Archive for March, 2008

CACA brewed

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Brewed another classic american cream ale last weekend, second time for this recipe albeit with some minor changes. I really like what the corn and rice does for this particular beer so will probably make it a regular thing.

Kai’s CACA

OG 1.048
25 IBU
7 EBC
23L

3kg wey pils
900g wey vienna
500g flaked maize
500g flaked rice
100g acid malt
1tsp CaSO4

45g czech saaz plugs 3.3% 60 minutes
15g czech saaz plug 3.3% flameout
15g tassie saaz whole 7.3% flameout

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Efficiency 75%, currently down to 1.012. I’d like it to drop another couple of points but won’t be too stressed if it doesn’t.

Am currently mustering the motivation to bottle my sparking ale. Checking it to make sure it’s ok… very banana and pear, nice light body but some haze. It’s had a month cold-conditioning to mellow, and the poor brown ale has been sitting in secondary on the laundry floor for about that long. It has gone into the fridge now, will bottle it next week. Flat at room temp it currently has a slightly acrid flavour to it that is not appealing.

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Slow brews day (week/month)

Monday, March 10th, 2008

The sparkling ale is still in the fridge, the banana is diminished and the emphasis has turned to a pear schnapps flavour with mild alcohol. Still trying to find the time to bottle.

Brown ale has languished in secondary waiting for fridge space. Still smoky/meaty but the underlying balance is good and it would be better cold. Room temperature at the moment is probably still over 25°C; new year resolutions of treating beer better aren’t doing so well.

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