Fresh Hop Brown Ale

Grains:

     Rahr White Wheat Malt  8 oz 

     English Chocolate Malt     8 oz

     Belgium Special B     8 oz

     Briess Victory     8 oz

     English Crystal 77L     8 oz

Hops: 2.5 Sunnycroft

Malts:

     Dark Malt Extract 6 lbs

     Briess Sparkling Amber 10* Levibond 1 lbs

Yeast: Safale US-05

Fresh Hops Brown 2021

 Harvest this year was 11 oz dried.  I decided to use all the hops this year because the hops I saved from the harvest last year are still in the freezer.  This recipe is almost the same as past years.

Malts:

     Munich Malt syrup      6 lbs

     Bries  Sparkling Amber DME 10*      1 lbs

Specialty Grains:

     Briess Chocolate Mslt  8 oz

     Belgian Special B    8 oz

     Briess Victory   8 oz

     English Medium Crystal

Hops;

     60 min  4 oz

     10 min 4 oz

     flame out for 20 minutes   3 oz

Yeast:

     Safale US 05

Brewed 9/9/2021

Fresh Hop Brown 2020

 Although 2020 summer was very hot and dry (record hottest summer ever and drought conditions in September), or maybe because of, the harvest was robust at 11 oz.  A review of past hop harvest show the record at 15 oz in 2011 and next highest 12 in 2010.  Still 11 is a very goog harvest and way above recent years.

Base Malts

     Munich Malt Extract Syrup                                6.30 pounds

     Spray Dry Malt Extract:  Plain Amber Color 8  1 pound

Specialty Grains

     Briess Chocolate            8 oz

     Belgian Special B           8 oz

     Briess Victory                 8 oz

     English Medium Crystal 8 oz

Hops  (all Sunnycroft fresh picked)

     4 oz     60 min

     2 oz     10 min

     2 oz      flame out for 20 min

Yeast: Safale S-05

Brewed 9/20/2020

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

Fresh Hops Brown 2018

This brew is the same as the 2017 version but with 2018 hops.  The harvest this year produced 10 dry oz of hops, 6 to be used in this brown, and the remaining four in a citra lager, citra to be added.

Grains:
     Maris Otter 




Brewed 10/25/18
Transferred 10/31/18

Fresh Hop Brown Ale 2017

2017 produced 6 oz of Sunnycroft hops and instead of brewing a lighter ale, we decides to add some body to the hops and try a Brown Ale with the hops.

All grain, 5 gallons

Grain
     Marris Otter        8
     Chocolate            1/2
     Special B             1/2
     Biscuit                 1/2
     Crystal                 1/2

Hops
     Sunnycroft            4 oz 60 min
     Sunnycroft            2 oz 5 min

Yeast
     Safale us 05

Brewed 10/30/17 

Insanely Hopped Fresh Hop Ale

Insanely Hooped Fresh Hop Ale 2016

10 gallon, all grain seasonal fresh hop ale brewed with proprietary Sunnycroft and Bird Brook Hop Farms

Grains:
     Blue Ox Malt                    20
     Brown malt                            4 oz
     Crystal 10                           1
     Carapils Malt                      2
     Biscuit Malt                           5 oz

Hops:
     Sunycroft                            5.6 oz     60 min
     Bird Brook                          3.6          15 min
     Bird Brook                          4              after boil, steep for 30 min

Yeast:
     Safale us-05

Brewed 9/21/2016
     OG  1040
     Transfer 10/29    1012

Fresh Hop Ale 2015

We welcome and appreciate guest hop producer Steve for his contribution for 2015.

Sunnycroft (all in dry weight) 3.6 oz

Steve
     Golding 2.4 oz
     Chinook 0.2
     Cascade 0.6

Grains
     Pilsner                           10 lbs
     Melanoidin                    0.5
     Biscuit                           0.5
     Crystal 10*                    0.5

Hops

     Sunnycroft  3.6                  @60 min
     Golding 2.4                        @15 min
     Chinook0.2/Cascade 0.6   @0, steep for 15 min

Yeast
     Safale S04

Brewed 9/10/2015       OG 1042
Secondary 9/20/2015         1014
Kegged, 6 bottles 10/6       1011
     primed with 3.5 0z corn sugar
   

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.

