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Taste Notes

Very solid taste. - Gives a rich chocolatey taste on the initial sip and then dries out a bit on the finish to really bring out a nice roastiness. -Alcohol is very subtle for a 6.7% beer!

Notes

Vador's Brindle Brown Ale Brewed: February 12th 2017 Brewed By: Zach and Jeff (Dad) MASH: - strike water at 174 degrees -mash temp started at 160-161 (way too high) - left it at that for abouut 15-20 minutes and then opened the lid on the mash tun to let some heat out - temp dropped to around 145-147 -let mash sit for another 10 minutes after the initial 60 - first sparge with 2.5 gallons @ 168 degrees. temp only got to about 145 - second spargge with 2.5 gallons @ 170 degrees, temp held around 152-155 pre boil grav: 1.052 BOIL: - started with approximately 7.5 gallons of wort - boiled for 75ish minutes. - slow rolling boil for 60 minutes, then turned the boil up a bit for last 15ish minutes. - half ounce of columbus at beginning of boil then 2 oz of willamette at flameout - no issues during this boil. temp was at 214 the entire time POST BOIL/RACKING: - Racked about 5.25 gallons (best yet) - siphoned a mjority of the wort and then dumped the last little bit straight in from the kettle using the funnel and funnel screen - used two packages of Wyeast Brittish ale II. PRE-BOTTLE: - checked gravity on 3/5/17 and was at 1.016 BOTTLING: - bottled 50 12 ounce bottles for 600 ounces -- had one extra bottle for testing - carbed to 2.4 vols of Co2