Blonde Ale O2 test

I'm going to make a small batch of extract beer to test the ester production of beer at various O2 rates. I got some malt extract, some German hops, and some WLP001. I'm in the kitchen now trying to boil it up. I'll check the gravity and log it here but the important thing will be home much O2 I add just before the pitch. I've got to think of a good way to introduce the yeast in but other than that this should be an easy brew day.

Ultra light malt extract - about 2 lbs.
Hallertau Mittelfruh - 1/2 oz.
WLP001 - April 20, 2015, Lot 1011789
Crystal Gyser water - 2 gallons

OG was 1.048. I had a boil over when I went to get the door for the dogs. That sucked. But other than that all went well. I shook one for 20 secs. I O2 one for 20 secs. I O2 one for 60secs. That last one was labeled 90 secs. I tried to re-label it but the pen was done. The boys are all here so fun is being had.

Scottish 80 Wins Honarable Mention

The most recent Scottish 80 didn't seem that good to me. Ellie thought it was great so I figured that I would show her. I entered into the Slurp and Burp beer competition in Portland just to get judges feedback. I bottled up three bottles. One of them was meant for me to drink with the scorer sheets since they usually want two bottles but in this case they wanted three so I sent them all. One of them was a really shitty pour from the keg too.

I was hanging with Ellie in Palm Spring when I checked the results and saw that I got an Honarable Mention. I take that to mean that my beer scored well but not well enough to get a medal. My overall score was 41.5 and I was judged by two judges. Pretty cool! I guess Mrs. Avery does know something after all. The boys are on their way over drink some of it. Which is good. Cause that beer is shit. I still don't like it.

If I can figure out how to embed the PDF results sheet I'll do that below:

Split Batch with Jacob initial results

Jacob kegged his beer a week ago and it has been on the fridge since. I kegged mine a few days ago. Mine seemed a little more estery but not much. He said his fermented a little cold. I think the keg shook up on the way over to me since there was a ton of yeast in the beer. I've noticed that as the beer brightens up the esters really come out. Mine was certainly brighter than his and if the temp cannot account for the difference in ester perhaps the yeast would. Also, he felt that the week in the keg helped ease up on the esters. He said it smelled like apple juice when we went to keg it which is exactly what it usually smells like. All in all I predict in a few weeks they will both taste the same and they will both be equally estery.