{"id":12,"date":"2010-09-21T01:08:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T01:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=12"},"modified":"2010-09-21T01:08:07","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T01:08:07","slug":"skipped-work-today-to-brew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"Skipped work today to brew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Took a day off of work to brew a Pumpkin Ale for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>First I got a couple of pie pumpkins to put in the mash. Cooked them Sunday to get them ready for mashing today.<\/p>\n<p>Then I mashed to malted barley and prepared pumpkins to make wort.<\/p>\n<p>When the conversion as complete I sparged to collect the sweet liquid that will become beer.<\/p>\n<p>Boiled the wort with hops and spices then cooled and added to a fermentor.<\/p>\n<p>Added the yeast and in a couple of weeks we should have Pumpkin Ale.<\/p>\n<p>I did taste the gravity sample and it has a nice taste.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=21'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Fermentor1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is where the yeast turns the hopped wort into beer.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=27'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Pumpkins1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-27\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-27'>\n\t\t\t\tLocally grown pumkins. Kruger Farms\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=28'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Mashing11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28'>\n\t\t\t\tThe malted barely is busy making starch in to sugar.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=29'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/DoughIn11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-29\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-29'>\n\t\t\t\tAdded the cruched grain and pumpkin to warm water 154 degrees.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=30'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ConverstionDone11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-30\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-30'>\n\t\t\t\tThe maricle is done. Yucky starch converted to sweet sugar.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=31'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/PumkinSpice11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-31\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-31'>\n\t\t\t\tThe spices needed to make Pumpkin Ale\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=32'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/BoilingWort11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-32\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-32'>\n\t\t\t\tInfusing the wort with hops and spices.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?attachment_id=33'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Hops11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-33\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-33'>\n\t\t\t\tHops is what makes beer bitter and beer. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Looking forward to Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>I also love making beer.\u00a0 It is a very wonderful to change malted barley into very good beer.<\/p>\n<p>Next batch will be Oatmeal Stout.\u00a0 Need to do something heart healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Took a day off of work to brew a Pumpkin Ale for Thanksgiving. First I got a couple of pie pumpkins to put in the mash. Cooked them Sunday to get them ready for mashing today. Then I mashed to malted barley and prepared pumpkins to make wort. When the conversion as complete I sparged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[17,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}