Rating System

1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me
2 - tasty, walter approves
3 - so good you should have it for breakfast

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Bavarian Dunkel

Bavarian Dunkel
5 gallons)
2/27/2011

1.0 lb dingermans caramunich

6.0 lbs munich malt syrup
1 lbs amber dry malt extract

1.0 oz tradition (60 min)

yeast:
wyeast 2308 munich lager

60 min boil

1.045 OG on 2/27
1.015 secondary on 3/15 (lagered in fridge at around 40)
1.015 keg on 4/21

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Breakfast Stout

Breakfast Stout (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract

0.5 lbs Simpson's Roasted Barley
1.5 lbs flaked oats

3.5 lbs dark LME
1 lb lactose

1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (60 min.)

Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.035 on March 6, 2011

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Competition Porter

St Paul Porter
(5 gallons)
1/23/2011

0.5 lbs simpsons chocolate
0.5 lbs simpsons dark crystal malt

6.0 lbs dark malt syrup
1 lbs dark dry malt extract

2.0 oz cluster (60 min)
1.0 oz cascade (1 min)

yeast:
wyeast 1026 british cask

60 min boil

1.050 OG on 1/23

1.018 keg on 2/20

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Chinook IPA

Chinook IPA (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract

o.75 lbs Dingemans Caramel Pils
0.25 lbs Briess Caramel 120

6 lbs Pilsen LME
1 lb Pilsen DME

1 oz Chinook @ 11.2% AA (60 min.)
0.5 oz Chinook @ 11.2% AA (10 min.)
0.5 oz Chinook @ 11.2% AA (1 min.)

Wyeast 1056 American Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.050 on January 1, 2011
Secondary: SG 1.018 on January 17, 2011 (plus 1 oz Chinook @ 11.2% AA dry hop on 1/22/2011)
Kegged: FG 1.014 on February 18, 2011

Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Innkeeper

The Innkeeper English Ale (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract

o.25 lbs Simpsons Extra Dark Crystal
0.25 lbs Belgian Biscuit Malt

3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
1 lb Pilsen DME
1 lb corn sugar

1 oz Fuggles @ 4.2% AA (60 min.)
1 oz East Kent Goldings @ 7.2% AA (45 min.)
1 oz Styrian Goldings @ 4.6% AA (5 min.)

Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.042 on December 12, 2010
Kegged: FG 1.012 on December 21, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Peat-Smoked Porter

Peat-Smoked Porter (recipe from Northern Brewer)
5 gallons extract
October 17, 2010

1 lb black malt
0.25 lb Briess caramel 80
0.25 lb peated malt

6 lbs dark LME
2 lbs dark DME

1 oz Cluster @ 7.5% AA (60 min.)
1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (40 min.)
1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (15 min.)

Wyeast 1056 American Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.060 on October 17, 2010
Secondary: SG 1.021 on October 31, 2010
Bottled: FG 1.020 on January 22, 2011

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Cider

Cider
6 gallons)
10/16/2010

6 gallons local unpasturized cider
mix of common New England apples)

yeast:
Wyeast 4766 Cider

1.052 OG on 10/16