Batch #195 - Wheat Stout

Aiming for a rich stout, but not quite at Imperial level, I used the full 29# of grain my system could hold, and held back on the amount of water used.  Instead of the usual 9.5-gallons I harvest at final bottling and kegging stage, this batch yielded 8.0-gallons of stout.  I used 2-Row and Chocolate Wheat malts, US Fuggle and UK Challenger pellet hops, as well as Northern Brewer leaf hops, 8 gallons of Basalt sparge water, and landed at 7.5% a.b.v.

Brewed in mid June and bottled in mid July, I think I'm going to take a break from the heavy beers, and get in a light batch of session ale, before summer is gone again.

Cheers!
MT

Batch #194 - Red Abbey Ale

Brewed in late May and bottled in mid June, this Abbey Ale began with 2-Row, Dark Munich and Cara-Aroma malted barleys, US Fuggle pellet and Northern Brewer leaf hops, and fermented with Mangrove Jack's Belgian Abbey dry yeast.  Infusing it all in 12 gallons of Basalt town water in the brewpot, I landed at bottling and kegging time with 5-gallons bottled, and 4-1/2 gallons in two small kegs, of a 6.5% a.b.v. batch.

Cheers!
MT