Mar 17 2012
So, last night my friend Rob came over and we brewed two beers. (Note to self: Brewing two beers on a Friday night is a bit much- do it on a Saturday next time.) We started with the IPA, thinking it would be the easier of the two recipes. Here’s the recipe we used (inspired …
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Dec 30 2011
Oooh, baby! Got this thing bottled tonight. Also got to use my new Christmas present! The top part is called an avvinator. You fill the bowl up with sanitizing solution, use the pump to spray sanitizer into bottles, then hang them on the bottling tree. Worked great. So, while the kids were doing the bottles, …
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Dec 27 2011
Christmas Eve. That time of year when the kids are getting antsy with anticipation. A feast is being prepared. Candy is out. The tree is lit. There is a festive warmth to the air. What better time to brew some beer? Tragor’s Brown Ale, as I am calling this one. I did have a bit …
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Nov 12 2011
So, last night I was able to bottle both batches of beer. Doing it by myself sure takes some time! The Pumpkin Ale is a bit weak in the pumpkin realm. It could really use more pumpkin presence. Guess that’s what I get for using a cheap pumpkin and not shopping around for the best …
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Nov 02 2011
Saturday was a big day for me. Not only did I bottle my Weizen, but I also brewed two batches of beer with help from my friend Rob! So, we started with the Chocolate Stout. Here is the recipe I followed (based off of Rogue’s Chocolate Stout): 1.5lb two row 7lbs liquid extract .5lbs 120L …
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Aug 18 2011
You have an all grain recipe you want to convert to extract? You have an extract recipe you want to convert to all grain? Well, my friend, here is your answer. Just use this chart below and convert what you need. By the way, this assumes a pretty good extraction ratio on your all grain. …
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Jul 29 2011
Tonight with the help of my friend Rob, I was finally able to bottle my Belgian BJ’s Millennium Ale clone. Final gravity on that bad boy was 1.022, giving me an alcohol content of 9.45%. Holy guacamole! If you don’t count the mead, that’s the strongest beer I’ve brewed. I got 46 regular bottles and …
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Jun 20 2011
It’s summer. Have plenty of pale ale, so now time to do something light and tasty. I’ve been dying to do a Belgian golden/Belgian wit/Belgian whatever with coriander, honey, and other goodies. So, on that note, I decided it’s time to do a clone recipe of BJ’s Millenium Ale. But, I decided to change a …
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Jun 20 2011
So, for Father’s day I decided it was about time to bottle my pale ale and my mead. 15 gallons of bottling- no problem, right? So, I began with the mead. 5 gallons sitting in the carboy since December and ready to bottle. I transferred the mead to my bottling bucket and took the final …
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May 22 2011
Saturday (May 21st), I decided to do two things at once: Brew a 10 gallon batch of beer and bottle my wife’s Framboise. Well, they don’t call be crazy for nothing. I decided to redo my Liberty Pale Ale, since the first time I did it it was so stinking good. Alas, I didn’t have …
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