Longtime Homebrewer, former Brewtoad user.
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/9/2023 |  Belgian Wit |
Witbier | 5.6 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 4/4/2023 |  Clone Of Green Ghost |
American IPA | 6.6 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/21/2022 |  Updated Ithaca Flower Power Clone |
American IPA | 7.7 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/14/2022 |  Updated Niagara Red |
Irish Red Ale | 5.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 10/1/2021 | Cranberry Orange Saison |
Saison | 6.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 9/1/2021 | Watermelon Honey Wheat |
American Wheat Beer | 5.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 5/10/2021 |  Cold Brew Coffee Stout |
American Stout | 5.2 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/25/2020 |  Oat and barley NEIPA |
Unknown Style | 6.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 11/6/2019 | Old School |
Unknown Style | 6.1 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 9/19/2019 | Brewtoberfest NEIPA |
Unknown Style | 6.0 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 7/13/2019 | Lime Wheat |
American Wheat Beer | 5.7 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 6/22/2019 | Tangerillo APA |
American Pale Ale | 6.0 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 4/15/2019 | Hazy River |
American IPA | 5.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Tickle My Peaches Again |
Unknown Style | 4.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Hells Half Acre Wheat |
American Wheat Beer | 5.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Citra Pale Ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Rhondas in the Lime Light |
American Light Lager | 4.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Steel Creek Breakwater Pale Ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Pliny the Elder |
Double IPA | 7.6 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Watermelon Wheat |
American Wheat Beer | 4.7 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Centennial & Citra Pale Ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Blue Water Wheat 2 |
American Wheat Beer | 5.7 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Floaters Red RyePA V2 |
American IPA | 6.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | The Peeps |
American Pale Ale | 5.1 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Janets Brown Ale |
American Brown Ale | 6.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Heady Topper |
Double IPA | 7.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Levitation |
American Amber Ale | 4.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Galaxy Eight |
American Pale Ale | 4.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Centennial IPA |
American IPA | 7.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Blind Pig |
American IPA | 5.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Riverside Pale Ale |
American Pale Ale | 4.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Oatmeal Stout |
Oatmeal Stout | 4.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Ithaca Flower Power Clone |
American IPA | 7.1 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA |
American IPA | 6.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Evil Twin Clone |
American IPA | 5.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Racer 5 |
American IPA | 6.7 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Arkansas Red Ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.1 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Little Buffalo |
Best Bitter | 3.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Stone Pale Ale, Original |
American Pale Ale | 6.0 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Stone IPA |
American IPA | 7.0 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Founders Breakfast Stout |
American Stout | 7.7 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Lagunitas IPA - Hop Changes- Bittering |
American IPA | 6.0 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | DC's Wry Smile IPA |
American Pale Ale | 6.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Tank 7 |
Saison | 7.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Cinnamon Apple Cider |
New World Cider | 5.2 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Perfect Porter |
English Porter | 4.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Going Coastal |
American IPA | 5.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Buffelweizen |
Weissbier | 5.2 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Green Ghost |
American IPA | 5.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Fresca |
American IPA | 5.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Summer Saison |
Saison | 6.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Campfire Brown Ale |
American Brown Ale | 5.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Red Rooster IPA |
American IPA | 6.2 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Here comes the sun |
Double IPA | 7.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Tangerine IPA |
American IPA | 6.2 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Sierra Nevada Pale Ale |
American Pale Ale | 5.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Juicebox |
American IPA | 6.1 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Kentucky Breakfast Stout |
American Stout | 8.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Celebration |
American IPA | 6.5 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  LM Southern Pecan |
Sahti | 4.8 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 |  Coffee Stout |
American Stout | 6.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/8/2019 | Niagara Red |
Irish Red Ale | 5.4 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
Brumanchu
4/10/2023 12:00:00 AM
Brewing for the float trip, usually do a Weissbier, but I'm going with a Belgian Wit this year for a slight change. Smooth mash, temp started at 149.1 and ended at 148.2, gravity after mash was spot on at 1.049. Took a reading today 04/17/23 and the beer is at 1.012 right now, it's likely done, the color is a beautiful light yellow, perfect for a wit. It tastes delicious even flat, the orange and coriander are present, but not overwhelming, can't wait till his is carbed up and has a big orange ...
