HeadBrewer – WinWin Brewery

Lager Experiment 1

HeadBrewer — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 02:38:05 +0000

I wanted to do an experiment with lagers I made two of these and one came out better than the other. Adding 1 pound of wheat and oats to get a sense of what that would do to the beer. I mashed it at 152 degrees and started the boil, bagging up the hops. I then added 1oz of Cascade at the 60 min mark of the boil and 1 oz of Magnum at 15 minutes.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner	5 lbs
Maris Otter	3 lbs
White Wheat	1 lbs
Oats	1 lbs

Butter Beer

HeadBrewer — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 17:33:20 +0000

This new batch is a copy of one I brewed earlier last year. I haven’t been brewing much, so I thought I would get an old favorite out and try some experiments. I will be brewing this more times till the end of the year. I did want to get a Barleywine in as well. The last batch was great, so I had to bring this favorite back for more. I am using 1 oz of Styrian Golding hops at 45 minutes and then used Saaz at 15 minutes, the last change in flavor wasn’t that noticeable and made a great flavor. I’m interested in how an extra 5 minutes will change this. I’m sure it won’t be much and this will come out with the same butterscotch flavor as always. Next time I will try another experiment.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2-Row	12
Rolled Oats	3
Crystal 120	.5
CaraRed	.5

Helles Otter Bells

HeadBrewer — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:09:39 +0000

This is a non-traditional take on a Helles. Sweet and crisp with some wheat for balance and body. Mashed in with 6 gallons and a 1.25 gallon sparge. I ran this for a 90 min boil. With 1oz Hersbrucker at 55 mins and .75 oz Hersbrucker at 75 mins.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Maris Otter	5 lbs
Vienna	4 lbs
White Wheat	1 lb

Vienna X1

HeadBrewer — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 19:34:11 +0000

This is an experiment with Vienna and Pilsner malts. With 1oz Styrian Golding Hops at 60 mins and 1 oz Cascade at 75 mins.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Vienna	6 lbs
Pilsner	4 lbs
Oats	.5 lbs

Danube Picnic

HeadBrewer — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:16:50 +0000

This tasty beer really hit it off last time. This is an easy brew and it is so light and savory. The water was provided by Black and Veatch. I wanted to brew this early, as it will be served in June and I wanted to give it 8 weeks time to lager and finish. I mashed it at 152 degrees and started the boil, bagging up the hops. I then added 1oz of Hallertau at the 60 min mark of the boil and again at 15 minutes.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Vienna	7.5 lbs
Pilsner	3 lbs
CaraMunich 3	.5 lbs
CaraPils	.5 lbs

Choco Porter

HeadBrewer — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 08:41:19 +0000

A now fantastic recipe I can rely on. This is a beer I can share with a lot of people. It turns out I will be sharing this beer with a lot of people. I have been selected to brew a few beers for an upcoming water treatment event. I wanted to use a solid beer recipe to make this magic happen. I am tweaking this recipe with some extra 2-Row grain. I am splitting up the amount of Maris Otter, and freshly milling the grain for the mash. The free water comes from a local water treatment plant. It’s always nice to get some free stuff. I wanted to knock this out of the park and use some great ingredients from Windsor Homebrew Supply. Starting out with basically RO water, I will have to add some calcium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate to hit the flavor profile and overall character. I will be using Golding Hops(60 mins) and Cascade(10 mins).

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Maris Otter	5 lbs
2 Row	4.5 lbs
Munich	2 lbs
Chocolate	1 lb
Oats	1 lb
Crystal 60	.5 lb
Roasted Barley	.5

Butter Beer

HeadBrewer — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 23:25:05 +0000

The Holidays always get me sentimental about beers of Holidays past. With the glut of 2-Row that I have, I wanted to re-create a favorite to see how the different grains affect the flavor. The 2-row I ground up and it smelled like marshmallows and bread. Good grain makes good beer, I intend to find out. I used 1 oz of Styrian Golding hops at 45 minutes and then used Saaz at 10 minutes, changing the flavor from previous versions. I’m interested in the change. SafAle 05 yeast always gets me a great result. I am confident I will get a great result.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2-Row	12
Rolled Oats	3
Crystal 120	.5
CaraRed	.5

Festbier

HeadBrewer — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:45:26 +0000

I took this back to basics and challenged myself to make a Lager with 2-row. I let the ingredients do the talking for me and see how it will turn out. When I milled the grain it smelled like marshmallows. I hope the beer turns out similarly.

I boiled for 90 minutes. I did an ounce of Tettnanger at 60 and an ounce of Hersbrucker at 20.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	12 lbs

OatStout

HeadBrewer — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:46:43 +0000

I was gifted some 2 Row and I thought I would go out and get a few ingredients and see if I could whip something up really quickly. Seat of the pants-type stuff. Really pushing the boundaries. I went into my local brew shop and told them that I had a ton of 2 Row and wanted to make a stout. 1 0z of EKG in at 60 and 20 mins. SafAle 05 and into the fermentation fridge. November should be a great time to crack open one of these.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	13.5 lbs
Crystal 120	3 lbs
Chocolate	1 lb
Roasted Barley	.5 lb
Oats	1 cup

Festbier

HeadBrewer — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 21:34:39 +0000

A new bier to celebrate Oktoberfest is what the need calls for these days. I recently was gifted some grain and I wanted to put it to the test.

I kept the boil to 60 minutes and forgot to add the hops in until 30 minutes left with the boil. I did a half ounce at 30 and another half of Hersbrucker at 20.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	12 lbs
CaraMunich I	1 lbs