Brewing and tasting for the win!
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |