Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
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1/25/2024 | Cascade Kveik Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 5.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
11/18/2023 | Basic Tripel | Belgian Tripel | 8.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
1/27/2023 | Clone Of ESB | Strong Bitter | 5.5 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
4/20/2022 | Zeus Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 6.4 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
3/19/2022 | Clone Of Almost Traditional Doppelbock | Doppelbock | 8.1 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
10/2/2021 | Irish Red 2021 | Irish Red Ale | 5.0 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
8/20/2021 | Clone Of Zeus IPA | American IPA | 5.4 % | 5.25 Gallon(s) | |
4/17/2021 | Clone Of Scottish Ale | Scottish Export | 6.2 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
11/14/2020 | Ginger bomb barley beer | Unknown Style | 6.2 % | 1 Gallon(s) | |
9/20/2020 | Crystal IPA | American IPA | 5.9 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
5/22/2020 | Clone Of Maibock | Helles Bock | 5.7 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
5/17/2020 | Oatmeal Stout | Irish Stout | 5.7 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
3/20/2020 | Zeus IPA | American IPA | 6.1 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
12/20/2019 | Mothers Day Imperial Stout - Updated | Imperial Stout | 11.3 % | 5.75 Gallon(s) | |
10/11/2019 | Bourbon Oaked Stout | American Stout | 6.7 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
3/12/2019 | Almost Traditional Doppelbock | Doppelbock | 8.1 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
9/30/2018 | Iowa Saison - Farmhouse in Town Ale | Saison | 8.0 % | 6.25 Gallon(s) | |
7/19/2018 | Zeus and Centennial APA | American Pale Ale | 7.1 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
7/3/2018 | Cherry Wheat | Weissbier | 4.6 % | 5.75 Gallon(s) | |
6/12/2018 | Belgian Blonde | Belgian Pale Ale | 5.2 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
5/25/2018 | Vienna Lager | Vienna Lager | 5.2 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
3/18/2018 | ESB | Strong Bitter | 5.3 % | 5.75 Gallon(s) | |
12/3/2017 | Epiphany Tripel | Belgian Tripel | 8.2 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
8/25/2017 | Scott-ish Ale with Homegrown Cascade | Scottish Export | 5.6 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
8/11/2017 | Clone Of Irish Red | Irish Red Ale | 5.6 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
7/27/2017 | Yet Another Centennial Ale | American IPA | 6.3 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
6/22/2017 | 1889 Foreign Extra Stout | Foreign Extra Stout | 7.0 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
5/29/2017 | Maibock | Helles Bock | 7.3 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
5/19/2017 | Honey Zeus Tripel | Belgian Tripel | 8.3 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
2/25/2017 | Clone Of Berliner Weisse | Berliner Weisse | 4.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
2/17/2017 | Munich Helles - German Pils | German Pils | 6.9 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
2/5/2017 | My Alt | Altbier | 5.1 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
10/22/2016 | Clone Of Scottish Ale | Scottish Export | 5.7 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
6/25/2016 | Raspberry Hefeweizen | Weissbier | 6.0 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
4/13/2016 | Berliner Weisse | Berliner Weisse | 5.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
4/13/2016 | Blue Moon Clone | Witbier | 5.9 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
4/1/2016 | Clone Of Molasses Porter | American Porter | 6.7 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
2/6/2016 | Clone Of Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | 8.6 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
12/11/2015 | Coffee Stout | Irish Stout | 5.5 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
11/11/2015 | Scottish Ale | Scottish Export | 6.2 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
9/30/2015 | Mothers Day Imperial Stout and a Half | Imperial Stout | 10.0 % | 5.75 Gallon(s) | |
8/26/2015 | Pseudo Saison | Saison | 6.5 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
