So Deadpool Stout came out sucking pretty bad. It’s muddled, it’s astringent and it’s a little offensive.(sort of like Deadpool I guess) So serving it for Zapp’s has been deemed a bad idea. I’m going to age it a couple of months and see if it straightens out to drinkable. But I still have to go to Zapp’s in two weeks and have been craving an Amber. So I’m brewing a version of Jamil’s amber.

Brew day 3/22/2016
Brew day went extremely well. 30 minute mashing, 30 minute boil and this new Hydra chiller from JaDeD brewing took 10 gallons down to pitching temperature in 15 minutes which is excellent given the relatively warm ground water here. Completely blew away what I thought was sold as a 10 gallon chiller I purchased for $100 a couple of years ago. It’s certainly work the money.

From start to closing the garage doors took me 3 hours which is a new record for me. Pitched the yeast right then and there and had a healthy fermentation going this morning when I peeked in the chamber. Original gravity was high at 1.070. I did a last minute change in additions changing the 1 ounce additions for finishing hops to .75 ounce to avoid over-hopping. This beer will be extremely tasty.

Update 4/23/2016
A good beer no doubt but not something I’ve been able to drink a bunch of. If I brew another amber it’ll be less caramel.