Porter

This porter is a slight variation of one of my favorite porters, brewed on 5/10/2014.  It is ten gallons, half for Mark, who is temporarily out of brewing commission.  I didn't have enough chocolate but increased the brown, biscuit and German Munich.

Grains:
     Pale malt                      20
     Special B                       2
     Briess Carabrown          1
     Belgian Munich Malt    1
     Belgian Biscuit malt      1
     Chocolate malt                 6 oz

Hops:
     Cascade (6.5%)     4 oz       60 min
     Cascade                 2 oz        15 min

Yeast:
     Safale         us-05

Brewed 12/27/2014  OG   1052
Secondary  1/7/2014         1016

St Paul Porter

5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)

0.5 lbs English Chocolate Malt

0.5 lbs English Dark Crystal

6 lbs Dark LME
1 lb Dark DME

2 oz Cluster (AA 7.2%) (60 min.)
1 oz Cascade (AA 6.5%) (1 min.)

WLP005 British Ale

Pitched: 11/9/14 SG 1.052
Kegged: 11/27/14 SG 1.018

Notes: A slow starter, this one... Wort was black as night, looked delicious!

Lager

Grain:
     Pilsner Malt                  10
     Crystal, light (10)           1
     German Munich Malt     0.5

Hops:
     Summit  14.2%               1 60 min
     Sunnycroft                      1   5 min
     Saaz 6.4%                       1   5 min

Yeast:
     Saflager  s-23

Brewed 10/29/2014      1048
Transfered 11/3/2014   1004
Kegged 11/20/2014      1008

Cider 2014

October 4  16 gallons - MacIntosh/Yellow Delicious/Gass Trees
     5 gallons cider with 4 lbs dextrose, wine yeast (Russ)
          secondary 2 quarts bottled  1014
     5 gallons cider with 1 lb table sugar, safale S-05 (Mark)


          OG  1050 (before sugar)
               estimated alcohol with final gravity at 1.000        6%
                                            with 1 pound sugar per gallon  7%


October 21  5 gallons from Gass Trees and left overs

Russ  bottled 2/25/2015       1000
Mark's kegged 9/20/2015     0998

Fresh Hop Ale (Sunnycroft Clone)

Fresh Hop Ale
(5 gallons)
9/19/2014

10.0 lbs chateau pale ale
0.5 lbs brown malt
1.0 lbs crystal 10
0.5 lbs carapils

fresh hops

yeast:
S-05

1.050 OG on 9/19
1.012 secondary on 9/25
1.012 keg on 10/2

Hop Harvest 2014

Harvested on 9/18/2014.

1 lb 11 oz in total

Mostly Fuggles.  Harvested a week or two later than I should have, 25% of the cones were gone by.  Deer damage this year to a number of the varieties.

Black Magic Dark Mild

5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)

1 lb English Cara
0.5 lbs Pale Chocolate

3.5 lbs Maris Otter LME
2 lbs Muntons Light DME

1 oz UK First Gold (AA 6.4%) (60 min.)
0.5 oz Kent Goldings (AA 6.47%) (5 min.)
05. oz Kent Goldings (AA 6.47%) Dry hopped in secondary

WLP002 Englis Ale

Pitched: 9/16/14 SG 1.040
Secondary: 9/27/14 SG 1.013
Kegged: 10/8/14 SG 1.013

Notes: I'm really not all that sure about the significance of the style description -- mild, certainly, and thus a perfect on-tap-at-home brew, but the colour is not notably dark compared to, say, a porter.

Fresh Hop Ale

Sunnycroft 2014 hop harvest weighed about 8 oz when mostly. Picked on 9/2/2014, but
probably should have picked a week earlier.
Dried in barn for 2 days before weighing and brewing.

