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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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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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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Nov 30
Holiday Cheer – Batch 33
It’s that time of year again! Time to make some good holiday beer! I wanted to start this one sooner, but given I didn’t have any money until recently I couldn’t exactly buy my supplies. For this years batch I did a few things different. First, I used the actual Saaz finishing hops, as opposed …
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