Brewie B+ Blind Pig IPA

I have 5 beers on tap that I am proud to serve, so it is time to start a decent pipeline.  I figure the Blind Pig will replace Pliny or my NEIPA, whichever goes first.  Brewie performed perfectly.  70% efficiency on this one.  When this machine works as it is intended, it is really magical.  What wasn't magical was the fact that I forgot to connect the chill dump hose and ended up with several gallons of water all over my basement floor.  I hard plumbed a line so that won't happen again.

Here is the recipe:

Grains                         Additions                                            Results
10.5# 2-row                1 oz Chinook at 60 mins                    1053 post sparge
.5# C-40                     .5 oz Cascade at 30 mins                  1056 60 min boil
.5# wheat                   1 oz Cascade at 15 mins                   1060 post boil
.5# carapils                .5 oz each Apollo/Amarillo at 5 mins                                                      
  
mash at 150 for 75 mins (6.9g total water volume split 4.3g mash and 2.8g sparge)

sparge at 168 for 40 mins

US-05 at 72, lower to 68, 10 psi ferment
OG 1060 (1.058 target)
5.2 mash lock

1.5 tsp gypsum

Dry hops:
Primary: 1 oz French oak chip, 1 oz Centennial, .5 oz each Apollo/Amarillo
Secondary: 1 oz Centennial, 1/2 oz Cascade, 1 oz French oak chips

Brewie B+ Young's Double Chocolate Stout

Fall is here, so it's time for a stout.  I decided to let Brewie have this one and see if I could program my first recipe into the machine and still manage to add the adjuncts at the right time.  For the most part, I had the timing down based on knowledge gained from my previous brewing systems.  It would be nice if you could program a few alerts into Brewie so that your iphone would buzz at certain points during the brew.  I am beta testing the Brewie app and will have to suggest that.  I was too conservative with my water and efficiency calculations based on prior brews so I ended up with a really strong wort at the end (6.1g total water volume split 4.3g mash and 1.8g sparge).  I adjusted with .8 g of water (6 Dasani bottles) to bring the OG down to the target gravity.  I achieved 75% efficiency, which is an all time high for me with Brewie.  I had really fresh grain, a great crush, and used 5.2 mash lock.  I think these things really helped.  Overall, a great brew day for Brewie!

Here is the recipe:

Grains                         Additions                                       Results
9# Marris Otter           1 oz Warrior at 60 mins                 1059 pre boil
12 oz choc malt          8 oz maltodextrin at 60 mins         1063 pre boil with dex
4 oz C-40                   1 oz cocoa powder at 5 mins         1073 post boil
2 oz roasted barley                                                           1058 with .8 gallon adjustment
2 oz black patent
  
mash at 150 for 75 mins

sparge at 170 for 45 mins

wyeast 1098-British Ale at 66 raised to 68
OG 1058
5.2 mash lock
No water adjustments