{"id":1807,"date":"2017-12-04T22:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bt.beerprojects.com\/wordpress\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2017-12-04T22:38:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T05:38:41","slug":"2016-beers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bt.beerprojects.com\/wordpress\/?p=1807","title":{"rendered":"2016 Beers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m finding that I don&#8217;t have the time to write about each beer. So I think I&#8217;ll just start doing an annual post of the beers that year.&nbsp; If anyone reads this besides me let me know what you think of the format.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 I made 933 12 ounce beers though most of it went into kegs.&nbsp; This is about double from the previous year.&nbsp; The majority of it was made on a 3 day brewing bender when Lisa took the boys to California.&nbsp; It was exhausting brewing that much, but well worth it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 256px;\" width=\"404\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><strong>Beer Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"133\"><strong>Brew Day<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"194\"><a href=\"#16\">#16 &#8211; Dapale<\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"133\">4\/10\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#17\">#17 &#8211; The Axe v3<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5\/13\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#18\">#18 &#8211; Kate The Great<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5\/14\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#19\">#19- Daddy&#8217;s Milk<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5\/14\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#20\">#20 &#8211; DreWster<\/a><\/td>\n<td>5\/15\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#21\">#21 -Persuasion Saison<\/a><\/td>\n<td>8\/6\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#23\">#23 &#8211; The Backcountry Homebrew Club Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Brown Ale<\/a><\/td>\n<td>9\/5\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"#22\">#22 &#8211; Change Up<\/a><\/td>\n<td>11\/19\/2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Beers<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"16\">#16 &#8211;&nbsp;Dapale&nbsp; (4\/10\/2016)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: American Pale Ale<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.056&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.012<\/li>\n<li>ABV:6.1%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 16G \/ 12G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $0.60&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was a Dale&#8217;s Pale Ale clone.&nbsp; It wasn&#8217;t exactly like DPA, but pretty darn good none-the-less.&nbsp; One of the main thrust for this beer was that I wanted just an easy drinking hoppy-ish beer, but didn&#8217;t want to make an IPA where the hops would fade so fast.&nbsp; The previous summer DPA was by go to beer so this seemed like a good choice to clone and possible become a regular rotation in my beers.&nbsp; Also, this was the yeast starter for the next three beers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;28&#8243; sortorder=&#8221;350,349,342,343,344,347,346,345,348&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;100&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;75&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"17\">#17 -The Axe v3 (5\/13\/2016)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Cross between an American Red and Irish Red Ale<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.070&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.012<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 8.2%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 11G \/ 10G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $0.59&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was the first of 4 beers made in the 3 day brewing spree.&nbsp; It is also the third variant of this recipe, which is an original recipe by me.&nbsp; This was pretty close to what I&#8217;ve been aiming for.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t think I ever wrote any tasting notes, but I tend to recall that I want to make the next version slightly less bitter.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;27&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;100&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;75&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"18\">#18 &#8211; The Empress<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Russian Imperial Stout<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.099&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.022<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 11.2%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 11G \/ 11G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $1.06&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a Kate the Great (KtG) clone beer and the first big beer that I&#8217;ve made.&nbsp; With living in CO, I finally had space to store this beer for ~6 months to let it age out.&nbsp; I bottled 5G and kegged 5G of this beer.&nbsp; I tapped the keg on 11\/30\/2016 and today, 10\/17\/2017, I still have the same keg going.&nbsp; You don&#8217;t drink a whole lot of an 11% beer at one time.&nbsp; &nbsp; The real KtG is placed in port barrels so I soaked oak spirals in port.&nbsp; At one time I looked in the bag and it had spilled so I placed more port on the spirals.&nbsp; I&#8217;m pretty sure I didn&#8217;t get any oak out of the spirals. Finally, I poured the port all into the beer.&nbsp; &nbsp;I think the port is over powering, but the beer is still well received and I like too.<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;29&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;100&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;75&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"19\">#19 &#8211; Daddy&#8217;s Milk<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Sweet\/Milk Stout<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.061&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.015<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 6.3%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 8.25G \/ 8.3G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $0.05<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is my first partygyle beer to make.&nbsp; It was made from the second runnings from #18 &#8211; The Empress.&nbsp; This beer was practically free; the grain came from batch #18 &#8211; The Empress, the yeast came from #16 &#8211; Dapale, and the water was basic tap water.&nbsp; The only thing I paid for was the propane and the minuscule 2.6oz of hops. The basis of the beer was to be a Left Hand Milk Stout clone.&nbsp; With the grain already set from #18, I mimiced the lactose and hops profile to end up with my beer.&nbsp; I was able to fit the wort in what is normally my HLT and boil this the same time I was chilling down #18.