Homebrew Recipe: Triple Malt IPA – APA?

This is a recipe that turned out to be a great beer.  I intended for it to be an IPA and it is *almost* there.  It has the bitterness and the aroma, but when I brew it again I am going to add another .5oz flavor addition around 20 minutes.  The bitterness comes through and the biscuit and toast comes through from the grain so I want to add just a touch more hop flavor.  This is only my second time trying first wort hopping and replacing the flavor addition removed just a touch too much of the hop flavor.

5.25 gallon all grain recipe
OG: 1.059
FG: 1.009
Est. ABV: 6.5%
Est IBU: 66
Mash at 150F for 60min, 60min boil

Grains:
6lbs 2-row (46.6%)
3lbs Vienna (23.3%)
3lbs Maris Otter (23.3%)
.88lbs Crystal 40L (6.8%)

Hops:
0.75oz Centennial 6% First Wort Hop
0.25oz Citra First 11% Wort Hop
0.4oz Warrior 17.2% 60 min
0.5oz Centennial 6% 5 min
0.5oz Centennial Dry Hop
0.5oz Citra Dry Hop

Yeast: Safale US-05

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Where have we been?!

I haven’t updated this family blog in far too long. I see only two posts ago was our Christmas 2009 recap… it’s now 2011. I have no idea if any family members actually read this thing, but if you’re out there, sorry!

Here is what we have been up to in 2010:

  • I started homebrewing January 2010 and I won my first homebrew competition with my Belgian Saison recipe in September.  I moved on to all-grain brewing and have started brewing big 10 gallon batches with buddies. In 2010 I brewed 15 batches of beer.
  • Jacob turned 2 and became cuter and smarter and he is now in a big boy bed.  He is slowly approaching being potty trained.
  • Jennifer is a rock star saleswoman and was the #1 salesperson in her role.
  • Outings, Thanksgiving, Christmas… you can check out the photos using the gallery link at the top.

That’s about it.  We are in full planning mode for Jacob’s 3rd birthday (seriously, 3?!) and working on some plans for vacation.  Jacob’s first airplane trip to TX was a success so we’re no longer afraid of dealing with a crazy child on a plane.  That was our biggest concern trying to take a long vacation somewhere.  The bummer is paying for three seats now on a flight, ouch!

I’ll try to update this more often.  I’m homebrewing a bunch so I can share more recipes and results.

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Homebrew Recipe: Belgian Saison Partial Mash

Brewing Belgian Saison
   



Brewing Method: Partial Mash – Stovetop Method
Batch Size: 5.5 gallons

7lbs LME (3.5lbs 60 minutes, 3.5lbs 15 minutes late addition)
2lbs German Pilsen
.75lbs Munich
.5lbs Flaked Red Wheat
1lb table sugar (added after primary fermentation)
1.5oz Saaz 3.9% 60 minutes
1oz Saaz 3.9% 15 minutes
.5oz Saaz 3.9% 5 minutes
.4oz Sweet Orange Peel 5 minutes
2gm crushed Grains of Paradise 5 minutes
1/4 tablet Whirlfloc 5 minutes
1/2tsp Wyeast Yeast Nutrient 5 minutes
Yeast: Wyeast 3724 Belgian Saison
Estimated OG: 1.066 (including table sugar)
Estimated FG: This can vary a lot, but you want to get as close to 1.000 as you can. Since I’m using extract I expect to get to 1.005-1.008.
Estimated ABV after bottle conditioning: 7.9%
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Jacob is Two Years Old!

It’s been a long time (5 months!) since I last posted on here.  Since Christmas we have been extremely busy with settling into a new home and a two year old boy that constantly keeps us on our toes.  Jennifer and I couldn’t be happier with the new house and neighborhood.  On to more important topics, our tiny, infant, little, can’t even eat solid foods, baby is turning two!  Since when did we have a toddler?  Babycenter.com has changed the title of their weekly emails from “Your Infant at X Months” to “Your Preschooler at X Years.”  This can’t be right, he still needs to be burped, right? Continue reading

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Christmas 2009 – Three Christmases and So Much Fun!

