Brew Update Week of 02/22/2010

So we ended up brewing the Chili Smoked Porter on Sunday and would have to qualify it as a success - aside from the fact that it came out smelling and looking awesome. We ended up getting a higher than expected efficiency on the partial mash; our target was 60% and we ended up getting 65%. I'll post a couple pics at a later date.

And as the indecisive school girls we are, we have changed our schedule again and have swapped the brewing order of the stout and double IPA. The double IPA will be next again and the stout will be pushed to the end of summer/early fall to be ready for late fall/early winter.

We're also looking at this Better Bottle: http://bit.ly/bqT42y and starting to plan out our upgrade to all-grain brewing. Not sure if we want to engineer the equipment ourselves or purchase it.

We're also moving our brewing operations to the weekend with our work schedules and so let us know if you're interested in dropping by and observing one day.

And for the meat and potatoes of the post:

Primary Fermenter #1: Chili Smoked Porter 5:1; Brewed: 02/21, OG: 1.054, Target FG: 1.014, Current SG: N/A, Estimated ABV: 5.21%, IBU: 38.

Primary Fermenter #2: Empty.

Secondary Fermenter #1: N/A

Secondary Fermenter #2: N/A

Bottle Conditioning: Continental Harvest Ale 2:1, bottled 02/16. FG: 1.012, ABV: 5.3%. Quality Assurance sampling tentatively 02/26.

Being Enjoyed: Sam Noble Pils - get over it, we're hooked - if you don't like it, suggest something else or send us your brew and maybe we'll get hooked on that.

On-deck: Founding Fathers Double IPA 6:1; Estimated OG: 1.066, FG: 1.016, ABV: 6.55%, IBU: 100.9.

In-the-hole: Probably should get on those Spring and Summer styles.

Drawing Board: Barleywine? Spring and Summer style brews. Ideas or requests always accepted.

Peace out.

- J