The keg of the Two Hearted Ale clone was getting very low, so we brewed another batch. We upped the hopping from last time, which was the lowest it had been, and to my mind wasn’t bitter enough. All Centennial hops, every 15 minutes from 60 minutes to steeping. It was almost 90 degrees, so there were concerns about the chill, but the ground water wasn’t bad, so we could maintain low 70’s while running off the wort at full speed. No problems, and we got another clear sparge, for the third time in a row, so maybe the method of adding a little sparge water to the mash before beginning the recirculation is helpful.

The pale mild from two weeks ago was racked to a firkin, gravities both around 1.012. Alcohol content will be around 3.5 percent, so that should be nice for the hot weather. We also kegged up the second half of the Boathouse IPA, dry hopping it with lots of Chinook and Galena. Then at the end of the day the Two Hearted ale keg ran dry, so we brewed it again just in time.