We had an absolute blast this Christmas.  It started with day one with Nani and great grandparents coming over for gifts and dinner.  Then we celebrated with Grandpa Shestak by seeing lights, going to Bayside Church Jingle Jam and waking up to gifts from Santa.  Finally, we had gifts and cheer with Grammy and Papi and wrapped up more fun than some people pack into a year.  Check out the photos and the video at the bottom of Jacob preparing for Santa!  Click the read more link to see all the photos from Christmas. Continue reading

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New Digs and Turkey Day

WHEW!  Where should I start this post?

Jennifer and I have had the greatest time over the last couple months.  The last post was our Halloween photos and so much has happened since that day.  We have spent a good portion of this year planning how we would get out of our house and into a bigger place in an area with better schools for Jacob.  We only planned on being in our house for three years or so and then the bubble burst and trashed any hope we had of selling our house any time soon.  Well, we persevered and worked with an amazing realtor, Mike Bailey, who was able to put us in the house of our dreams.  We moved a few miles east of Sacramento to Roseville.  Our neighborhood is everything we wanted with highly ranked schools and families all around us.  We are at the end of a cul-de-sac with a huge yard for Jacob.  We are blessed that it all worked out in the end.  We are still settling into the house and will get some photos up soon to show our friends and family that are out of town. Continue reading

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Halloween 2009 – Jacob’s First Trick or Treat 18 Months

Jacob had a blast on Halloween.  We went to Fairytale Town with some friends and their kids and let the boys run around for a bit.  Then we went back to our neighborhood and visited a couple houses to trick or treat.  It’s amazing how kids know what to do with the candy at such an early age!  Jacob was a fisherman and thanks to mommy’s magic sewing an elastic band he even wore his hat!

Halloween 2009


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Mallory Family Photo Shoot in the Park

Mallory Family Photo Shoot in the Park
 


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Pics From Trip to Santa Cruz with Alicia

Our trip to Santa Cruz while Alicia was out visiting.

Trip To Santa Cruz
Jacob steering the ship
Jacob steering the ship
Jacob is a great captain
Jacob is a great captain
I can see daddy!
I can see daddy!
This is too much fun!
This is too much fun!
I am having a blast in the backyard!
I am having a blast in the backyard!
I can't wait to see aunt Alicia
I can't wait to see aunt Alicia
I'm not so sure about these waves, mommy
I'm not so sure about these waves, mommy
I'm happy in mommy's arms
I'm happy in mommy's arms
I'm happy in mommy's arms
I'm happy in mommy's arms
I'm happy in mommy's arms
I'm happy in mommy's arms
Spitting image of mommy
Spitting image of mommy
The Mallorys in Santa Cruz
The Mallorys in Santa Cruz
They just rescued the shoes after the tide swept them out!
They just rescued the shoes after the tide swept them out!
Such a happy little dude
Such a happy little dude


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The Mallorys’ Reality TV Obsession

american-idol-logoLet’s switch gears a bit from our normal posts and talk about how addicted we are to reality TV.  The first step to recovery is admitting we have a problem.  Here is a list of the reality shows we can’t live without.  A lot of these are Jennifer’s favorites… she has a much bigger reality TV problem than me!  I put who watches the show in paranthesis.

  • Project Runway (M&J)
  • Rachel Zoe Project (J)
  • Real Housewives of Orange County (M&J)
  • Real Housewives of NY (J)
  • Top Chef (M&J)
  • HGTV Design Star (M&J)project-runway
  • So You Think You Can Dance (M&J)
  • American Idol (M&J)
  • Tori & Dean (J)
  • The Ultimate Fighter (M)
  • Dancing With the Stars (J)
  • Keeping Up With the Kardashians (J)
  • The City (J)
  • The Hills (J)
  • Big Break (M)
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