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, May 19, 2015

Ale or Lager ?

I was going to make a 10 gallons of lager but only had one lager yeast.  I am not sure this recipe would fit lager style anyway, probably too hoppy.

Grain:
     pilsner malt        20 #
     carapils                 8 oz
     caramel pils          8 oz
     munich malt         8 oz

Hops:
     Summit     14.4%     2.5 oz 60 min
     Saaz            6.4%     2.4 oz  5 min
     Pearle          9.0%     1 oz 5 min

     secondary:
          saaz                  1 oz  (lager)
          simcoe             1 oz  (ale)

Yeast:
     Safale       us-05
     Saflager     s-23

IBU 73.29
Boiled 5/19/15     1.062
Secondary 5/29/2015   Ale 1006    preferred by Judy
                                   Lager 1010  clearer, citrus notes, preferred by Brewer Russ
Kegged 6/12/2015   Ale 1006
                                 Lager 1010

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Competiton Mild

Competition Mild
(10 gallons)
3/15/2015

15.0 lbs maris otter
10 oz english cryslat
10 oz black

4 oz fuggles

yeast:
wyeast 1028 London ale
wyeast 1968 London esb

1.046 OG on 3/15

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Fuggle Extremely Special Bitters

Grains

     Warminster Floor Malted Maris Otter     8 pounds
     Briess Caramel 40L                                 1
     Flaked Barley                                          1
     Belgian Biscuit Malt                                0.5

Hops
     Fuggle (UK)      5.1                                  1 0z 60 min
     Fuggle                                                      1 oz 30 min
     Fuggle                                                      1 oz 10 min
     Fuggle                                                      1 oz after burner off, steep for 15 min

Yeast
     Safale s-04

Calculated IBU 39.92
Calculated OG 1055
(barley for creamy mouth feel and head retention)
(biscuit for bread, nutty biscuit flavor)

Brewed 3/14/2015  OG  1040
Secondary 3/24/2015     1012
Bottled/kegged  4/3/2015  1010  (primed with 3.5 oz corn sugar)

Alcohol  3.94%
Calories per 12 oz  131

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Fuggle Fool Ale

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

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

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 oz Czech Saaz (AA 3.3%) (60 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

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