Ingredients-
Grain:
20 lbs- Pils
3 lbs- Carafoam
Hops:
2 oz- Perle @ 60
1 oz- Perle @ 40
1 oz- Perle @ 30
1 oz- Saaz @ 15
1 oz- Saaz @ 5
Water:
Mash-
7.25 Gallons @ 162 for 60 Minutes
Sparge-
2 Gallons @ 169
2 Gallons @ 169
5.5 Gallons @ 169
Yeast:
Wyeast 2001, Urquell Lager (starter made day prior with 1 lb DME)
OG:
1.048
22JUN2011- Another batch brewed with Jon. Its really nice to have the extra help around for the brew. Plus its fun to relax with a friend. Everything went really well. No stuck mash, no hiccups really anywhere in the process. Gravity was a little lower than target even though our the mash temp was right on. I'll have to think it over and see where something needs to be adjusted.
29JUN2011- Down to 1.008, I thought this yeast was supposed to take a long time but apparently it went really quick. Might cold crash on friday.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Brawley's Meadicine
Ingredients:
4 lbs- Local Organic Raw Honey
1 Gallon- Water
1 Packet- Red Star Pasteur champagne Yeast
O.G. 1.159
22JUN2011- Man this is gonna be crazy
4 lbs- Local Organic Raw Honey
1 Gallon- Water
1 Packet- Red Star Pasteur champagne Yeast
O.G. 1.159
22JUN2011- Man this is gonna be crazy
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Simple Mead
Ingredients:
Honey- ~3.5 lbs
Water- <1 Gallon
Yeast- Red Star Pasteur Champagne
O.G. 1.120
15JUN2011- My last mead went over so well I had to make another. I just get bummed about how long it takes to ferment. I'll check it in a couple of months and see what the gravity is down to.
21JUN2011- I had checked it earlier this week and again this morning. Fermentation has stopped at 1.032 for a final ABV of 11.6% Its pretty good, you can really feel that alcohol burn but the left over sugars really balance it out.
Honey- ~3.5 lbs
Water- <1 Gallon
Yeast- Red Star Pasteur Champagne
O.G. 1.120
15JUN2011- My last mead went over so well I had to make another. I just get bummed about how long it takes to ferment. I'll check it in a couple of months and see what the gravity is down to.
21JUN2011- I had checked it earlier this week and again this morning. Fermentation has stopped at 1.032 for a final ABV of 11.6% Its pretty good, you can really feel that alcohol burn but the left over sugars really balance it out.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wheatopia
Ingredients-
Grain:
1 lb German Dark Wheat
1 lb Wheat
Hops:
0.2 oz Willamette @ 40
0.2 oz Willamette @ 20
0.2 oz Willamette @ 10
Yeast:
Safale US-05
Water:
0.75 Gallon Strike @ 162 for 60 min
0.25 Gallon Sparge @ 168 for 5 min
0.75 Gallon Sparge @ 168 for 5 min (re-circulate X 2)
Post-boil specific Gravity: 1.084
11JUN2011- This morning doing the IPA was so easy I just HAD to brew again. I didn't get as much as I should have. Apparently I should not think that I am smarter than beer smith cause the first brew went well and this one I tried to change the amount of sparge water and ended up with only a 1/2 gallon instead of a full. And my gravities turned out almost twice as high as expected, oh well. Decided I would do a hoppy wheat since I've never done a wheat and since its only a gallon batch it doesn't matter if I am not super excited about it. We'll see how it turns out.
18JUN2011- Gravity down to 1.002 for a whopping 10.7% ABV. I dont know that this is going to taste very good, but we shall see.
20JUN2011- Bottled. Got 1- 22oz, 1- 12oz, and 1- 7oz bottle.
Grain:
1 lb German Dark Wheat
1 lb Wheat
Hops:
0.2 oz Willamette @ 40
0.2 oz Willamette @ 20
0.2 oz Willamette @ 10
Yeast:
Safale US-05
Water:
0.75 Gallon Strike @ 162 for 60 min
0.25 Gallon Sparge @ 168 for 5 min
0.75 Gallon Sparge @ 168 for 5 min (re-circulate X 2)
Post-boil specific Gravity: 1.084
11JUN2011- This morning doing the IPA was so easy I just HAD to brew again. I didn't get as much as I should have. Apparently I should not think that I am smarter than beer smith cause the first brew went well and this one I tried to change the amount of sparge water and ended up with only a 1/2 gallon instead of a full. And my gravities turned out almost twice as high as expected, oh well. Decided I would do a hoppy wheat since I've never done a wheat and since its only a gallon batch it doesn't matter if I am not super excited about it. We'll see how it turns out.
18JUN2011- Gravity down to 1.002 for a whopping 10.7% ABV. I dont know that this is going to taste very good, but we shall see.
