3 out 4 beer batches were still good!

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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About Me

Besides being Pure Awesome, what do you want to know? :D  Oh, ah.. okay some facts?  A list?  What is this, your grocery? :P

Well, I love to skydive.  It’s my drug, and keeps me sane.  During the winter, snowboarding is a placeholder for skydiving.  However, we’ve gone during the winter so long as weather permits (not snowing, windy..etc. etc.).

I enjoy participating in the Slackware community.  I mostly hang out in ##slackware on irc.freenode.net (agentc0re).  I also have a few SlackBuilds, which can also be found on my site as well.

I brew beer, and enjoy doing that when I have time as it is very time consuming.  Not only the day of but the days after as well.  I’m glad i bought the kegging kit or my beer might not ever leave the bucket!  :D

Well enjoy your stay here.  I plan on updating the things you already see here fairly regularly.

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Red Ale IPA

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

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New Stout

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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Bottled Beer!

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! :D

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My first mash with two brews!

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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