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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2012, 08:37:07 AM »
I'm in.  I don't know that I want to go with the first idea that popped into my head though.

Should be fun.

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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2012, 02:39:17 PM »
I'm in!
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #32 on: January 12, 2012, 03:50:33 PM »
I'm in too!  Looking forward to it.
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #33 on: January 12, 2012, 04:59:21 PM »
Wow, 6 people participating already! That's great! I'm psyched. I hope more people continue to join.
As originally planned, lets bring our brews to the April 10th meeting. That gives us 3 months to get 'em ready; that should be sufficient time. Feel free to post your recipe whenever you like, but I would recommend waiting a little so as to not influence the competition. Good luck everyone.
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On-Tap: Robust Porter, Hoppy Belgian Pale, Iron Brewer #2
Primary: Dry Stout, Denny's Imperial Porter
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #34 on: January 12, 2012, 09:43:23 PM »
Make that 7 people in...I'm in!

Kirk...
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Tap 1: English Brown "Brettaign Brown"
Tap 2:
Tap 3: Belgian Style Pale Ale (Rare Vos clone)
Keg 4: Cider,
Keg 5: Iron Brewer:  Wheat Malt, Chinook, Gr
Carboy #1: English Brown  Carboy#2: Empty
Bottled: Oatmeal Stout.  One Gallon Jug: empty
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #35 on: January 13, 2012, 03:02:42 AM »
Not sure I can make the meeting but I will be brewing something to send either way because the ingredients sound like a lot of fun and it gave me an interesting idea.
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #36 on: January 18, 2012, 07:05:22 PM »
I'm also gonna brew a little sumpthin' special for this event. Yippee!!
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #37 on: January 27, 2012, 02:18:38 PM »
Taking advantage of the gorgeous weather and a day off to brew my entry...
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #38 on: February 08, 2012, 11:02:35 PM »
This is a question about the CAMRA Iron Brewer April 2012.

The ingredients listed are: Chinook hops, Grapefruit (peel or whole), white wheat malt.

A question about white wheat malt.  Do wheat flakes count as white wheat malt?  Or are we talking about malted weat berries?

Thanks!
Respectfully,
Kirk Bigger
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Carboy #1: English Brown  Carboy#2: Empty
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #39 on: February 09, 2012, 08:00:10 AM »
My intention was to pick standard wheat malt, not flaked and not red wheat. Although it isn't an obscure ingredient, I thought it would be/could be an unusual ingredient to pair with the other 2 ingredients.  Hope that helps!
P.S. If you've already brewed your beer with flaked wheat, bring it anyway! Don't let that exclude you from the side-by-side sharing.
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #40 on: February 12, 2012, 07:06:42 PM »
Do we post our recipes as part of the competition?
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Carboy #1: English Brown  Carboy#2: Empty
Bottled: Oatmeal Stout.  One Gallon Jug: empty
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #41 on: February 12, 2012, 08:36:30 PM »
Yes, we do share recipes as part of the competition. Since I picked the ingredients for this round, I'll go first. Here's my recipe:

Belgian on an Epic Scale
S.G.=1.076
F.G.=1.006
Batch size=5.5 gallons
11.75lb Belgian pilsner
2.5lb White Wheat malt
12oz Munich
12oz Belgian Special Aromatic
Mash at 148F, 90 minutes
90', 0.5oz Chinook
90', 1oz Sterling
10', 10oz cane sugar
0', 1.65g powdered ginger
0', 1.375g powdered cardamom
0', 0.5oz grapefruit peel
0', 0.5oz orange peel
0', 0.5oz lemon peel

Pitched @ 75F: 1 packet WY3724 (Saison), 1 vial WLP510 (Bastogne), 1 cup WY3864 (Belgian-Canadian)
Kegged with 1/3 bottle Rex Goliath cabernet sauvignon
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #42 on: February 12, 2012, 10:38:44 PM »
I will throw mine in there too since it is the same general style.  Truthfully, I don't know what to call it except a good excuse to experiment with something that probably will not work.  Maybe an Imperial Belgian WheatPA?

For 5.5 Gallons:
S.G. = 1.086 (Had a drop in efficiency with this large of a grain bill)
F.G. = 1.025
11 lbs American 2-row
5 lbs White Wheat
2 lbs American 60L
1 lb Belgian Aromatic
Mash at 150 (90 mins)
Decoction mash to raise temp for mash out
90 minute boil
2 oz Chinook (whole leaf) 90 mins
1 oz Chinook (whole leaf) 10 mins
1 oz Chinook (whole leaf) 5 mins
Pitched Wy'East Belgian Ale (roughly 76 degrees pitch temp)
10 day primary ferment at 68 degrees
Transfer to secondary for 3 weeks at 68 degrees and:
- add zest + juice from 4 whole grapefruits
- dry hop with 2 oz Chinook (whole leaf)
Force carbonated in Keg

I just kegged it yesterday and figure it will need a little time to mellow due to higher gravity and large amount of dry hops.  Hopefully will be ready by April.  As a side note, all of the hops were home-grown so I have no clue what the actual AA content of them is.
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #43 on: February 13, 2012, 08:06:11 PM »
My first thought was a wit...
Second thought was to grab my special B and make a Wheat-Arrogant Bastard Clone with Grapefruit...
Instead I went for the semi-obvious WIPA...

8lbs Maris Otter
6lbs Wyerman Lt. Wheat
1lb Honey malt
1lb Clover Honey

Mashed with 1/2 pound of rice hulls @ 152.

0.75oz Magnum 10% @ 60min

0.75oz Chinook 10% @ 20min
1oz Amarillo 9.1% @ 20min

0.75oz Chinook @ 5min
1oz Amarillo @ 5min
Rind from 2 ruby red grapefruit @ 5 min  (as little pith as easily achievable)

~5.25 gal,  OG 1.073    FG: TBD

US-05

Haven't settled on what I'm going to dry hop with yet...

Cheers!
-Brian
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Re: Internal Iron Brewer
« Reply #44 on: February 16, 2012, 01:13:54 PM »
Here's my recipe, brewing it on Saturday:

30% White Wheat Malt
20% Bohemian Pilsner Malt
20% Special Roast Malt
20% Munich Malt
10% Aromatic Malt

20 IBU Chinook hops @ 60 minutes
9 IBU Chinook hops @ 15 minutes
2oz Grapefruit peel @ 15 minutes
0.3oz Cracked coriander @ 15 minutes
0.4oz Grated ginger @ 15 minutes
2 IBU Chinook hops @ 1 minute

Wyeast 1762 Abbey Ale II

Target OG - 1.052
Target ABV - 5.2%
Est. IBU - 31
Est. SRM - 16 light to medium brown
« Last Edit: February 20, 2012, 11:17:52 AM by VelkyAl »
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