BrightSpotBrewing
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I've always brewed 6 gallon batches, but have the capacity to brew larger batches. Since both of my kegs are going to be empty at the same time in about 2 weeks (party coming up), and I wasn't feeling up for another double brew day, I designed a Northern German Altbier that also loosely fit parameters for a Brown Ale... though this brown ale will have a large proportion of German Pils malt . While I intended on doing a 12 gallon batch, my 60 qt boil kettle looked pretty full with about 13 gal, and about 2 gal boiled off- I ended up with about 10.5 gallons, which was great! Once the boil was over and the wort chilled, I split split the batch into 2 fermenters- for the Altbier I used WLP029 (German Ale/Kolsch), while I pitched WLP007 (Dry English) into what I'm calling the Brown Ale. The only other difference is I will be dry hopping the Brown Ale with 1 oz of Northern Brewer once fermentation is complete. I'm excited to see what differences emerge.
Has anyone done anything like this- brewing 2 different batches of beer from the same boil? Anyone do it often?
I'll let you know how things look as these 2 beers develop!
Cheers!
Has anyone done anything like this- brewing 2 different batches of beer from the same boil? Anyone do it often?
I'll let you know how things look as these 2 beers develop!
Cheers!