An Imperial IPA that was inspired by Bell’s Hopslam. Turned out to be slightly less ABV, and slightly higher IBU.

Type: All Grain
Style: Imperial IPA
Brewed: April 7, 2012
Secondary: April 20, 2012
Bottled: May 4, 2012
OG: 1.092  FG: 1.012
IBUs: 110  ABV: 9.1%

Grains
16 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
3 lb Vienna Malt
1 lb Caramel Malt 20L
8 oz Cara-Pils
8 oz Honey Malt

Sugar
1.5 lb Honey

Hops (Whole Leaf)
First Wort Hop:  1 oz Centennial
60 min Bittering:  1 oz Simcoe
45 min Bittering: 1 oz Chinook
30 min Bittering: 1 oz Centennial
Flavor: 1 oz Citra
Aroma: 1 oz Cascade
Steep: 2 oz Cascade & 2 oz Simcoe
14 day Dry Hop: 3 oz Simcoe

Yeast
1 l starter of San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP090)

Leftovers was born out of the necessity to use leftover crushed speciality grains. This was before we had a mill, and needed to do the milling at time of purchase, or buy pre-crushed grains. The combination is going to be somewhere around sweet, hoppy, dark, and strong.

Type: All Grain
Style: Experimental Dark Ale
Brewed: March 24, 2012
Secondary: April 4, 2012
Bottled: April 20, 2012
OG: 1.095  FG: 1.020
IBUs: 100  ABV: 10%

Grains
11 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row)
1 lbs Roasted Barley
12 oz Aromatic Malt
12 oz Biscuit Malt
12 oz Cara-Pils
12 oz Caramel Malt 20L
12 oz Caramel Malt 40L
12 oz Chocolate Malt
8 oz Munich Malt

Sugar
3 lb Dark Belgian Candi Sugar

Hops (Whole Leaf)
First Wort Hop:  1 oz Cascade
70 min Bittering:  1 oz Simcoe
50 min Bittering: 1 oz Centennial
30 min Bittering: 1 oz Amarillo
Flavor/Aroma: 1 oz Cascade
14 day Dry Hop: 2 oz Cascade

Yeast
1.6 l starter of San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP090)

This was definitely the beer that made us realize that we need to figure out what is going on with our mashing, and why our Original Gravity is so low. I believe this is now a problem of the past, but for this beer, it is VERY light. 3.1% ABV, might as well treat this like water. Should be a good hot weather beer.

Type: All Grain
Style: Belgian Wit
Brewed: March 24, 2012
Bottled: April 12, 2012
OG: 1.032  FG: 1.008
IBUs: 14  ABV: 3.1%

Grains
3 lb Belgian 2-Row Pale Malt
3 lb Belgian Wheat Malt
3 lb Flaked Wheat

Hops
Bittering: 1 oz East Kent Goldings (Pellet)

Adjuncts
1 oz Bitter Orange Peel
0.5 oz Coriander Seed

Yeast
1 packet Belgian Witbier (Wyeast Labs #3944)

Label:

Type: All Grain
Style: American Amber
Brewed: March 11, 2012
Secondary: March 17, 2012
Bottled: March 23, 2012
OG: 1.050  FG: 1.010
IBUs: 24  ABV: 5.2%

Grains
10 lb Pale Malt (2 Row)
8 oz Munich Malt
4 oz Caramel Malt 20L
4 oz Caramel Malt 40L
4 oz Aromatic Malt
4 oz Biscuit Malt
4 oz Cara-Pils
4 oz Chocolate Malt

Hops
Bittering: 1 oz Willamette (Pellet)
Flavor/Aroma: 1 oz Willamette (Pellet)

Yeast
1 packet American Wheat Ale (Wyeast Labs #1010)

Label:

Type: All Grain
Style: American Pale Ale
Brewed: March 3, 2012
Secondary: March 7, 2012
Bottled: March 22, 2012
OG: 1.066  FG: 1.010
IBUs: 42  ABV: 7.4%

Fermentables
0.25 lb. Light Candi Sugar

Grains
10 lb. Pale Malt (2 Row)
1 lb. Caramel Malt 20L
1 lb. Munich Malt
1 lb. Belgian Wheat Malt

Hops
Bittering: 2 oz. Cascade (Pellet)
Flavor: 1 oz. Cascade (Pellet)
Dry: 1 oz. Cascade (Pellet)

Yeast
2 packets SafAle US-05

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