Fast_Eddy
10-20-2003, 06:25 PM
Just thought I'd share the insane way I brewed my batch before last. I was waiting to see how it came out before I told this story.
I had just finished racking my Belgian/Duvel/Trippel into the keg and was left with a super nice amount of yeast that smelled so great (Wyeast 3522) I just couldn't bear to pour it out. Also, I had like 45 minutes to get ready and go to my daughters football game(she's a cheerleader). So I set off on a mad frenzy of "brewing". I grabbed all of the DME I had out of the cabinet - I only use it for starters so it wasn't a lot - and it was on.
Recipe:
About 6(or so) cups of light DME - mix in barely heated tap water. Cooled with ice cubes from ice maker. Still some unmixed small chunks of DME present.
1 oz old (4 months)Centennial that I boiled(in about a quart of water) for 30 minutes and 1 oz old (2 months) Hallertau that I boiled for 5 minutes. Strained into the above DME solution.
Pitched large amount of Wyeast 3522 from previous batch.
Figured out OG was still too low and added a whole pack of priming sugar to mixture. Shook like crazy.
The "wort"(I use the term loosely) wound up at 1.035 OG(volume of around two gallons) and fermented down to 1.008. I sanitized and boiled nothing except for the hops.
I bottled it last week(bottling's not so bad when you haven't done it in a year or so) and tasted it day before yesterday. It was delicious - tasted like Duvel Light with a little extra tangy sweetness. Anyway, I'm not sure what this proves or disproves but I did make to the football game on time. It was kinda like speed brewing.
I named it Hulk Smash Crap beer in honor of the fact that I almost tripped over one of my son's "Hulk Hands" toys while carrying the mixture to another room. When you hit the hands it makes "Hulk" sounds and sayings - well, it said "Hulk Smash" when I almost tripped so Voila. Oh the crap part is more obvious.
I had just finished racking my Belgian/Duvel/Trippel into the keg and was left with a super nice amount of yeast that smelled so great (Wyeast 3522) I just couldn't bear to pour it out. Also, I had like 45 minutes to get ready and go to my daughters football game(she's a cheerleader). So I set off on a mad frenzy of "brewing". I grabbed all of the DME I had out of the cabinet - I only use it for starters so it wasn't a lot - and it was on.
Recipe:
About 6(or so) cups of light DME - mix in barely heated tap water. Cooled with ice cubes from ice maker. Still some unmixed small chunks of DME present.
1 oz old (4 months)Centennial that I boiled(in about a quart of water) for 30 minutes and 1 oz old (2 months) Hallertau that I boiled for 5 minutes. Strained into the above DME solution.
Pitched large amount of Wyeast 3522 from previous batch.
Figured out OG was still too low and added a whole pack of priming sugar to mixture. Shook like crazy.
The "wort"(I use the term loosely) wound up at 1.035 OG(volume of around two gallons) and fermented down to 1.008. I sanitized and boiled nothing except for the hops.
I bottled it last week(bottling's not so bad when you haven't done it in a year or so) and tasted it day before yesterday. It was delicious - tasted like Duvel Light with a little extra tangy sweetness. Anyway, I'm not sure what this proves or disproves but I did make to the football game on time. It was kinda like speed brewing.
I named it Hulk Smash Crap beer in honor of the fact that I almost tripped over one of my son's "Hulk Hands" toys while carrying the mixture to another room. When you hit the hands it makes "Hulk" sounds and sayings - well, it said "Hulk Smash" when I almost tripped so Voila. Oh the crap part is more obvious.