Brewing and tasting for the win!
I was inspired on a trip to San Diego for a wedding and thought I would try to make something new. This recipe is a cream ale with peanut flavoring added. The first, but not the last iteration of a new expression of creativity. I can’t wait to keep trying this one and making a new tasty beer. Cluster and Saaz hops for some mild flavor.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 8 |
| Flaked Corn | 1 |
| Flaked Oats | 1 |
| Crystal 20 | .5 |
I decided that my second brew would be of this beer. I wanted to bring back an old recipe and have some fun. I used 1 oz of Saaz hops at the beginning and then used Styrian Golding at flameout. SafAle 05.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 6 |
| Golden Promise | 6 |
| Rolled Oats | 3 |
| Crystal 120 | .5 |
| CaraPils | .5 |
A beer I wanted to revisit, as there is not much locally that satisfies my palate. This roasty, rich and easy drinking beer is very hard to wait for. Brewed on a Saturday morning with hose water and an RV filter I always use. The water profile is that of local well water that I find very tasty. I think it lends a good flavor to darker beers.
Hops introduced at the beginning of the boil for 60 minutes in my Brewers Edge Mash and Boil. Starting gravity before the boil was 1.042. OG of 1.051. The brew went well and I was able to get this done rather quick. I definitely want to brew this again.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Pilsner – German | 10 lbs |
| Munich Caramel | 4 lbs |
| Crystal 60 | 1 lb |
| German Carafa II | 5 oz |
| Melanoidin | .5 lb |
I have wanted to brew for a long time and I haven’t had the time. I recently found out that one of my favorite beers was not going to be reproduced and I felt it was my duty to try and see how I could brew it myself. Chinook hops were added at 1oz at 75, and .5 at 60, 45, 30, and 15. I changed up my recipe with English Pale Malt and Crystal 120 for a lighter flavor. Oak Staves will be added to the fermentation and placed into the keg afterwards for good measure. I feel worthy.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 6 lbs |
| English Pale Malt | 6 lbs |
| Special B | 1.75 lbs |
| Crystal 120 | .5 |
| Carapils | .25 |
I have a local friend I wanted to brew with and he wanted something special. A wide-awake version of my birthday cake stout that he could transfer to oak bourbon barrels. To this day he is still using the 5 gallon batch and stuffing coconut into it.
Update 4/27/2022 – Yep still adding coconut, now 3lbs of it is in a 1 gallon batch that is left.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| 2 Row | 8 lbs. |
| Carapils | 1 lb. |
| Crystal 40 | 1.5 lbs. |
| White Wheat | .75 lbs. |
| Rolled Oats | 1 lb. |
| Acidulated Malt | .2 lbs. |
A great recipe I previously brewed. Using EKG and Cascade hops. It is a great flavor and has pleased the crowds around here in Orange. I rounded out the roasted barley and this came out quite interesting. This beer won an award for 3rd place in the Windsor Classic 2023 for Stouts and Porters on table 7.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 9 lbs |
| Munich | 2 lbs |
| Chocolate | 1 lb |
| Oats | 1 lb |
| Crystal 60 | .5 lb |
| Roasted Barley | .5 |
I needed more of this beer pretty quickly.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 6 |
| Golden Promise | 6 |
| Rolled Oats | 3 |
| Crystal 120 | .5 |
| Chateau Cara Ruby | .5 |
This beer is on rotation now that several of my friends are infatuated with it. A constant need for this easy swilling beer is a necessity.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| US Pale | 4 |
| German Pilsner | 4 |
| Flaked Corn | 2 |
| Vienna | 1 |
| Rolled Oats | 1 |
| Turbinado Sugar | 1 |
A new year deserves a new beer. I was able to get this recipe together after the celebrations died down and I brewed this with a lot of enthusiasm. This would help me celebrate brewing for 3 years just about every week. A fitting beer to start the year off.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Bohemian Pale | 5 |
| White Wheat | 4.5 |
| Flaked Wheat | 1 |
| Rolled Oats | 1 |
Hankering for another coffee golden stout, I had a small rest from brewing every Friday and brewed on a Sunday with the looming Holidays. This allowed me to make another beer with some coffee, vanilla, and cocoa nibs.
| Type of Ingredient | Amount |
| Maris Otter | 10 |
| Vienna | 2 |
| Flaked Barley | 1 |
| Rolled Oats | 1 |
| Crystal 120 | .5 |