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  1. okbecker

    Scottish Light 40+ point Sottish 70 - multiple competition medalist

    Single Infusion Mash at 154F for 60 minutes, 168F mashout for 15 minutes. My efficiency was 66% as I performed a NO sparge mash. Added 18 qts of water for initial mash, added an additional 19 qts of water for mash out. Drained to boil kettle to collect ~7 gallons of wort. Boiled for 90...
  2. okbecker

    Kölsch 43 Point Kingpin Kolsch - Multiple Competition Winner

    This is a fantastic Kolsch which has won numerous gold and silver medals at various Homebrew Competitions. Easy drinking and refreshing. This beer would be great if you decided to veer away from the style guidelines and add more late addition hops! Ingredients 10 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0...
  3. okbecker

    Dark Mild 40+ Point English Mild - Multiple Competition Winner

    Type: All Grain Batch Size: 5.50 gal Boil Size: 7.04 gal Boil Time: 60 min End of Boil Vol: 6.04 gal 7 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 81.8 % 1 lbs Simpsons Dark Crystal (80.0 SRM) Grain 2 11.7 % 8.0 oz Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3 5.8 % 1.0 oz Carafa II (412.0...
  4. okbecker

    California Common 42 Point Cali Common Multi Winner

    This Cali Common has won several gold and silver medals over the years. Needs about 4 weeks lagering to smooth out the edges. Water (these water treatments were recommended by Gordon Strong, works great) RO water treated with 1/4 TSP 10% phosphoric per 5 gallons .5 TSP caci2 and .5 TSP...
  5. okbecker

    Saison Leftovers Ommegang Hybrid Saison

    What can I say its delicious, highly drinkable due to 1.004 attenuation, after two glasses I realized it finished at about 8.7% alcvol and I'm on HBT posting it...I was going for an Ommegang feel, which explains the ginger and orange additions...I would choose this one over it any day of the...
  6. okbecker

    Better + Big Mouth Bubbler

    Hello all, thought I would post a couple pics of my new favorite fermenter (excluding conicals!) Simple yet Effective.... I had been using the better bottles with racking adapter. If you haven't used the racking adapters on your fermenters they are great, as transferring and taking gravity...
  7. okbecker

    Legislation to tax Home Brewed Beer and Wine - 2015

    Don't know if any of you have seen this. https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm Representative Peter DeMayo of Oregon has introduced legislation to tax all Beer and Wine produced for personal consumption in an effort to "curb...
  8. okbecker

    Find the Oxygen Source...process help.

    Hello all! So several of my batches have been dinged, in competitions, lately for being Oxidized. All of these batches were of moderate gravity 1.050's and were less than 2 months old. Ingredients used were ordered from NB approx week prior to brewing ( yeast and hops were fresh). I am...
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