Grain:
     Rahr Premium Pilsner     10
     Brown malt                     1/2
     Briess Caramel 10L           1
     Briess Carapils                1/2

Hops Sunnycroft:
     4 oz 60 min
     1 oz 30 min
     1 oz 15 min
     1 oz   1 min

Safale S05
 
Brewed 9/4/2014     OG 1064
Secondary 9/13/2014      1014
Primed with 3.5 oz sugar in 2 cups water, kegged 9/25/2014   1008

Pale Ale

Pale Ale
(10 gallons)
8/15/2014

18.0 lbs chateau pale ale
1.5 lbs crystal 40
0.5 lbs biscuit

3.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Mount Hood (30 min)
2.0 oz Mount Hood (15 min)

yeast:
S-04

1.048 OG on 8/15

1.020 keg on 9/25

Rye IPA

variation of original recipe from MAF 9/17/09

Grain:
     Rahr 2 row               12
     Weyerman Rye          1
     Rahr White Wheat     1
     Briess Caramel 60L   1
     Briess Carapils           0.5

Hops:
     Saaz     6.4              1     preboil
     Columbus   15.2     1     60 min
     Saaz                        1     30
     Saaz                        1     1
     Columbus               1     secondary

Yeast:
     Safale 05

Brewed 8/6/2014  OG 1074
Transfered to secondary 8/13/2014  columbus added   SG 1010

Porter

Porter
(10 gallons)
7/29/2014

18.0 lbs chateau pale ale
1.5 lbs chocolate
1.5 lbs black
1.0 lbs crystal 40

3.0 oz Chinook (60 min)
1.0 oz Chinook (15 min)
1.0 oz Chinook (5 min)

yeast:
S-05

1.056 OG on 7/29
1.020 secondary on 8/5
1.020 keg on 8/5

Petite Saison d'Été

5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)

0.5 lbs Belgian Cara 20

3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
1 lb Pilsen DME
1 lb Wheat DME

1 oz UK Kent Goldings (60 min.)
0.25 oz Styrian Goldings (Celeia) (10 min.)
0.25 oz. Saaz (10 min.)
0.75 oz Styrian Goldings (Celeia) (2 min.)
0.75 oz. Saaz (2 min.)

Wyeast 3711 French Saison

Pitched: 7/4/14 SG 1.040
Secondary: 7/19/14 SG 1.005
Kegged: 8/11/14 SG 1.005

Notes: I was up at dawn on July 4th to get this one going, with the aim of ensuring that we could actually drink some of it during the eponymous season. By 10:30 a.m. the yeast was pitched, and bubbled very nicely for a full week before starting to taper off.

McLaughlin Ale

I discovered the demands of being an award winning brewer when asked to contract brew for McLaughlin Garden and Homesteads' two most prestigious events, Garden Illuminated and The Auction.  The mission was to brew something that everyone would like and that would also make them feel generous.  I had ingredients for brewing a Czech Pilsner and a Black IPA so with some minor adjustments I came up with the following brews:

Lager

Grains:
     Pilsner Malt       10
     Biscuit                   4 oz
     Munich                  8 oz
     Carapils                 8 oz

Hops:  (all 1 oz)
     Columbus      60 min     15.2%
     Cascade         60 min     7.1%
     Cascade         30 min
     Cascade            1 min
     Saaz            secondary    3.2%

Yeast  Saflager s23 (dry lager)

Brewed 6/4/2014    OG 1042
Secondary with Saaz  6/13/2014   1010
Kegged and primed with 3.5 oz sugar in 2 c water  7/4/2014


Ale

Grains:
     Rahr 2 row         12
     Crystal 60             1
     Wheat                   1

Hops:  (all 1 oz)
     Columbus         60 min    15.2%
     Cascade            60 min     7.1%
     Cascade            30 min  
     Cascade              1 min
     Saaz       secondary           3.2%

Yeast  Safale us 05

Brewed 6/4/2014     OG  1070
Secondary with Saaz  6/13/2014   1010
Kegged and primed 7/4/2014

Pale Ale

Pale Ale
(10 gallons)
5/28/2014

19.0 lbs rahr 2-row
0.5 lbs crystal 60
0.5 lbs biscuit

4.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (30 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (5 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (dry)

yeast:
S-04

1.060 OG on 5/28
1.015 secondary on 6/3

Expeditious Kölsch

5 gallon extract

6 lbs Pilsen LME

1 oz Perle 7.8% AA (20 min.)
1 oz Tettnanger 3.9% AA (20 min.)

