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Gringo Cerveza Jalapeño Cream Ale (Previous Recipes)

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Gringo Cervesa --- Batch 2

Style	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Batch Size	5.50 gal
Type	All Grain	Boil Size	7.00 gal
Brewhouse Efficiency	70.00	Boil Time	90 minutes

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity

1.046 SG

Estimated FG

1.012 SG

Recipe Bitterness

22.9 IBUs (Rager)

Alcohol by Volume

4.4 %

BU : GU

0.500

Recipe Color

5.0 SRM

Color

Measured OG:

1.050

Measured FG:

1.007

ADF:

86%

Measured ABV:

5.8%

Ingredients

Amt	Name	Type	#	%/IBU
7 lbs 12.0 oz	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	1	80.0 %
13.0 oz	Corn, Popped (1.3 SRM)	Grain	2	8.4 %
10.1 oz	Honey Malt (25.0 SRM)	Grain	3	6.5 %
4.0 oz	Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM)	Grain	4	2.6 %
4.0 oz	Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM)	Sugar	5	2.6 %
0.38 oz	Columbus (Tomahawk) [17.00 %] - Boil 50.0 min	Hop	6	22.9 IBUs
1.0 pkg	Notingham Dry Ale Yeast	Yeast	7	-
6.00 Items	Jalapeno Peppers (Secondary 3.0 days)	Flavor	8	-

Mash Profile

Mash Steps

Name	Description	Step Temperature	Step Time
Mash In	Add 11.80 qt of water at 168.2 F	156.0 F	45 min

Batch sparge with 2 steps (1.68gal, 3.50gal) of 168.0 F water Recipe Notes
Ferment in two Mr. Beer Kegs 4 days.
Cut up Jalapenos, soak in vodka, put in hop sack(s), and then add to one fermenter.
Leave Jalapenos in the fermentor for 4 days and then remove.
Carb with 4.5oz sugar boiled for 5 minutes in 2 cups water (2.25 for each keg).
Remember to keep batches separate.
Splitting a batch (this time) and only adding Jalapenos to half.

Brewing Record

Brew Date:	3/25	Strike Temp:	170
Mash Temps:	inconsistent but think it was close to 154
Pre-boil OG	1.040 (1.043 SG)	Pre-boil Vol	7.25 (7.00 gal)
Actual Mash Efficiency		Pitch Temp	65
Fermentation
Day 1: Started early in the day. 62
Day 2: 65 ish
Day 3: 68 ish

Brewing Notes:

03/08/2012 esheppy
Drinking the last of the non-jalapeno beer. I actually think it is pretty good still. There are 3 jalapeno beers left.

03/28/2012 Brew Day (Sunday) esheppy
Brewed up Sunday. Used a sparge grain bag in the mash just-in-case, popcorn was no problem in the sparge. Blogged about brew day on the Homebrew Academy. Fermentation started cold. By day 3, I just let it go to 68ish.

03/29/2012 esheppy
Tried some of the previous batch while chopping up the jalapeños for this one. Still a great pepper beer. Then, soaked the new peppers in vodka and star san, then put them in a nylon bag and added them into the fermentor. Took a sample. Tasted real good. Not sure I detect a difference between popcorn and the flaked corn from my previous batch. There is certainly a corn flavor in there though. Gravity is at about 1.006. I don't expect it will get a lot lower.

03/29/2012 esheppy
Actually 1.007 adjusted for temperature. That puts my ABV at 5.8 which is more than 1% higher than I had planned for. Not really a session beer anymore. Oh well. Also noticed that my bittering addition was supposed to be at 50 minutes and I am pretty sure I added it at 60.

04/01/2012 esheppy
Have forgotten to check this the past couple days. Today I opened the cooler that the fermentor is in and got a huge whiff of the jalapenos. This worried me a bit, but when I tried a sample in a shot glass, it tasted like the peppers still needed more time on the beer.

04/03/2012 esheppy
Tried last night and again tonight. Decided to take peppers out tonight. Think it is not as hot as last batch, but has a nice pepper aroma and flavor. Should bottle up this weekend.

04/08/2012 Bottled esheppy
Bottled up the jalapeño beers and then the non-jalapeño beers. Both got 2.25oz of sugar boiled in a bit less than 2 cups, cooled and added to a keg. I used the beer gun to bottle. I got 25 12oz jalapeño bottles. For the non-jalapeño beer I got 3 12oz, 5 bombers, and 4 liter bottles. NOTE: I did not clean out the keg after bottling the jalapeño beer. I may have a hint of pepper flavor in the first few non-jalapeño beers. Samples tasted great.

04/09/2012 esheppy
I keep forgetting to mention that I used Notingham Dry Ale Yeast instead of US05 because my LHBS was out of US05. Notingham REALLY flocculates strong. Based on the flavor of this beer, I might have to start using this yeast more. It does seem to attenuate more than I used to too.

04/26/2012 esheppy
Had my 2nd jalapeno tonight with supper. Yummy. Very carbonated. Lots of thick creamy long lasting head.

