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Batch 52: Blue Bench Blonde Ale

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP001 Yeast Starter: Yeast Cake from Batch 50 Batch Size (Gallons): 8 (8 gallon boil, 6.5 fermentation topped up at kegging) Original Gravity: 1.066 Final Gravity: IBU: 25 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 5.5 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 8# 2-row 8# Maris Otter 4oz C60 […]

Posted July 13, 2015 by fbarrett in Uncategorized

Batch 51: Shichimi Saison

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP565 Yeast Starter: no, but used 2 vials Batch Size (Gallons): 8 gallon Original Gravity: Final Gravity: IBU: Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): grain hops 1 Whirlfloc 1 tsp Gypsum per 5gal hot liquor (3tsp Gypsum) 0.5oz shichimi   need to find […]

Posted July 13, 2015 by fbarrett in Uncategorized

Batch 44: Sarah’s Good Morning Breakfast Stout

8# German Pils 1# Pale Chocolate 1# Roasted Barley 1# Oats 8oz C120 4oz OS Wheat FWH 1oz Northern Brewer (stated 9.1%, probably lower due to age) 15min 1oz Northern Brewer 1.036 at 120* 1 # oats in 1 gallon water starting at *110 for at least 20 minutes (beta-glucan rest) 3tsp Gypsum total in […]

Batch 43: Columbus IPA

added 2tsp Gypsum 11# Pearl Malt 8oz Torrified Wheat 4oz C60 90 minute boil 2 oz CTZ 10 min 1oz CTZ 5 min 1oz CTZ 1 min Mash temp began at 152*, ended 148* OG 1.060 UPDATE 10/8/14: KEGGED with 1oz Cole Hops (Cascade), force-carbed, FG =  1.007 (~7% ABV). After one day, lost pressure due […]

Posted September 22, 2014 by fbarrett in BREW AGAIN, Uncategorized

Batch 42: Dark English Mild

Added 0.5tsp gypsum, ~1 tsp calcium carbonate to total volume of strike/sparge water ~3.75 gal water stopped at 165* (crept up to ~172 as it was sitting) 6# Pearl malt 1# Brown malt 12oz C60 12oz Pale Chocolate 4oz C120 mash temp at 156* to start, ending mash temp 152* collected 6.5 gallons of wort […]

Posted September 21, 2014 by fbarrett in BREW AGAIN, Uncategorized

Batch 37: Ryeteous IPA!

2.5 gallon batch, 1 vial of WLP001 added 2.5 tsp gypsum to filtered water crushed grain 2 nights beforehand: 6# munton’s pearl malt 8oz rye 2oz C60 2oz Caraaroma mashed in with 2.5g water at 165*, mash began at 151* at 7:21p, at 8:53p, 146*, first sparge started second sparge, ~2.125g 171* water collected ~3.25g […]

Posted July 19, 2014 by fbarrett in Uncategorized

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 […]