BeeBrew

BeeBrew

BeeBrew

Member Since 10/8/2014
95 Recipes Created
62 Brew Sessions Created

Started brewing in 2014 with a Father's Day gift of a home brew kit. BIAB all grain brewer.

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12/7/2024 Fairhope Amber Clone Fairhope Amber Clone
4/18/2024 Czech-ish Pilsner v3 Czech-ish Pilsner v3
4/14/2024 Judds Backyard Pale Ale Judds Backyard Pale Ale
12/2/2023 Smokey Oak Amber Ale v3 Smokey Oak Amber Ale v3
10/20/2023 Backyard Best Bitter v.2 Backyard Best Bitter v.2
10/11/2023 Oredigger London Porter Oredigger London Porter
9/3/2023 Backyard Tradition Amber Ale v.2 Backyard Tradition Amber Ale v.2
8/18/2023 Marzen for Miners Marzen for Miners
8/15/2023 Tozier Real Honest Beer Tozier Real Honest Beer
3/19/2023 Texas Toast 6 Texas Toast 6
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Brew Session: Backyard Best Bitter v.2

BeeBrew about a month ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Mash temperature was high by 3 degrees (157). Result was less fermentable wort and FG above target. Added bottled spring water to top off at 5.5 gal in fermenter. Lowered OG from 1.046 to 1.044. Reduced expected attenuation to 70%

Brew Session: Judds Backyard Pale Ale

BeeBrew 8 months ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Mash temp was high to target, 155-156 vs. 152. Resulted in higher FG, 1.015. Might have been grain temperature due to warm day.

Brew Session: Czech-ish Pilsner v3

BeeBrew 9 months ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation

Brewed at Greg’s

Brew Session: Smokey Oak Amber Ale v3

BeeBrew about a year ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Brewed with Gus

Brew Session: Mashed Up Pale Ale

BeeBrew 2 years ago
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

85-95F day. Mash Hopping all hops. Collected 6.5 gallons of wort and heated to 185F. Stopped 2hrs to take a break before boiling. 45 minute boil, cool to 89deg in 12 min. Cooled in chest freezer for 2 hrs. Pithched yeast into 80 degree wort, set temp at 68F. 36 hr lag to active fermentation. Day 3 had Krausen foam coming out of airlock. Laddled out foam 3 times over the day. day 5 activity ceased, Sg 1.012. 17 days in fermenter. FG 1.010, higher attenuation (79%) than expected for this yeast.

Brew Session: Texas Toast 5

BeeBrew 2 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
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  • Tasting Notes

Mashed at 157 to have more body. Yeast Best By date was Feb, 05, 2023, some concern about performance. Lag time to active fermentation was 54 hrs, vs. normal 36 hr lag for WLP-023. Final gravity a bit higher than I wanted.

Brew Session: Czech-ish Pilsner v2

BeeBrew 2 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Mash efficiency was higher than predicted, (maybe a characteristic of Pilsner malt?). Pre-boil gravity was 1.049. Added about 1/2 gallon during boil to lower the SG by 3 pts.

Brew Session: Backyard Best Bitter v2

BeeBrew 2 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Mashed at 154 vs. 148 mash temp in original version.

Brew Session: Backyard Czech-ish Pilsner

BeeBrew 3 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

OG was above plan, (1.054 vs. 1.048). Don't know if it was higher efficiency or inaccurate weight on Pilsner, (more than 9lbs). I may have had extra Pilsner malt, did not weigh the bag, just assumed they sent 9 lbs., but it might have been closer to 10lbs.

Brew Session: Backyard Best Bitter

BeeBrew 3 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew shop gave me 2.5 lbs more grain in the recipe, I assumed it was extra Maris Otter. I mixed the crushed grain and weighed out 8.5 lbs to brew with. The percentage of Victory and CaraMunich will be slightly lower than planned.Had to add about 1/3 gallon of water at end of boil to lower OG. Mash efficiency was better than expected, about 83%.

Brew Session: Oredigger Roggenbier

BeeBrew 3 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Brewed with Oredigger Brew Crew

Brew Session: Scruffy Dog Porter v2

BeeBrew 3 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew day, cloudy, 60 deg. Update: 25 hours post pitch there is no sign of yeast activity. The packet of WLP-004 was dated 12/2021 and may have been degraded. Store owner moved to new location and yeast may have gotten warm. Pitched Safale-05 on 12/8 at 2:30 pm.

