I stated brewing at home in the fall of 2012 after my wife bought me a home brew kit. I plan to start doing all grain in the near future when i invest in the necessary extra equipment.
Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
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9/4/2021 | Black kolsch attempt | Unknown Style | 7.3 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
2/2/2017 | Milk stout | Sweet Stout | 6.3 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
12/29/2016 | Wells Bombardier cone attempt | Best Bitter | 4.9 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
9/17/2016 | Schwarzbier | Munich Dunkel | 6.2 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
5/25/2016 | Rye IPA | Unknown Style | 6.1 % | 10 Gallon(s) | |
3/5/2016 | Kolsch | Kölsch | 5.3 % | 9 Gallon(s) | |
10/9/2015 | Brown Ale | Unknown Style | 6.6 % | 8 Gallon(s) | |
7/5/2015 | Gose | Unknown Style | 5.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
6/14/2015 | Bo Pils | Unknown Style | 5.8 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
2/23/2015 | Imperial IPA | Double IPA | 7.9 % | 4.75 Gallon(s) | |
1/18/2015 | Das Alt | Altbier | 6.6 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
10/12/2014 | Belgian IPA | Unknown Style | 5.2 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
3/20/2014 | Oaked Porter | American Porter | 6.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
1/11/2014 | Oatmeal Chocolate Milk Stout | Unknown Style | 6.0 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
12/29/2013 | Sweet Amber Poison | American Amber Ale | 5.4 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
10/11/2013 | Hair of a The Dog Tripel | Belgian Tripel | 8.9 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
5/27/2013 | Clone Of Jug Dog American Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 5.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
4/20/2013 | Summer Citrus Wit | Witbier | 5.3 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
3/17/2013 | Blowout Black IPA | Unknown Style | 7.2 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
3/2/2013 | White House Honey Ale | Unknown Style | 5.9 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
2/3/2013 | Jug Dog American Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 5.5 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
12/28/2012 | NB American Wheat Ale | Unknown Style | 3.1 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
conditioned in secondary for 15 days then bottled for 2 weeks. The longer this sits in the bottles the better it gets. I used big bottles for a lot of this and plan to age this for a while.
the liquid malt extract was actually 6.3 lbs. golden but that was not an option on the pull down menu. The color is darker than the 13.9SRM indicated in the recipe facts, more like 35-40. The original plan was to do 1 week in the primary and 2 weeks in the secondary but after 1 week the kraussen was still about 3/4 of an inch thick so I decided to wait a little longer. The taste at the time was good but it definitely needs some time in the secondary to develop.
Boil was a standard boil with a little bit of a boil over scare. I added the fermcap S to settle everything down. I fooled this by pouring the hot wort through a strainer on to ice in a bucket. That cooled it way down to about 65° in like 5 minutes. I keep the fermentor in my basement where it gets pretty cold so I leave in near the heater and that keeps it right around 65°. I used an airlock thinking that with a 1.050 O.G. it would be fine but that clogged with kraussen so I put a ...