01/24/2015 – Made a starter Usual process 1 liter starter Wyeast 1098 British ale yeast 01/25/2015 – Brew day 0.5 lbs – Briess Caramel 90 (steeped for 20 min as 3.5 gal of water heated to 170 F) 3 lbs – Amber LME 2 oz – Cascade hop pelettes (60 min) 9 lbs – Amber LME (15 min) 1 oz – Willamette (15 min) 1 tsp – Irish moss (15 min) 0.5 tsp – Yeast nutrient (15 min) Aerated with…
11/22/2014 – Brew Day 1.25 lbs – Flaked Oats 1 lb – Crystal 40L malt 1 lb – Pale malt 0.5 lbs – Flaked Barley Mashed at 155 degrees F for 55 min 1 lb – Light DME 5 lbs – Extra pale LME 1 oz – Galena hop pellets (60 min) 1 oz – Glacier hop pellets (15 min) 1 tab – Whirl Flock (15 min) 1 capsule – Yeast fuel (15 min) 8 oz – New Sweden Fikablend…
11/14/2014 – Created a yeast starter Made by Michael in the evening… typical process used (fill in later) Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast 11/16/2014 – Brew day 1 lb – Flaked Rye 10 oz – English black malt 10 oz – English roasted barley 5.2 oz – Baird’s light carastan 5.2 oz – Crystal rye 8 oz – Crushed toasted pecans Added cold and steeped for 30 minutes while 2.5 Gal of spring water rose to 170 degrees F. Sparged…
11/08/2014 – Brew Day Did a double batch this time. Each should have the recipe listed below. However, it’s just a wee bit possible that something will be off, because we accidentally bought grain for four (4) batches, not two. We had to manually mix up the complete grain bill and then divide in half to get our double batch. Oops. But the wort color looked good, so we’re choosing to be optimistic… the other half was already used to make…
9/28/2014 – Brew Day Did a double batch this time. Each should have the recipe listed below. However, it’s just a wee bit possible that something will be off, because we accidentally bought grain for four (4) batches, not two. We had to manually mix up the complete grain bill and then divide in half to get our double batch. Oops. But the wort color looked good, so we’re choosing to be optimistic. We made a large starter 24 hours in…
09/13/2014 – Brew Day http://www.austinhomebrew.com/Beer/Seasonal-Beers/AHS-Chocolate-Orange-Holiday-Ale-21B.html 0.5 lbs – Crystal 40L malt 2 lbs – Pale ale malt 1 0z – Black patent malt 0.75 lbs – Chocolate malt 5 lbs – Munich LME 1 lb – Malto dextrin 1 oz – Magnum hop pellets (60 min) 1 – Chocolate orange holiday pack (Cinnamon, sweet orange peel, bitter orange peel) (15 min) 0.5 tsb – Yeast nutrient (DAP) (15 min) 1 tsp – Irish moss (15 min) 2 oz – Belgian…
Loosely based on this recipe: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f72/liberty-peach-berliner-weisse-sour-mash-351918/ 07/15/2014 – Mash Day 5 lbs – 2-Row Malt4 lbs – Red Wheat Malt 2.2 Gal – Strike water at 167 degrees F Mashed at 151 degrees F for 1 hr Cooled to 110 degrees F in an ice bath and by adding ice cubes to the mash Added 1 lb of unmilled 2-row to inoculate and put in the electric smoker at 110 degrees F for 72 hrs. 07/19/2014 – Brew Day The least foul-smelling sour mash…
06/22/2014 – Brew Day 12 oz – Briess cherrywood smoked malt 10 oz – Caramunich III 6 oz – Gambrinus honey malt 2 oz – English chocolate malt 3 lbs – Amber DME 1 lb – Wheat DME 1 oz – Willamette hop pellets (60 min) 3.15 lbs – Dark LME (15 min) 1 tsp – Irish moss (15 min) 0.5 tsp – Yeast nutrient (15 min) 30 mL – Bacon extract (0 min) Shook to aerate O.G.: 1.056, 14.1…
The goal here is to make a double batch of a really simple, light, low-alcohol, low-bitterness beer for our friends who are generally into light ales. We can use it as a gateway beer to get those as-yet-uncultured folks to try some of our more interesting beers. 5/7/2014 – Make starter 150g – DME 1.5L – spring water 1/8 teaspoon – yeast nutrient 1 vial – White Labs German Ale / Kolsch yeast (WLP029) Added to a 2L flask and placed…
04/13/2014 – Started a sour wort 5 lbs – Extra pale LME 1 lb – Unmilled 2-Row malt (for lacto-bacillus) 3 gal – Spring water Warmed to 110 degrees F, covered wort surface with Saran wrap (to limit O2 exposure), and put in the smoker set to 110 degrees F (72 hrs) 04/16/2014 – Brew day 1 lb – Corn sugar 1 oz – Brewer’s Gold hop pellets (60 min) 1 teaspoon – Irish moss (15 min) 0.5 teaspoon –…