bender - 1.018
orange - 1.013

brewed up 20 gallons this afternoon. 10 gallons of the orange pale, clocked in at 15 brix, and 10 gal of surly bender at 13 brix. we finally got to use the pump and learned a good amount about priming and gravity. on our first attempt we ended up with a massive amount of hop sludge all over the floor. the pale orange ended up a little short, around 1 1/2 gallons short. no idea where that went unless we somehow lost it in the lines during chilling. on the bender we had a good amount of sparge water and didn't want to end up with less than 10 gallons. we were reading 15 brix about mid boil so we let a little more run-off into the kettle and ended at 13 brix, way below our expected og. with the amount of hops that went in at the last minute (5oz willamette whole) and the low og, hopefully this turns into a tasty session beer.

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made a starter of wyeast 1335 for the weekends big brew session. here is a pic after a nice little swirl.

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received a call from my mom last night, she is wanted kris and myself to brew up a special beer for emalee's graduation party, of coarse were in. decided on an orange pale ale recipe i found over on the homebrewtalk forums. recipe is pretty much like broadzilla but with 4oz of sweet orange peel and 2oz of coriander. i just finished placing the order with brewmasters, hopefully it will arrive soon so we can get to brewing. it needs to be ready by early june. i also decided to order some bulk cascade, willamette, and columbus hops along with our next planned brew, surly bender. recipe courtesy of northern brewer.



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bottled off the rest of java maker and sid vicious. finally put princess cupcakes oatmeal stout on the gas. we racked the hefe to kegs and bottled off the cherry stout.

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