Brew #11 - Pollenized Belgian Pale

So Brew #11 is done fermenting, the Pollenized Belgian Pale. I actually ended up dry hopping it with fresh hops in the secondary, using 1oz of Cascade. It has an awesome hop profile and overall taste, this beer is friggen delicious. It finished at 1.006 so nice and low, dry, but doesn't taste too dry. It also brought the beer up to 6% abv, so pretty much session-able. Not the clarity I wanted, but I think the dry hop and mash profile overall didn't let that really happen, plus Belgian yeast doesn't help. This might be the best beer I've done yet, it is really tasty. Missed my South Shore Brew Club brew off date with this one, but should be able to make it into the Wizard's brew off. I'll have to see how it fares.

Brew #11 - Pollenized Belgian Pale

So last Saturday was the first brew of the new year. A few minor issues to start, like broken hose, lost razor, gunked up tubes, etc. However, nothing major so we were able to brew. The brew itself went pretty well with thanks to Evan. The taste of the grains were completely unsweet, but I still missed my target OG, which should have been 1.052 but was actually 1.042. I did mash a little high, but lowered it halfway through. I'm still leaning towards the grain crush, and I'll be getting a crusher soon so that should solve that issue, or at least eliminate that as a possibility for low yield. I added a little over 1 lb of sugar to the primary, so that should help take care of it and bring it up to 1.051 or so. It's fermenting well for now. More info on the brew to follow, and another one coming up in the next couple weeks hopefully.

Season 2, Brew #11

Welp, it's finally here. Spring is in the air, bees and birds are sleeping with whomever they can... know what, that gives me a good idea for the new beer name.

Speaking of which, this Saturday March 20, right before the BA Meetup, will be Brew #11, first of the year. I'll start setting up, sanitizing, cleaning, etc, around 10AM, and hope to start the brewing around 11. The style, Belgian Pale, with some nice hop additions hopefully. I got a bunch of free Celeia hops, a low 2.8% alpha with lots of lemony citrus and floral aromatics. It should work perfectly in a Belgian Pale. I was gonna call it Belgian Pale for lack of creativity at the moment, but now I think I'll call it "Pollenized Belgian Pale".