1519 Barker Exportbier (Batch 361)

If you've been following my Great Cycle Challenge, you know that I've been pushing pretty hard to log miles this month.

I've already done my 2nd Century of the Challenge, and as I type this I've logged over 500 miles on my bikes.

Sunday, I decided to take a bit of a break, and brew some beer.

I'm still taking a bit of a break from my Roll-a-Style list, and I thought I'd brew another lager.

You may remember that last September I brewed 1519 Barker Exportbier (Batch 361), which was a tribute to my college days.

There were enough issues with the first batch that I knew I'd like to brew it again.

This seemed like a good time to get the 2nd batch done.

1519 Barker Exportbier

Before I brewed, I had to keg Johnny McClure Rainier Lager, which was in the fermenter that I prefer to use for lagers.

I was actually not up real early, mostly because that 109 mile day of riding really tired me out.

So, I got Johnny McClure kegged and the mash for 1519 Barker Exportbier going right before leaving for church.

When I got back, I did a bit of a sparge and drained the wort.

Then I started heating up the wort to boiling.

Interestingly, my pre-boil gravity and volume was higher than expected. I diluted a bit to get it back into the planned range.

The boil went well. However, I messed up by adding the Tettnang hops before the Magnum.

This beer isn't real hop-forward, so I don't think it will matter too much, but it will be slightly different than last time.

Oh well. I'm sure it will turn out fine.

Note to self ... remember to set the recipe back to the hops in the right time periods.

I got the wort chilled into the low 50's and then racked right onto the yeast cake of Johnny McClure.

I had the beer in the basement with the chilling system going by around 12:30.

Then, I got a short bike ride done.

The bubbling started by the time I went to bed.

Fermentation has been going strong and is now really just sitting around waiting for me to keg.

Stay tuned on this blog, and you'll probably find out what I think of the beer.

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