Catching up on what happened over the Christmas holiday. I decided to bottle my Barlywine instead of kegging it. OG for the Barlewine was 10.94 and FG was 1.020 which will give it an ABV or about 9.8%. I plan on my first tasting of it the first week of March.
I finished off the APA I had which freed up one of the taps for my ESB. The ESB is a good, balanced beer. The hops give it a little bit of an earthy taste but it is still very smooth.
I also brewed my Centennial Blonde Ale. The recipe is:
- 7 lbs. - Rahr 2-row
- 8 oz. - Aromatic Malt
- 8 oz. - White Wheat Malt
- 4 oz. - Crystal 20L
- 0.5 oz. - Centennial Hops @ 60min.
- 0.5 oz. - Centennial Hops @ 30min.
- 0.5 oz. - Cascade Hops @ 20min.
- 0.5 oz. - Cascade Hops @ 5min.
- Wyeast 2565 Kolsch Yeast
I mashed in at 150F for 75 minutes and boiled for an hour. OG was 1.044 which was pretty close to what I expected it. Here is a picture of the boil with about 10 minutes left which is why the wort chiller is in the pot.
I fermented at 57F which is near the low end for the Kolsch yeast. I wanted this to be closer to a lager than an ale in taste. I plan on kegging this next weekend. I'm also planning on rinsing off the yeast cake and brewing an Altbier the weekend after next and then maybe a Kolsch after that sometime.
