Fresh Hop Brown 2019

The Sunnycroft harvest was completed at the end of August with 7.15 oz dried.  I repeated last year's brown, using all the hops, but used Malt extract this year.

Malts;
     6 lbs Maris Otter extract
     1 lb Muntons Light DME

Specialty Grains:
     Briess Chocolate 8 oz
     Belgian Special B 8 oz
     Briess Victory Biscuit 8 oz
     English medium crystal 8 oz

Hops:
     Sunnycroft 3.5 oz 60 min
     Sunnycroft 2 oz 10 min
     Sunnycroft 2 oz flameout for 20 min

Hops:
     Safale US-05

Brewed 10/2/2019

Kama Citra Session IPA Kit

I am not only repeating the Citra theme as well as a malt extract one, but now moving forward, or backward, to a kit from Northern Brewer.  I must admit I do like the convience and speed of malt extract, for now.

Malts:
     6 lbs Gold Malt Syrup
     1 lb Gold DME

Specialty Grains:
     0.75 Caramel 40

Hops:
     Centenial 11.1%, 0.5 oz 60 min
     Cascade 6.9%, 1 oz 20 min
     Cascade 1 oz 10 min
     Citra 12.4%, 2 oz flame out for 10 min
     Secondary:
          Citra 1 oz
          Cascade 1 oz

Yeast Safale US-05

Brewed 8/20/2019, OG 1046
Secondary 8/20, 1008
Kegged 9/28

Kama Citra IPA Session

In my grieving (for the now gone Hop Shop) I not only bought a kit from Northern Brewer but also bought the malt extract version.  How low is that?  In my defense what is usually an all morning marathon was a 2 hour sprint.

Mallard Malts Extracts
     Gold Malt Syrup 6 lbs
     Gold DME 1 lb

Specialty grains
     Caramel 40, 0.75 lbs

Hops
     Centennial 11.1%  0.5  60 min
     Cascade 6.9%  1 oz 20 min
     Cascade 1 oz 10 min
     Citra 12.4%  2 oz flame out for 10 min

     Dry Hops
          Citra 1 oz
          Cascade 1 oz

Yeast
     Safale  05

Brewed  8/20/19  OG  1046
Secondary 8/27/19  1008  Hops added

Farewell Hop Shop Porter

At my last visit to the Hop Shop in Gray, Ed informed me that business was terrible and he was closing at the end of March.  Decreased business, internet sales, competition, etc, are to blame.  (Guilty as charged.)  Ed has been in business 25+ years and has seen me through multiple stages in brewing; all grain, kegging cider production, as well as help(?) for the infamous Beet Lager.  He has always been a reliable source of beer knowledge and wisdom.  "Have fun" in the next chapter of your journey.

So in his honor I brew this porter with closeout supplies from the Hop Shop.  He had no base malt so I picked up malt extract from Fareshare.

Grains:
     3 pounds light malt extract
     3 pounds amber malt extract
     Special B                                       1 pound
     Black malt                                   8 oz
     Biscuit malt                                 6 oz
     Chocolate malt                            6 oz
     Munich malt                                6 oz

Hops:
     Cascade  6.9%                            1 oz     60 min
     Amarillo  8%                              1 oz     30 min
     Amarillo                                     1 oz     10 min

Yeast:
     Safale S-05

Brewed     3/20/2019  OG 1034
     Secondary 4/3              1014

Citra Lager 2

A copy of Citra Lager, 1/17/18, with Sunnycroft hops for bittering and 2 oz citra hops in the secondary.

Grains:
     Maris Otter    10 lbs
     Munich Malt   6 oz

Hops:
     Sunnycroft 4 oz 60 min
     Citra 2 oz to secondary  12.3 %

Saflager

Brewed 1/10/19   OG 1040
Transferred to secondary 1/16/19  SG 1010