3 out 4 beer batches were still good!

April 8th, 2010

So last October 20th I brewed 4 5Gal beer batches in a row. I really didn’t even finish in the same day. Anyways, I got busier and busier with work and kept putting it off to keg them. It then go really cold and I didn’t want to freeze outside while trying to clean kegs and figured that it’d be cold enough that it would suspend the yeast so that the beer wouldn’t get ruined over the winter. Well, today a friend of mine and myself kegged all four batches. We tasted them all too.

Pilsner, Hefe, and the IPA were all great. Flat, but still good. They tasted how they should without carbination and didn’t give off any funny flavors. The stout on the other hand was.. well.. rancid. It first smelled like rotten millk, to me at least my friend didn’t smell it like that. We each took a mouth full, swished it around and swallowed.

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Red Ale IPA

July 20th, 2009

I decided to try and brew a Red Ale.

9# 2 row
8oz 80L Crystal
4oz 20L Crystal
4oz Cara-Red
2oz Cara-Armoa
2oz Roasted Barley
Total: 10.5#

Mash:

65C for 60min
70C Sparge
Total 6Gal

22oz Creme Honey @ 60min
1oz Nugget @ 60min
2oz Magnum @ 60min
2oz Cascade @ 30min
1oz Mt. Hood @ 5min

OG: 1.060

Yeast: Burton Ale WLP023

New Stout

July 4th, 2009

8# 2row
2# Crystal 20L
1# Crystal 80L
1.5# Rolled Oats
1# Torrified Wheat
.5# Black Patent
.5# Roasted Barley
.5# Chocolate

2oz Goldings @ 60min
1oz Willamette @ 30min

Wyeast – Irish Ale Yeast #1084

Striked this mash at 75C. Went to check temperature several times and noticed the water level had dropped and there wasn’t water covering the top of the grains. Filled it up with 70C water each time, but struggled to keep the water up top. I think i had too many grains in the new masher because there was a point where if i filled it anymore i couldn’t put the lid on. I don’t think i can put anymore than 12lbs of grain in the coolers. I’ll need to experiment to find out. I will probably brew again this Sunday.

Sparged at 70C. I think i ended up with a bit more water than i wanted. I thought i would have boiled off more. Ended up with a 6gal batch instead of a 5gal.

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Two Pale Ales

June 29th, 2009

Liz’s Pic:

5# 2row
5# 20L Crystal
2# Torified Wheat

2oz Magnum @ 60
2oz Mt. Hood @ 30
1oz Willamette @ 5

OG: 1.041

Jon’s Pic:

4# 2row
5# 20L Crystal
5# 80L Crystal

1oz Nugget @ 60
1oz Magnum @ 60
1oz Chinook @ 30
1oz Cascade @ 30
1oz Mt. Hood @ 15
1oz Willamette @ 5

OG: 1.052

Will Dry hop after 3 days with 1oz Mt. Hood

Last two batches bottled

June 24th, 2009

Just finished bottling my last two batches around midnight. Everything clean and put away too. Also saved all of my yeast. Will need to get some bigger containers to help continue with the wash though. Here’s a picture of all my bottled beer though.

Bottled Beer!

June 17th, 2009

So I finally bottled my first batch of beer. Hopefully it doesn’t taste bad by now since the wait was longer. Really doubt that. Was able to get 33 bottles from this batch. I used some regular 12oz, 16oz and 22oz bottles.

Side note, my other two batches are probably done sooner than expected and i could bottle those up this weekend. Speaking of this weekend, I’ll probably mash and start another brew. Just need Jon to build his new mill so I can use it!

My first mash with two brews!

June 7th, 2009

So I brewed up two batches of beer this weekend. I did a Stout and a Hefeweizen. Once I am done, I plan on naming the brew and adding them to the recipe section of my blog but until then, here ya go.

Stout:

6# 2Row
1# 6row
1# Roasted Wheat
1# Torrefied Wheat
1# Oats
.5# Black
.5# Barley
2.5oz East Kent @ 60min
.5oz East Kent @ 30 min
1oz Sterling @ 10min
Wyeast – Irish Ale

Hefeweizen:

5# 2Row
2# 6Row
2# DWC Wheat
1# Roasted Wheat
1# Torrefied Wheat
1# Oats
1oz Nugget @ 60min
.25oz Cascade @ 60min
1oz Sterling @ 20min
.5oz Sterling @ 5min
Wyeast – London III (Large batch because i reused it from my very first 2 brews that were extract)

Both were mashed the same way. I heated the water up and began the mash at 70C. I let them sit for one hour. Rinsing I used hot tap water, which I will not do next time. My OG for both was 1.041. Not very good, probably due to my rinsing process.

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3 out 4 beer batches were still good!

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Last two batches bottled

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My first mash with two brews!

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