So, for Father’s day I decided it was about time to bottle my pale ale and my mead. 15 gallons of bottling- no problem, right? So, I began with the mead. 5 gallons sitting in the carboy since December and ready to bottle. I transferred the mead to my bottling bucket and took the final …
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May 22
Liberty Pale Ale (batch 44) and bottling Framboise (batch 43)
Saturday (May 21st), I decided to do two things at once: Brew a 10 gallon batch of beer and bottle my wife’s Framboise. Well, they don’t call be crazy for nothing. I decided to redo my Liberty Pale Ale, since the first time I did it it was so stinking good. Alas, I didn’t have …
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Apr 11
Framboise Transferred to Secondary- Batch 43
So, in what seemed like an eternity, I finally got around to transferring my lovely wife’s Framboise to a secondary fermenter this last Saturday. Didn’t take the gravity, which I originally planned on doing, but added the Belgian yeast to it- some good old Wyeast 3278 Belgian Lambic Strain. I’ll plan on letting it sit …
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Mar 21
A New Framboise Attempt- Batch 43
I’ve been wanting to revisit my last Framboise attempt for some time, and with our kitchen being clean I decided now is the time. So, after some research and some thinking, here’s the recipe I’ve come up with: 7lbs liquid wheat malt extract (I believe Steinbart’s uses a 60/40 barley/wheat ratio) 1lb dry malt extract …
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Jan 23
East India IPA- Batch 42
Friday I made a batch of my East India IPA. I redid the recipe from last time, with only two differences. As I was getting my ingredients, Steinbarts ran out of the 120L crystal malt. So, I used 1/4lb of the 120L crystal and 1/4lb 80L crystal. I also had access to some loose leaf …
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Jan 10
My Beer Batch Numbering Screw-up
As those of you who follow this know, I number each batch of beer I do. Currently I’m up to batch 40. Well, after making a little spreadsheet of all the beers I’ve brewed, I realized I screwed up in my numbering. My Lucky Stout I did last year was batch 36. My next batch …
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Jan 06
Bottled Oatmeal Stout- Batch 40
Bottled the stout tonight after a 2 hour delay, thanks to uncontrollable circumstances. Final gravity came to 1.020 for an alcohol percent of 5.00% even. Got 94 12oz bottles and two 22oz bottles out of it. Should be ready to drink by my party on the 15th. Looking forward to it.
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Dec 28
10 Gallons of Oatmeal Stout- Batch 40
Went to F. H. Steinbart’s yesterday and bought ingredients to make 10 gallons of oatmeal stout. Ingredients: 2lbs of rolled oats, 8lbs of Six Row malt, 1lb of crystal malt, 1lb of chocolate malt, 1/2lb of roasted barley, 7lbs of dark malt extract syrup, and some Wyeast 1084 Irish ale yeast. I had the gypsum …
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Dec 01
I Threw a Hooker in a Bottle- Ruby Hooker Mead Batch 38
Racked off my Ruby Hooker Mead today. The first thing I noticed when I opened the lid was the smell. STRONG ALCOHOL SMELLS! It also had a strong raspberry odor and an almost wine like characteristic. Transferring the mead went well, and the color on the mead is amazing! There were some floaties that made …
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Dec 01
Holiday Cheer- Batch 39
It’s the holiday season again, and like always I intended to brew this beer several weeks ago, but was prevented from doing so by all the combined forces of the universe. Brett must not have his way, EVER!!! It’s a cosmic law. Well, with Tracy being sick today and me being in a vehicle with …
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