#51: Two Dogs Mexican Brown (take 2)

Back to my AG confort zone...

I did the Yazoo Dos Perros recipe a while back... It tasted all right, but it was my first AG and I had some temp control issues.

This time I had better control of the temps, but I had to figure out a good way to do 5 gallons on the stovetop (since I still haven't gotten the turkey fryer and bigger pot as I intended when I bought this grain). Thus, I split the recipe between my bigger pot and my water cooler for the mash (staggering the times so that I wouldn't have them finish at the same time), and continued to run them parallel in my big and small brew pots the rest of the way out. Worked pretty well, but I don't think I'll run a 5 gallon AG again until I upgrade my equipment.

Regardless of process challenges, I hit my OG perfectly. RDWHAHB...


Here's take #2:

Two Dogs - All Grain - 5 gallon

Type: All Grain
Date: 6/12/2011
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 6.00 gal
Boil Time: 60 min


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 58.99 %
2.25 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 33.17 %
0.33 lb Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM) Grain 4.82 %
0.20 lb Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 3.02 %
0.85 oz Pearle [5.40 %] (60 min) Hops 18.6 IBU
0.40 oz Saaz [4.90 %] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
S-04 yeast


Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.037 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.037 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.52 %
Bitterness: 20.1 IBU
Calories: 162 cal/pint
Est Color: 13.0 SRM

#40: Two Dogs Mexican Brown

I learned a lot from this, an early AG attempt based on Yazoo Dos Perros.  My temps got way out of whack, so I missed the FG pretty significantly.  Pretty tasty, but a very, very low gravity beer.  Live and learn...

Two Dogs Mexican Brown

American Brown Ale

Type: All Grain	Date: 2/6/2011
Batch Size: 2.40 gal	Brewer: Swenocha
Boil Size: 3.30 gal	Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min	Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU 2.00 lb Malteurop 2-Row (2.0 SRM) Grain 61.35 % 1.00 lb Bonlander (10.0 SRM) Grain 30.67 % 0.16 lb Corn, Flaked (1.3 SRM) Grain 4.91 % 0.10 lb Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 3.07 % 0.32 oz Pearle [7.70 %] (60 min) Hops 21.8 IBU 0.16 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (5 min) Hops 1.1 IBU 1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.037 SG	Measured Original Gravity: 1.037 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG	Measured Final Gravity: 1.018 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.52 %	Actual Alcohol by Vol: 2.47 %
Bitterness: 23.0 IBU	Calories: 167 cal/pint
Est Color: 12.9 SRM