09/28/2012 esheppy
Still drinking these. They still taste fabulous.

Gringo Cervesa --- Batch 1

Style	Cream Ale	Batch Size	5.00 gal
Type	All Grain	Boil Size	6.84 gal
Mash Efficiency	70.00	Boil Time	90 minutes

Recipe Characteristics

Recipe Gravity

1.046 SG

Estimated FG

1.012 SG

Recipe Bitterness

21.7 IBU (Rager)

Alcohol by Volume

4.39 %

BU : GU

0.476

Recipe Color

5.5 SRM

Color

Measured OG:

1.046

Measured FG:

1.010

ADF:

78%

Measured ABV:

4.69%

Ingredients

Amount	Item	Type	% or IBU
7 lbs	Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM)	Grain	80.00 %
12.0 oz	Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM)	Grain	8.57 %
8.0 oz	Honey Malt (25.0 SRM)	Grain	5.71 %
4.0 oz	Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM)	Grain	2.86 %
0.50 oz	Centennial [10.00 %] (55 min)	Hops	21.7 IBU
6.00 items	Jalapeno Peppers (Secondary 3.0 days)	Misc
4.0 oz	Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM)	Sugar	2.86 %
1 Pkgs	SafeAle American Ale (Fermentis #US-05)	Yeast-Ale

Mash Profile

**BIAB, Light Body**
Step Time	Name	Description	Step Temp
75 min	Mash In	Add 23.80 qt of water at 163.6 F	158.0 F

Sparge with 2.16 gal of 168.0 F water.
Recipe Notes
NOTE: Using a BIAB method. Sparge step does not apply, but I don't know how to get Beer Smilth to leave that off.
Carb with 4.5oz sugar boiled for 5 minutes in 2 cups water.
Making a double batch (this time) and only adding Jalapenos to half. Full batch would have 12 peppers.

Brewing Record

Brew Date:	4/17/2011	Strike Temp:	160
Mash Temps:	160, 158, down to 156 at the very end
Pre-boil OG	1.039 (1.037)	Pre-boil Vol	(7 gal)
Actual Mash Efficiency	84.5%	Pitch Temp	65
Fermentation
Day 1: Active with good kraussen 66 / 68 , put in some ice for hour.
Day 2: More active. Up around 70
Day 3: Slowing down. Temps down around 66 again.

Brewing Notes: 04/17/2011 Brewing Day esheppy
Well, first BIAB went well. My mash efficiency seems to be on par with the mash tun. I decided to go with a higher mash temp so I increased my strike temp, but I went higher than I wanted. I'm sure it will turn out fine though. I diluted quite a bit at the end. My wort chiller only got me down to about 70, so I stored awhile in coolers to bring it down further. Not bad at all from my first BIAB.

04/18/2011
Active fermentation. Decent kraussen. Getting home from work, put the ice in coolers for awhile.

04/21/2011
Chopped up the 6 Jalapeños, and soaked them in vodka for awhile to sanitize. Put them in a couple of hops sacks and then threw them into Tuke.

04/23/2011 esheppy
Took a gravity reading from the Jalapeño beer and tasted the sample. Really nice pepper flavor and aroma coming through. A bit of heat, but not too much. I think I would be ok bottling this today, but I'll probably leave it in a couple days. Gravity at around 10 or 11, which puts the ABV at about 4.5%. Perfect.

04/25/2011
Tried another little sample. Seemed about the same pepper flavor. Might be a little more heat. Still good. Decided to take the peppers out.

04/30/2011 Bottled esheppy
Bottled up the non-pepper and then the pepper. Got 14 12oz bottles; 3 bombers and 2 liter bottles out of the non-pepper. Got 27 12 oz bottles of the Jalapeño. Really like the jalapeño flavor and aroma from the sample.

05/16/2011
Put a few of each in the fridge last night. Might try a couple while watching the Bulls on Wednesday night.

05/18/2011 esheppy
Had one of each. Very little aroma on the non-pepper beer, but pretty much what I expected for the flavor. Light and refreshing. Nice taste for a lawnmower beer. Think this is a great gateway beer.

05/18/2011 esheppy
The pepper aroma on the jalapeno beer is just awesome. The pepper flavor come through nicely too. There is some spicy heat, but pretty subtle. Love it. This is exactly what a jalapeno ale should taste like. delete

06/09/2011 esheppy
Had another wonderful jalapeno beer paired with taco salad. Really like the way the pepper compliments the light refreshing cerveza.Nice with the taco salad, too.

06/21/2011 esheppy
Found an unlabeled botlle in one of the carb coolers, and decided I better drink it. Foamed up quite a bit warm. Still the perfect pepper beer IMHO.

07/21/2011
My father-in-law really seems to like both these beers.

10/09/2011 esheppy
Still drinking. Still great.

03/08/2012 esheppy
Drinking the last of the non-jalapeno beer. I actually think it is pretty good still. There are 3 jalapeno beers left.

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