20JUN2011- Bottled. Got 1- 22oz, 1- 12oz, and 1- 7oz bottle.
speakEasy IPA
Ingredients-
Grain:
2.5 lbs- 2 Row Pale Malt
0.5 lbs- Crystal 20L
Hops:
0.30 oz- Nugget @ 60
0.30 oz- Willamette @ 30
0.30 oz- Willamette @ 10
Yeast:
Safale American 05
Water:
Mash-
1 Gallon strike @ 161 for 2 hours (a little long cause I went to the farmers market)
Sparge-
1/2 gallon strike @ 168 for 4 minutes
1 gallons strike @ 168 for 5 minutes
Pre-boil Adjusted Gravity- Chose not to take this
Post-boil Specific Gravity- 1.062
11JUN2011- So I was sitting at work the other day just itching to brew. But sometimes finding someone to help, getting all the materials and all that is just too much of a hassle. I decided I should set up a system so I can do 1 or 2 Gallon batches fairly quickly and easily whenever I want. So I went to Target, got a 2 gallon beverage cooler, went to Lowes and got a ball valve and a brass hose barb. I already had some high temp O-rings and a 1/2 inch to 3/8 inch bushing. I took out the spout in the cooler and attached the ball valve with the bushing and crimped the end of a stainless steel braid I had laying around and attached that to the hose barb and installed it for a quick easy mash tun. IT WORKED GREAT! I can't believe how easy this is, and since I already had a brew pot and the other stuff I need it was pretty cheap too. Now I can make a beer whenever I want. (I'll just have to bottle it instead of kegging it) And my wife signed on to the idea cause she wanted me to make a beer for a friend of hers at work who just had a baby. I didn't want to do a 5 gallon deal so this works perfect. Below are some pics of the set-up and the brew!
Grain:
2.5 lbs- 2 Row Pale Malt
0.5 lbs- Crystal 20L
Hops:
0.30 oz- Nugget @ 60
0.30 oz- Willamette @ 30
0.30 oz- Willamette @ 10
Yeast:
Safale American 05
Water:
Mash-
1 Gallon strike @ 161 for 2 hours (a little long cause I went to the farmers market)
Sparge-
1/2 gallon strike @ 168 for 4 minutes
1 gallons strike @ 168 for 5 minutes
Pre-boil Adjusted Gravity- Chose not to take this
Post-boil Specific Gravity- 1.062
11JUN2011- So I was sitting at work the other day just itching to brew. But sometimes finding someone to help, getting all the materials and all that is just too much of a hassle. I decided I should set up a system so I can do 1 or 2 Gallon batches fairly quickly and easily whenever I want. So I went to Target, got a 2 gallon beverage cooler, went to Lowes and got a ball valve and a brass hose barb. I already had some high temp O-rings and a 1/2 inch to 3/8 inch bushing. I took out the spout in the cooler and attached the ball valve with the bushing and crimped the end of a stainless steel braid I had laying around and attached that to the hose barb and installed it for a quick easy mash tun. IT WORKED GREAT! I can't believe how easy this is, and since I already had a brew pot and the other stuff I need it was pretty cheap too. Now I can make a beer whenever I want. (I'll just have to bottle it instead of kegging it) And my wife signed on to the idea cause she wanted me to make a beer for a friend of hers at work who just had a baby. I didn't want to do a 5 gallon deal so this works perfect. Below are some pics of the set-up and the brew!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Snorkel Stout
Ingredients-
Grain:
25 lbs- 2 Row Pale Malt
3 lbs- Crystal 120
1 lb 8 oz- Chocolate Malt
8 oz- Black Patent
8 oz- Carafa III
Hops:
1.5 oz- Nugget (pellet)
2.0 oz- Cascade (whole)
Yeast:
Safale American 05
Water:
Mash-
9.5 Gallons @ 162 for 70 minutes
Sparge-
1.5 Gallons @ 168 for 2 Minutes
6.5 Gallons @ 168 for 10 Minutes and re-circulate
Pre-boil Adjusted Gravity- 1.054
Post Boil Specific Gravity- 1.076
04JUN2011- Had the privilege of brewing this with Jon Brawley which was awesome. Brewing went fairly well except for the fact after we had mashed and drained the mash water and the first sparge water the Mash Tun clogged and we couldn't get the wort out of the mash very easily while keeping it free of grain pieces. We had to use the Poormeister suggested "snorkel" technique (hence the beers name) which was difficult and took countless tries but was finally successful. Ended up with about 13.5 gallons pre-boil. Boil was really fun yet we ended up with slightly lower final amount than expected and higher specific gravity than expected. I think this one is going to be really really good. I can't wait.
11JUN2011- Gravity down to 1.012, which gives us 8.4% ABV. I am going to transfer my 4.5 gallons to the keg today and transfer Brawley's to cold crash. This way when they are ready we can compare and see how big of a difference cold crashing makes.
Grain:
25 lbs- 2 Row Pale Malt
3 lbs- Crystal 120
1 lb 8 oz- Chocolate Malt
8 oz- Black Patent
8 oz- Carafa III
Hops:
1.5 oz- Nugget (pellet)
2.0 oz- Cascade (whole)
Yeast:
Safale American 05
Water:
Mash-
9.5 Gallons @ 162 for 70 minutes
Sparge-
1.5 Gallons @ 168 for 2 Minutes
6.5 Gallons @ 168 for 10 Minutes and re-circulate
Pre-boil Adjusted Gravity- 1.054
Post Boil Specific Gravity- 1.076
04JUN2011- Had the privilege of brewing this with Jon Brawley which was awesome. Brewing went fairly well except for the fact after we had mashed and drained the mash water and the first sparge water the Mash Tun clogged and we couldn't get the wort out of the mash very easily while keeping it free of grain pieces. We had to use the Poormeister suggested "snorkel" technique (hence the beers name) which was difficult and took countless tries but was finally successful. Ended up with about 13.5 gallons pre-boil. Boil was really fun yet we ended up with slightly lower final amount than expected and higher specific gravity than expected. I think this one is going to be really really good. I can't wait.
11JUN2011- Gravity down to 1.012, which gives us 8.4% ABV. I am going to transfer my 4.5 gallons to the keg today and transfer Brawley's to cold crash. This way when they are ready we can compare and see how big of a difference cold crashing makes.
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