Oct 30 2022
What a great day! Started out with biscuits and gravy, watching some football, and bottling my oatmeal stout! So, bottling beer is a lot of sanitizing and making sure everything is clean before you bottle. So, gallons of sanitizing solution later I have things clean and ready to bottle. One important thing is to calculate …
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Oct 23 2022
I’ve brewed this bad boy many times, and I love it! It’s been 3 years since I’ve last brewed (11/3/2019), so I’m long overdue! This classic Charlie Papazian recipe calls for 1lb of quick oats, 4 lbs of 6 row, 1/2 lb crystal malt (I used 60l crystal), 1/2 lb chocolate malt, 1/4 lb roasted …
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Dec 21 2019
Saturday night I finally got around to bottling my beer. I had help from some of my kids. So, before I could begin I had to clean the kitchen- can’t have an unclean environment when bottling beer! Bottles got bleached, then sanitized as I didn’t know what could have been in my bottles given how …
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Nov 03 2019
I’m sick of not being able to brew beer. So, despite some horrible personal news that should have derailed all my plans, I pushed on and brewed two batches of beer. Well, one batch of beer and a mead that I’ve been meaning to make for over a year. The mead recipe: 15lbs honey, yeast …
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Dec 08 2018
I bottled my beer tonight! And what a good tasting beer it is! It turned out different from the last time I made this beer- it’s more tart than before, but once again a mouthful tastes amazing! Final gravity turned out to be 1.020, giving this an alcohol percentage of 9.19%. Oh, boy! I …
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Nov 17 2018
It’s been 4 years since I brewed last. Well, technically 3 years. I brewed a cider with my friend Rob, but I don’t count that since it was technically his brew. But last night that all changed! We got together and brewed a masterpiece: Unspoken Passion Imperial Stout! Liquid sex in a bottle. Sounds freaking …
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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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Jan 06 2011
Bottled the stout tonight after a 2 hour delay, thanks to uncontrollable circumstances. Final gravity came to 1.020 for an alcohol percent of 5.00% even. Got 94 12oz bottles and two 22oz bottles out of it. Should be ready to drink by my party on the 15th. Looking forward to it.
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Dec 28 2010
Went to F. H. Steinbart’s yesterday and bought ingredients to make 10 gallons of oatmeal stout. Ingredients: 2lbs of rolled oats, 8lbs of Six Row malt, 1lb of crystal malt, 1lb of chocolate malt, 1/2lb of roasted barley, 7lbs of dark malt extract syrup, and some Wyeast 1084 Irish ale yeast. I had the gypsum …
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