Aug 30
So, my friend Rob Morrison got a ton of fresh hops from a friend. Naturally, we had to brew. So, we did a fresh hop IPA based on my God is Good beer recipe. Here is the modified recipe: 3 gallons water 1 pound 60L Crystal malt 2 pounds 2 row malt 7 pounds pale …
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Aug 19
So, on Saturday 8/10 I bottled my Hefeweizen, which I also call my Witty Weizenbeir. Final gravity came out to be 1.014, giving me an alcohol percentage of 5.5%. Not too shabby. The Hallertauer aroma is wonderful, the beer has a good malt body with a nice show of hop flavor. Definitely did a good …
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Aug 03
It’s been since October since I’ve brewed. So, decided to do a hefeweizen. But I also wanted to do a peach hefeweizen. Well, why not do both? So I did. After much contemplation I decided on doing one big 10 gallon batch, and I will put half with peaches in a secondary. That way I’ll …
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Jul 23
So, a friend of mine asked me if my blog was up to date. Yes, I said. He said you haven’t brewed since April. Yeah, yeah. My beer supplies are running low, time for a summer beer. I brewed my traditional Half-a-weizen on Sunday. Simple recipe- 7lbs liquid wheat malt extract. Hop schedule I used …
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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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