Grain:
Pilsner Malt 10
Crystal, light (10) 1
German Munich Malt 0.5
Hops:
Summit 14.2% 1 60 min
Sunnycroft 1 5 min
Saaz 6.4% 1 5 min
Yeast:
Saflager s-23
Brewed 10/29/2014 1048
Transfered 11/3/2014 1004
Kegged 11/20/2014 1008
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, October 29, 2014
Cider 2014
October 4 16 gallons - MacIntosh/Yellow Delicious/Gass Trees
5 gallons cider with 4 lbs dextrose, wine yeast (Russ)
secondary 2 quarts bottled 1014
5 gallons cider with 1 lb table sugar, safale S-05 (Mark)
OG 1050 (before sugar)
estimated alcohol with final gravity at 1.000 6%
with 1 pound sugar per gallon 7%
October 21 5 gallons from Gass Trees and left overs
Russ bottled 2/25/2015 1000
Mark's kegged 9/20/2015 0998
5 gallons cider with 4 lbs dextrose, wine yeast (Russ)
secondary 2 quarts bottled 1014
5 gallons cider with 1 lb table sugar, safale S-05 (Mark)
OG 1050 (before sugar)
estimated alcohol with final gravity at 1.000 6%
with 1 pound sugar per gallon 7%
October 21 5 gallons from Gass Trees and left overs
Russ bottled 2/25/2015 1000
Mark's kegged 9/20/2015 0998
Friday, September 19, 2014
Fresh Hop Ale (Sunnycroft Clone)
Fresh Hop Ale
(5 gallons)
9/19/2014
10.0 lbs chateau pale ale
0.5 lbs brown malt
1.0 lbs crystal 10
0.5 lbs carapils
fresh hops
yeast:
S-05
1.050 OG on 9/19
1.012 secondary on 9/25
1.012 keg on 10/2
(5 gallons)
9/19/2014
10.0 lbs chateau pale ale
0.5 lbs brown malt
1.0 lbs crystal 10
0.5 lbs carapils
fresh hops
yeast:
S-05
1.050 OG on 9/19
1.012 secondary on 9/25
1.012 keg on 10/2
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Hop Harvest 2014
Harvested on 9/18/2014.
1 lb 11 oz in total
Mostly Fuggles. Harvested a week or two later than I should have, 25% of the cones were gone by. Deer damage this year to a number of the varieties.
1 lb 11 oz in total
Mostly Fuggles. Harvested a week or two later than I should have, 25% of the cones were gone by. Deer damage this year to a number of the varieties.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Black Magic Dark Mild
5 gallon extract (Northern Brewer)
1 lb English Cara
0.5 lbs Pale Chocolate
0.5 lbs Pale Chocolate
3.5 lbs Maris Otter LME
2 lbs Muntons Light DME
2 lbs Muntons Light DME
1 oz UK First Gold (AA 6.4%) (60 min.)
0.5 oz Kent Goldings (AA 6.47%) (5 min.)
05. oz Kent Goldings (AA 6.47%) Dry hopped in secondary
0.5 oz Kent Goldings (AA 6.47%) (5 min.)
05. oz Kent Goldings (AA 6.47%) Dry hopped in secondary
WLP002 Englis Ale
Pitched: 9/16/14 SG 1.040
Secondary: 9/27/14 SG 1.013
Kegged: 10/8/14 SG 1.013
Secondary: 9/27/14 SG 1.013
Kegged: 10/8/14 SG 1.013
Notes: I'm really not all that sure about the significance of the style description -- mild, certainly, and thus a perfect on-tap-at-home brew, but the colour is not notably dark compared to, say, a porter.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Fresh Hop Ale
Sunnycroft 2014 hop harvest weighed about 8 oz when mostly. Picked on 9/2/2014, but
probably should have picked a week earlier.
Dried in barn for 2 days before weighing and brewing.
Grain:
Rahr Premium Pilsner 10
Brown malt 1/2
Briess Caramel 10L 1
Briess Carapils 1/2
Hops Sunnycroft:
4 oz 60 min
1 oz 30 min
1 oz 15 min
1 oz 1 min
Safale S05
Brewed 9/4/2014 OG 1064
Secondary 9/13/2014 1014
Primed with 3.5 oz sugar in 2 cups water, kegged 9/25/2014 1008
probably should have picked a week earlier.
Dried in barn for 2 days before weighing and brewing.
Grain:
Rahr Premium Pilsner 10
Brown malt 1/2
Briess Caramel 10L 1
Briess Carapils 1/2
Hops Sunnycroft:
4 oz 60 min
1 oz 30 min
1 oz 15 min
1 oz 1 min
Safale S05
Brewed 9/4/2014 OG 1064
Secondary 9/13/2014 1014
Primed with 3.5 oz sugar in 2 cups water, kegged 9/25/2014 1008
Labels:
all grain,
brewer Russ,
fresh hops,
style ale
Friday, August 15, 2014
Pale Ale
Pale Ale
(10 gallons)
8/15/2014
18.0 lbs chateau pale ale
1.5 lbs crystal 40
0.5 lbs biscuit
3.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Mount Hood (30 min)
2.0 oz Mount Hood (15 min)
yeast:
S-04
1.048 OG on 8/15
1.020 keg on 9/25
(10 gallons)
8/15/2014
18.0 lbs chateau pale ale
1.5 lbs crystal 40
0.5 lbs biscuit
3.0 oz Warrior (60 min)
2.0 oz Mount Hood (30 min)
2.0 oz Mount Hood (15 min)
yeast:
S-04
1.048 OG on 8/15
1.020 keg on 9/25
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