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Batch 36: Holly Ale 2014

a 0.5L starter of WLP001, saved from a prev batch (#34) brewed and saved for 1 week in the fridge in a pint mason jar 12# 12oz 2-row 8oz C60 8oz CaraAroma 8oz Pale Chocolate 4oz Torrified Wheat 0.5oz CTZ (17.5% listed) 60 min 0.25oz CTZ 30 min 0.25oz CTZ 10 min 1# Clover honey (from […]

Posted June 9, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, CaraAroma, Crystal 60L, CTZ, Honey, Pale Chocolate, Torrified Wheat, Winter Warmer, WLP001 (California Ale)

Batch 35: Slay Our Demons Witbier

Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP400 Yeast Starter: No (1 vial used) Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons Original Gravity: 1.048 Final Gravity: IBU: 17 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: 3.5 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 5# Rahr 2row 4# Torrified Wheat 1# Flaked Oats (Giant Quick Oats) 1oz Cascade Leafs 75min 0.3 oz Bitter Orange […]

Posted May 26, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, Belgian Wit, Bitter Orange Peel, Cascade, Coriander, Flaked Oats, Grapefruit Peel (dried), Torrified Wheat, WLP400 (Belgian Wit Ale)

Batch 34: Skip in the Dark CDA

Sarah has had a request on deck for quite a while: Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA, aka Black IPA) 🙂 Inspired somewhat by Hop in the Dark, as well as a few recipes on HBT, and given what’s on-hand at home and at Nepenthe, I cobbled this together. Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP001 Yeast Starter: two pint jars of trub from […]

Posted April 28, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, Black Malt (debittered), Crystal 60L, CTZ, Pale Chocolate, Roasted Barley, Torrified Wheat, WLP001 (California Ale)

Batch 33: Ploughshares to Swords

I just noticed that the name of this beer is consonant-heavy. Can a beer be consonant-heavy? Anyway, we are embarking on a quest into Saison territory!! (should I say terroir?) Inspired by a number of various recipes on homebrewtalk.com, and given my current compliment of ingredients, I present to you (for camping consumption in the […]

Posted April 7, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, BREW AGAIN, Cascade, Coriander, Grapefruit Peel (dried), Munich, Northern, Rye, Sugar, Torrified Wheat, WLP565 Belgian Saison I

Batch 32: Fashionably Late IPA

Brewing an IPA for my first competition!!!! 2014 http://beerbaconmusic.com/ I entered the Pale Ale, IPA, IIPA category, and for this I am brewing a late-hopped American IPA, relying mostly on the Columbus hops that I bought in bulk from NikoBrew 🙂 Thanks, NikoBrew! I used the silver thermometer, as a few days ago I tested the […]

Posted March 30, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, Amarillo, Crystal 60L, CTZ, Simcoe, Torrified Wheat

Batch 31: California Common

Taking on Yooper’s California Common (Anchor Steam Clone) http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/california-common-anchor-steam-clone-extract-ag-54301/ slightly modified, due to available ingredients 🙂 With the wonderful help of Paul Smaldino and Evan Hermann (for at least the first 1/2-2/3 of the process) SG: 1.023 at 135* (1.037 corrected) OG: 1.055 8.5# 2-row 1.5# C60 1oz NB hops 60min .5oz NB hops 30min […]

Posted February 2, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, California Common, Crystal 60L, Northern, Sugar, WLP810 (San Fran Lager)

Batch 29/30: RIS and Coffee (Chocolate? Vanilla?) Porter

Partigyle seems to be the word of the day! Brew day was Sunday, Jan 12. Brewing this recipe: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f68/russian-imperial-stout-2011-hbt-competition-category-winner-238807/ and capping the mash for a small beer, because why not!? Gonna either let the small beer sit in secondary with vanilla or chocolate, or bottle with either a vanilla tea or coffee, to make some […]

Posted January 13, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, Carapils, Cascade, Chocolate, Crystal 60L, Goldings (EK), Northern, Partigyle, RIS, Roasted Barley, Safale S-04, Safale S-33, Special B, Stout, Uncategorized, Williamette

Batch 27/28: Cascade Partigyle IIPA/Bitter

Brewed on Monday, December 30th, 2013 For this installment, I am testing my new heat sticks (http://www.cedarcreeknetworks.com/heatstick.htm garnered from a few various posts on hbt.com), and using my first ever order of bulk hops!!! I will be doing a partigyle IIPA/English Bitter, capping the Bitter with a few pounds of M-O. I am using Safale […]

Posted January 2, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row, Bitter, Cascade, Crystal 60L, Hops, IPA, Malt, Maris Otter, Partigyle, Safale S-33, WLP004 (Irish Ale)

Batch 26: Fuggles/Maris Otter SMaSH

Let’s compare Fuggles (batch 26) to Willamette (batch 23)! Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: Safale-04 Yeast Starter: No (1 packets of Safale-04 used) Batch Size (Gallons): 2.5 Original Gravity: unknown (still haven’t gotten a hydrometer) Final Gravity: IBU: 45? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 7 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 days (so far, at ~68*F) 6# Maris Otter 1oz Fuggles for […]

Posted November 26, 2013 by fbarrett in Fuggles, Maris Otter, Safale S-04, SMaSH

Batch 25: Dark Forest (Porter? Brown Ale?)

I wanted to make this in the style of a Baltic Porter … but it came out a bit too light (might not even count as a porter, maybe rather a brown ale), and a Baltic Porter is traditionally a lager (I’m not lagering yet), so let’s just call this Beer. My original recipe had […]

Posted October 29, 2013 by fbarrett in Amber, Belgian Special B, Biscuit, Carafa II, Chocolate, Flaked Oats, Maris Otter, Northern, Porter, WLP004 (Irish Ale)

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