Archive for the ‘Centennial’ Category

Batch 77: Harvest Amber Ale

The next in a series of pumpkin ales for the season, inspired by the impeccable Nepenthe Amber Ale recipe (adapted earlier this year to include MO as the base malt), and riding on the heels of the Pumpkin Dubbel that placed 3rd in the professional panel of the homebrew comp for the 2016 Baltimore Craft […]

Posted September 30, 2018 by fbarrett in Amarillo, Amber Ale, Cascade, Centennial, Crystal 120L, Crystal 40L, CTZ, Hops, Malt, Maris Otter, Munich, Nottingham, Pale Chocolate, pumpkin, Pumpkin Ale, pumpkin pie spice, Style

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 […]

Posted March 25, 2018 by fbarrett in Amarillo, Amber Ale, Cascade, Centennial, Crystal 120L, Crystal 40L, Maris Otter, Munich, Nottingham, Nugget, Pale Chocolate

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 […]

Posted September 8, 2013 by fbarrett in 2-row, Belgian Special B, Centennial, Chocolate, Crystal 60L, Honey, Safale S-05, White Wheat, Winter Warmer

Batch 20: Centennial Blonde

Joining us this week, we have Sarah’s brother Drew and our good friend Paul! We will be brewing a recipe that has gained great acclaim on one of my favorite homebrew web sites: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/centennial-blonde-simple-4-all-grain-5-10-gall-42841/ This is a simple 4% blonde ale, which will a) go from grain to glass quickly, b) be an easy drinking […]

Posted July 27, 2013 by fbarrett in 2-row, Blonde Ale, Carapils, Cascade, Centennial, Crystal 10L, Hops, Vienna, WLP001 (California Ale), Yeast

Batches 16-18: Fashionably Late, Double the Trouble (DIPA)

A year ago tomorrow, I started home brewing. Hells yeah, 16 batches!!! As the final brew of our California experience, and in homage to our amazing time here, I am going to brew an Imperial IPA. I’ve named it ‘fashionably late, double the trouble’ as it’s a double IPA characterized by late additions of some […]

Posted March 4, 2013 by fbarrett in 2-row, Biscuit, BREW AGAIN, Carapils, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Hops, Horizon, IPA, Malt, Northern, Style, Williamette, WLP001 (California Ale), WLP002 (English Ale), Yeast

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 […]

Posted September 23, 2012 by fbarrett in 2-row, Belgian Special B, Centennial, Chocolate, Crystal 60L, Honey, White Wheat, Winter Warmer, WLP530 (Abbey Ale Yeast)

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 […]

Posted July 8, 2012 by fbarrett in 2-row, Adjunct, Belgian Special B, Bitter Orange Peel, BREW AGAIN, Centennial, Chocolate, Cinnamon, Crystal 60L, Ginger Root, Honey, Hops, Malt, Vanilla Bean, White Wheat, Winter Warmer