Brew Session: German Pilsner - Gus

BeeBrew 3 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Brewed for Gus, he liked it so much he bought the ingredients for a second batch

Brew Session: Backyard Tradition Amber Ale

BeeBrew 3 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

4 Gal Mash Water - 103 Ca, 9 Mg, 23 Na, 85 Cl, 104 SO4, 10ml 10% Phosphoric

Brew Session: Backyard German Pilsner

BeeBrew 4 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Noted fairly strong green apple taste on bottling which will age out. Nice grainy flavor underneath, moderate bitterness.

Brew Session: Zoeys Pale Ale

BeeBrew 4 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Mash went long, 1hr 45 min. due to doing crossword puzzle. Resulted in OG above target and probably more maltose, less complex sugars, and hence lower FG than expected.

Brew Session: Single Hop Pale - HBC-472

BeeBrew 4 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew Session: Texas Toast 4

BeeBrew 4 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Had trouble crushing the Roasted Barley, had to open gap to .045 and push through to get roller to catch, grain hardness must be a factor.

Brew Session: London Ale Decoction Amber

BeeBrew 4 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Post mash decoction boil of grist for 15 minutes. Temperature after recombining the grain with the wort was 175, this was too high. Next time, cool the decoction with a chiller prior to recombining. Yeast - London ESB does not ferment Maltotriose sugars, so I should have mashed at a lower temperature, maybe 148.

Brew Session: Oredigger Coffee Blonde

BeeBrew 4 years ago
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Brew Session: Judds Backyard Amber Ale

BeeBrew 5 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Had a bit less volume so OG was high by 3 points.

Brew Session: Scooter IPA

BeeBrew 5 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Brew Session: Easy to be Hard - Pale Ale

BeeBrew 5 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew Session: Scruffy Dog Porter

BeeBrew 5 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

5 gallons mash water, 2 gallons sparge water.Had higher efficiency, (85%) so boiled less and took refractometer readings until OG was 1.052

Brew Session: Smokey Oak Amber Ale

BeeBrew 5 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Adjusted mill to 0.025" for finer crush. Diluted wort with 1/2 gallon spring water due to high OG of 1.056

Brew Session: ExpAle

BeeBrew 6 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew Session: Use it up Ale

BeeBrew 6 years ago
  • Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew Session: Texas Rye Toast 2 gallon

BeeBrew 6 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation

OG was only 1.034, very low implying only 56% efficiency, but mash was complete based on iodine test. Was the Rye malt not properly crushed?

Brew Session: Amarillo Amber Ale from Re-purposed Recipe

BeeBrew 6 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Forgot to add Irish Moss

Brew Session: Brown Ale - Palmer

BeeBrew 6 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation

Brew Session: Solo Artist Ale - East Kent Goldings and DME

BeeBrew 6 years ago
  • Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Kegged 1 gallon and filled 10 - 12oz bottles. FG was lower than predicted.

Brew Session: Grätzer Mann

BeeBrew 7 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation

Brewed in the heat. 92 deg. with cousin Larry

Brew Session: WTXPA

BeeBrew 7 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Filled two 1.75 gallon kegs and two 12 oz bottles primed with 2 grams sucrose.

Brew Session: Chinook IPA

BeeBrew 7 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Kegged 1.8 gallons, bottled the rest

Brew Session: Grätzer Mann

BeeBrew 7 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Step mash per Gratzer recipe. Finished with lower FG that expected. Aroma at bottling was slightly smoky, sample tasted smooth, smoke flavor and hops well balanced.

Brew Session: Texas Toast v.3.1

BeeBrew 7 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Gravity finished high, maybe due to higher mash temp and amount of flaked wheat.

Brew Session: Leftovers Ale - 2

BeeBrew 7 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation

Had 77% as predicted, had 4.3 gal post boil, so added 0.5 gallons due to initial Brix to SG calculation error. Over-diluted and resulting OG was 1.037.

Brew Session: Pale Grits

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

first time doing cereal Mash, used Quick Grits.

Brew Session: K Citra Session IPA

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Brew Session: BBB-IPA

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Brew Session: Leftovers Ale

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

No sparge, just squeezed bag. May have resulted in lowering mash efficiency to 70%.

Brew Session: Anytime Pale Ale

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Used 1 yr old base malt. Lowered ppg to 32 from. 38.

Brew Session: Texas Toast v.2

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

FG was 1.014. Higher than expected. Either the 8th generation Nottingham yeast harvest is losing its ability to finish lower or there was a higher degree of nonfermentable sugars.

Brew Session: ALT-er Ego

BeeBrew 8 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Split into two fermenters, about 0.9 gal each. Added 0.15 oz Spalt hop tea to one and will dry hop the other with like amount after primary is complete. At bottling time, the hop tea and the dry hop seemed to have equivalent hop aroma and flavor.

