Brewing this weekend for the first time in over a month, god I hate being busy. This one will be an american brown, modeled after jamil's american brown recipe, with some hop substitutes.

Recipe: Beat Down Brown Ale
Style: American Brown Ale
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.25 gal
Boil Size: 6.28 gal
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 20.4 SRM
Estimated...

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So this weekend I will be brewing an attempt at a troegs pale ale clone, but after that I am kind of up in the air with what i'd like to brew.

I have two jars of WLP300 Hefe and two jars of WLP029 Kolsch yeasts in my fridge. At the moment I have a ton of Hefe and Dunkelweizens in my garage, so I'm a little WLP300'd out. Too much clove for me right now (even though I fermented at 60). Still in a few weeks I will probably brew a weizenbock, and then I need to decide whether or not...

jzal8

So this weekend I am going to be attempting to brew a Troegs Pale Ale clone. Here is a brief description from their website:

TRÖEGS Pale Ale
Alcohol by Volume: 5.4%
Hop Bitterness (IBU's) : 45
Color (SRM) : Copper
Availability: Draft and Bottles Year Round
Malts: Pilsner, Crystal
Hops: Liberty, Cascade
Yeast: Ale

TASTING NOTES
A Tröegs Brewery classic, our Pale Ale is copper colored with generous amounts of Cascade...

jzal8

So tonight I am going to attempt to put together my first tasting notes. I have never tried to critique my beers or any others, so this will be my first time trying to describe a beer "on paper".
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Style Guide:
Weizen/Weissbier
Category: German Wheat and Rye Beer Type: Ale
Category Number: 15A
Bitterness:8.0-15.0 IBU
Original Gravity:1.044-1.052 SG Carbonation: 2.5-2.9 vols
Final...

jzal8

Today I am brewing yet another adaptation of a recipe from Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles. Today is the American Wheat. Here is what I will be doing:

Recipe: Eat Wheaties Ale (Jamil's)
Style: American Wheat or Rye Beer
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.20 gal
Boil Size: 6.23 gal
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 4.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 22.1 IBU
Brewhouse...

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