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 14
Batch 16 – India Pale Ale
Wednesday evening my friend and I brewed batch 16, which is based off of Papazian’s recipe “Laughing Heart IPA.” We did a hops substitution, as we had no Centennial hops but had Chinook, so we used them for the bittering hops. The recipe is a mini-mash, so I started with the grains, doing the stepped …
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Nov 06
Batch 15 Bottled- Buckingham Bitter
Just bottled my 15th batch of beer, the Buckingham Bitter. Had a taste before it being carbonated- I’m definitely in for a treat! Here’s the label I created for it:
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Oct 28
Beer Labels
Here are a few samples of my beer labels, that I now affix to the bottle cap on each beer, thus saving myself a lot of work scraping labels off of beer bottles. Best idea I’ve ever had! Put the label on the bottle cap! Perfect for a guy like me!
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Oct 28
Buckingham Bitter – Batch 15
Sunday my friend (and investor) and I brewed a bitter, after having received 1lb of fuggles and Kent Goldings hops for free (thanks, Erica!) The recipe called for 12oz of crystal malt and 4.5lbs of light malt extract. We used a touch over a pound of British caramalt and 5lbs of light malt extract. All …
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Oct 12
Real American Ale – Batch 14
Last night we brewed batch 14, a Papazian recipe called “Real American Ale” (we meaning my investor and myself.) It is based off of a british bitter, but with American hops instead. It is also an all malt extract recipe, so it was real easy to do. 4-1/2 lbs of amber malt extract, 1-1/2 oz …
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Oct 07
Bottled Batch 13
Bottled up the batch of beer I made with the wild hops I received for free. Sampling it, it had a real mild floral aroma and a light amount of bitterness, which I expected. The malt finish on it was nice. It’s going to be a much better beer than I first thought. Final gravity …
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