[Liquidpoets] New Belgium / Liquid Poets Sour Barrel Project 2014 call for participants

[Taylor Caron]

I try to be very sparing on rice hulls in general, but I'm going to use a
pound, for the record. That's a lot of wheat. (Who's idea was this,
anyway?!)
Word of warning, the mill doesn't love that hard-ass wheat. Feel free to
ask for help at H&B when it comes to milling it.

Also, be aware that Ted's recipe there looks like 70% efficiency with zero
loss, so if you truly get 70% brewery efficiency you'll want to bump up
your grain bill to match the batch size needed to walk in with 5 gallons.

Just spoke with him, and as Herman was buying the inaugural batch we
discussed the need or lack of need for a particular hop and it was agreed
that 12-15 IBU's of any hop you might already have in the 4-8% AA range
would work just fine. (This year's Hallertau is closer to 4, btw.)
Herman is using Willamette if you want to follow suit.

[Ted, correct any of that I'm getting wrong.]


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Ted Manahan <ted_manahan at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We were over-subscribed for the 2014 NBB / Liquid Poets sour beer. A
> lottery was held, and the winners are:
>
> Ted Manahan
> Greg Ebhers
> Taylor Caron
> Shaun Pettine / Allie Storey
> Todd Weaver
> Cy Bevenger
> Chris Osborn
> Steve Koenig
> Hermen Diaz
> Jeffrey Callaway
> Matthew Michels
> Jesse McConnell
>
> If any of the above-named brewers is no longer willing or able to brew,
> please speak up as soon as possible. One of the others who expressed
> interest can be considered an "alternate" and the more time we have to
> react the better.
>
> I would have preferred the basic light wheat, but the overwhelming vote
> was for the dark wheat recipe. So be it - here is a recipe I suggest.
>
> 2014 NBB / Liquid Poets Sour Dark Wheat
> Target 1.055 O.G. and 15 IBU
>
> 7 lbs Weyermann Dark wheat malt (7°L)
> 2.5 lbs ale malt
> 1 lb rice hulls
> 0.5 oz Hallertau Tradition (6.9% AA) for 60 minutes
> Safale US-05 or any other fairly neutral yeast.
>
>
> Because of the high percentage of wheat, rice hulls will aid with
> lautering. I think one pound is appropriate but let me know if more or less
> should be used. I do not have much experience with a high percentage of
> wheat in a malt bill!
>
> We should plan to have our beer fermented and racked to secondary by early
> September, so please brew in mid-August. Let me know when you have brewed
> your share and I will check you off the list.
>
> Questions and comments are welcome! Send them to me and I will respond to
> you or to the list if the question is of general interest.
>
> Ted Manahan
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: ted_manahan at hotmail.com
> To: liquidpoets at lists.robsims.com
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:31:00 -0600
> Subject: [Liquidpoets] New Belgium / Liquid Poets Sour Barrel Project 2014
> call for participants
>
>
> Hi Liquid Poets,
>
> It is time to start planning for a replacement beer to fill the sour
> barrel that New Belgium is letting us use. This project requires 12 brewers
> / brewsters to brew the same recipe. We then fill the 55 gallon barrel,
> wait a year, and claim our delicious sour beer! We should plan to have our
> beer fermented and racked to secondary early to mid September.
>
> There are two recipes under consideration:
> 1) American Wheat: 50% wheat malt 50% ale malt, 1.055 OG 15 IBU
> 2) Dark Wheat: 75% Weyermann Dark wheat malt (7°L), 25% ale malt, 1.055 OG
> 15 IBU
>
> Option 1 would provide a neutral base to showcase the barrel character and
> highlight any fruit additions you add.
> Option 2 would add the dark wheat character and color.
>
> If you are interested in this project send me an email with your name,
> email address, and a vote for one of the recipes. A couple brewers signed
> up at the last meeting, but there are many spots open. Participants will be
> chosen by lottery if we are over-subscribed.
>
> Ted
> 970-692-3497
> ted_manahan at hotmail.com
>
> P.S. If you are a participant in the 2013 Flanders Red project, it tastes
> great! I will let you know the date when we do the transfer so you can
> claim your share. If you have one of the "control" batches (unsoured,
> Wyeast Roeselare, or White Labs Lambic) please bottle your share in the
> next couple months. I suggest adding 1/4 package rehydrated Safale US-05
> along with a standard amount of priming sugar to ensure viable yeast for
> carbonation.
>
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