Brewery Update: Ingredients Ordered for Initial Test Batches

After a few days of trying to figure out which ingredients to go with, selecting from a daunting
+200 different grains and +300 different hops, settled on a bit of range, to give plenty of options for tweaks. The beers targeted included a blonde ale, pale ale, strong ale, IPA, wheat, and a dry stout, saving the lagers for spring when more fermenters are running. The ingredients include:

• 11 types of grain: Including for pale malts, a pilsen, wheat, chocolate, black, as well as flaked barley and wheat. While some beers may use only one type of grain, most are a combination of 3-4 types. The grains are shipped whole, we'll be doing the milling before each batch.
• 7 types of hops: For these you need to specify both the year (2010 through 2016) and form (pellets or leaf). The hops selected include Galena, Cascade, East Kent Golden, Citra, Nugget, Centennial, and Magnum. Most were ordered in pellet form, the Citra in leaf. From this we get a range from the more bitter types to what are termed the aroma hops, used at the end of a batch. 
• 5 types of yeast: Including a yeast nutrient, all from the company Fermentis, a temporary solution until we can develop our own strains, the yeast nutrient being for the strong ale.
• 12 types of spices and other items: Including gypsum, irish moss (seaweed), star anise, chamomile and more.

It's a start and will give us lots of options for tweaks. The initial test batches will be ~10-15 gallons (1 keg), enough to run through the brew tanks but not too much as we're limited on fermenters, will be using the smaller 5 gallon solutions such as used with a homebrew.

Tonight at the pub is Happy Hour from 4-6pm (2-1's), and Vinyl night, where we have a vinyl record player available. Our selection is currently a bit limited so if you happen to have any, feel free to bring one in, we'll give it a spin, and your first one's on the house.