Brewing and tasting for the win!
A new experiment to heat up a west coast IPA recipe. At the time we were thinking about the spicy IPAs that were going around. Some of them were too spicy and we wanted to make some that had little heat and more pepper flavor. The first in the triple brew day and one of the easiest.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 9 lbs |
| Crystal 20 | .75 lbs |
The first of the I See Red Ale and not the last. We chopped up the recipe we got from brewers friend and it turned out amazing. So many notes we banged heads together in the home brew shop and battled like maniacs. EKG, Fuggles and Willamette. The hop schedule was an on the fly kind of thing. We had the previous beer weighing in on our decisions and they might have not been as pure as we previously thought them through. The last of the triple brew day marathon beers and one of the best. They all came out pretty good.
| Type | Amount |
| 2 Row | 9 lbs. |
| Roasted Barley | 1.5 lbs. |
| Rolled Oats | 1 lb. |
| Melanoidin | 8 oz |
| Carapils | 8 oz |
| Cara Aroma | 4 oz |
A Citra IPA I was experimenting making IPAs. Getting the hang of documenting all of my recipes and brewing as much as I could. I wanted a drinkable west coast IPA and it turned out well. Part of a triple brew day that started at 9am and went until 9pm.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 13 lbs. |
| Honey Malt | 1 lb. |
| Crystal 15 | 1 lb. |
| Corn Sugar – Dextrose | 1 lb. |
| Melanoidin | .5 lbs. |
I did some research on Brewers Friend while getting used to brewing All-Grain. Huge batch that nearly bubbled out of the kettle. Lasted a good long time and was delicious. Chinook and Willamette hops.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Pale Malt | 10 lbs |
| Roasted Barley | 1 lb |
| Crystal 80 | 1 lb |
| Chocolate | .5 lb |
| Melanoidin | .25 lb |
| Rolled Oats | .75 lb |
A second brew of this rich porter with chocolate malt, amber and melanoiden malts. Brewed once before to great results. I wanted to keep this one in rotation.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 7.5 lbs |
| US Chocolate Malt | 1 lb. |
| Amber Malt | .7 lbs. |
| Flaked Oats | 1 lb. |
| Melanoiden | .5 lbs. |
I have tried this recipe previously to get the vanilla out of this and it was pretty good. Using Golden Promise and tweaking the recipe from brewgr to my tastes.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Golden Promise | 5 lbs. |
| 2 Row | 2.5 lbs. |
| Flaked Corn | 1 lb. |
| Flaked Oats | 1 lb. |
| Crystal 15 | 1 lb. |
| Honey Malt | 1 lb. |
| CaraPils | 1 lb. |
A recipe I got off of brewgr.com I changed up and made it really quickly. Being the summertime, my brewing is all over the place. Warrior hops in an easy schedule.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Golden Promise | 5 lbs. |
| 2 Row | 2.5 lbs. |
| Flaked Corn | 1 lb. |
| Flaked Oats | 1 lb. |
| Crystal 15 | 1 lb. |
| Honey Malt | 1 lb. |
| CaraPils | 1 lb. |
The third iteration of a beloved beer that is local to this region. Simple smooth, and getting the coffee in there is a labor of love.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 11 |
| Flaked Barley | 1 |
| Rolled Oats | 1 |
| Crystal 40 | .5 |
Got a recipe from BrewersFriend.com I thought I would try out and maybe tweak later. A pale ale recipe I used Hefeweizen yeast to change this up and impart some flavors to. Using Magnum and simcoe hops. Part of a double brew day this was the second brew and we ran out of San Diego Super yeast. Had to use Hef yeast WLP 320. The flavor really threw us off track as a hoppy hefeweizen, but tasted great.
| Type | Amount |
| Cara Pils | 10 lbs. |
| Crystal 30 | 1 lb. |
| Torrified Wheat | .5 lbs. |
| Flaked Rye | 1 lb. |
| Malted Wheat | 2 lb. |
IPA recipe with Maris Otter and Chinook hops. Tasty, and made me confident to try more. Also part of a double brew day.
| Type | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 12 |