Brewed a Scottish Ale today, using the outdoor burner for the first time. Took the boil time down quite a bit- maybe 30 min to a rolling boil. Very nice. Great having the new gear- cool it down, siphon right into the fermenter. I haven’t tapped into the Red yet, still aging in the keg. […]
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New heavy duty 8 gallon stainless brew kettle. Brewing that Cape Cod Red (finally). Had some problems with two kettles sent, traded it up for a 15 gallon but the 15 was way too big! Wouldn’t fit on the stove. So, I just repaired this one and it’s the perfect size. Temp and spigot were […]
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Ok, so I pirated Cape Cod Brewery’s Red recipe during our tour of the facility. Not going to commercially sell it, it’s all for the good of beer in general. Got the ingredients this week, looking forward to cooking this one. I have a new fermenter on the way, and upgrading my brew kettle, so […]
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Got the ingredients for an Altbier, a coppery German top fermenter I seem to enjoy. Hopefully this mix will turn out well. The last batch was excellent but that was a while ago- I’m hoping to just recreate that last one. This will be a bit lighter than the last one, using a different ratio […]
Read More german altbier, homebrew recipe, homebrewingThe amber brewed in February turned out well. We had a lot of family down, and once they tried it, they pulled on the keg like a freight train and did some damage.. lol but it survived. I think I will tweak the next one with the flavor hops a bit, maybe a different […]
Read More conical fermenter, home brewiing blogOk, finally.. I’m back. Sadly, I haven’t recorded much in the last year, but I hope to keep going. New ingredients got here- an Amber. Mostly amber grain, some caramel 80L for color. Willamette hops and White Labs yeast. I’ve tried this one before and really liked it- this time I’m using the same hop […]
Read MoreThis batch has sat in the secondary several weeks, smells great.. moved to the keg and all it has to do now is cool off and carbonate!
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Ok, sorry for the weak pun.. brewing this weekend. An IPA custom mix. .5 lb Crystal 60L 3.5 lb pale ale malt .5 lb Crystal 40L 5 lb extra pale extract Using a hop I’ve never used before.. 1 oz of Magnum for bittering. Also using 1 oz Cluster for flavor, .5 oz Nugget for […]
Read MoreFor those of you who know what this site is about.. I salute you. I wanted to put something out to keep everyone in touch, coordinate your lunches, whatever.. not sure what all I’m going to do with this site but I wanted to put it out there. I’m going to keep a log of […]
Read MoreOk.. thinking about the next batch. Faves are IPAs in general, Sam Adams, DogFishHead, even Killians. Too many to list. SO many choices.. wheat, red, amber, pale.. tough choice, better put together a good one this time so I can bottle some and share..
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