Alt Bier and Kolsch updates

The Kolsch and the Alt Bier started out pretty estery but as the days have gone on have cleaned up a bit. They both taste better. I understand the these German ales should be lagered anyway. Stay tuned. I'll give more feedback as they age.

21st Amendment's Bitter American

I forgot some stuff so I ordered them up from MoreBeer. While I was at it I ordered up 21st Amendment's Bitter American. I had it when I was in San Fransisco over the holidays. Here's the ingredients:

7lbs British
1 lb Munich
0.8oz Crystal 15
0.8oz Crystal 40

1oz Cascade - 90min
1oz Liberty - 15min
1oz Cascade - 1min
1oz Cascade - Dry hop
1oz Willamette - Dry hop 

WLP060 x2 - Apr-10-14 - Lot # 1004115 - 2 liter starter

10 gallons distilled with salts below:

Whirlfloc
Servomyces

Ok. We had a tragedy. The stir plate overflowed in the night. The yeast clogged up the fan as well. It was a mess. Here's some pics of the disaster.

It's really not so bad since I was planning to upgrade it anyway. This just gives me an excuse to do just that.

Vic came over for the first time. He seems to be getting into the hobby and wanted to see how I do things. Once he got here everything went really smooth. Nothing bad comes to mind. For this brew I plan to make the cut off temp a lot lower. My hope is that this won't upset the yeast so bad and make all those yucky esters.

So I guess that's it. A short post. See ya soon!