Blarney Beer - All Grain

Brew Date; March 17, 2000 - St. Patrick's Day

Batch Size; 10 US Gallons

This was also our maiden voyage of our Chillzilla ,Counter-flow wort Chiller.
Gravity
OG
 1.049
FG
 1.010
% ABV
 5%

Malt, Grains, Adjuncts
Amount
Brand - Variety
Degrees L
17 lbs Pale Malt, Muntons 2.5° L
1 lbs Belgian CaraPils, DWC 7.7° L
1 lbs Wheat Malt, Weissenheimer 1.75° L
1 lbs Flaked Maize, Crosby & Baker 0° L

Hops
Variety, Style
Ounces
Boil Time
% A
Centennial, Pellets 1 oz FWH - Added at start of sparge 9.9% Alpha
Cluster, Plugs 1.5 oz 60 minutes 6.5% Alpha
Centennial, Pellets 1 oz 40 minutes 9.9% Alpha
Cluster, Plugs .5 oz 7 minutes 6.5% Alpha

Yeast
Amount
Brand, Style
Date
~1/2 gallon Wyeast 1968 slurry - 6th pitching 3/17/00

Additives and misc. Ingredients
Amount
Ingredients/Procedure
Boil
2 tsp Irish Moss 15 minutes

Procedure:
Mash in at 158° F
Add ~1/8 cup distilled white vinegar to mash to get pH of 5.2.
Hold for 80 minutes.
Sparge for 60 minutes, First wort hops in at start of sparge.
Full boil for 60 minutes.
Hops additions at 60, 40 and 7 minutes.
Maiden voyage of Chillzilla!
Used old Imersion chiller as a pre-chiller.
10+ gallons of boiling wort to 70° F in 20 minutes, cool.(pun intended)
Ferment in glass carboys for 7 days at 70° F.
Transfered 5 gallons to glass secondary for 7 more days at 70° F.
Transfer second 5 gallons to SS keg and seal with 35 psi CO2, into 40° F fridge.
Taste tested after 7 more days. Both batches taste the same.

Comments:
As mentioned above, this was Chillzilla's first time out.
This is one outstanding piece of brewing hardware, yessirree Bob.
I don't know how I brewed without one for so long.
By far the most time saving piece of gear I own in my brewery.
We also wanted to try this ale without a secondary, hence the differing feermentations.
This proved to me that a secondary is not always necessary for ales.
The beers were both the same in flavor, body and clarity.
Again, we ran out of this beer just as it was getting to it's prime.
The beer itself was a very nice brew.
This beer would probably be classified an American Pale Ale, Just a bit lighter on bitterness.
A very drinkable beer, I will be making this again and aging it a tad more next time.
Hmmm, how about a bit of green food color next time for the St. Patty's Day look?

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