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 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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Jan 05
Mead – Batch 35
Ok, I’ve been negligent lately on my blog. So much so that I can’t remember the exact day I brewed by first batch of mead. I believe it was the 23rd of December, so I’ll go with that. Deciding to brave this journey, I began with a very basic mead recipe. 15 pounds of honey, …
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Dec 17
Unspoken Passion and Holiday Cheer Bottled
Last Friday (12/11) I was finally able to get to bottling my two batches of beer, my Holiday Cheer and my Unspoken Passion Imperial Stout (batches 33 and 34). I had originally planned on transferring the stout to a secondary to help it settle, but with my time limitations I just went straight to bottling. …
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Dec 02
How To Use 11lbs of Raspberries – Batch 34
So, if you have 11lbs of raspberries, want something reminiscent of chocolate and raspberries, and you love beer, what do you do? Easy! Make Papazian’s Unspoken Passion Imperial Stout. So, this freaking expensive beer makes 6.5 gallons, and takes 6lbs light malt extract, TWO 4lb stout kits, 1.5lbs crystal malt, 1/2lb black roasted malt, 3/4lb …
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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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Oct 30
Bottled My Oatmeal Stout and Pilsener- Batch 32 and 31
Tonight I decided to bottle all my beer, which is my Pilsener I’ve had in my fridge for 2 months, and the Oatmeal Stout I did a week and a half ago with my friend Mike. Bottled the Pilsener first, getting 46 out of it. Final gravity came out to be 1.012, giving me an …
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