Brew Batch #153 Not Old Spice

Slid into a keg today and man did that AMG work its magic! It is D-RYE. My only concern at this point is the hop selection. I may have come off better using different new age hops instead of Amarillo or even perhaps Comet. I'm hoping the orange of the Amarillo plays well with the tangerine and blueberry of the Comet and Mosaic, but I sense a touch of "comet grass" in the nose. Either way, FG 1.000-0.001@ 56F and it's an eye-popping D-BIPA (Double Brut IPA). May be the 1st of its kind?

Brew Batch #152 Reinke's Revenge 2020 CoViD Edition

Added 2 cups of pecan flour for a 2 week soak and kegged on maple and pecan flavoring today with a full ghost pepper suspended in a stainless strainer. My only concern is that FG 1.054+0.000@ 59F tells me the yeast may have petered out a little. Or did the flour add more sugar to the beer that the yeast didn't have tie to convert? Either way this will be a 10% peppery sweet libation. (just realized I never posted this as I was looking for previous notes 12/13/21😄)

Brew Batch #154 I Like Big Oats! v1.0

(and I can not lie) a little beta batch to see what Calypso, Loral and HBC 342 taste like with a big up tick in oats on the usual haze recipe. Loral has the Glacier and Nugget parentage with a floral/herbal perception, HBC 342 is a citrusy melon release with a possible Simcoe substitution and Calypso all over the place depending on where it’s used. I’m hoping they play well together but with all at alphas around 12% with decent myrcene levels it may be a pine bomb.  OG 1.070. 

Brew Batch #153 Not Old Spice

Enamored by the brut IPA, I tried one myself AND split a 10 gallon base with my buddy at OTB to do with as he sees fit. This one was a slight departure from my haze bombs with the addition of corn and no bittering hops. Instead all hops were post boil in a 10 minute whirlpool. I'll let this ferm all the way out then throw some AMG on it to really dry it out. Numbers were a touch better with OG 1.062+0.000@68F. 

Brew Batch #152 Reinke's Revenge 2020 CoViD Edition

In it's 15th year of brewing it seemed only fitting that in the year of 'Rona I make Reinke's Revenge a mega stout. A few minor changes included some UK Kent Goldings on the tail end instead on Willamette, pushed the gravity to 1.131+0.000@65F to hopefully yield a 13.8% winter sipper. Then I'm planning some maple, pecan and ghost pepper additions. Should be as memorable as 2020 has been so far. 

Motown MASH 2020

Out of 228, I sent It Ain't Helen...Georgia and Wallaby Water (pronounced Wa-duh) for my Festbier and Australian Sparkling entries. 27 on the Helen (apparently shipping was not my friend) as it came across oxidized but I can tell you from the draft tap it's smooth malty goodness with a touch of bitter. Wallaby Wa-duh the judge was keen on. Typically, Pride of Ringwood is used, but I opted for some Galaxy and it came across slightly floral yielding a 32. Maybe it would fair well reclassified? 

When Doves Rye

A year to the day that the first batch of Ikigai went into Le' ARTHUR, we kegged up When Doves Rye. Still at a solid FG 1.031, this 11.5% barrel aged barleywine promises to be chock full of raisins, toffee and sweet tobacco leaves with a slight woody nod. After this, the plans for Le' ARTHUR are to top him off with blonde ale (possibly from a local brewery) and funk him up for 12-18 months. RP kept his share as-is from the barrel but Corey has decided his allotment would best be served with coconut, vanilla and cinnamon. Get your 8oz pour while supplies last.