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