Simcoe Cascade pale ale

Beer at time of kegging

8 lbs ultralight LME
1 oz Simcoe hop pellets (12.3%) @ 60 min
1 oz Cascade hop pellets (5.7%) @ 60 mins
1 oz Simcoe hop pellets (12.3%) @ 5 mins
1 oz Cascade hop pellets (5.7%) @ 0 mins
1 tablet Campden salts, pre-boil water treatment
1 tablet Whirfloc clarifier @ 10 mins
2 vials White Labs WLP001


Added Campden salts to 6 gals water.
Brought water to boil, turned off heat and added LME.
Returned to boil and added 60 min hops.
Added remaining hops at prescribed times.
Added Whirfloc at 10 mins from end of boil.

Cooled wort and transferred to fermenter.  Pitched yeast at 76°F

Fermented 31 days at between 62F - 68F.

Refractometer reading: 1.053
Tilt digital hydrometer reading: 1.053

Gals in fermenter: 4½
OG: 1.053
FG: 1.006
ABV: 6.04
Estimated IBU: ± 72

No-Coconut Coconut Golden Ale (HBC-472 single-hop pale ale)

This beer is my take on Eddie Would Go, a Coconut Golden Ale that I tasted in 2018 at the Red Cervecera in Lima.  The beer had no actual coconut, and all the coconut notes were contributed by the hops.

For this one, I used the recipe for Two J's and a G, the British Golden Ale that I co-brewed with my buddies Jim and Gordon, as the base.

4 oz Weyermann Munich malt (5°-7° L)
3 lbs Viking 2-Row Xtra Pale malt (1.7° - 1.9° L)
6 lbs Maris Otter malt (3° - 4° L)
½ oz. HBC 472 hop pellets (8.7% AA) , @ 60 mins
1 oz. HBC 472 hop pellets (8.7% AA) , @ 10 mins
1 oz. HBC 472 hop pellets (8.7% AA) , @ 0 mins
1 tablet Whirfloc @ 30 mins
1 vial White Labs WPL001 yeast

Yeast pitching temp.: 81° F
Strike temp.: 165° F
Mash: 151° F for 45 mins

Pre-boil volume 6.75 gals.
End of boil volume: 5.5 gals
Volume in fermenter: 4.25 gals

OG: 1.041
FG: 1.008
Est. ABV: 4.3%

Fermentation notes:  22 days, 71-74° F

Tasting notes upon kegging: Nice light coconut flavor, which I hope might be more pronounced when the beer is chilled, in a light, clean ale.  Maybe next time bump up the final hop addition a tad.

Adventures in Wood-Aging, part 2

So, today I racked the Imperial American Porter out of the pin and into a corny keg.

It tastes good overall. Some notes of vanilla, some Bourbon, some wood. Smooth in the mouthfeel.

However, it is a bit hot with alcohol.  It needs a good deal more time resting and developing before it hit its sweet spot of drinkability.

Maybe ready in the Fall?

Abv: 10 - 11%