Porter

Porter
(10 gallons)
7/29/2014

18.0 lbs chateau pale ale
1.5 lbs chocolate
1.5 lbs black
1.0 lbs crystal 40

3.0 oz Chinook (60 min)
1.0 oz Chinook (15 min)
1.0 oz Chinook (5 min)

yeast:
S-05

1.056 OG on 7/29
1.020 secondary on 8/5
1.020 keg on 8/5

Petite Saison d'Été

5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)

0.5 lbs Belgian Cara 20

3.15 lbs Pilsen LME
1 lb Pilsen DME
1 lb Wheat DME

1 oz UK Kent Goldings (60 min.)
0.25 oz Styrian Goldings (Celeia) (10 min.)
0.25 oz. Saaz (10 min.)
0.75 oz Styrian Goldings (Celeia) (2 min.)
0.75 oz. Saaz (2 min.)

Wyeast 3711 French Saison

Pitched: 7/4/14 SG 1.040
Secondary: 7/19/14 SG 1.005
Kegged: 8/11/14 SG 1.005

Notes: I was up at dawn on July 4th to get this one going, with the aim of ensuring that we could actually drink some of it during the eponymous season. By 10:30 a.m. the yeast was pitched, and bubbled very nicely for a full week before starting to taper off.

McLaughlin Ale

I discovered the demands of being an award winning brewer when asked to contract brew for McLaughlin Garden and Homesteads' two most prestigious events, Garden Illuminated and The Auction.  The mission was to brew something that everyone would like and that would also make them feel generous.  I had ingredients for brewing a Czech Pilsner and a Black IPA so with some minor adjustments I came up with the following brews:

Lager

Grains:
     Pilsner Malt       10
     Biscuit                   4 oz
     Munich                  8 oz
     Carapils                 8 oz

Hops:  (all 1 oz)
     Columbus      60 min     15.2%
     Cascade         60 min     7.1%
     Cascade         30 min
     Cascade            1 min
     Saaz            secondary    3.2%

Yeast  Saflager s23 (dry lager)

Brewed 6/4/2014    OG 1042
Secondary with Saaz  6/13/2014   1010
Kegged and primed with 3.5 oz sugar in 2 c water  7/4/2014


Ale

Grains:
     Rahr 2 row         12
     Crystal 60             1
     Wheat                   1

Hops:  (all 1 oz)
     Columbus         60 min    15.2%
     Cascade            60 min     7.1%
     Cascade            30 min  
     Cascade              1 min
     Saaz       secondary           3.2%

Yeast  Safale us 05

Brewed 6/4/2014     OG  1070
Secondary with Saaz  6/13/2014   1010
Kegged and primed 7/4/2014

Pale Ale

Pale Ale
(10 gallons)
5/28/2014

19.0 lbs rahr 2-row
0.5 lbs crystal 60
0.5 lbs biscuit

4.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (30 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (5 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (dry)

yeast:
S-04

1.060 OG on 5/28
1.015 secondary on 6/3

Expeditious Kölsch

5 gallon extract

6 lbs Pilsen LME

1 oz Perle 7.8% AA (20 min.)
1 oz Tettnanger 3.9% AA (20 min.)

Wyeast 2565 Kölsch

Pitched: 5/17/14 SG 1.044
Secondary: 5/27/14 SG 1.012
Kegged: 6/4/14 SG 1.012

Notes: This is the first time I've tried one of the Northern Brewer 20-minute boil kits, which seemed unusually compatible with the demands of trying to wrangle two children on the weekend; I might stay traditional for something more complex but this sounded ideal for a light beer intended as a summer refresher. It got off to a very swift start, bubbling away merrily barely twelve hours after I pitched the yeast.

Porter

Grains:
     Pale malt              10 lbs
     Valley crystal B     1 lb
     Brown malt            6 oz
     Biscuit malt            6 oz
     Chocolate malt       6 oz
     German Munich     6 oz

Hops:
     Cascade 2 oz        60 min  (7.1 alpha)
     Cascade 1 oz        15 min

Yeast:
     Safale 05

Brewed 5/10/2014  OG 1062
Secondary  5/18/2014    1010
Kegged  6/4/2014          1010

Session Ale

Session Ale
(10 gallons)
4/25/2014

16.0 lbs Valley Malt pale malt
0.5 lb crystal special B

4.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (30 min)
2.0 oz Chinook (5 min)

yeast:
3711 French Saison (glass)
1450 Dennys Fav 50 (plastic)

1.032 OG on 4/25