Batch 18 - Casserole Beer

4/3/06
It was time to brew and I had quite a few hops sitting in my refrigerator, so I decided to use them. I bought some extract, boiled in my hops, added some yeast I had in the refrigerator, and called it a beer.

6 lb. pale extract
1 oz nugget hops, pellet, 12.1% AA, 60 min
1 oz Cascade hops, leaf, 6.7% AA, 5 min
1 oz mystery hops, leaf, 5 min (I'm guessing Fuggles, but it had no label)
Wyeast 3333 yeast - German wheat yeast

1.053 OG

Pitched at 68F (cold ground water this time of year)

4/4/06
I pitched last night at 9 pm. As of 6:30 am, still no bubbles. Temperature of wort is 61F. Later in the day I realized 3333 is a wheat yeast. Unless it starts bubbling by the time I come home from work I'll add some of my 1272 American Ale II yeast (I think that's what I have in the refrigerator). It works all the way down to 60F and will likely give better results with normal extract than the wheat yeast.

(later)
Still almost no bubbles. Turns out the only yeast I have is 3333. I left some warm up and added it, in case there was something wrong with my other yeast.

4/6/06
Still few bubbles, and I'm getting worried. The wort temperature is down to 59, so perhaps even though this fermentation is going to be slow maybe that's too cold for bacteria as well. Wish my beer luck.

4/9/06
Bubbles started up late in the day on the 6th. It's been bubbling fairly fast since then - about a bubble every 2 seconds. It will be a long fermentation, but hopefully it will still be a good fermentation.

A while later...
This beer was not good. That is, it was far too bitter for my taste.