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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Nov 14
Ruby Hooker Mead- Batch 38
Oooh, yeah! Got my hands on 18 lbs of honey and 10lbs of raspberries. What to do with them? Why, make mead, of course! The recipe is really simple. Add honey to 1 gallon of water, boil for 15 minutes while skimming off the white proteins that float to the surface. After 15 minutes kill …
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Nov 07
Rob’s Belgian Dubbel- Batch 37 bottled
Yesterday my boss Rob and I bottled up our 10 gallons of Belgian Dubbel. Final gravity came out to 1.018. Doing the math we have 1.086-1.018=.068 x 105= 7.14 x 1.25= 8.9% alcohol by volume. 8.9%!!! That’s the highest alcohol by volume for any beer I’ve done, not counting my mead. Tasting it I knew …
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Oct 23
Brewing a Belgian Dubbel- Batch 37
So, my amazingly cool boss, Rob Morrison, wanted to brew a Belgian Dubbel. No problem, I told him. Grabbed my clone recipe book, we flipped through it, and we decided on doing the clone of Ommegang Abbey Ale. Wanting to know what I’m brewing, I of course grabbed a bottle for Rob and I to …
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Oct 13
Liberty Pale Ale bottled- Batch 36
Last night (10/13/2010) I finally got around to bottling my Liberty Pale ale. I had run out of the regular sanitizer solution I use, so I resorted to a Papazian suggestion: Using bleach and then rinsing with hot water. Sampling the beer I was glad to not notice any bleach in it (thanks, Charlie!) I …
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Sep 26
Liberty Pale Ale redux- Batch 36
Friday afternoon I decided I was going to make some beer. So, I grabbed the kids, threw them in the van and headed off to Steinbarts. On the way, I began to ponder what beer I would make. Hmmm….. I was tempted to redo my standard hefeweizen (i.e. my half-a-weizen), but I began to think …
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Jul 03
Mead Bottled- Batch 35
I brewed this batch of mead at the beginning of January, and on today July 3rd I finally bottled it. The first thing I noticed was the aroma. A definite strong alcohol smell with the wonderful esters of honey. The yeast looked very strange at the bottom of the carboy, like some undersea silt with …
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Feb 20
Lucky Stout Bottled- Batch 36
Finally got around to bottling my Beamish clone. Bottling 10 gallons of beer is a task, let me tell you. To make things more difficult, I thought my bottle filler was broke, as it wouldn’t stop pouring. After a bit I got it working again, but it was still dripping slowly. Will have to replace …
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Feb 03
A New Pot and A Batch of Stout- Batch 36
My wife got me the best birthday present ever. She got me a 15 gallon brew pot. This thing is so stinking big I can stick both my boys in it and have room for veggies! (Note: I am NOT endorsing cannibalism! I’ll leave that to the British Navy. 😉 ) So, what do you …
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