7/16/2015 | Espresso Stout | Irish Stout | 5.5 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
4/23/2015 | Oktoberfest Marzen - from March-April 2015 BYO Magazine | Märzen | 6.6 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
3/21/2015 | SWMBO Slayer | Belgian Blond Ale | 6.2 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
2/22/2015 | Slanting Annies Chocolate Porter - Papazian | Baltic Porter | 7.8 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
2/5/2015 | Irish Red | Irish Red Ale | 5.7 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
1/16/2015 | Jah Mon Doppelbock - Papazian HBC | Schwarzbier | 8.8 % | 5.25 Gallon(s) | |
1/2/2015 | Raspberry Hefeweizen with Decoction | Weissbier | 5.9 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
12/9/2014 | Sunday Went-to-Church Hefeweizen | Weissbier | 5.1 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
10/13/2014 | Molasses Porter | American Porter | 7.4 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
9/26/2014 | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Belgian Dark Strong Ale | 9.6 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
9/19/2014 | Happy Birthday Irish Stout | Irish Stout | 5.3 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
8/31/2014 | Clone Of AG Pale Ale - Fresh Hop Cones | Blonde Ale | 6.3 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
7/5/2014 | mOcKtoberfest Ale | Märzen | 6.2 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
5/23/2014 | California Common From Yooper Recipe | California Common | 6.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
5/6/2014 | Mothers Day Imperial Stout | Imperial Stout | 11.5 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
4/28/2014 | Belg. Pale Ale | Belgian Pale Ale | 7.5 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
4/28/2014 | Rain Barrel Pils | Czech Premium Pale Lager | 5.2 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
3/1/2014 | AG Pale Ale | Blonde Ale | 7.0 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
Did a 24 hour mash Wednesday-Thursday evenings, added ~13 oz grain after cooling and put plastic wrap on surface of wort, then press & seal around edges of lid. Kept in cooler of water with aquarium heater. Temp stabilized at 94.2 degrees F. Monday I added the first hops, brought it up to a boil, added the second hops, boiled for 15 minutes, chilled and added the yeast.
Did an overnight mash @ 158 deg F. (Probably should have started at 154, but...)
8:15 am. - Pre-heated mash tun, mashed in with 7.5 qt of 126 degree water. Over target mash-in temp. (Next time I won't pre-heat the cooler.) 119 degrees. Mashed in, had breakfast and went to church.11:55 - Mash temp still ~114 degrees. Added 4.5 qt. boiling water, temp ~148 degrees F.~12:40 - Added 1 gal boiling water -> 160 deg. F.1:30 - Begin sparge3:15 - End sparge.4:05 - Begin boil.5:15 - Begin chilling. 7 oz sucrose in 2 cups water
Taking FOREVER to finish fermenting at the cool temperature of my basement! Racked to "tertiary" January 17, after being in secondary for almost 3 months. Haven't bottled yet because there are still a fair number of bubbles coming up and occasional bubbles out of the airlock - although the gravity hasn't perceptibly changed in the past couple of weeks. It's still 1.040, which is way higher than predicted...
Fermented at 45 degrees for about 2 weeks, then gradually dropped the temp down to ~34. Bottled with 3.5 oz sugar.
Water was approx. 128 degrees F before mash in, went to ~124 degrees.After ~25 minutes pulled approx. 2.25 gal of grain with some liquid for a decoction. Raised the temp to approx. 163 degrees, removed heat and waited ~25 minutes. Temp at that point was approx. 157 degrees. Heated to a boil, boiled ~15 minutes, added back to main mash. After adding decoction to main mash, temp was still only ~152 degrees. (I may have added it too slowly.) Infused with boiling water to ~159 degrees.After waiting ...
Couldn't fit all 22 lb of grain into my 5 gal cooler, so I split it 50-50 with my brew kettle for the mash. Mashed in ~1 qt / lb at about 122 degrees for 20 min, then pulled about half the mash from the cooler for a decoction mash. Brought it up to about 158 degrees, held it ~20 minutes, then boiled it for 15 minutes and added it back in - but it seemed way too hot, so I mixed in some of the mash from the boil pot to cool it and be sure the enzymes weren't denatured. Then it was too cool, so ...