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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Mar 07
Erica Rocks!
An old high school classmate of mine just sent me four pounds of hops for free. You so rock, Erica!
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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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Jan 29
My Beer Brand Redux
Well, despite the poll I had showing Fat Guy Beer the winner of “What to Brand My Beer.” Well, given that this is MY beer, and I’m the one brewing it, that gives me the right to name it whatever I feel like. So, in that dictatorial spirit, I decided I’d go with a more …
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