All Grain, Extract and Hybrid Home Brewer about 5 years.
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/2/2016 |  Bumble Bee Pumpkin Porter Clone |
American Porter | 6.5 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 8/2/2016 |  Denny Conn's Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter Clone |
Baltic Porter | 9.0 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 1/7/2016 |  Guinness Stout Clone BeerMasters Recipe -1112015 by Rob |
Irish Stout | 5.5 % | 2.75 Gallon(s) | |
| 10/29/2015 |  The KiltLifter Clone |
Scottish Export | 5.0 % | 5.1 Gallon(s) | |
| 9/4/2015 | All Cascade Hops Cascadian Dark Ale |
International Dark Lager | 5.2 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 8/18/2015 |  Buckwheat Honey Porter |
English Porter | 5.1 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 4/25/2015 |  The KiltLifter Clone - All Grain half Batch |
Scottish Export | 5.3 % | 2.75 Gallon(s) | |
| 1/20/2015 | Tartan Lifter Scottish Ale |
Scottish Export | 5.1 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 12/7/2014 |  Robust Pumpkin Porter |
American Porter | 6.3 % | 2.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 8/29/2014 | Pig Pen Pumkin Ale |
American Amber Ale | 8.1 % | 2.5 Gallon(s) | |
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
Kahunapig
8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM
All Ingredients from Grow Masters in Gurnee, ILStarted with 8 gallons of water, ended up with 5.25 in the fermenter
Kahunapig
1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM
Half batch, just to have a little for St. Patrick's Day.
Kahunapig
12/13/2015 12:00:00 AM
This batch was split into 1 gallon, 1 gallon, 2.0 gallon batches when transferred to secondary. One of the 1 gallon batches was spiked with 2 inches of Madagascar vanilla bean, split open. The second 1 gallon batch was spiked with a handful of oak chips, and the third left alone.
Kahunapig
9/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
Kahunapig
9/6/2015 12:00:00 AM
Day before - boiled 9 gallons of water using the Wheeler Method. I'm not sure this is necessary.
Kahunapig
4/25/2015 12:00:00 AM
Brewed a half batch to compare with extract brewed from the same recipe.
Kahunapig
2/14/2015 12:00:00 AM
2/13/15-Pre-boiled (30 minutes) 6 gallons tap water with 6 grams gypsum, 3 grams table salt. cooled overnight in sanitized covered bottling bucket. Brew day, added 2 grams gypsum to cooled water.
Kahunapig
12/23/2014 12:00:00 AM
12/23/141:00pm - First, I cut a 4.1 lb. home grown pie pumpkin into 1.5 inch chunks and bake for 1 hour at 325 degrees (f). Pumpkin was browed on top at 52 minutes. I shut off the oven and let it sit for the remaining 8 minutes. Pumpkin was cooked, but not mushy when the skin was peeled off. I ended up with 2.5 lb. of pumpkin. Refrigerated until brew day tomorrow. It might not be enough. I may cook another one.12/24/1410:00am - Brought pumpkin chunks to a boil (by 10:15) in 1 gallon of water ...
Kahunapig
8/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
8:45am - Steeped grains ( grain bag ), 1.5 gallons at 150-156df(degrees fahrenheit) in main pot. Steeped 45 oz. canned pumpkin in 1 gallon in separate pot at 150df.9:44am - grain bag out, drained into separate pot to collect the last bit of the good stuff.9:45am - smacked the Wyeast 1056 smack-pack.9:50am - filtered pumpkin sludge through the fine mesh cheese cloth my grandmother used to use for plum pudding. It did a great job of removing the solids. Took about 15 minutes. Added to main ...
