May’s formal meeting will be a road trip. Small Town Brewing in Wauconda has invited us for the night. There will be a tour of the facility, a talk about the use of botanical and no traditional ingredients and the usual BABBLING.
BABBLE brewers Jay Freise and Bill Westfall took 1st and 2nd place in the home brew competition. With 8 beers on tap, how can anyone lose? Next up is Long Grove Craft Beer fest April 28. Come see what we’re BABBLING about!
I will be bringing an IPA made with 10# of 2row. Since you warned us the yield was going to be low, I added 2# of 2 row. I usually add 3/4# of sugar to my IPAs to dry them out. I set beersmith to 65% efficiency. I was low about 1/2 a point on…
Kegged it on Sunday, so it is still carbonating. Color is a little more orange than the picture shows. Grain bill: 14.5# Duffin Station 2 row, 1# white wheat malt, 0.5# carapils, 1# six row, 0.5# C20, 0.5# flaked oats, 0.5# flaked wheat Yeast: Omega DIPA (Conan strain) from a starter Water adjustment: 15g of CaCL to 10…