Yep, I brewed today

[cheesefood]

Black Mambo's Mother
22-C Wood-Aged Beer

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Size: 6 gal
Efficiency: 68.0%
Attenuation: 77.0%
Calories: 241.24 per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.072 (1.026 - 1.120)
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Terminal Gravity: 1.017 (0.995 - 1.035)
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Color: 25.1 (1.0 - 50.0)
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Alcohol: 7.34% (2.5% - 14.5%)
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Bitterness: 27.93 (0.0 - 100.0)
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Ingredients:
14 lbs Maris Otter
1.5 lbs Munich Malt
.5 lbs Caramel Malt 120L
.5 lbs Caramel Malt 80L
10 oz Chocolate malt
.25 lbs Belgian Wheat Malt
.5 lbs Oats (Pregelatinized Flakes)
1 lbs Rice Hulls
.5 oz Chinook (14.3%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1 oz Hallertau Mittelfruh (4.5%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
1 qt WYeast 1056 American Ale
1.0 oz Bourbon Soaked Oak Wood Chips - added dry to secondary fermenter

Schedule:
Ambient Air: 70.0 °F
Source Water: 60.0 °F
Elevation: 0.0 m

00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 6.34 gal; Strike: 163.4 °F; Target: 140.0 °F
00:23:00 Protein Rest - Rest: 20 min; Final: 139.4 °F
00:24:00 Step 1 Infusion - Water: 1.5 gal; Temperature: 201.0 °F; Target: 150 °F
00:54:00 Saccharification Rest - Rest: 30 min; Final: 150.0 °F
01:39:00 Sparge - Sparge: 1.1 gal sparge @ 170.0 °F, 6.71 gal collected, 45.0 min; Total Runoff: 6.85 gal

Results generated by BeerTools Pro 1.0.29

Disappointing gravity and volume due to a disconnect in the MLT's manifold.

[cheesefood]

Forgot to mention - cops showed up while I was brewing. I got all excited at first that someone called me in as a meth maker. But no, it just turns out that my neighbor is up for promotion to Detective or FBI or something - I don't remember - and they wanted to see if he regularly hung with gang-bangers or had wild parties.

Officer was nice and didn't get offended when I asked to see his badge (at first he handed me a business card and I politely mentioned that I wanted something more official). Flashed me his badge and his gun, both on his hip.

Brew day took 4 hours, from Strike to Clean-Up. Wife might not even realize I played hookie and brewed today!

[DrunkenSatyr]

Rock on. So was it Starsky or was it Hutch?

[Ó Flannagáin]

Interesting recipe. what are you expecting from it?

[cheesefood]

Interesting recipe. what are you expecting from it?

It's built on the Dragon's Milk foundation. I changed some grains, namely going from Pale Ale to Maris Otter for my base grain. I also changed both hops from Columbus and Northern Brewer to Chinook and Hallertau. I kept the IBU the same as the recipe.

It's already bubbling away. I love using a good yeast cake and getting a strong ferment within an hour or two of pitching. I hate it when a beer takes a day to get the carb-lock bubbling.

[Ó Flannagáin]

Never had dragon's milk. Is it considered a stout?

[cheesefood]

Never had dragon's milk. Is it considered a stout?

http://www.newhollandbrew.com/brews/hig ... lk_06.html

It's a strong ale or a wood-aged ale. It's not very bitter at all - none of the typical Stout roastiness. It's way too strong for a Sweet or Dry stout and not nearly dark enough or bitter enough for a FES or a RIS. Doesn't fit many styles at all. It's a bourbon-oak aged masterpiece. Delicious, creamy, with chocolate and sweet tones but a balanced bitterness. If you've never tried it you simply must locate a bottle.

[poops4president]

that should be one rockin brew... drangons milk is great.

And LMAO about the meth maker... I have been waiting for that ever since I started brewing and got a weird look from the neighbor.

[cheesefood]

One of my neighbors - Tom - is far too snoopish - he comes over all the time especially if I'm up to something interesting. He's a great guy though and a heck of a neighbor. My other neighbor is an old woman. She probably gets all the gossip on us from Tom. I'm pretty fortunate to have moved into a neighborhood filled with good people. I wish I could find another brewer! I've ridden my bike through here numerous times, looking in open garages for coolers, turkey fryers, hoses, pots...any sign of a brewer. And my house is near the entrance to the neighborhood so most of my neighbors have probably seen - or heard about - my homebrewing.

[Ó Flannagáin]

I had the cops stop by my place once when I was living on base. Just rolled down the window and said "Whatcha cookin?" with a friendly enough tone. I told him beer and he said he needed to stop by sometime. Never did though.