Homebrew Recipes
Equinox IPA
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The starter was good, took off in the fermenter within 6-8 hrs
Gotta remember that 10gals of IPA needs 15+lbs of extract if using all LME.
Dry hopped by dumping in the pellets directly - immediately after which I remembered I wanted to put them into a bag and hang them. Oh well, next time.
Yep - wasted at least 2/3 gallon to the hops - next time bag'em and weight them down w/marbles.
Also - yah, min 15lbs extract (LME) ... it's waaaayyy to light bodied
Wheet not Weed
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Nice flavor at pitching time, might have wanted more honey, we'll see!
Yes more honey next time - I don't want mead, but I'd like the honey flavor to be at least present.
I think I'd like to try this with a better german hefewiezen yeast too - I recently tried a new one (for me) at Barclays and it had the most wonderful clove flavors. Hmmm honey and cloves - sounds like a baklava beer :-)
Independence IPA
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First batch in the new Blickmann Conical Fermenter!
Definitely a change in procedure! Once I get it down & get used to it, I'm sure it'll be much nicer than using carboys for primary. For now, I'll just deal with the 2 gals of sanitizer soaking in the rug, and hoses & parts everywhere.
Doing the no-rinse thing with the carefully-meausured iodophor, trusting all the ppl on the web who say that yes, its all cool.
The pump is cool - not using a hose clamp on the kettle fitting allows a tiny bit of air into the line, which the pump happily disperses in the filter, giving good aeration - just gotta be careful not to let it do that the whole time, it foams up a lot as it goes into the fermenter. (yes, I'm aware of the debate about using unfiltered room-air for aerating wort. I've been doing it for over 16 years when shaking in the carboy and I've never had a problem, so until I do, I don't feel the need to worry)
Slightly lower OG than the previous brew of this recipe (a 5 gal batch) is caused by less evaporation than I expected. Started with 12.5 gal of wort, 75 min boil only reduced it by about 1 gallon, maybe 1.5, so 11-11.5gal in the fermenter.
I think next time it'll be easier, especually when I'm not making duck confit, & stock from 6 ducks at the same time.
Racking: I decided to rack & dry hop into carboy-secondaries because I plan to brew next weekend, and dryhopping is 3 weeks or so. (Nice to have the option!) Some day I'll do both primary and secondary in the conical, when I'm not brewing as often. The actual racking was simple, just open the valve and rotate. Next time I'll dump the trub earlier, give it at least 3 days to settle, so that I can get better yeast harvest.
After 4 weeks dry-hopping in the basement, very nice and yummy. I love simcoe hops!
One keg is destined for the Olde Snot Otter in a week or three.
Shakey Visions
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Started boil at 24qts (6 gals) for better hop utilization. Should do this more often, but requires boil-over diligence.
This was going to be a Kölsch, but the wyeast kolsch yeast was kinda old - pkg'd in july 08. In fact, it was dead - transforming this beer into a belgian golden by adding 1 lb boiled candi sugar (in a 1/2c water) and pitching Wyeast Belgian Strong Ale yeast #1388. This raises the OG from 1.046 to about 1.055
Lights Out
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Very dark at brew time, nice molasses overtones, but just a hint.
Devil Dog II
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Brewed for Ye Olde Snot Otter
To make the Candi Sugar, boil 1.5 lbs table sugar with a pinch of citric acid for 10-15 min to make an invert sugar. add to the brewpot with the extract
After 12 days, moved the primary into the fridge to settle out the haze, then 2 days later kegged into the sankey keg. Gravity was still a vary high 1.030, but will leave 3-4 more weeks (at least) at room temp, and expect it will condition to a high carbonation, hopefully ending below 1.020.
After 1 week conditioning, took a sample at room temp. Still very sweet, highly carbonated. Gravity = 1.028
Rufous
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very deep red color (hence the name)
Peppery hops, not as floral as the others
Devil Dog
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3 weeks in primary, and still very cloudy, and fermenting slowly. But, so tasty at racking - very fruity, with some tartness, and a hint of hop bitterness. Spicey tones. MMMmmm
Fall Stout
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RacerVish II
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Yummy at dryhop time!
Its a bit sweet and not bitter enough, but I think thats because I accidently omitted some of the palisades from the full boil (should have been 1oz in full boil and 1/2oz for flavoring), and the full boil was only 60, not 90, like the first try a few weeks ago.
Yummier at kegging after nearly 3 weeks dry hopping.
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