Archive for the ‘Style’ Category

Batch 60: 90th Birthday Blonde Ale

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast Starter: 1 yeast cake from batch #59 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.050 Final Gravity: 1.0 IBU: 17 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 2.5 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): room temp 8 days, then keg, cold crash & carb Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7# German Pilsen 2.5# […]

Batch 59: NDWSHE Wheat Wine

16# German Wheat Malt 14# German Pilsner 1# C60 2oz Nugget FWH 1 whirlfloc 90 minute boil 8 gal recovered yeast cake from one carboy from batch 58 (WLP090)   The taste upon racking to secondary was divine. The final product was estery, bitter, and a product of some very, very unhappy yeast. Need to […]

Batch 58: Ceci ne hop

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP090 San Diego Super Yeast Starter: 1.5L (split between two carboys) Batch Size (Gallons): 10 Original Gravity: 1.060 Final Gravity: IBU: 44 Boiling Time (Minutes): 120 Color: 6.5 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): room temp 14 days Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 15# German Pilsen 5# German Wheat Malt 1# C60 2oz Nugget – […]

Batch 57: JungleDrew Dunkelweizen

Shout out to Drew for helping me Brew 🙂 the kids have dubbed him “JungleDrew”, and so goes his namesake beer. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP300 Hefeweizen Ale Yeast Yeast Starter: 1L Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.054 Final Gravity: 1.010 IBU: 22 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 20 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): room temp 14 days Secondary Fermentation (# […]

Batch 56: Bucket Bottom Stout

Just what I had at the bottom of the grain buckets 🙂 Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP004 Irish Ale Yeast Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.058 Final Gravity: 1.016 IBU: 43 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 35 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): room temp 14 days Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): […]

Batch 55: Little Foot Session IPA

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP001 in 3.5 gal, 1pk Nottingham in 3.5 gal Yeast Starter: No Batch Size (Gallons): 7 (8.5 gallon boil) Original Gravity: 1.044 Final Gravity: IBU: 43 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 4 SRM Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 5# 2-row 5# Maris Otter 1# Torrified Wheat 0.5oz Citra […]

Batch 54: Pumpkin Dubbel 2015

Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter: none (used 2 vials, 1 per carboy) Batch Size (Gallons): 8 gallons (split into 2 carboys) Original Gravity: 1.062 Final Gravity: 1.006 (estimated 1.072 after addition of D90, giving ABV ~ 9%) IBU: 23 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color:  23 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 9.5# German […]

Batch 53: Stout!

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP001 Yeast Starter: Yeast Cake from Batch 52 Batch Size (Gallons): 7 (7 gallon boil, 2 gal wort added mid-boil) Original Gravity: 1.049 Final Gravity: 1.070 IBU: 32 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7# 2-row 7# Maris Otter 2# Pale Chocolate […]

Batch 50: Zeus IPA

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP001 Yeast Starter: .75L starter from 1L starter of DME and one vial of WLP001 Batch Size (Gallons): 7.5 Original Gravity: 1.065 Final Gravity: IBU: ?56 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: 11 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 12# Maris Otter 4# German Pilsner 1.5# Rye 12oz C120 12oz Torrified […]

Batch 49: Barrett’s Barleywine

Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP090 Yeast Starter: .75L starter from 1L starter of DME and one vial of WLP090 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.08 Final Gravity: 1.008 (est 10.1% ABV) IBU: ?60 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 17L Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 34 days/60-70º Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): n/a 15# Maris […]