To close out the Standard American Beer section of the BJCP I brewed both a Cream Ale and an American Wheat Ale on the same day. This was mostly driven by the fact that the "Best of the Bay" competition is fast approaching and I didn't have enough time to space these two brew days out. The details of the Cozy Bear Cream Ale are over here. The Wicked Panda American Wheat Ale is named after the Chinese state-sponsored espionage group also known as APT41. This group is known for targeting healthcare, telecom, technology, and video game industries in 14 countries. BJCP Style: 1D - American Wheat Ale BJCP: "Refreshing wheat beers that can display more hop character and less yeast character than their German cousins. A clean fermentation character allows bready, doughy, or grainy wheat flavors to be complemented by hop flavor and bitterness rather than yeast qualities." Brewday 07.04.2021 Recipe: The grain bill for this beer is a 50/50 blend of 2-row and wheat malt. After a ride through the grain mill Mash salts Sparge salts This mash is sitting at 152F/67C. I checked the pH 10 minutes into the rest and was showing 5.6. To get the mash closer to an ideal pH of 5.2 I added 7.2 mL of lactic acid. The hop charge for this brew is a combination of Willamette and Centennial. 29g Willamette @60 and 8g of Willamette and Centennial @0. Sparging in the Mash & Boil Brewery manager and mommy pitching hops. Post-boil gravity is showing somewhere around 11.1P (1.045SG). Adding O2 No yeast cell counting for this brew, just pitching a full sachet of Voss Kveik and fermenting at 90 degrees F.
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To close out the Standard American Beer section of the BJCP I brewed both a Cream Ale and an American Wheat Ale on the same day. This was mostly driven by the fact that the "Best of the Bay" competition is fast approaching and I didn't have enough time to space these two brew days out. The details of the Wicked Panda American Wheat Ale are over here. The Cozy Bear Cream Ale is named after the widely known threat group Cozy Bear or APT29. This group is considered responsible for the DNC e-mail hack in 2015 as well as the supply chain attack on SolarWinds. BJCP Style: 1C - Cream Ale BJCP: "A clean, well-attenuated, flavorful American “lawnmower” beer. Easily drinkable and refreshing, with more character than typical American lagers." Brewday 07.04.2021 Recipe: The grist was a 50/50 blend of 2-row and Pilsner with a dash of flaked corn. I planned to brew this in the Mash & Boil, but I mistakenly setup BeerSmith as a 7.5 gallon recipe so I would eventually have to transfer the Cream Ale from the Mash & Boil to my E-Herms system. Milled grain Mash water salts Sparge salts I checked the pH of the mash 10 minutes in and saw that I was hovering around 5.6. To bring the pH down to about 5.2 I acidified the mash with 8.1 mL lactic acid. The hop charge is 31 grams Liberty at 60 and 15 grams Liberty at flameout. E-herms and Mash & Boil chugging away Hop quality inspection by the Brewery Manager Post-boil gravity 1.055/13.6P Adding O2 No yeast cell counting for this brew, just pitching a full sachet of Voss Kveik and fermenting at 90 degrees F.
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Jamie WeissHomebrewer, Recognized BJCP Judge, aspiring Certified Cicerone Archives
November 2023
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