Brewing and tasting for the win!
Re-brewing this tasty treat. I wanted a light lager to serve at a birthday. This would fit the bill for me to have something lager-ish to serve. I really enjoyed how light this was and how easy it was to brew. A 1.052 original gravity. Added Chinook at the 60 min mark of a 90 min boil and finished off with some Hallertau.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Vienna | 7.5 lbs |
| Pilsner | 3 lbs |
| CaraMunich 3 | .5 lbs |
| CaraPils | .5 lbs |
I wanted to make a very drinkable Pale Ale for my 4 friends who are turning 40 this year. We will be drinking this beer to celebrate. The recipe has a more aggressive hop schedule than I usually brew. I’m not a fan of overly hoppy beers, and I cut the amount of hops in half for my own taste. First wort hop of 1oz of Cascade goes in at 60 then 1.5 oz at 10 mins with .5 oz Cascade, 1 oz Citra, and 1 oz Mosaic in at flame out. Hoping for some good fortune!
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 10 lbs |
| Munich Malt | 1.5 lbs |
| Flaked Wheat | 14 oz |
| Caramel Malt 20L | 0.5lbs |
| Carapils | 6 oz |
The last brew of this went really well. With the next installment I wanted to use a new Lager yeast to enhance some of the roasty notes of this beer. A great roasty smell from the boil just lit up my senses. I hit this at 1.059 and it should turn out to be a 6% lager. I switched up the boil and left it to 60 mins. Hersbrucker hops in at 45 and 20 minutes. I’m glad I got this done in the morning before the heat of the sun kicked in.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Pilsner – German | 8 lbs |
| Munich Caramel | 3 lbs |
| Crystal 60 | 1 lb |
| German Carafa II | 5 oz |
| Melanoidin | .5 lb |
I think I over did this. Not often do I produce a wort and look at the sight glass and and realize something had gone horribly right. My efficiency on this went big. I thought the extra 3 pounds of malt would give me a boost, but I didn’t expect it to be this much. This beer may turn out big with a starting gravity of 1.06. I used a different yeast than I usually put into this to add some exotic Belgian flavors to it. Same beer, different bitter hops and kicked up a notch. I can safely put this down to more practice with the craft I love and cherish. I added 1oz Tettnanger at 45 of the boil and half that for Saaz at 15 and flame out.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Belgian Pilsner | 8 lbs |
| White Wheat | 4.5 lbs |
| Flaked Wheat | 1 lb |
| Flaked Oats | 1 lb |
I re-made this beer after experimenting with different water. I needed an old friend to come back and reaffirm my practice to the craft of making beer. The grains on this really give me a sense of pride when I make this beer. I love Maris Otter and how sweet it gets to balance the others. I have a favorite cold brewed coffee I love and I wanted to make it shine. I stuck to the routine on the boil with some Warrior at sixty minutes and EKG at five minutes. 24 oz of cold brew in the keg after fermentation.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 10 |
| Vienna | 2 |
| Flaked Barley | 1 |
| Rolled Oats | 1.5 |
| Crystal 40 | .5 |
I was privileged enough to partner with a local water company and get some RO water for my brew. Free anything is much appreciated in these times. So I used some free Ale yeast from my local brew club to hit two birds with one stone. I also changed up the recipe to make this a little less roasty with only 1 lb of Special B. I will be adding the hops at the usual time 45 and 20 minutes. Chinook and Simcoe are the hops used to make this a great drinking Red Ale sure to please.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 6 lbs |
| English Pale Malt | 6 lbs |
| Special B | 1 lb |
| Crystal 120 | .5 |
| Carapils | .5 |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |