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03/07/202403/27/2024

Kentucky Common

I am a member of a local beer club and I decided to throw my hat in the ring with a beer I had never heard of. This is a lager with a grain bill like a cream ale. Lots of corn in the mash and a 60-75 minute boil. I added 1.5 oz of Northern Brewer hops at 25 minutes. A very easy hop schedule to keep. I hope I can get this one similar to the other brewers and at least make something tasty.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	6.25 lbs.
Flaked Corn	2 lbs.
German – Chocolate Rye	.5 lbs.
Crystal 40	.25 lbs.

02/11/202403/27/2024

Unfug

I wanted to re-brew this beer for the new year and didn’t get around to it until February. 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. This made for an interesting flavor profile that was very aromatic and made the beer a bit sweeter than usual. I will remember that when I brew something I want to be sweeter and more aromatic. This beer turned out fantastic.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner	5 lbs
Munich	4 lbs
Vienna	3 lbs

08/26/202309/08/2023

Janets Brown Ale

My version of this well known beer. Award winning and very famous in the brewing scene. I wanted to get a recipe this time to see how it would fare using my equipment. I wanted a brown after making a red and I thought it would be good to try this out. The brew went well and I waited a little too long to post this. Crazy hop schedule and I was a bit lazy about adding in the Northern Brewer hops and the Cascade hops. A very nice smelling boil for all who savored it.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
2 Row	11.8 lbs.
Dextrin Malt	1.3 lb.
Crystal 40	1 lbs.
Wheat Malt	.8 lbs.
Chocolate Malt	.4 lbs.

08/19/202308/24/2023

Atrament

I went back to the drawing board and really did some research to get an American Stout recipe. With all the adjuncts everyone adds to their stout recipes; I wanted to get something pure and simple. This recipe is a style I love with some great flavors without the oatmeal I usually add in. EKG and Magnum hops in at the right times.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Maris Otter	12 lbs
Crystal 120	3 lbs
Chocolate	1 lb
Kiln Coffee Malt	1 lb
Black Malt	.5 lb

08/12/202308/14/2023

Unfug

This beer deserved a quick repeat. I let this beer go low and slow for about 8 weeks and it is going to take some time for me to get this into the keg for drinking. I wanted to make sure I had a good lead time on Oktoberfest.

I got this recipe from the award winning Munich Madness listing in Jamil Zainasheff and John J. Palmer’s book Brewing Classic Styles. Named for the German word for Mischief, I made a lot of it while drinking this beer.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner	5 lbs
Munich	4 lbs
Vienna	3 lbs

07/29/202308/16/2023

BockFiend

When I brewed the first Dopplebock DopFiend this year it was bad. I tried to save it, but it was not the quality I had hoped for. This re-brew I punched it down a bit and hoped the flavor would stay as roasty as I remembered all those years ago.

Hersbrucker hops introduced at the 60 minute mark of the 90 minute boil. A half ounce for 60 minutes and a half ounce at flame out. The brew went well on a hot summer day. I fulfilled my promise of brewing this again soon.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner – German	8 lbs
Munich Caramel	3 lbs
Crystal 60	1 lb
German Carafa II	5 oz
Melanoidin	.5 lb

07/08/202307/11/2023

Better Red Than Dead

A good red ale recipe never goes out of fashion. The name is a reference to Bertrand Russell and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. I happen to like the South Park use when Cartman has a joke played on him. Either English or Irish depending on the hops, so I am told. This version is English with East Kent Golding hops. Well loved in the past, this is another classic recipe to drink during the hot summer days when light beer tends to lose it’s limited flavor. This brewed very quick and I had no issues getting it into the fermenter and bubbling nicely.

Type	Amount
2 Row	8.5
Crystal 40L	5 oz
Crystal 120L	5 oz
Roasted Barley	5 oz

07/01/202307/07/2023

Danube Picnic

This new recipe had me going through the usual research. Then I realized I had a great recipe to begin with and I just had to turn it on it’s head. The main research was in Vienna malt itself. Most brewers don’t want to use this much Vienna malt. I wanted to try a larger amount of the malt to get the most out of the flavor. Most disasters start with curious intentions, but with the volume I like to brew, those are good to have and learn from. Brewing is a zen reflection and a time when you pour gasoline on your character flaws. I had a little gremlin with me and had a boil-over that didn’t get too far. Just a sticky mess to clean up and usually only adds time at the end. A 1.040 gravity reading told me that the efficiency wasn’t there and I should have recirculated a bit. Added Chinook at the 60 min mark of a 90 min boil and finished off with some Hallertau. The Marzen I brewed earlier was a definite plus the weekend I brewed this beer.

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

06/25/202306/26/2023

Coffee Sauce

Another beer I wanted to bring back to the regular rotation to see how well I can make it again. These are things that come across my mind every now and then. Visit the past brews and see if I can make the recipe sing. No vanilla or nibs this time, just plain ol cold brewed coffee I love. Knowing myself, I should just brew a lager and a few reds/stouts. Here’s to a new adventure with some Warrior at sixty minutes and EKG at five minutes. 1 cup of cold brew in the fermentation.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Maris Otter	10
Vienna	2
Flaked Barley	1
Rolled Oats	1.5
Crystal 40	.5

06/17/202306/19/2023

Happy Pils

I wanted to try out a new recipe. It’s great to make new recipes and and get out of my regular rotation. This is a Pilsner style with Vienna and Munich added for extra depth. I tried to come up with one of my usual edgy halfwit names. I settled on the first thing that came to mind. Magnum hops for bittering and Hallertau for aroma. It was an easy brew that just flew together with some reused yeast from a previous lager.

Type of Ingredient	Amount
Pilsner Malt	10 lbs
Vienna	.5 lbs
Munich	.5 lbs
CaraPils	.5 lbs