Peat-Smoked Porter

Peat-Smoked Porter (recipe from Northern Brewer)

5 gallons extract

October 17, 2010

1 lb black malt

0.25 lb Briess caramel 80

0.25 lb peated malt

6 lbs dark LME

2 lbs dark DME

1 oz Cluster @ 7.5% AA (60 min.)

1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (40 min.)

1 oz Willamette @ 4.7% AA (15 min.)

Wyeast 1056 American Ale

60 min boil

Pitched: OG 1.060 on October 17, 2010

Secondary: SG 1.021 on October 31, 2010

Bottled: FG 1.020 on January 22, 2011

Cider

Cider
6 gallons)
10/16/2010

6 gallons local unpasturized cider
mix of common New England apples)

yeast:
Wyeast 4766 Cider

1.052 OG on 10/16

Fresh Hop Porter

Fresh Hop Porter
(5 gallons)
9/4/2010

7.5 lbs english maris otter
0.5 lbs simpsons dark crystal malt
0.5 lbs simpsons chocolate malt
0.5 lbs simpsons black malt

1.0 oz pellet kent goldings (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh chinook (60 min)
0.5 oz fresh cascade (15 min)
5.5 oz fresh fuggles (5 min)

yeast:
safale S-04

Infusion mash at 150 for 60 min

60 min boil

1.046 OG on 9/4
1.022 secondary on 9/11
1.022 keg on 10/9

Hop Harvest 2010

Harvested all plants on 9/4/2010. Clockwise from plant closest to the road, my 2010 yields (wet wieght):

0.0 oz sterling
5.5 oz fuggles
0.5 oz cascade
0.5 oz chinook
0.0 oz mt hood

Only the fuggles plant made it up and over the cable. Hopefully next year the plants will be more established and have higher yield.

Fresh Hop Ale 2010

5 gal all grain
brewed with 2010 Sunny Croft Hops (total harvested 12 oz dry wt)

Grain Bill
10 # Maris Otter
0.5 # Carapils
1 # Crystal Malt medium

Hops (all dry Sunny Croft Cascade)
5 oz 60 min
3 oz 30 min
3 oz 1 min

Safeale S-04

Single infusion mash 155 for 60 min
Boil 60 min

9/3/10 OG 1044

Lambic

Lambic
(10 gallons)
8/1/2010

8.0 lbs torrified wheat
12.0 lbs belgian pilsner

4.0 oz ??? (120 min)

yeast:
wyeast 3763 roeselare ale blend
wyeast 3278 lambic blend

Protein mash at 130 for 30 min
Sacc mash at 150 for 30 min
Mash out at 155 for 10 min

120 min boil

1.050 OG on 8/1

Celis Wit

Celis Wit Clone (recipe from Modern Brewer)

5 gallons extract

June 19, 2010

1 lb flaked oats (15 min @ 155F)

3.3lb wheat LME

3 lb wheat DME

1.5 oz Kent Goldings @ 4.5% AA (60 min.)

1 oz bitter orange peel (15 min.)

1 tsp ground coriander (5 min.)

Whitelabs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale Yeast

60 min boil

Pitched: 1.044 OG on June 19, 2010

Secondary: 1.013 on July 2, 2010

Kegged: 1.012 on July 28, 2010