Bottled up the batch of beer I made with the wild hops I received for free. Sampling it, it had a real mild floral aroma and a light amount of bitterness, which I expected. The malt finish on it was nice. It’s going to be a much better beer than I first thought. Final gravity …
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Oct 02
Bottled Batch 12
“The Good Life,” as I am planning on calling it, is now bottled and waiting to carbonate in the bottle. In a week it will be drinkable. I had some help tonight bottling it, from some strange sexy woman…. Now, at this stage (in the fermentation bucket) all beer has a strange layer of gunk at …
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Oct 02
Batch 13- The Wild Hops Brew
I got some free hops off of Craigslist, so I thought what better way to test them out than to make a batch of beer! I wanted it to be generic and inexpensive ale so I can really see what these hops characteristics are. So, I picked up 10 lbs of two row and 1 …
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Sep 27
Batch 12- 6 Months in the Making
Not really 6 months in the making, it’s just been that long since I’ve brewed. I’m dead broke. So, one day a friend approaches me with an offer: He’ll buy the ingredients, I brew the beer, he takes a portion as payoff for his investment. Sounds good to me! So, I scoured my Joy of …
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May 22
Batch 11 Follow Up
Forgot to post about the results of my batch 11 brew, good old Papazian’s Humpty Dumpty English Bitter. As I suspected, the alcohol content is weak (about 1%), there is a lack of maltiness in the finish that I love. But, the hops have a beautiful aroma and a great start. During the hot weather …
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May 01
Batch 11 Ready to Bottle
Saturday I brewed what I affectionately called “The $10 beer.” Papazian has a recipe called “Humpty Dumpty’s Original Bitter” which I was able to buy ingredients for for around $10. To help me out, my brother in law Jeremy met me at my in-laws house where we did our brewing. The recipe calls for 6lbs …
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Apr 16
A Terrific Compliment
Had a friend and co-worker make this statement about my Oatmeal Stout: Probably some of the best stuff I’ve had in quite a while. I would buy that brand of oatmeal all day long! Seriously, it was right up my alley in so many ways…in fact…do you have enough stored to fill a growler or …
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Apr 15
Batch 10- Flemmish Brown
I purchased two beer kits a while back for making a Belgian style Old Flemmish Brown ale, and got around to brewing it on Sunday. Made some Belgian candy sugar to add to it, and given that I don’t have a scale yet to measure the amount to put in, I overestimated and put too …
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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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