Rating System

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

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Chinook IPA

Chinbook IPA
(5 gallons)
12/23/2009

10.0 lbs us 2-row
0.75 lbs dingermann caramel pils
0.25 lbs briess caramel 120

0.75 oz chinook (60 min)
0.50 oz chinook (10 min)
0.50 oz chinook (1 min)
1.00 oz chinook (dry hop in secondary)

yeast:
Safele US-05

Infusion mash at 153 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.050 OG on 12/23
1.021 secondary on 12/30
1.010 keg on 1/24

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Scottish 80/- Ale

Scottish 80/- Ale
(5 gallons extract)
December 13, 2009

1 lb Simpson crystal

3.15 lb Northern Brewer Gold Malt LME (60 min.)
3.15 lb Northern Brewer Gold Malt LME (15 min.)

1 oz Fuggles @ 4.8% AA (60 min)

Wyeast 1728 Scottish Ale Yeast

60 min boil

Pitched: 1.044 OG on December 13, 2009
Secondary: December 22, 2009
Kegged: 1.016 FG on January 5, 2010

Patersbier

Patersbier
(5 gallons)
12/13/2009

9.0 lbs dingermans pils

1.0 oz german tradition (60 min)
1.0 oz saaz (10 min)

yeast:
Wyeast 3787 trappist high gravity

Infusion mash at 147 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.038 OG on 12/13
1.018 secondary on 12/21
1.010 keg on 12/30

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Dark Lager

Dark Lager
(5 gallons)
11/22/2009

7.25 lbs german munich
0.25 lbs weyermann cara aroma
0.125 lbs weyermann carara III

2.0 oz saaz (first wort min)
1.0 oz saaz (15 min)

yeast:
Wyeast 2782 staro prague lager

Infusion mash at 150 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.032 OG on 11/22
1.009 secondary on 11/29
1.009 keg on 12/14
cold lager at 35-40 degrees

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Coffee Porter

Coffee Porter
(5 gallons extract)
November 17, 2009

1/2 lb roasted barley
1/4 lb chocolate malt
1/4 lb black patent malt

3.3 lb Munton's Dark LME
3.3 lb Munton's Light LME
1 lb Munton's Dark DME
1 lb maltodextrin

c. 2 oz ground Starbuck's Sumatra beans

2 oz Northern Brewer @ 8.1% AA (35 min)
2 oz Cascade @ 7.8% AA (15 min)

WhiteLabs WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast

60 min boil

Pitched: 1.054 OG on November 17, 2009
Secondary: 1.024 SG on November 24, 2009
Kegged: 1.020 FG on December 5, 2009

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Porter

Porter
(5 gallons)
11/14/2009

8.5 lbs rahr 2-row pale
1.0 lbs simpsons crystal
1.0 lbs simpsons chocolate

1.0 oz nugget (60 min)
1.0 oz cascade (1 min)

yeast:
Safale US-05

Infusion mash at 155 for 60 min
60 min boil

1.042 OG on 11/14
1.009 keg on 11/22

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Sunny Croft Ale

Grain Bill
10# pale malt
8 oz light crystal maly
8 oz roasted malt
Hops
2 oz Sunny Croft 90 min
1 oz Sunny Croft 15 min
Yeast
Safale S05
OG 1064