| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/12/2016 |  Guinness Export Clone |
Tropical Stout | 7.1 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 10/23/2015 |  Doppelbock |
Dunkles Bock | 6.3 % | 8 Liter(s) | |
| 10/4/2015 |  Bohemian Lager |
Czech Premium Pale Lager | 5.7 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 9/23/2015 |  Ginger IPA - Ladies Ale |
American IPA | 6.7 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 9/6/2015 |  Oak Royale |
English IPA | 6.8 % | 9 Liter(s) | |
| 8/18/2015 |  Irish Lapdance |
Irish Red Ale | 6.0 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 8/17/2015 |  Zheleznogorsk RIS |
Imperial Stout | 9.5 % | 5.5 Liter(s) | |
| 8/16/2015 |  American IPA |
American IPA | 6.6 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 8/16/2015 |  Lekker Blont |
Belgian Blond Ale | 6.4 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 8/15/2015 |  Oktoberfest |
Märzen | 5.2 % | 11 Liter(s) | |
| 8/7/2015 |  Amarillo IPA |
American IPA | 6.8 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 7/22/2015 |  ChrisMeister Budvar |
Czech Premium Pale Lager | 5.3 % | 11 Liter(s) | |
| 7/9/2015 | Pimpelaar Barrel Aged Imperial Porter |
Imperial Stout | 7.7 % | 7.5 Liter(s) | |
| 7/9/2015 | Witte-wel-Witte-nie |
Weissbier | 5.6 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| 7/8/2015 | Imperial Pelders Ale |
American IPA | 7.1 % | 10 Liter(s) | |
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
DirkBier
2/27/2016 12:00:00 AM
OG 1.058 and higher than expected. 3/5/2016 gravity dropped to 1.031 and transferred to secondary
DirkBier
2/6/2016 12:00:00 AM
Primary fermentation at 15 degrees. 2/11/2016 placed at 20 degrees for diacetyl rest. 2/12/2016 moved to secondary. gravity at 1.033. placed at 14 degrees for secondary fermentation. 2/16/2016 gravity at 1.031, 2/19/2016 gravity at 1.031
DirkBier
2/1/2016 12:00:00 AM
Flawless brew day. OG nearly spot on at 1.068. Used a Wyeast American Ale 1056 yeast starter cultivated from previous fermentation. Added 500 ml of distilled water and 50 gr of crystal sugar to jumpstart fermentation in yeast starter. 2/4/2016 gravity at 1.035 moved to secondary. Nice bitter flavor so no infection in yeast starter. Added 20 gr of cascade for dry hopping instead of 8 gr. 2/16/2016 gravity dropped to 1.032. 2/19/2016 gravity 1.031
DirkBier
1/23/2016 12:00:00 AM
Moved to secondary on 1/31/2016. Gravity at 1.035 so still a long way to go. Added smoke wood for flavor. 2/9/2016 Gravity remains at 1.035. Still a lot of unfermented sugars. Decided to bottle in 500ml bottles and to add only 1 carbonation drop per bottle. This will allow the beer to ferment while being carbonated. 2/16/2016 Gravity remains at 1.035. 2/19/2016 Gravity 1.035
DirkBier
11/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
OG 1.060 11/7/2015 Gravity dropped to 1.020. Moved to secondary and added 8gr amarillo hop pellets for dry hopping.
DirkBier
10/29/2015 12:00:00 AM
Gravity higher than expected due to less sparging. yeast pitched at 16C and placed fermenter in refrigerator. 11/4/2015 Gravity dropped to 1.020 but still very sweet. requires another week of fermentation before diacetyl rest. 11/11/2015 gravity still at 1.020 but sweet taste has diminished. Decided to move primary to 20C for diacetyl rest
DirkBier
10/23/2015 12:00:00 AM
10/29/215 Gravity dropped to 1.020 raised temperature to 18C for diacetyl rest. 11/3/2015. gravity still at 1.020. fermentation seems to have stopped. No diacetyl taste so decided to move to secondary and lager at 12C in refrigerator
DirkBier
10/5/2015 12:00:00 AM
Sparged with 2L of hot water resulting in 13L of wort preboiling. 10/11/2015 Gravity dropped to 1.020. Requires a week of lagering at <10C. 10/14/2015 final gravity at 1.014 transferred to soda keg, purged oxygen in headspace and placed at 3C for cold crashing. 10/15/2015 forced carbonation "ghetto style" at 30 PSI for 7 minutes. 10/16/2015 released some of the pressure using escape valve to make sure lit of soda keg is properly closed.
