pride of Ringwood, Galaxy and Summer combo is a distinct profile. 

Brew Batch #156 (and 156.5) Nonanal & Vanilla Cyanidine

A nice big batch of sour base yields 2 great experiments. Nonanal kegged 6/14 after being on 49oz of strawberry puree for 7 days with 4oz of white chocolate flavoring in the hopes of getting at least in the same ball park as SG's strawberry vanilla truffle sour. 6/16 I kegged the other 5 gallons after it had been on 61oz of dark cherry puree with 4oz of vanilla flavoring. It will affectionately be known as vanilla cyanidine, as cyanidine is a chemical compound responsible for that "cherry" smell. Both finished at 1.010 +0.000@ 63 to give a set of 5.6% summer sippers. 

2021 Beach Balls 5k

It's been quite some time since I've been on a regular "balls" routine. Quarantine should've helped but they would've all been local "balls" runs. Plus I've been rehabing a compressed nerve in my left foot with tarsal tunnel for about 6 months now. Started with the Quarantine Balls 10K. So I started at the Marina House where we were staying and just figured I'd run The Grand Hotel property onto the paralleling sidewalk the adjacent neighborhood was on. It was a humid glorious scenery filled morning with little to no breeze. Most in the area are or have had to redo their piers thanks to an active hurricane season last year, so I figured I'd just run till the sidewalk ended (not really certain where that would be). And it damn sure did. This was obviously an out and back but there's no foot pain, just unused thighs, calves and lungs.