I've been brewing since 2010 when I received a Mr. Beer kit as a gift... who would have guessed that it would lead to a love of beer, experimental recipes, and working competitions and festivals!
I usually brew 2.5 gallon batches, using BIAB.
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/29/2023 |  The Saz |
Unknown Style | 5.8 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 7/3/2023 |  Jalapeno Strawberry Cream Ale |
Unknown Style | 6.8 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 11/10/2022 |  Yin Yang |
Schwarzbier | 4.8 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 8/9/2022 |  Belgian Dew |
Belgian Tripel | 8.0 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 5/4/2022 |  Slovenian Blonde |
Blonde Ale | 3.7 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/13/2022 | Hot as Helles |
Munich Helles | 4.9 % | 5.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 2/26/2021 |  RIS- final |
Imperial Stout | 10.4 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 10/1/2020 | RIS |
Imperial Stout | 10.4 % | 2.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 5/18/2020 | Shotgun kolsch |
Kölsch | 4.9 % | 6 Gallon(s) | |
| 4/20/2020 | Zoot |
Piwo Grodziskie | 3.4 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 12/15/2019 | Drip Fed Fred |
American Pale Ale | 6.3 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 12/15/2019 |  Wookie Reunion |
Dark Mild | 4.3 % | 3.5 Gallon(s) | |
| 10/1/2019 |  Free Loader Brut IPA |
Specialty IPA - White IPA | 4.5 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 5/20/2019 | Twerking Unicorn |
Cream Ale | 5.7 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/21/2019 | Don't Panic |
Imperial Stout | 9.5 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| 3/2/2019 | Drip Fed Fred coffee pale ale |
American Pale Ale | 6.8 % | 5 Gallon(s) | |
| 12/28/2018 |  Not Your Fathers Light Beer |
Dark Mild | 4.1 % | 3 Gallon(s) | |
| Date Added | Name | Style | ABV | Amount |
kindalost
10/11/2020 12:00:00 AM
Accidentally targeted 3gal instead of 2.5, and ended up with 3.5gal
kindalost
12/24/2019 12:00:00 AM
Pitch yeast at 61F
kindalost
12/15/2019 12:00:00 AM
Will bump up mash temp to 156 to increase body.
kindalost
10/6/2019 12:00:00 AM
Wort tasted fairly bitter and dank prior to fermentation. Hopefully, will smooth out, and dry hopping will help the profile.Pitch yeast (after hydrating) at ~76 deg, and ferment at 69-70 (shooting for 66, but basement was a bit warm). Airlock activity next morning.Added UltraFerm after 2 days of fermentation (airlock was already starting to slow).
kindalost
5/27/2019 12:00:00 AM
Brewed indoors due to rain.Dissolve DME in cold water. Reduced late hops to 10min because chilling in sink without immersion chiller.Pitched at 76 degrees
kindalost
5/4/2019 12:00:00 AM
Brewed during Big Brew Day.
kindalost
3/31/2019 12:00:00 AM
Used 0.78oz Challenger at 7.8?EKG @6.4? (did not adjust since 10min addition)BIAB5.5gal filtered tap water in mashused generic (Meijer) Quick oats instead of flaked oats from LHBSAfter 1hr mash, heated to 170 before removing grain bag*note- mis-read volume, and added ~1/2gal water to sparge to bring total pre-boil volume to 4.5galcalculated efficiency = 60%Measured OG lower than expected: 1.075Pitch yeast at 62 degrees drop of olive oil Clarity FermFerment at 66 degrees (heater set to 64 ...
