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