Dec 30
Oooh, baby! Got this thing bottled tonight. Also got to use my new Christmas present! The top part is called an avvinator. You fill the bowl up with sanitizing solution, use the pump to spray sanitizer into bottles, then hang them on the bottling tree. Worked great. So, while the kids were doing the bottles, …
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Dec 27
Christmas Eve. That time of year when the kids are getting antsy with anticipation. A feast is being prepared. Candy is out. The tree is lit. There is a festive warmth to the air. What better time to brew some beer? Tragor’s Brown Ale, as I am calling this one. I did have a bit …
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Nov 12
So, last night I was able to bottle both batches of beer. Doing it by myself sure takes some time! The Pumpkin Ale is a bit weak in the pumpkin realm. It could really use more pumpkin presence. Guess that’s what I get for using a cheap pumpkin and not shopping around for the best …
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Nov 02
Saturday was a big day for me. Not only did I bottle my Weizen, but I also brewed two batches of beer with help from my friend Rob! So, we started with the Chocolate Stout. Here is the recipe I followed (based off of Rogue’s Chocolate Stout): 1.5lb two row 7lbs liquid extract .5lbs 120L …
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Oct 30
Had a big beer day yesterday. Finally got around to bottling my wheat beer. Used mostly 22oz bottles to bottle it. Since I had no initial gravity, I didn’t take the final gravity. I also have no idea what the alcohol by volume is. Got about 40 bottles out of it, about 15-20 22oz …
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Oct 27
Leave it to a geek who loves beer to come up with this one. One of the folks over at Hack-a-day created a device to measure the frequency of bubbles in his airlock by measuring the passage of air through the air lock. They say the system breaks down during vigorous fermentation, but for later …
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Sep 26
So, Saturday I was brewing with my buddy Rob, originally intending to just hang out and help him brew, but since we had to run to Let’s Brew for supplies I decided to brew a wheat beer. So brew we did. We did Rob’s Scottish ale in my big pot and my wheat beer in …
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Aug 18
You have an all grain recipe you want to convert to extract? You have an extract recipe you want to convert to all grain? Well, my friend, here is your answer. Just use this chart below and convert what you need. By the way, this assumes a pretty good extraction ratio on your all grain. …
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Jul 29
Tonight with the help of my friend Rob, I was finally able to bottle my Belgian BJ’s Millennium Ale clone. Final gravity on that bad boy was 1.022, giving me an alcohol content of 9.45%. Holy guacamole! If you don’t count the mead, that’s the strongest beer I’ve brewed. I got 46 regular bottles and …
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Jun 20
It’s summer. Have plenty of pale ale, so now time to do something light and tasty. I’ve been dying to do a Belgian golden/Belgian wit/Belgian whatever with coriander, honey, and other goodies. So, on that note, I decided it’s time to do a clone recipe of BJ’s Millenium Ale. But, I decided to change a …
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