Fruit Bazooka NE IPA

Recipe from Northern Brewer, ingredients purchased locally

1 lb flaked oats (steeped for 30 min.)

6.6. lbs Pilsen LME

1 lb wheat DME (last 15 minutes)

2 lbs Pilsen light DME (last 15 minutes)

1 oz Azacco (at flameout)

1 oz Ekuanot (at flameout)

1 oz Citra (at flameout)

1 oz Mosaic (at flameout)

1 oz Ekuanot @12.5% AA (1st dry hop, 7/30/2021)

1 oz Mosaic @ 12% AA (1st dry hop, 7/30/2021)

1 oz Ekuanot @12.5% AA (2nd dry hop, 8/4/2021)

1 oz Citra (2nd dry hop, 8/4/2021)

Pitched 7/28/2021 OG 1.064

Secondary 8/13/2021 SG 1.016

Kegged 10/21/2021 SG 1.012

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

Arctic Slush

August 20,2021

Extract kit from Northern Brewers

I added the yeast too early in the cool down and killed it.   Because I didn't have a backup yeast packet I added bread yeast.  The final product was very drinkable. and didn't have any off flavors.  The tasting notes in the packet listed toast as a flavor, so maybe that taste, to those who could  sense it, was enhanced.

Fruit Bazooka NE IPA

August 18, 2021 

Extract kit from Northern Brewers

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

Dead Ringer IPA

Dead Ringer IPA, a malt extract recipe from Northern Brewer, is a knock off of Two Hearted Ale brewed by Bell's  Brewery in Kalamazoo and Comstock Michigan.  It was originally called three heart but Bell' forced a name change.

Malt Extract:
     9.5 # Gold malt extract

Specialty Grains:
     1#  Carmel 40

Hops:
     Centennial  11.5%  1  60 min
     Centennial              1  20
     Centennial              2    5
     Centennial                1  2nd

Yeast Safale US-05

Brewed 3/15  OG 1054
Secondary 3/29    1020

Citra Lager

Another malt extract Recipe.  We love Citra.

Grains: steeped about 15 minutes, until 170*
     Briess Victory                                8 oz
     English Medium Crystal                8 oz

Malt Extract:
     Maris Otter                                    6 lbs
     Muntons Light Dry Malt Extract  1 lb

Hops:
     Cascade 7.6%                      2 oz at 60 min
     Simcoe  12.9%                    1 oz at 30 min
     Citra  12.6%                        1 oz at flame out for 15 min
     Citra                                    2 oz secondary

Yeast:
     Saflager w-34/70

Brewed 1/10/2020,  OG 1050
              1/24/2020, secondary, SG 1014  2 oz cirta added