Wyeast 2565 Kölsch

Pitched: 5/17/14 SG 1.044
Secondary: 5/27/14 SG 1.012
Kegged: 6/4/14 SG 1.012

Notes: This is the first time I've tried one of the Northern Brewer 20-minute boil kits, which seemed unusually compatible with the demands of trying to wrangle two children on the weekend; I might stay traditional for something more complex but this sounded ideal for a light beer intended as a summer refresher. It got off to a very swift start, bubbling away merrily barely twelve hours after I pitched the yeast.

Porter

Grains:
     Pale malt              10 lbs
     Valley crystal B     1 lb
     Brown malt            6 oz
     Biscuit malt            6 oz
     Chocolate malt       6 oz
     German Munich     6 oz

Hops:
     Cascade 2 oz        60 min  (7.1 alpha)
     Cascade 1 oz        15 min

Yeast:
     Safale 05

Brewed 5/10/2014  OG 1062
Secondary  5/18/2014    1010
Kegged  6/4/2014          1010

Session Ale

Session Ale
(10 gallons)
4/25/2014

16.0 lbs Valley Malt pale malt
0.5 lb crystal special B

4.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (30 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (5 min)

yeast:
3711 French Saison (glass)
1450 Dennys Fav 50 (plastic)

1.032 OG on 4/25

Rye IPA

Grain:
     Pale malt                         12 lbs
     Valley Rye                       1
     Crystal 10*                       1
     Gambrinus honey malt     8 oz
     Carapils                           4 oz
     Caramel pils                    4 oz

Hops:
     Columbus   11.5%   1oz  60 min
     Cascade        7.5%   1 oz  60 min
     Cascade                   1 oz  30 min
     Cascade                   1 oz   1 min

     Saaz     3.5%            1 oz secondary

Yeast:
     Safale 04

Brewed 4/3/2014   OG 1080
Secondary 4/8/14          1016
Kegged 4/18/14     FG  1014

Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink
(10 gallons)
3/12/2014

17.0 lbs Valley Malt pale malt
3 lbs rye malt
1 lb crystal special B
0.5 roasted oats

2.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
1.0 oz Mount Hood (30 min)
1.0 oz Mount Hood (5 min)

yeast:
3278 Lambic Blend
Safale Lager

1.040 OG on 3/12

SMASH American Session Ale

5 gallon extract

6 lbs Pils LME

1/2 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (60 min.)
1/2 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (15 min.)
1 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (5 min.)

1 oz Simcoe 13.1% AA (dry hop)

WhiteLabs WLP051 California V

Pitched: 3/9/2014    SG 1.044
Secondary: 3/11/2014   SG 1.015 (dry hopped)
Kegged: 3/27/2014   1.013

Notes: I dry-hopped for twice the recommended 5-7 days as we were travelling, and while this makes the beer pretty hop-forward it doesn't seem to have over-bittered it at all. Indeed, it's amazingly drinkable stuff, and remarkably clear. One of the best beers I've made -- definitely a repeat in 2015.

Nutty Brown Ale

Grains:
Pale malt       10 lbs
Chocolate        4 oz
Valley B          4 oz      (caramel 120*)
Brown malt      4 oz     (Bries special roast)
Biscuit malt      4 oz

(substitutions from Northern Brewers recipe)

Hops:
Fuggle    4.3%     1 oz

Safale S04

Brewed 2/3/2014  OG 1054
Transferred 1/7/14       1022
Kegged 3/18/14   1014

Atlas Lager

Grain:
     Valley Pilsner       10
     Crystal  (light?)       1

Hops:
     Summit     14.2%    2.5     60 min
     Saaz     3.2%          2.5       5 min

Yeast:
     Saflager  s23

1/1/13     OG    1046
1/9/13     transfer Isinglass ichtyocolle added   1010
1/20/13   primed 4 oz dextros, bottled and kegged  1010