It’s been so long since I brewed I’ve almost forgot how to do it. So, I was reminiscing and found an excel spreadsheet I created- my beer database. Everything I’ve ever brewed and how I thought about it. All my successes and failures since 2007. First, how I rate my own beers: Rating Scale 10 …
Category: fat guy beer
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Oct 11
Tracy’s Framboise- Batch 24 Bottled (Finally!)
Tonight we bottled Tracy’s Framboise that’s been sitting in the fermenter since March 1st. All that time sitting there had me extremely curious as to how it would turn out, especially since the trub in the fermenter looked nasty. Siphoned the beer into my bottling bucket, then took the final gravity, which came to 1.004. …
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Dec 12
Beamish Stout Clone- Batch 19
Wednesday evening I brewed a Beamish Stout clone, thanks to the clone recipe we got from a magazine with 150 recipies in it. We used the extract recipe, not the all grain recipe listed below. So, gathered the ingredients, put some water on the kettle, and began mashing the grains. The recipe called …
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Dec 09
Holiday Cheer- Batch 18
Last night I brewed my first seasonal beer using Papazian’s recipe for something he calls “Holiday Cheer.” It uses 7lbs of light malt extract, 1/2lb of crystal malt, 2oz of black malt, 1lb of honey, orange peels, fresh ground ginger root, and cinnamon. It also uses Cascade and Saaz hops, but since I don’t have …
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Mar 24
Beer Failures
I’ve brewed 9 batches of beer since I began this brewing adventure back in Christmas, and it has been a learning process. And, as most people will attest to, no learning is complete without some failure. My second batch was my first attempt at oatmeal stout, and despite the fun we had brewing it, we …
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Mar 23
Oatmeal Stout- Whole Grain Goodness
I brewed batch 9 yesterday, some Oatmeal Stout. I used Papazian’s mini-mash recipe from The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. Now, I purchased the grains a few weeks ago and had them crushed when I purchased them so I wouldn’t have to try to do it myself. Of course, no one told me to brew them …
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Mar 17
What The Heck Did I Just Brew?
Last night I bottled up my so called “American Style” hefeweizen. It had been fermenting for 14 days by the time I had bottled it. And, by fermenting for 14 days, I don’t mean it was just sitting there for 14 days waiting to be bottled. I mean it was actively fermenting for 14 days. …
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Mar 07
Batch 8 Almost Ready to Bottle
Made an American style hefeweisen last week. Still has active fermentation going on. It was my first mini-mash attempt. I used a couple pounds of grains, put them in a grain bag and held them at 130 degrees for 30 minutes. Then I slowly brought the temp up to 155. After 10-15 minutes there I …
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Feb 07
Batch 6 and 7 Made
Just made a traditional bitter (whatever that means) and an IPA. I totally cheated, used the can-o-extract. But I want easy to make, quick, drinkable beer. So those were good options. Also got ingredients for an American hefeweisen. They had ingredients for a pilsner, which looked surprisingly like the last beer I bottled. Yummy!
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Feb 06
Batch 4 and 5 bottled
Well, with all the chaos in the house (me being sick last week, the wife having contractions and sending us into the hospital, and my son barfing all night), I was able to get some bottling done in the midst of this. Batch number 5 was the weird b@$tard brew that I made by throwing …
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