Last time I did this, I put the pumpkin in the boil. This time, I’m trying the pumpkin in the mash. All else should be equal regarding ingredients! I broke my hydrometer brewing batch 25, so I couldn’t measure the final gravity of this delicious beer, but I’m assuming it’s around 8-8.5% ABV Brewed September […]
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Batch 24: Pixelated Pumpkin Ale
Batch 22: Holly Ale Redux
This past week, Dan and Drew were complete heroes in caring for Zachary as we welcomed the arrival of Lillian. Thank you for your awesomeness. While Drew was here, he helped me brew another batch of the celebrated Holly Ale, explored in Batch 7 and Batch 10, and originating with jmo88 on homebrewtalk.com: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f78/holly-christmas-ale-145580/ This […]
Batch 10: Belgian Holly Ale/Winter Warmer
Doing a second batch of jmo88’s holly ale from homebrewtalk.com. This time, I’m going to use a belgian yeast (WLP530), and I’m using the original grain bill proposed (instead of doing an extract batch), with slightly different quantities (probably negligible) due to the portions that my LHBS sells in: 13# pale 2-row 0.5# crystal 60 […]
Batch 9: Dogfish Pumpkin Clone
variation on this recipe: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/dogfish-pumpkin-clone-questions-349561/ brewed Saturday 9/1/2012 carmelized canned pumpkin – spread into a baking pan, cooked at 350* for 1 hour SG (first 2.5 gallons): 1.059 (corrected from 1.042 at 148*) SG (second 1.5 gallons): 1.044 (corrected from 1.026 at 150*) OG: 1.071 !? (after cooling, measured before pitching yeast, suspecting it’s artifically high […]
Batch 8: Citra Cascade IPA
first beer with the new cooler mash tun! I have a sub-optimal mash tun manifold, made of a single tube of 1/2″ PEX with 1/8″ slits cut every 1/2″ by a dremel with a high-speed cutter. Next time, I will have a more complex and appropriate manifold. Recipe: http://hopville.com/recipe/1600762/american-ipa-recipes/shinken-shobu Boiled 1.5gal 15 min, added to fermenter […]
Batch 7: Holly Ale/Winter Warmer
At the behest of Sarah, and certainly not begrudgingly, this batch is a winter warmer 🙂 Sarah asked for orange, ginger, cinnamon, and vanilla, and I happened upon this recipe: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f78/holly-christmas-ale-145580/ Just in case that post or the site ever goes away, here’s the recipe (with minor changes that I made): Recipe Type: Partial Mash (the […]
Batch 6: Pale Zythos SMaSH
Briefly, I am finding myself in the midst of a SMaSHing experiment 🙂 Last batch was a pale/nugget ale that I ended up splitting between two containers to dry hop with either Nugget or Zythos. This batch will be the compliment, brewing with Zythos and them splitting the batch to dry-hop with either Zythos or […]
Batch 5: Pale Nugget SMaSH
So, this technically isn’t quite a SMaSH (Single Malt and Single Hop), as I’m using both 2-row and crystal 60. However, it is my FIRST ALL GRAIN BATCH! Yes kids, daddy has taken his first step onto the field. After reading a ton on BIAB (brew in a bag, a method of no-sparge all grain […]