Just ran across some articles discussing the health benefits related to moderate alcohol consumption. So, without further ado, here are the links. Beer Examiner Article Part 1 Beer Examiner Article Part 2 Beer Examiner Article Part 3 Beer Examiner Article Part 4 Cheers!
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Jan 23
Righteous American Bottled – Batch 21
On Monday the 19th I bottled the Righteous American. The final gravity turned out to be 1.010. Initial gravity was 1.048, which gives an alcohol by volume of 4.99%. With all the hops in this sucker, I’m waiting a good 2 weeks before cracking one open.
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Jan 12
Bombay IPA Bottled, Batch 21 Brewed
Saturday I brewed a remake of the Righteous American, which would be my 21st batch of beer I’ve made. We wanted to give it some extra kick without spending any additional money, so I added more hops. Instead of the 1-1/2 oz of Cascades, I used 1oz Cascades and 1/2 oz of Chinook. 30 minutes …
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Jan 09
Batch 20- Bombay IPA
Saturday I brewed my 20th batch of beer, a remake of the Bombay IPA. This also marks my first year of doing homebrewing (ok, a year and 3 days- sheesh!) Our recipe is modified from Papazian’s “Laughing Heart IPA.” A quick check of my supplies… Book, scale, hose, thermometer, irish moss, gypsum. Yep! And, the …
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Dec 23
Batch 19 Bottled- Lucky Stout
Last Thursday the 18th I bottled the Beamish Stout clone I made. So, since some of you have never bottled your own beer, let me walk you through the experience. To bottle properly, you need to: 1) Sanitize all your bottles and your bottling bucket. I like to get my bucket full of sanitizing solution, …
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Dec 13
Holiday Cheer! Batch 18 Bottled
Today I bottled my 18th batch of beer, the Holiday Cheer! Final gravity came out to be 1.012, initial was 1.052, difference of .040. So, alcohol by volume should be around 5.25%, same as the IPA I brewed. Can’t wait till this matures in the bottle. Going to be a good one!
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Dec 12
Beamish Stout Clone- Batch 19
Wednesday evening I brewed a Beamish Stout clone, thanks to the clone recipe we got from a magazine with 150 recipies in it. We used the extract recipe, not the all grain recipe listed below. So, gathered the ingredients, put some water on the kettle, and began mashing the grains. The recipe called …
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Dec 09
Holiday Cheer- Batch 18
Last night I brewed my first seasonal beer using Papazian’s recipe for something he calls “Holiday Cheer.” It uses 7lbs of light malt extract, 1/2lb of crystal malt, 2oz of black malt, 1lb of honey, orange peels, fresh ground ginger root, and cinnamon. It also uses Cascade and Saaz hops, but since I don’t have …
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Dec 04
Batch 17 Bottled- Buckingham Bitter
Bottled the Buckingham Bitter last night, the second time we brewed this. Final gravity came out to be 1.012, with an initial gravity of 1.042, giving us a .030 difference. Multiply that by 105 gives us 3.15, the alcohol percentage by weight. Multiply that by 1.25 gives us 3.94, which is it’s alcohol by volume. …
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Nov 26
Batch 17 Brewed
Today I brewed batch 17, a remake of the Buckingham Bitter. A few slight differences in this one, namely when we went to buy the same British crystal malt, there were now two varieties of different color. A 30-40 lovibond color crystal, and a 50-60 lovibond crystal malt. We got the 50-60 lovibond one, though …
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