With four days off for new years, I can't think of a better way to celebrate than by brewing more beer. Unfortunately after coming back from Christmas I don't have any yeast ready to go. That means I'll have to brew a small beer so I can use a yeast pack without making a starter. Most of the things I have on my to-brew list require a lot of yeast--pilsner, kolsch, IPA, vanilla bourbon porter--so I'll use this batch to build up a healthy pitch for that porter.
The recipe here is built around the grain bill I used in the session IPA I brewed this summer. The hops and malt flavors were both bold and tasty on their own, but didn't seem to fit well together. I basically scaled the malt bill up to 6 gallons (with the victory and carastan malts rounded up) so I could split it in half for two different yeasts. I want to try Wyeast 1450 Denny's Favorite 50 in the porter, and as always, I like to have a baseline when trying a new yeast, so I'll do the other half with good old Chico.
After that I'll throw in a bit of Willamete hops. Like Cascade, I'm not worried about Willamette overwhelming the beer. The earthy/citrusy mix should go well with the malt and yeast here, plus it gives me a chance to learn a bit about one hop on its own. I used just Willamette in the parti-gyle bitter and barleywine, but the bitter went quick and I still haven't bottled the barleywine, so it's good to take another look while I have a pound of the stuff.
Willamette Session Ale -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal Estimated ABV: 3.6 % Estimated OG: 1.039 SG Estimated FG: 1.011 SG Estimated Color: 6.8 SRM Estimated IBU: 34.1 IBUs Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 % Boil Time: 90 Minutes Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name %/IBU 4 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) 45.0 % 3 lbs 8.0 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) 35.0 % 12.0 oz Carastan - 30-37L (35.0 SRM) 7.5 % 12.0 oz Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) 7.5 % 8.0 oz Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) 5.0 % 1.00 oz Willamette [7.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min 21.2 IBUs 1.00 oz Willamette [7.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min 12.9 IBUs 1.00 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 mins) - 1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) - 1.00 oz Willamette [7.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min 0.0 IBUs 1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) - 1.0 pkg Denny's Favorite (Wyeast Labs #1450) - Mash Schedule: Single Infusion 60min @ 156F, Mash Out, Batch Sparge Total Grain Weight: 10 lbs Estimated Cost: $30.50
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