Brew Day – 26Mar2017 This is my first brew since becoming once again an Indiana resident. This is also my first beer that I have use RO water with mineral additions rather than tap water. The mineral additions were similar to what is recommended for an IPA. Losing track of my water, instead of using […]
Category: Home Brew
This was originally brewed to be a coconut porter. The recipe was formulated to be pitch black with a punch of flavor so the the flavors if the beer would compete with the strong flavor of the coconut. However, after trying the beer out of the fermenter I decided this should be my base porter […]
Description Intended to be a light, citrusy, slightly spicy, easy drinking summer beer. Something you want to put a slice of lemon into and enjoy in the sunshine. Brew Day – 26Apr2015 I started this beer with a 1.2L yeast starter which was given approx 12 hours on the stir plate. There appeared to be […]
This is my second attempt at a Marzen. The first was too high gravity and was a dry beer. I’m hoping this one is more drinkable due to the lower ABV. Og: .1071 Style Information Name: Marzen Recipe Type: All Grain Category: Oktoberfest Type: Lager OG: 1.050 – 1.057 FG: 1.012 – 1.016 Bitternes: […]
This beer was designed to emulate the caramel cream “bulls eye” candies that I used to eat as a kid, and I think I hit it dead on. The beer is sweet, creamy, a hint of vanilla… It is delicious. 2015 (18Jan) Unfortunately, OG and FG was not measured with this beer. The flavor is […]
This is a fairly sweet, easy to drink Trappist (Belgian single) ale. 2014 Steeped grains at 165F for 30 minutes Sparged grain bag in 1 gal of water @165F, added to brew pot. OG: 1.060 @78*F = 1.063 (.005 above calculated). Some of the ingredients were selected due to availability at the LHBS. This […]
The 2nd place winner at the 2015 Brewfest, this is a tasty beer! This beer is bold. It starts sweet, hits with a bold malt flavor with hints of fruit and ends with a slight dryness due to the ABV, although it is not excessively dry. It hides the ABV well. Almost too well. Be […]
Recipe Notes: This is called Birthday Chocolate Oatmeal Vanilla Stout because the plan is to brew it on my birthday weekend and have it ready for the party on Hailey’s birthday weekend. Also, because if it is half as delicious as planned, it would make a great birthday gift to anyone. The goal is a thick, creamy, chocolaty […]
This is meant to be an easy drinking, well balanced red with a little extra color to show it off. The Carared is the namesake. Ingredient rundown: American 2 row for economy (so maybe this is actually an American red…) Carared for a deep red color and to add a little body and malt aroma […]
With this, I am attempting to stay as close to a true Witbier as possible. The only divergence from the “standard” is adding a little more bitterness with hops. This should get me closer to my goal of a “chewy” wheat beer. Tasting notes: This turned out great! On a hot summer day, with a […]
With fall quickly approaching, it seems cruel to try to endure the colder months without the comfort of an Oktoberfest in the fridge. So, this will be my next brew. I’ll post up details once it is complete. Update – 10Sept12: Today was brew day! The beer smells absolutely amazing! Can’t wait to get […]
This was my very first brew. And it wasn’t that good… It was an IPA. It did taste like hops. It was drinkable. It was beer. It wasn’t all that amazing. But it was my start into the addiction that is home brewing. Style Information Name: Basic IPA Recipe Type: Extract Type: Ale OG: 1.061 […]
Chocolate makes everything better, right? This beer was no exception. This beer was surprising light for a stout. That is to say it didn’t seem “thick” when drinking it. It has a dark, rich, chocolate taste to it. The oats gave it a smooth taste. The first few bottles were surprisingly crisp, due to the carbonation. This […]
2011 This is, by far, my favorite brew to date. This beer had a ton of flavor to it, but was very easy to drink. I didn’t take long at all to go through all 50 (or so) bottles of this. I think this brew will have to become an annual tradition. 2012 Brew day: […]
This is meant to replicate the Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA. 10Sept2012 My version didn’t quite stack up. This could have something to do with the missed step of adding the dry hops during the fermentation (ya think…). I ended up brewing this and kind of forgetting about it. By the time I got around […]
This beer was based upon a Hefeweizen recipe with the normal Hefe yeast substituted for an American Ale yeast (and of course, I don’t remember exactly which yeast was used.). The end result was a nice, light, slightly fruit flavored (citrus) beer that was great on a hot summer day. Sept 2012 On my next […]