This beer was destined to be a partigyle … but ended up just being a bitchin beer 🙂 Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: S-05 Yeast Starter: Yeast cake from Batch #70 Batch Size (Gallons): 10 Original Gravity: 1.094 Final Gravity: 1.013 IBU: ~55? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: ~40? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): […]
Archive for the ‘Style’ Category
Batch 72: Imperial Stout
Batch 71: Nepenthe Amber
So, for batch 70, I kindof … planned too large a grain bill for my mash tun. Aaaaaand … maybe we crushed a little too much grain for the plan. PSA: don’t measure and crush grain when you’ve been drinking heavily on St. Patrick’s day. We tried to fit as much as we could in […]
Batch 70: Glitter Barleywine
Batch 69: Oriander Pale Ale
It took a lot of restraint to not come up with a more salacious name for this beer. EDIT after tasting it (3/23), I’m starting to think of something like “easier than a presidential fitness test” b/c it is Easy Drinking. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Nottingham (1 packets) Yeast Starter: none Batch Size (Gallons): intended 6 Original Gravity: 1.051 […]
Batch 68: Yankee IPA
IPA brewed after a long hiatus and a number of equipment upgrades, including the capability of fly sparging, purchase of a plate chiller, and addition of a chilling coil in the conical fermenter. Oh, and I have pumps. 2 pumps. An I’m Gonna Use’em. This was originally planned as a NEIPA, however I didn’t have […]
Batch 65: Ben’s Wedding Ale
Insert thoughtful introduction acknowledging Ben & Olga’s wedding and the honor of brewing their beer 🙂 Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Notty (1.5 packets) Yeast Starter: no starter, just 1.5 packets 🙂 Batch Size (Gallons): intended 5.5, collected ? Original Gravity: 1.072 Final Gravity: IBU: ? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: ? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 62* to start Secondary […]
Batch 66: Olga’s Wedding Wheat
Insert thoughtful statement regarding the beautiful help that Olga provided to us today, the lots of beer that were brewed, and the honor of providing libation for her and Ben’s wedding reception 🙂 Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Safbrew WB-06 (1.5 packets) Yeast Starter: no starter, just 1.5 packets 🙂 Batch Size (Gallons): intended 5.5, collected ? Original Gravity: 1.061 Final Gravity: […]
Batch 63: Inauguration Ale
This beer is being brewed to drink on the night of the inauguration of our 45th president. A number of friends are gathering to move to DC the following day for a march, and I asked everyone what kind of beer I should brew for the occasion. Top contenders were La Fin du Monde (though […]
Batch 62: Extra Special Bitter
Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Nottingham Yeast Starter: 1L starter from 1 packet Batch Size (Gallons): 10 Original Gravity: 1.059 Final Gravity: 1.012 IBU: ~50? Boiling Time (Minutes): ~75 Color: ~12-17 SRM? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): ?16# Maris Otter (18# intended) 2# C60 2.5oz Nugget 60min Fresh hops: 1/2 of a […]
Batch 61: Pumpkin Dubbel 2016!
To be entered into the homebrew competition for the 2016 Baltimore Craft Beer Festival 🙂 Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter: 1L and 0.5L starters from two separate pure pitch packs Batch Size (Gallons): 10.5 gallons Original Gravity: 1.075 (+0.064 w/ D90 ≈ 1.081) Final Gravity: IBU: ~25 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: Primary […]