Cafeoutdoors.com: Brewing and Blending

I brewed 10 gallons of dark Weizenbock last Thursday, the recipe is in the other thread I posted about it. That's been fermenting in two 6 1/2 gallon carboys, 5 gallons in each.

Today, that beer was ready to rack into secondary fermenters, so I brewed another batch of beer.

10 Gallons

11 lbs. Munton & Fison Light Dry Malt Extract
2 lbs. Wheat Malt Syrup (65% wheat, 35% barley)
1 lb. Malto Dextrin
2 oz. Northern Brewer Hop Pellets, 9.6% alpha, bittering
1/2 tsp. Irish Moss clarifier
1 oz. Cascade Hop Pellets, 6.6% alpha, finishing
1 pack SAF S-23 Lager Yeast

Starting gravity = 1.064
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Of last Thursday's batch of Black Wheat Beer, I siphoned 1/3 out of one primary fermenter and 2/3 out of the other one to fill a 5 gallon secondary carboy. That makes 5 gallons of that batch, straight.

Of today's light-colored beer, I siphoned 5 gallons from the cooled brewpot into a 6 1/2 gallon primary carboy and pitched the pack of yeast. That's 5 gallons of that batch, straight.

I siphoned the other 5 gallons of the new beer from the brewpot into the primary fermenters of the first batch, bringing them both back up to the 5 gallon mark.

So now I've got four different beers going from two brewings, 5 gallons of each kind.

Beer #1 - Black Wheat Beer from the first brewing, 65% wheat malt, 35% barley malt. A heavy black lager with Hallertauer hops.

Beer #2 - Dark Amber Heavy Lager, a blend of 2/3 the first batch with 1/3 the second batch. 47% wheat malt, 53% barley malt. Mostly Hallertauer, with Northern Brewer and Cascade hops.

Beer #3 - Amber Heavy Lager, a blend of 1/3 the first batch with 2/3 the second batch. 28% wheat malt, 72% barley malt. Mostly Northern Brewer, with Hallertauer and Cascade hops.

Beer #4 - Light-colored Heavy Lager from the second brewing, 9% wheat malt, 91% barley malt. Northern Brewer and Cascade hops.

There was no need to pitch yeast in beers #2 and #3 - I was racking new beer onto fermented beer with live yeast in it. Fermentation kicked off in about 15 minutes.

You've just gotta make your own fun.

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