Last week my friend Mike and I went to Steinbart’s to check it out, as he’s never been there before. Of course, I can’t walk in there without getting something, so we left there with ingredients to make an oatmeal stout. Now, I’ve made this particular stout before, and it turned out awesome! This time, …
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Oct 11
Tracy’s Framboise- Batch 24 Bottled (Finally!)
Tonight we bottled Tracy’s Framboise that’s been sitting in the fermenter since March 1st. All that time sitting there had me extremely curious as to how it would turn out, especially since the trub in the fermenter looked nasty. Siphoned the beer into my bottling bucket, then took the final gravity, which came to 1.004. …
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Sep 16
Batch 31 Update- Top Drop Pilsener
According to Papazian, this wonderful beer should be transferred to a secondary fermenter after 2 weeks of lagering. Given that it’s 2-1/2 weeks (roughly), it was time to do the transfer. I desperately wanted to keep using the same fermenter that it was currently in, so I transferred it to my bottling bucket, cleaned and …
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Aug 29
Craving a Pilsener- Batch 31
Yep. I was craving a Pilsener. But, rather than spending money buying beer, I decided to spend money to make beer. And with an extra fridge to lager in, I decided it’s time to break it in. Did Papazian’s recipe for Top Drop Pilsener, settling for a White Labs WPL800, given that I went to …
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Aug 19
My Liberty Brews- Bottling Batch 29 and 30
On Tuesday the 18th my brother in law and I bottled up both batch 29 and 30. Given that both of these recipes used Liberty hops exclusively, I decided (albeit in a hurry and forgetting the names I had previously come up with) to give both beers names keeping with the spirit of liberty. We …
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Aug 12
Pale Ale and a Hefeweizen- Batch 29 and 30
Today had some friends over and we brewed two beers simultaneously. Been thinking about what to brew for a few days, knowing today was coming, and was having my normal difficulties of deciding. I knew I wanted a pale ale but didn’t care for the recipes I’ve seen, and I wanted to use my Liberty …
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Jul 24
Bottled Weizenbeir- Batch 28
After re-reading my last blog, I realized I omitted some very important notes. First, I failed to list the initial gravity (1.044), and I also failed to note my accident with the water. Normally, after your wort is finished and in your fermenter, you top it off with water to the mark specified by your …
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Jul 14
Weizenbeir Redux- Batch 28
Redid my Weizenbeir I recently did (since it all got consumed). This time, instead of just randomly adding corn sugar to it, I added 1/2 lb exactly. Other than that, brewed identically to my previous batch. Also tasted my IPA, which was a bit premature (not done bottle fermenting). Not bad. My guesstimate is the …
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Jul 08
East India IPA- Batch 27 Bottled
I finally had time to bottle my IPA I made two weeks ago. Let’s just say that my sample of this tasted as good if not better than most commercial IPA’s I’ve tried. It was darn good. Final gravity turned out to be 1.012, giving me a 7.09% alcohol by volume. The bitterness from the …
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Jun 20
My Own IPA- Batch 27
I decided to brew an IPA. With some $$$ from a friend and some side work I did, I decided to brew a big hoppy IPA. I checked out dozens of award winning beer recipies, and in the end decided to formulate my own. 7lbs light malt extract syrup 2lbs 2 row 1/2lb crystal malt …
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