Bock and IPA Brew Days
My pipeline of homebrew went dry. I had been in a fine position until I needed to build an office in my basement, which took precedence over brewing. However, I work from home now, and my pay increased as a result 🙂. I’ve been enjoying some commercial beers – we’re truly blessed in Ohio to have such wonderful beers to drink!
Bock Brewday
I won a Dunkles Bock kit as a door prize from the homebrew club Christmas Party. I brewed while working, which was stupidly arrogant. I missed my mash temp by 10 degrees and ultimately did no-sparge because of the amount of hot liquor I had to add to get it to 152, which is lower than I wanted still. And I only got 4 hours of working instead of 8. I’m never doing this again. I didn’t take any pictures (because work).
The beer was ultimately a 5.5% Bock, which is a little light. However, it won first at the Bloatarian Bockfest Competition and after the green-ness wore off, it was a damn good beer!
IPA Brewday
This is close to a remake of a previous IPA that I absolutely enjoyed. I’m changing a few things, though- different yeast and no keg hops. Instead of WY Denny’s Favorite, I used Imperial Dry Hop and I used some Citra Cryohops instead of normal Citra. I may have also used less Waimea hops too. This one is not as good as the last one, though.
During the brew day, I overshot my mash temp, starting in the high 150s.
The finishing gravity was way high – like the last time, but higher. I later determined that my mash temp was way too high and likely caused less apparent attenuation (as noted in Zymurgy Nov/Dec 2018 Ask The AHA column, and referenced in the March/April 2019 Dear Zymurgy column.
This isn’t a dumper, though.
Cheers!