Brumanchu
4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM
Brewing for the float trip. Mash temp came in at 153.1 and finished at 152.8, slightly higher than planned. Smooth brew day, the wort ended up being a beautiful light gold, smells and tastes great, gravity came in at 1.066 a little higher than planned but I just had 5.75 gallons into the fermenter. I must have boiled a bit more vigorously than normal. Took a gravity reading today and added the dry hop, the beer is likely finished at 1.010, it tastes good, hoppy and dry. I'll leave it with the ...
Brumanchu
3/30/2023 12:00:00 AM
Brew for the float trip, a perennial favorite. Mash temps came in a little high today, started at 153.5 and ended around 153.3, should be fine. I'm trying a new yeast for this batch. Mangrove Jack M15-Empire Ale Yeast. Okay, I got distracted while measuring my mash water, I added an extra gallon of water, so I boiled longer and more vigorously than normal. I ended up with 5.75 gallons of 1.059 wort, it's a beautiful red color, the wort tasted great. Since I'm using a lower attenuating yeast, ...
Brumanchu
9/8/2022 12:00:00 AM
Smooth brew day, solid mash temps, and a nice very light-yellow beer, I added the zest of 5 limes and the last charge of hops at 5 minutes left in the boil, I made about 2 quarts of limeade with a touch of honey with the limes and zested 3 more limes and put in vodka to make a lime zest extract. I'll add the limeade on day 3 or so of fermentation and the extract at bottling time. Bottled on 09/23 for Brewtoberfest Oct 8th. Ended up with 59 bottles of appropriately hazy wheat beer. Tasted nice, ...
Brumanchu
4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM
Hefeweizen for the float trip, always a crowd pleaser. Overshot my strike temp so I had to let the kettle cool a bit before the mash, lost more temp during the mash than normal, started 148.6 and ended 147, still got the extraction I was aiming for so I guess it's fine, beer is a nice straw yellow, perfect for a hefe, wort tastes fine, I threw in the last bit of the perle hops about 5 minutes before flameout, so maybe they'll be a hint of hop flavor in the finish. Last beer I'm brewing for the ...
Brumanchu
3/24/2022 12:00:00 AM
Brewing with a bit of a change in hops, didn't have any Ahtanum hops, replaced with Comet. Bittered with Galena instead of Magnum. Mash temps were rock solid at 153.7 for the 60 minute mash, brew was smooth, I boiled vigorously and ended up a quart light or so in volume at 5.75 and the O.G. of a whooping 1.080. Wort was a beautiful gold, tasted as expected, sweet and bitter, I'm going to double dry hop this, threw a bit of citra and comet and centennial into the dry hop along with amarillo and ...
Brumanchu
3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM
Updated recipe a bit. Brew day was smooth, mash temps stable at 150, and gravity a point heavy, volume right at 6 gallons into the fermenter. The wort was delicious, clear and dark red, look forward to trying this variation. Gravity reading today 03/24/22 is 1.008, it's done, now I'll let it clear a bit and then bottle. Sample tastes really nice, dry but with a nice malt backbone, a little crackery with the Vienna, some dark fruit from the dark crystal, quite nice. I'll bottle in a week or so ...
Brumanchu
9/1/2021 12:00:00 AM
Brewing for the Brewtoberfest Oct 9, 2021 event is back on after a COVID hiatus. Smooth brew day, volume about a quart heavy. I added a half ounce of mandarina bavaria hops with 5 min left in the boil for just a hint of citrus in the beer. I'll ferment at about 64 for a couple of days and then I'll add 2 quarts of fresh watermelon juice 3 days into fermentation and then gradually bring the temp up to 68 to finish. Bottled 09/27/21 with appoximately 3 ounces of natural watermelon extract and ...
Brumanchu
8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
Placeholder for Cinnamon Apple Cider brewed for Brewtoberfest Oct 9, 2021. 4.5 gallons apple juice, 1 lb dextrose, 12oz. molasses, one tablespoon Wyeast yeast nutrient, Will backsweeten with frozen concentrated apple juice before bottling. Took gravity reading today it's at 1.000 ready for bottling. Bottled today with 8 oz of homemade cinnamon stick/vanilla bean extract and 5 12-ounce frozen apple juice concentrate, this bumped the gravity to 1.020 before bottling, I"ll pasteurize once ...
