#closetcleaner

Hello to the void! A couple people asked if I had any social media where they could chat about Ein Riese, der Fliegen Wollte, but I had deleted my old tumblr long ago and never had an answer

But now, after a few years (and especially after that hiatus—sorry about that folks, it was brutal on my end) I've decided to come back to the motherland that is tumblr

Every so often you look upon your mass of brewing equipment and ingredients and think to yourself, "Wow, there's a lot of loose ends here!" So you wash and tidy all your gear, organize that collection of empty bottles you've been saving (corkers in one box, cappers in the other: oh shit, this one still has a label on it...), scrub the inside of your fermentation chamber and take hydro readings on all your long term aging projects.  Yet, after all this you still have six bags of half used grain, a vial of yeast with no brew planned for it and odds and sods of hops you were going to use but never did.  So you plan a beer.

Irish Red Ale -- 28/08/14

Estimated OG: 1.045 Estimated FG: 1.012 OG: 1.043 IBU: 27 SRM: 16

Grain Bill: 6 lbs Pearl Malt 1 lb Flaked Oats 1/2 lb Amber Malt 1/2 lb Crystal 40 1/4 lb Brown Malt 1/2 lb CaraFoam 1/2 lb Pale Chocolate Malt

Hop Bill: 1 oz Styrian Goldings 4.6%AA) @ 60 min 1 oz Styrian Goldings (4.6%AA) @ 30 min

Yeast: 1 pkg White Labs WLP007 Dry English Ale Yeast built to a cell count of 215 billion

Other: 1 tsp wyeast yeast nutrient @ 10 minutes

Brew Notes: mashed @ 152F for 60 minutes