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

Hop Harvest 2013

Harvested on 9/12/2013.

Fuggles - 6.25 oz
90% came from the more established hill

Mt Hood - negligable (10 cones)

Sterling - negligable (1 cone)

Cascade - 1.75 oz
small cones, lots of brown spots

Chinook - 4.25 oz
large cones

Fresh Hop Pale Ale

American Pale Ale
(5 gallons)
9/12/2013

10.0 lbs Valley Malt pale malt
0.5 lbs Valley Malt Special B

4.25 oz chinook (60 min)
1.75 oz cascade (15 min)
6.25 oz fuggles (2 min)

yeast:
safale S-04

1.5 qt/lb single infusion
water at 167, mash start at 152
Infusion mash 152 for 85 min
60 min boil

1.048 OG on 9/12
1.017 secondary on 9/22

Hop Relocation

4/26/2013

After 3 years of poor to moderate growth behing the garage I moved my hop plants to a location behind the house that gets more light.  In order from house to field the plants are:

1. Fuggles
2. Fuggles
3. Mt Hood
4. Sterling
5. Cascade
6. Chinook

Fresh Hop Ale 2012

2012 Fresh Hop Ale

Harvested hops on 8/20/2012
     30 oz wet weight
     6.5 oz dry weight  8/29/2012

Grain bill
     Maris Otter             12#
     Briess caramel 60   1#
     Briess carapils        1#

Hops
     60 min       4.5 0z
     15 min       1 0z  (from 2011 harvest)
     1 min         1 oz
     secondary  1 oz

Brewed 8/29/12
     single infusion at 154*
     boil 60 min
     OG 1.056
Transfer to secondary 9/5/12
     1 oz hops added
     SG 1.020
Kegged 9/26/12
     SG 1.020

Fresh Hop Ale 2011

10 gal all grain

brewed with Sunny Croft Hops (total harvest 2011 15 0z dry weight- 5 oz given to Gareth)

Grain Bill:

20# Maris Otter

1# Carapils

2# Crystal Malt medium

Hops:

8 oz 60 min

4 oz 30 min

4 oz 1 min

Safeale S-04

Single Infusion at 155 for 60 min

Boil 60 min

Put into two 5 gal carboys, one will get 1 oz hops into secondary

10/1/11 OG 1080

10/13/11 SG 1010

transfer to secondary, 1 oz hops added to one carboy

10/31/11 FG 1010 to kegs

Fresh Hop Porter

Fresh Hop Porter
(5 gallons)
9/4/2010

7.5 lbs english maris otter
0.5 lbs simpsons dark crystal malt
0.5 lbs simpsons chocolate malt
0.5 lbs simpsons black malt

1.0 oz pellet kent goldings (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh chinook (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh cascade (15 min)
5.5 oz fresh fuggles (5 min)

yeast:
safale S-04

Infusion mash at 150 for 60 min

60 min boil

1.046 OG on 9/4
1.022 secondary on 9/11
1.022 keg on 10/9

Hop Harvest 2010

Harvested all plants on 9/4/2010. Clockwise from plant closest to the road, my 2010 yields (wet wieght):

0.0 oz sterling
5.5 oz fuggles
0.5 oz cascade
0.5 oz chinook
0.0 oz mt hood

Only the fuggles plant made it up and over the cable. Hopefully next year the plants will be more established and have higher yield.

Fresh Hop Ale 2010

5 gal all grain
brewed with 2010 Sunny Croft Hops (total harvested 12 oz dry wt)

Grain Bill
10 # Maris Otter
0.5 # Carapils
1 # Crystal Malt medium

Hops (all dry Sunny Croft Cascade)
5 oz 60 min
3 oz 30 min
3 oz 1 min

Safeale S-04

Single infusion mash 155 for 60 min
Boil 60 min

9/3/10 OG 1044

Sunny Croft Ale

Grain Bill
10# pale malt
8 oz light crystal maly
8 oz roasted malt
Hops
2 oz Sunny Croft 90 min
1 oz Sunny Croft 15 min
Yeast
Safale S05
OG 1064