Brumanchu
5/11/2021 12:00:00 AM
Smooth brew day, mash temps were rock solid today and I ended up just a bit heavy on gravity. Wort looked and tasted great after the boil; I'll kick off fermentation around 61.5 F and bump up to 65 or so as it progresses and let rise to room temp when fermentation is complete. I'm planning on adding about a quart of cold brewed coffee to the beer in a couple of days as fermentation slows. Bottled today, 3 weeks after brewing, added 1/2 cup of chocolate extract that I made from cocoa nibs and ...
Brumanchu
4/5/2021 12:00:00 AM
Float trip Hefe, I'm going to add an ounce of orange peel and the about 1/3 ounce Perle at 5 minutes just to change this up a by adding a little orange note. Always a beer that everyone will drink and enjoy. Smooth brew day, mash temp was just a bit higher than planned, wort smelled and tasted nice, very light yellow in color, I pitched this with Munich Classic, my very favorite Hefe yeast and I'm kicking fermentation off at 64F and I'll raise it a bit as fermentation progresses until I get ...
Brumanchu
3/31/2021 12:00:00 AM
Smooth brew day, hit mash temp withing a 1/10th of a degree and hit the 1.069 gravity estimate, beer is a beautiful light gold, looks and smells great. I haven't made this particular beer in 4 or 5 years, I always liked it and just decided to brew it today. This is a nice old school West Coast IPA. Looking forward to it. Took a reading today, 04/12/21 and it's at 1.010, clearing nicely, I'll bottle in a couple of days. Bottled today ended up with 54 bottles of IPA, still a bit cloudy but I ...
Brumanchu
3/26/2021 12:00:00 AM
First brew in just over a year, went smoothly, ended up about a quart heavy in the fermenter and just a bit low on OG as a result. The beer was a beautiful red, the wort tasted nice and fermentation was visible about 8 hours after pitching the yeast. Looking forward to this beer.
Brumanchu
4/3/2020 12:00:00 AM
Yearly weizen for the float trip, although there may be no float this year, covid-19 has shut down the Buffalo River as 4/2/2020 with no scheduled date to reopen. Bad crush on the wheat, which I bought milled just so I wouldn't have to adjust my mill, I should have milled it again, but I rolled with it and my efficiency suffered, I came in at just over 6 gallons but well under my target of 1.053 at 1.048, irritating. The beer will be fine, otherwise everything thing else was pretty smooth, a ...
Brumanchu
3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM
Mash temps were stable, was started at 149.7 and ended at 149.4, ended up just shy of 6 gallons into the fermenter and just a bit high on O.G. at 1.063, smooth brew day, the wort tasted great and is a light yellow gold. I'll dry hop the first dose when fermentation is still active and then dose again once fermentation is complete. I'm kicking off fermentation at just under 64 and I'll raise it to 68 during the course of fermentation. This should be a low hop bitterness beer with high ...
Brumanchu
3/18/2020 12:00:00 AM
Mash temps were great today, I screwed up and added an extra gallon of water to the mash, I'll boil 90 vs 60 and see how that looks and boil longer if needed, the gravity was 1.041 pre boil so efficiency was a bit better than expected. Ended up with just over 6 gallons in the fermenter with an O.G. of 1.059, wort looked and tasted great, I used about 2.5 ounces of roasted barley and the color really turned out to be what I wanted. Fermenting at just under 63 right now, I'll bring it up to 68 ...
Brumanchu
11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM
Smooth brew day, very good efficiency as well, came .004 points high on gravity. Beer is a beautiful color, not quite as dark as I had planned because I was out of Munich and replaced with Vienna, 6 gallons in the fermenter start around 63 and let it rise to 68 over the course of fermentation.
Brumanchu
9/19/2019 12:00:00 AM
NEIPA for annual homebrew contest. Mash temp was 151.9 and stayed there for the 60 minute mash, gravity came in at 1.063 and 6 gallons into the fermenter. Ended up with 59 bottles of delicious straw colored hazy IPA.
Brumanchu
7/25/2019 12:00:00 AM
Mash temp came in a bit low, at 152 from a planned 154 but I just let it roll and didn't try to heat it any more, it'll be fine. Ended up with 6 gallons of 1.070 wort into the fermenter, red gold and delicious. I'll ferment around 63 and then raise to 68 over the course of a few days. I'll dry hop after a week and a half or two weeks for and leave for 5 days.
