Root Beer...hopefully not Root Bombs

I made root beer instead of beer today. It wasn't the first time I made root beer, but it's the first time I bottled it.

I'm a little concerned about it. I've heard so many stories of folks doing a reenactment of the finale to the "Star and Stripes Forever", so I've taken some precautions. I've placed most of the bottles in a plastic bin and some others in a plastic bag, while the carbonation does it thing.

The one thing I haven't figured out is, when is the root beer at greatest risk for going kaboom?

I gave my wife a little warning. If for some reason it sounds like gunfire in the house she shouldn't panic. Besides hitting the floor, she might want to determine if the shots are coming from the guest bathroom.

If all goes well we might find ourselves quoting Marvin the Martian.

Sleepy Scottish Ale

Nice day in south Texas.  It was so nice in fact I fell asleep during the brewing process.  No harm done. I just needed the nap.

The nap was needed because I had four cases of Landshark bottles to clean and remove the labels off of yesterday

Next time I'll just buy the bottles I need. For the four cases I cleaned it took close to 8 hours.  4 cases of new bottles from a wholesaler would have run me about 20 bucks. I got to get better with this economy of scale thing.

OG is a little low for the style. Oh well.  It's a good thing I liked the previous Scottish Light 60.

Beer Nerd Stuff: 

Beer Style: Scottish Light 70

Batch Size: 5 Gallons

Grains: 

• 5.75 lb Pale Malt(2.0 SRM)
• 1.5 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
• 0.33 lb Roasted Barley(300.0 SRM)

Hops

• 1.00 oz Fuggles [4.00 %] (60 min)

Yeast:

• 1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728)

Mash Type:

• Single Infusion, Full Body
  

OG:

• 1.033 SG

Beer Word Wednesday

Today's beer word is:

Propane

Propane is what you use during you boil, so your natural gas bill doesn't get stupid.

Hank Hill would approve.


Here's a pic.

If I'm making a Scottish Light, why is everything so heavy?

Top of the morning to you!

I think this is the earliest I've ever done a brew.  I was up this morning before even the sun came up.

This week's beer is a Scottish Light 60 Shilling Ale. I'm grateful to the Scot's as their beer recipes do not involve long processes to get a brew done.

Everything feels a little more heavy getting it done early in the morning. It might have something to do with the fact I've usually had one or more beers before I start to brew.  Go figure.

I have high hopes for this brew. I believe I managed to get the water chemistry right for the first time ever.

Beer Nerd Stuff: 

Beer Style: Scottish Light 60

Batch Size: 5 Gallons

Grains: 

• 5.00 lb Pale Malt(2.0 SRM)
• 0.75 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
• 0.33 lb Roasted Barley(300.0 SRM)

Hops

• 1.00 oz Fuggles [4.00 %] (60 min)

Yeast:

• 1 Pkgs Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728)

Mash Type:

• Single Infusion, Full Body
  

OG:

• 1.030 SG

Late Bitter

While the Mrs was out of town I decided to get a beer done. Just a plain old ordinary English bitter this time. For once I actually hit above my OG. Thank you Maris Otter. That's all cause it's late and I'm kinda tired.


Beer Nerd Stuff: 

Beer Style: Ordinary Bitter
 
Batch Size: 5 Gallons

Grains: 

• 5.75 lb Maris Otter (Crisp) (4.0 SRM)
• 0.75 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)
• 0.25 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM)

Hops:

• 1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min)
• 1.00 oz Fuggles [4.50 %] (20 min)
• 1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min)
• 1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (Dry Hopped)

Yeast:

• 1 Pkgs English Ale (White Labs #WLP002)

Mash Type:

• Single Infusion, Medium Body
  

OG:

• 1.042 SG

Beer Word Wednesday

Today's beer word is:

Wort Chiller

It's a copper coil filled with cool water that circulates to cool down you wort before you add yeast.

Here's a pic.

Beer Word Wednesday

Today beer word is:

Bottles

Here's how to use it in a sentence.

I'm gonna need a boatload of bottles since I making 52 brews in one year.

Here's a pic.