12 oz Crystal 80
2 oz Light Chocolate Malt
3 lbs Munton's Light DME
3 lbs Munton's Amber DME
2 oz Fuggles @ 4.5% AA (60 min.)
1 oz Fugges @ 4.5% AA (5 min.)
Whitelabs WLP002 English Ale
Pitched 3/8/15 SG 1.050
Secondary 3/22/15 SG 1.012
Rating System
1 - don't waste valuable beer calories on me 2 - tasty, walter approves 3 - so good you should have it for breakfast
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Rye IPA
10 gallon all grain
Grains:
Rahr 2 row 24
Weyerman Rye 2
Rahr WhiteWheat 2
Belgian Caramel Pils 1
Hops:
Coumbus 15.2 1 oz 60 min
Cascade 6.5 1 oz 60 min
Cascade 1 oz 30 min
Simcoe 12.2 1 oz 1 min
Simcoe 1 oz secondary
Yeast:
Safale us-05
Safale s-04
Brewed 2/26/2015 OG 1060
Grains:
Rahr 2 row 24
Weyerman Rye 2
Rahr WhiteWheat 2
Belgian Caramel Pils 1
Hops:
Coumbus 15.2 1 oz 60 min
Cascade 6.5 1 oz 60 min
Cascade 1 oz 30 min
Simcoe 12.2 1 oz 1 min
Simcoe 1 oz secondary
Yeast:
Safale us-05
Safale s-04
Brewed 2/26/2015 OG 1060
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Bohemian Pilsner
5 gallon extract (Clone Brews, page 70)
6 oz Cara Hell
6 oz German Vienna
3.3 lbs Pilsner Light LME
3 lbs Extra Light DME
3 lbs Extra Light DME
3 oz Czech Saaz (AA 3.3%) (60 min.)
1 oz Czech Saaz (15 min.)
1 oz Czech Saaz (3 min.)
1 oz Czech Saaz (15 min.)
1 oz Czech Saaz (3 min.)
WLP820 Oktoberfest/Märzen Lager
Pitched: 1/4/15 SG 1.042
Secondary: 2/8/15 1.014
Kegged: 3/8/15 1/014
Secondary: 2/8/15 1.014
Kegged: 3/8/15 1/014
Notes: Second attempt at a lagered beer; I decided to risk a direct pitch at a fairly warm temperature rather than doing a starter, so we'll see how close the result gets.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Porter
This porter is a slight variation of one of my favorite porters, brewed on 5/10/2014. It is ten gallons, half for Mark, who is temporarily out of brewing commission. I didn't have enough chocolate but increased the brown, biscuit and German Munich.
Grains:
Pale malt 20
Special B 2
Briess Carabrown 1
Belgian Munich Malt 1
Belgian Biscuit malt 1
Chocolate malt 6 oz
Hops:
Cascade (6.5%) 4 oz 60 min
Cascade 2 oz 15 min
Yeast:
Safale us-05
Brewed 12/27/2014 OG 1052
Secondary 1/7/2014 1016
Grains:
Pale malt 20
Special B 2
Briess Carabrown 1
Belgian Munich Malt 1
Belgian Biscuit malt 1
Chocolate malt 6 oz
Hops:
Cascade (6.5%) 4 oz 60 min
Cascade 2 oz 15 min
Yeast:
Safale us-05
Brewed 12/27/2014 OG 1052
Secondary 1/7/2014 1016
Sunday, November 9, 2014
St Paul Porter
5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)
0.5 lbs English Chocolate Malt
0.5 lbs English Dark Crystal
6 lbs Dark LME
1 lb Dark DME
1 lb Dark DME
2 oz Cluster (AA 7.2%) (60 min.)
1 oz Cascade (AA 6.5%) (1 min.)
1 oz Cascade (AA 6.5%) (1 min.)
WLP005 British Ale
Pitched: 11/9/14 SG 1.052
Kegged: 11/27/14 SG 1.018
Kegged: 11/27/14 SG 1.018
Notes: A slow starter, this one... Wort was black as night, looked delicious!
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Lager
Grain:
Pilsner Malt 10
Crystal, light (10) 1
German Munich Malt 0.5
Hops:
Summit 14.2% 1 60 min
Sunnycroft 1 5 min
Saaz 6.4% 1 5 min
Yeast:
Saflager s-23
Brewed 10/29/2014 1048
Transfered 11/3/2014 1004
Kegged 11/20/2014 1008
Pilsner Malt 10
Crystal, light (10) 1
German Munich Malt 0.5
Hops:
Summit 14.2% 1 60 min
Sunnycroft 1 5 min
Saaz 6.4% 1 5 min
Yeast:
Saflager s-23
Brewed 10/29/2014 1048
Transfered 11/3/2014 1004
Kegged 11/20/2014 1008
Cider 2014
October 4 16 gallons - MacIntosh/Yellow Delicious/Gass Trees
5 gallons cider with 4 lbs dextrose, wine yeast (Russ)
secondary 2 quarts bottled 1014
5 gallons cider with 1 lb table sugar, safale S-05 (Mark)
OG 1050 (before sugar)
estimated alcohol with final gravity at 1.000 6%
with 1 pound sugar per gallon 7%
October 21 5 gallons from Gass Trees and left overs
Russ bottled 2/25/2015 1000
Mark's kegged 9/20/2015 0998
5 gallons cider with 4 lbs dextrose, wine yeast (Russ)
secondary 2 quarts bottled 1014
5 gallons cider with 1 lb table sugar, safale S-05 (Mark)
OG 1050 (before sugar)
estimated alcohol with final gravity at 1.000 6%
with 1 pound sugar per gallon 7%
October 21 5 gallons from Gass Trees and left overs
Russ bottled 2/25/2015 1000
Mark's kegged 9/20/2015 0998
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