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 […]
Archive for the ‘Pilsner’ Category
Batch 61: Pumpkin Dubbel 2016!
Batch 60: 90th Birthday Blonde Ale
Recipe Type:Â All Grain Yeast:Â WLP090Â San Diego Super Yeast Starter:Â 1 yeast cake from batch #59 Batch Size (Gallons):Â 5.5 Original Gravity: 1.050 Final Gravity: 1.0 IBU:Â 17 Boiling Time (Minutes):Â 90 Color: 2.5 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp):Â room temp 8 days, then keg, cold crash & carb Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7# German Pilsen 2.5# […]
Batch 59: NDWSHE Wheat Wine
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 54: Pumpkin Dubbel 2015
Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter:Â 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: Â 23 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 9.5# German […]
Batch 50: Zeus IPA
Recipe Type:Â All Grain Yeast:Â WLP001 Yeast Starter:Â .75L starter from 1L starter of DME and one vial of WLP001 Batch Size (Gallons):Â 7.5 Original Gravity:Â 1.065 Final Gravity: IBU:Â ?56 Boiling Time (Minutes):Â 60 Color:Â 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 47: Raging Irish Red!
Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: S-04 Yeast Starter: No (1 packet used) Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons Original Gravity:Â 1.054 Final Gravity: 1.006 IBU: ?? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color: Â ?? Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 8# German Pils 1# CaraAroma 0.5# Melanoidin 0.5oz Aurora 10.3% 60 min 0.5oz Aurora 10.3% 30 min 1oz Aurora […]
Batch 45: New Year’s IPA
Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP862 Yeast Starter: No (1 vial used) Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons Original Gravity: ? 1.056 ? Final Gravity: 1.007 (6.43% est. ABV) IBU: 50? Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color:  7 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7.5# Munton’s Pearl 3.5# German Pils 1# Rye 0.5# C60 0.5# Torrified Wheat […]