Monthly Archives: November 2007

86. American IPA

6kg Pale malt
450g CaraHell
340g Munich II
110g Crystal 60L

Mash for 60 min @ 65°C
3ml lactic acid in mash, pH 5,38
6ml in sparge

Boil for 60 min.
29g Horizon 12,2% alpha for 60 min.
20g Challanger 7,5% alpha for 60 min.
20g Centennial 11,0% alpha for 10 min.
28g Simcoe 12,2% alpha for 5 min.
28g Amarillo for 9 min.

WLP001 California Ale yeast
OG: 14,8 brix (1.060)
FG: 7,0 brix (1.008)
21L
ABV: 6,8%
73,8 IBU

Racked at December 2
Bottled at December 16 with 130g dextrose

Thank you Airbus

It’s the details that matter. Yesterday, while flying with NWA from Amsterdam to Memphis, I found out that they changed the airphones plug in the new Airbus A330. No longer the funky two pin plug, but a normal 3,5mm jack plug. Of course, this is probably cheaper as it’s off-the-shelf, but this also means that you can now use your own headphones. So I could enjoy the movies with my nice $99 in-ear earplugs which also shut out all other noise. Thank you very much, Airbus! A fine minor detail that made those 9 hours much more comfortable.

85. American Brown Ale

4kg Pale malt
270g Crystal 40L
150g Chocolate malt
100g Crystal 60L
50g Light Chocolate malt

Mash for 60 min @ 67°C going up to 69°C
3ml lactic acid in mash, pH 5,5
6ml lactic acid in sparge

Boil for 60 min.
18g Horizon 12,2% alpha for 60 min.
30g Amarillo 9,4% alpha for 45 min.
30g Amarillo for 0 min.

WLP001 California Ale yeast
OG: 10,9 brix (1.044)
FG: 5,5 brix (1.008)
24L
ABV: 4,7%
32,3 IBU

Bottle with 127g dextrose at December 16

New ports committer: Henrik Brix Andersen

At last, I couldn’t ignore reality anymore and could not protect Henrik against being punished for his ever lasting mails with patches. He was therefore punished with a FreeBSD ports commit bit and I myself will be his mentor. Wish him luck!