Beer

Based on the remarkable true story, "Proletariat" chronicles the spectacular journey of the 2020 Labor Day weekend.

Homeboy and master brewer Julian (Jooolian) agrees to take over his ale'ing buddy's Arkansas-based Brew Commission, despite his lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, 6 cards of little value alone - with the help of hops Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic - unite to form a bomb capable of destroying the strongest 2, ultimately fostering what may be the greatest beer of all time.

Coming Roctober 17, 2020 🍻

It was authoritatively decreed at 2020-08-29T05:57:00-05:00 that 1.5 pounds of hops shall burst from 10 gallons. Immediately, forces of good were dispatched to convene ingredients for a work of love converging on Saturday, Septembeer 5^th which will henceforth always be remembeered as Labor Day.

Behold the Knowledge

What follows is a glimpse into the past and visions of a possible future:

Recipe: Tien Len AG
Style: American IPA
TYPE: Mostly Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 12.02 gal
Post Boil Volume: 11.23 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 10.51 gal   
Bottling Volume: 10.04 gal
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 14.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 96.6 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 71.8 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
21.30 g               Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent   1        -             
12.00 g               Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins)      Water Agent   2        -             
8.79 g                Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins)        Water Agent   3        -             
5.86 g                Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 mins)             Water Agent   4        -             
20 lbs                Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM)         Grain         5        80.0 %        
1 lbs                 Caraamber (30.0 SRM)                     Grain         6        4.0 %         
1 lbs                 Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)    Grain         7        4.0 %         
1 lbs                 Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)   Grain         8        4.0 %         
2 lbs                 Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM)              Dry Extract   9        8.0 %         
2.00 oz               Columbus/Tomahawk/Zeus (CTZ) [17.30 %] - Hop           10       56.1 IBUs     
1.00 oz               Mosaic Cryo [20.70 %] - Boil 15.0 min    Hop           11       16.7 IBUs     
1.00 oz               Simcoe Cryo [26.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min    Hop           12       15.6 IBUs     
1.00 oz               Citra Cryo [25.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min      Hop           13       8.2 IBUs      
1.33 oz               Citra Cryo [25.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool   Hop           14       0.0 IBUs      
1.33 oz               Mosaic Cryo [20.70 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  Hop           15       0.0 IBUs      
1.33 oz               Simcoe Cryo [26.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  Hop           16       0.0 IBUs      
2.0 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         17       -             
1.67 oz               Citra Cryo [25.20 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days  Hop           18       0.0 IBUs      
1.67 oz               Mosaic Cryo [20.70 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop           19       0.0 IBUs      
1.67 oz               Simcoe Cryo [26.50 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop           20       0.0 IBUs      
Mash Schedule: BREWHA BIAC, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 25 lbs
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Saccharification  Add 58.60 qt of water at 163.6 F        150.8 F       70 min        
Mash Out          Add 0.00 qt of water and heat to 168.0  168.0 F       1 min
OG: 1.058
10 gallons wort collected
Pitched direct 2 packets US-05 @ 1543 local time

Cryo Hops

The purest sweet resiny sensational goodness... 🤤

Wanna Cook?

you're god damn right

Warning

Do not exceed, restrict, and/or run with expectations that this beer contains trace amounts of/and/or causes the following side effects:

awesomeness
ancient Eureka Shpongle spores
Khruangbin

Pitch Dat Yeast

Happy Yeast

On or around 12:00 Z, Septembeer 6th, great gaseous clouds were noted issuing forth from the fermenter blowoff tube, placing the upper bound on fermentation lag time at 15 hours. As of this writing (T+45 hours since pitch) the summated yeast belches are a near constant rolling gurgle. To step inside the brew shed is to dive into a miasmal space of caramel vapor and hop gas.

Bitter Sweet Wort

A richly tantalizing and ominous preview of two glorious flavor profile echelons. sip with caution

We Bought the Ticket, Now Finish the Ride

The prototype reflectix wrap is helping the cold water loop keep all passengers at a comfortable 68.0F, approximately 13 degrees below ambient, and dead-on the temp setpoint

Temps are nice and stable. The blue line shows when the cold water pump was running. It turned off about 45 minutes before this screenshot:

ABV should fall in the 6.0-6.5% range.

TBD:

Check SG daily when airlock activity slows, probably starting on 9/10 or 9/11
After 2 identical SG readings dump yeast cake
Dry hop with the sweet resin cryo pellets

Brace Yourself

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