Brew Session: Buttermilk Racer Cream Ale v.2

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Accidentally used only 5.25 lbs of Maris Otter instead of 6.25 lbs, so OG was 6 pts low.

Brew Session: Pied-billed Pale

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Efficiency was only 75%, so fnal volume was adjusted to 5.33 gal to hit target OG of 1.060

Brew Session: Cu-29 Ale

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Pitched 5th generation Nottingham. Racked to secondary on 3-8-16. SG 1.011

Brew Session: Texas Toast

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Steeped 8 oz of Midnight Wheat at 150 for 30 minutes.

Brew Session: Arch-Rye-val Pale Ale

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Racked to secondary 12/27/15. Beer was fairly cloudy, (Rye proteins?). SG was 1.015 and 2 jars of yeast were harvested.

Brew Session: It Would Pale....Ale

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Racked to secondary 11/25/15. SG 1.014

Brew Session: Altbier

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Efficiency was 80%

Brew Session: Port-o-storm

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

OG was 13.7 Brix, 13.2 Plato or 1.053 SG. Flame-out hops added late by mistake, wort was 112 F. Pitched harvested yeast, strong airlock activity after ~6 hrs. Racked to secondary on 9/2/15. Gravity was 1.018, FG at bottling time was 1.016, so gravity dropped two points during conditioning.

Brew Session: X-Brew MASH Hopping Test

BeeBrew 9 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Testing Mash-only hop addition. Mashed 1oz Chinook and 1 oz Citra with grain inside BIAB bag for 90 minutes at 155F. Mash efficiency was 80%, this was first time using my own grain mill!

Brew Session: Golden Prairie IPA

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Mashed at 152F for 60 min, pH of mash was a bit high at 6.0.

Brew Session: Buttermilk Racer Cream Ale

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Oops, forgot to add the cinnamon to the mash.6/4/15 No activity after 67 hrs, realized freezer was too cold (58F) due to placement of thermostat sensor. Moved sensor and raised to 70F and rocked fermenter, active airlock by 9am.6/7/15 Racked to secondary, very clear. Set freezer to 60F6/8/15 Set freezer at 59F, Carboy is at 56F6/14/15 Bottled, very clear. FG 1.009 (corr.)

Brew Session: IPA Hop Trial - Cluster

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Racked to secondary on 5/6/15

Brew Session: Texas Copperhead Amber Ale

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning

Mashed with 5 gal at 152 for 60 minutes and sparged with 2 gal at 170 for 10 min. Pre-boil OG indicated 81% efficiency, better than expected, so I was slightly above my original OG target of 1.050 for 5.25 gal, so topped off fermenter with 1/2 gallon to 5.5 gal resulting in an OG of 1.055.

Brew Session: Be-Irish Red

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Water - Used 5 gal Cartwright Springs, 1 gal Samantha Springs and 4 gm baking soda. Alkalinity was ~110. Observed that some of the Rye grain remained un-crushed, tried to crush with rolling pin as best as possible. BIAB mash temp. was 155deg after 70 min in an insulated kettle.

Brew Session: Mini-mash of Port-o-storm

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

BIAB method. Mash-in 7.25 lbs grain at 50 deg. with 6.8 gal at 157deg. Mash at 152deg. for 60min. Final temp was 152deg. 1/25/15 Had 1" compact yeast trub in primary. Beer was clear, good color. Dry hopped in carboy.

Brew Session: Simcoe SMASH

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Water Infusion
  • Mash/Boil
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Initial gravity in fermenter was 1.026, added 1 lb cane sugar on 12/19/14. Dry hopped 1 oz leaf Simcoe About 1/2 of the leaf hops were still floating in carboy. Auto-siphon open slot acted as barrier for larger leaf pieces, only a small amount of small hop particles made it to bottling bucket and bottles were filled free of hop debris. Hop aroma was very strong during bottling.

Brew Session: Golden-throated IPA

BeeBrew 10 years ago
  • Fermentation
  • Conditioning
  • Tasting Notes

Steeped specialty grains in 2 gallons spring water at 140-150F for 30 minutes and rinsed grain bag over strainer with 1 gal at 160 deg. (Later I soaked some of the "spent" grains in hot water and had no further extraction of color). Mixed in 7 lbs Light LME and 2 lbs of DME, 4 gallon boil volume. Added hops per recipe. Cool down from 212 to 95F via immersion chiller in 30 minutes, added 2 gallons 40F spring water to fermenter, pitching temp at 73F. Post boil OG of 1.076 was above recipe ...

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