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 […]
Archive for the ‘2-row’ Category
Batch 69: Oriander Pale Ale
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 67: Harford Porter
Straight-up porter, as the first beer brewed in my baesment. Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: WLP001 (2 pure pitch packets) Yeast Starter: none Batch Size (Gallons): intended 10, collected 9.5 Original Gravity: ?? Final Gravity: ?? IBU: ?27? ?33 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: ~25? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 18# 2-row 1# […]
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 56: Bucket Bottom Stout
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!
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 […]