&nbsp; In the end it only extended my brew day a couple of hours to get a second beer. Ignoring the cost this was a really good beer and definitely made me want to try this again.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;30&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;100&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;75&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"20\">#20 &#8211; DreWster<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.086&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.007<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 11.1%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 11G \/ 11G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $0.73&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This beer has 4 fun stories to it.&nbsp; The first is that the yeast from this beer comes from the dregs of four North Coast&#8217;s PranQster Belgian Golden Strong beer.&nbsp; I kept the dregs and slowly built up the yeast to get a pitching rate that would support this beer.&nbsp; The beer fermented down as far as I was hoping making for a really dry beer.&nbsp; Second part to this beer, it that I transferred this beer to two 5G carboys nearly to the top.&nbsp; After aging this for a while I transferred 5G to a keg.&nbsp; The beer tended to pour foamy, but I was trying to get the CO2 volumes high so that it could fit the style.&nbsp; The beer had a great golden color and tasted pretty nice.&nbsp; The second 5G I bottled about 3 weeks after I kegged the first 5G.&nbsp; For some reason the beer had a purple haze to it.&nbsp; Since this beer was from the same wort and yeast as the other 5G I ruled out many flaws.&nbsp; With some help from the guys a Brew Hut we concluded that this was likely due to oxygen exposure.&nbsp; I&#8217;m not sure how this would have had more oxygen than the other 5G, but I hesitantly tasted it and it tasted fine.&nbsp; ).&nbsp; So I went ahead to bottle it.&nbsp; Since the CO2 volume on this beer is supposed to be so high I had to use the Belgian corked beers.&nbsp; I borrowed a corker from a friend in the home brew club and bought several cases of bottles from Craigslist.&nbsp; Turns out the bottles were really really dirty so I spent a night cleaning them.&nbsp; In the process of cleaning one bottle I notice a huge amount of mold or something in the bottle as I got the crud out I looked at it a bit closer and almost vomited.&nbsp; The crud as a decayed mouse.&nbsp; There was a spinal cord and a fit of fuzz that separated when I poured it into my cleaning water.&nbsp; Needless to say I threw that bottle out.&nbsp; I also dumped all my cleaning water, cleaned the container, and finished cleaning the last few beer bottles.&nbsp; Ugg, what a night of cleaning bottles.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve since called this the Royal DreWster and shared it at a home brew crawl.&nbsp; I&nbsp;don&#8217;t think it is as good as the golden version, but most seem to still like it. Finally, the last story to this is the name.&nbsp; Most Belgian beers have a demonic name. With all the hard times we had had with Drew (mind you I was waking up for the day a 4:30 everyday with him and hiding in the basement until Lisa and Chase woke up too) I thought DreWster was quite fitting with capitalization having a nod towards the PranQster of which the yeast came from.&nbsp; Oh, one last thing.&nbsp; Since I went through so much effort to cultivate this yeast I looked into storing it for a long duration.&nbsp; I read about freezing yeast in glycol and have done that.&nbsp; I haven&#8217;t yet used the yeast again to see if it worked, but someday I&#8217;ll find out.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"21\">#21 &#8211; Persuasion Saison<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Saison<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.064&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.004<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 8.2%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 13.4G \/ 14G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $0.71&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I managed to actually do a separate post on this beer so go there for more info.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"22\">#22 &#8211; Change Up<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Kolsch<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.048&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.013<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 4.7%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: 16.65G \/ 16G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; $0.49&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was the 3rd instantiation of this beer.&nbsp; The I wrote up the first two in <a href=\"http:\/\/bt.beerprojects.com\/wordpress\/?p=1286\">#9 &#8211; Kolsch&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bt.beerprojects.com\/wordpress\/?p=1688\">#13 &#8211;&nbsp; Change Kolsch (16G)<\/a>.&nbsp; &nbsp; I called this one Change Up as I had changed the hops around a bit to use some of things I had laying around in the 60 minute addition.&nbsp; Therorically this shouldn&#8217;t have really changed the flavor.&nbsp; It seemed like what I did the previous times, but I doubt if I made the same beer back to back it would taste the same anyways.&nbsp; This started something that I&#8217;ve done for a few beer since in that I only wanted 10G for myself so I invited a friend over for the brewday and he took home 5G when it was all fermented out and bottled.&nbsp; This is certainly&nbsp; a beer to keep in rotation.<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;32&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;100&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;75&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"23\">#23 -The Backcountry Homebrew Club Whisky Barrel Aged Imperial Brown Ale<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Style: Imperial Brown Ale, aged in a second use Whisky Barrel<\/li>\n<li>OG\/FG:&nbsp;&nbsp;1.077&nbsp; \/&nbsp;1.016<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 8.5%<\/li>\n<li>Batch Size \/ Beer Made: ~60G \/ 55G<\/li>\n<li>Batch cost per 12oz:&nbsp; 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Kirk entered this in a competition once,but I forget what they said about it.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[ngg_images source=&#8221;galleries&#8221; container_ids=&#8221;33&#8243; display_type=&#8221;photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails&#8221; override_thumbnail_settings=&#8221;0&#8243; thumbnail_width=&#8221;100&#8243; thumbnail_height=&#8221;75&#8243; thumbnail_crop=&#8221;1&#8243; images_per_page=&#8221;20&#8243; number_of_columns=&#8221;0&#8243; ajax_pagination=&#8221;0&#8243; show_all_in_lightbox=&#8221;0&#8243; use_imagebrowser_effect=&#8221;0&#8243; show_slideshow_link=&#8221;1&#8243; slideshow_link_text=&#8221;[Show as slideshow]&#8221; order_by=&#8221;sortorder&#8221; order_direction=&#8221;ASC&#8221; returns=&#8221;included&#8221; maximum_entity_count=&#8221;500&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m finding that I don&#8217;t have the time to write about each beer. 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