Archive for March 2018

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 70: Glitter Barleywine

So many thanks to Tom and Drew for the assistance with this brew 🙂 The day began with a disappointment, when the new heat sticks tripped the breaker. We moved outside into the COLD, and lost a lot of heat in the mash. In addition, we couldn’t fit all 36# of grain that were planned […]

Posted March 18, 2018 by fbarrett in Barley Wine, Crystal 60L, Maris Otter, Northern, Rye, Safale S-05

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 […]

Posted March 11, 2018 by fbarrett in 2-row, Bitter Orange Peel, boat beer, Cascade, Coriander, German Wheat, 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 […]

Posted March 4, 2018 by fbarrett in 2-row, Cascade, CTZ, German Wheat, Hops, IPA, Malt, Melanoidin, Mosaic, Safale S-05, Simcoe