Brumanchu
7/13/2019 12:00:00 AM
Mash temps came in a bit high, but were stable 150.8 at the start and 150.6 at the end, was shooting for 149 but I overshot. Ended up with right at 6 gallons of 1.054 wort in the fermenter, looks great, light straw color, has a nice lime flavor and I pic up the sorachi ace hops that I used late for flavor and aroma. I'll kick off fermentation at around 64 and the bring up to 68 over the course of a few days. I'll add the limeade around day 3 of fermentation. Bottled this today, hoping it'll ...
Brumanchu
6/22/2019 12:00:00 AM
Good mash temps, fairly stable, smooth brew day. It was very hot today, ground water temps are already around 80 so it took a while in the fermentation fridge to get the temp down to 66 for pitching. Wort is a beautiful light reddish gold, tasted great. Came in right on volume at 6.00 gallons and just under my gravity estimate at 1.056. I'll dry hop after fermentation is done. Ended up with 59 bottles of nice pale gold with a nice hoppy aroma, the tangerine really comes through in the ...
Brumanchu
5/23/2019 12:00:00 AM
Mash temp was spot on and solid, smooth brew day, the ground water is warming up so It took a while to chill to pitching temp. I'm close to a half gallon heavy on volume and just a bit low 1.055 on O.G. Took Gravity reading today, 6/17/19 , it's around 1.016 I'll bottle in a few days. Ended up with 59 bottles of nice brown ale, uncarbed it's smooth and slightly smoky with a rich flavor of chocolate and roasted grain. Looking forward to tasting when it's carbonated.
Brumanchu
5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM
Brewing this again, simple and solid West Coast IPA. I'm using Imperial yeast "JUICE" for the recipe this time. I have some on hand and I thought I'd try it in a traditional recipe, the Yeast is supposed to be used in NEIPA. Stable mash temp, work looked and tasted great. 55 Bottles of clear light gold IPA, I'll taste in a couple of weeks.
Brumanchu
4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
Smooth brew day, Mash temp was good, hit 150.7 to begin and ended at 149.9 and came in a big heavy on the volumn, I poured out a guard or more and hit 1.060 SG. Beer looks great, a nice yellow color and he wort tastes great. Hoppy but not bitter, I'll add the first dry hop on day 2 or 3 depending on how quickly fermentation takes off and then add the second after fermentation is complete. Added first dry hop on 4/18 while fermentation was still active. Beer smells great. Added the 2nd dry ...
Brumanchu
4/1/2019 12:00:00 AM
A couple of changes to the recipe today, I used malted wheat with no flaked wheat in this beer, was out of flaked but had plenty of wheat malt so I subbed it. I'm also going to add the zest of 4 grapefruits at the end of the boil(5 min) to change it up a bit. Mash started at 149.9 F and ended at 149.7 F after 60 minutes. Gravity Reading 4/12/19 1.006 likely done I'll let it condition for another week or so before bottling. Bottled this 4/19 ended up with about 61 bottles, tastes good, I'll ...
Brumanchu
3/25/2019 12:00:00 AM
Mash temp came in a little high, I stirred for a few minutes and brought it quickly down to 155.1, called it good and mashed for 90 minutes. Temp at the end of the mash was 154.2. Wort is beautiful light gold. I came in a bit heavy on volume, about a quart and .002 on gravity from the recipe. Smooth brew day, I'll ferment around 63 and ramp to 68 over the course of a week or so. Took a gravity reading today, this is sitting at 1.012, I'm gong to move to secondary with the dry hop and bottle ...
Brumanchu
3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
Brewing this again. Very satisfying coffee strout. I am out of S-04 so I'm using S-05 and mashing higher, about 156 since it'll attenuate a bit more. Sitting at 157.1 for most of the mash. Ferment at at 63 for a couple of days and then ramp up a degree or so a day until it hits 68. Took a reading today, beer is at 1.022 tastes great. I'll add the coffee to this in the fermenter in a day or so and bottle about a week after. Bottled 4/5/19, ended up with 55 bottles of delicious coffee stout. ...
Brumanchu
3/8/2019 12:00:00 AM
Brewing for my annual canoe trip. Smooth brew day, temps and gravity good and the wort tasted nice. Kicking off fermentation at 63, I'll let it rise to 68 over the course of a few days. I'll move to secondary in a couple of weeks and cold crash before bottling.
