Stinky Daddy Brewery & Winery

Well Well .. look who's back with Tatum's Tail Pale Ale (B67)

It has been some time since brewed. After much peer pressure and many guilt trips from my brewing buddies, I put together my first batch in over 10 months.

Today was a simple extract pale ale with steeped grain and cascades. I did get to use my new brew kettle for the first time.

Cheers to getting a batch in the carboy!

Good Things!

I was allowed to judge at the SFH competition yesterday!

I had old ales in the morning and specialty beers in the afternoon. They paired me with a few very experienced BJCP judges. I learned a ton!

This really offset the crappy beer I have brewed recently. I am feeling a comeback.

 

Bad Things!

Well in my rush to get a few batches together for the SFH competition I ruined a couple.

My irish red and wheat had infections. My Bock & IPA did not fully ferment. My stout was not my best effort.

Oh well, there is always next year.

Racked B62 and B65 to the Secondary

Racked these two this evening.

The wheat (B62) looked like it was infected early on and it tasted infected tonight.

Lucky 7's IPA (B66)

This is an AG version of batch 51 brewed in late 2008.  

  Ingredients: 12.50 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter; 1.00 lb Carafoam; 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L; 0.50 oz Amarillo Gold (77 min); 0.75 oz Cascade (67 min);  0.50 oz Amarillo Gold  (57 min); 0.50 oz Cascade  (47 min); 0.50 oz Amarillo Gold  (37 min); 0.50 oz Cascade (27 min); 0.50 oz Amarillo Gold (17 min); 1.00 oz Amarillo Gold  (7 min); Whirlfloc Tablet;  2 Pkgs US-05

Will dry hop with 1.00 oz each of Amarillo & Cascade. Thinking about oak. My problem is I need this ready in a month and do not believe oak will add anything in that short timeframe.

Had a little trouble with the still new 10g mash tun. Ended up with almost a gallon of extra volume. I boiled it down which added more than an extra hour to my brew day.

Stats - OG 1.074 ; IBU 85.9; SRM 8.2

 

Hey Santa!

If you are watching you can see that my 7.5 gallon kettle is pushed to the limit. When I run a 90 minute boil it is to the top.

I have been a good boy this year. I have eaten all my peas. I take a shower almost every day. I also cut the grass once a week. I was also able to keep myself from choking anybody I work with this year.

My only wish is for you to bring a 10 gallon Boilermaker with a thermometer, valve, sight glass, and hop blocker.

If you send this my way I promise not to have any more boil overs.

Love,

Stinky Daddy

Sorachi Ace American Wheat (B62)

Forgot to log this. Brewed it a week or so ago. Straight wheat DME batch. Used Sorachi Ace hops and White Labs American wheat yeast.

It is still in the primary and I think it is infected! So much for harvesting the yeast.

Woolybooger Oatmeal Stout (B65)

Can you tell I like oatmeal stout?

0.25 lb Rice Hulls, 7.50 lb Maris Otter, 1.00 lb Carafoam, 1.00 lb Chocolate Malt; 1.00 lb Oats, Flaked, 0.75 lb Oats, Malted, 0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 160L'; 0.50 lb Roasted Barley; 2.00 oz Fuggles (60 min); 1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet; Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084)

Insomnia Dopplebock (B64)

What was I thinking? Doughing in at 11:30 pm?starting a 90 minute boil at 1:oo am? Pitching my starter at 4:oo am? The neighbors had to think I was cooking crack!

I had troubles with this one too. I am blaming it on a new 10 gallon mash tun and being rusty. I missed my OG by .007. I adjusted my sparge from 2 to 1 and I really needed that 2nd sparge to get all the sugar. When I was done I had boiled the wort down t0 4.5 gallons. That means I missed my target OG by .015! So, I am now outside the style.

Ingredients: 5lbs Munich; 5 lbs Pilsner; 2 lbs Vienna, 1lb carapils; .5 lb Cyrstal 120; .5 lb Melanoidin; 1oz Tettnanger @ 60; 1oz Tettnanger @ 20; 1 oz Tettnanger @ 2 ; Wyeast Munich Lager (2 quart starter)

OG - 1.070; SRM - 15.7; IBU - 27.9

Gotta love a starter. Had a foamy krausen within 10 hours!

 

Mary Kate Danaher - B63

This Irish Red is a 2.5 gallon partial mash. I mashed the grain with a single infusion batch sparge. I hit my pre-boil gravity estimate dead on. A normal 60 minute boil.

Ingredients: 2.5lbs XL DME; 1 lb 2 Row; .5 lb Crystal 60; .5 lb Melanoidin; .25oz EKG @ 60; .5oz EKG @ 20; .25 EKG @ 2 ; Fermentis US-04

OG - 1.060, IBU 24.8 ; SRM 13.3

Oh, if you don't know who Mary Kate Danaher is, you need to watch "The Quiet Man" with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. You should also probably catch "McLintock."