DirkBier
10/3/2015 12:00:00 AM
10/3/2015 Flawless brewing day. started with 12 ltr of water. Added 10 gr. of pH stabilizer. 11.5 ltr pre-boil. Iodine test OK. Speidel malfunctioned and started boiling timer at 90C. Effective boiling time with temperature above 100C no more than 30 min. 10/8/2015 gravity dropped to 1.012. Moved to secondary and added 8gr of amarillo pellets for dry hopping. Final gravity at 1.012. Bottled using 1.5 ltr bottles / 4 carbonation drops and 0.33 ltr bottles / 1 carbonation drop.
DirkBier
9/6/2015 12:00:00 AM
9/7/2015 OG 1.080 and higher than recipe due to less water to start with and only 2 ltrs of sparging. 9/9/2015 gravity dropped to 1.032 Moved to secondary @ 15C and removed oak chips. 9/17/2015 gravity remains at 1.032 raised temperature to 20C in order to ferment remaining sugars. 9/21/2015 FG 1.032
DirkBier
8/18/2015 12:00:00 AM
Used Mangrove Jack British Ale M07 instead of the Brewfirm top fermenting yeast in original package. Previous batch was to sweet for my liking. MJ British Ale M07 has a very high attenuation which should result in less residual sugar and a higher ABV. OG 1.052 and lower than expected(cause unknown). 8/19/2015 fermentation started. 8/22/2015 moved to secondary. 8/28/2015 most of the sugars are converted. clear irish red taste. needs another 4 days in secondary before conditioning. 9/1/2015. FG ...
DirkBier
8/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
8/15/2015 started with 10 ltr of water. Added 5.2 pH stabiliser during mashing. Sparged with 2 lt of cold water. OG 1.050 and slightly lower than recipe due to to much sparging. 8/16/2015 stored in kegerator at 12C fermentation started. 8/21/2015 gravity dropped to 1.030. 8/28/2015 still much sugar in beer needs at least 2 more weeks of lagering. gravity at 1.015. 1/9/2015 gravity still at 1.015 but less sugars. 4/9/2015 no more airlock activity. FG 1.012 but still to much sugar. added 3 ml of ...
DirkBier
8/3/2015 12:00:00 AM
8/3/2015 Started with 10 ltr of water. Resulting in in 8 ltr of wort. Sparged with 1.5 ltr of cold tapwater. Started boiling with 9.5 ltr water. Stopped boiling at 7.5 ltr. after 90 min. resulting in an OG 1.080. 8/4/2015 fermentation started. 8/5/2015 Gravity dropped to 1.030. Still much krausen in beer. 8/11/2015 Gravity dropped to 1.020 moved to secondary and added 8 pcs of 60 yr old american whiskey smokewood. 8/16/2015 distinct taste of whiskey but still very bitter. 8/17/2015 bitternis ...
DirkBier
7/27/2015 12:00:00 AM
7/27/2015 Hop eggs used to prevent filter from blocking. Sparged with 3 liters of boiling water in order to have 13 liters of wort prior to boiling. 5ml of lactic acid used to bring down pH to 5.2. (again 5.2 pH stabilizer did not work properly). OG 1.060 and higher than expected due to extra sparging water 7/28/2015 Fermentation started @ 12-15 C using kegerator. 7/30/2015 Gravity to 1.030 high krausen in wort resulting in nasty after taste. 7/31/2015 Gravity to 1.020. krausening ended. moved ...
DirkBier
7/25/2015 12:00:00 AM
7/25/2015 Sparged with 2ltr boiling water. 5.2 Ph stabilizer added. 8gr did not suffice to bring Ph down to 5.2. More than 2 ltr water evaporated during 60 min boil. OG 1.068 spot on. Hop pellets added in kettle during boil causes mini filter to block. Problem solved by using a standard hopsack as a filter in the fermentation tank 7/26/2015 fermentation started @ 20 C. 7/29/2015 transferred to secondary. Gravity 1.020. Very bitter compared to previous batch (better to use hop eggs..) Waiting ...
