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5.5 gallons at 80% BHE. OG 1.070, FG 1.014, 14 SRM, 60 IBU 12 Lb Great Western 2-row 12 oz Caramel/Crystal 60L 4 oz Wayermann Melanoidin Malt 4 oz Special B Malt 4 oz Caramel/Crystal 15L 1 oz Carafa II (just for more color) 17 grams Magnum at 60 minutes 17 grams Citra at 20 minutes 17 grams...

This year sucked. Last year too. (nothing to do with brewing.) May 2012 be better! :tank: I made some good beers, and some not so good. This next year I want to stick with what I know and experiment less. Make great beers, not just good. What's yours?

45% 3.5 lb Six Row 23% 1.75 lb American Rye Malt 23% 1.75 lb American Wheat Malt 10% .75 lb Weyermann CaraHell mashed ~154 .75 oz Summit at 15 minutes .25 oz Summit dry hop Spicy and grainy American Rye dominates in the aroma and flavor with citrus hops and sweet malts balancing it in the...

I roofed an awning an a new house today--or tried to. The house was almost dried and stuck for tile. I had done four other awnings over windows. The last one was over the entree to the courtyard at the front entrance. It's only two courses. I put one foot off the ladder onto the eave to finish...

I found a used Mr. Beer fermenter at the Mormon thrift store (along with a couple Kolsch stanges.) The weather was bad and I decided to use my Mr. Beer for a simple little Blond Ale. 2 lb 8 oz Belgian Pils 6 oz Munich 8L 1 oz Aromatic 20L 10 grams Willamette FWH 8 oz Desert Wild Flower Honey...

7 lbs American 2-row Pale (2 SRM) 1 lb 12 oz POPCORN, (Yellow or white, hot air popped. After 2lbs popped and old maids removed.) Mashed at 149F for 90 minutes 1 oz Willamette (4.5% AA) at 60 minutes .5 oz Sterling (7% AA) at 10 minutes US-05 rehydrated and then pitched at 59F. Temperature...

UPS can go to hell. My wife shipped two different beers to a comp in Colorado for me. The people that received the beers called and said (to her) the two of my Lagers looked like I had reused caps and the caps failed (I used fresh caps and inspected them closely before shipping.) It looked to...

I've never mashed popcorn before. I brewed this up today. 4 lbs Rahr Pilsner 3 lbs Rahr six-row 1.75 lbs hot air popped corn (Kroger brand) .7 oz Mt. Rainer 90 min .5 Saaz 10 min 1/2 cup US-05 slurry Mashed at 153 for 60 minutes. As it socked up watter it just sunk into the mash...

I'm hoping to brew tomorrow. I'm going to get up early and crush this up. 10 Lb Two row Pale 5 Lb Halcyon 1.5 Lb Simpson's Crystal Maris Otter 50-60L 1 Lb Victory 1 Lb Dark Wheat Malt 1 Turbinado Sugar (added late in the boil) 6 Oz Franco Belges Carmel Munich 120L 5 Oz Black Patent 5...

I have to spend the rest of the week here in silicon valley. More of this would be nice but can't wait to be home again.

My sanitizing line: I hold a bottle in each hand rinsing them in one sink and sanitizing them in the bucket of iodopher. I dunk them in, let in three or four ounces and shake them with my thumb over the top. I just set them on the counter. The priming sugar is boiling. Racking goes...

Gila Monster American Brown Ale 85% efficiency for a OG of 1.057, 20 SRM and 40 IBU. 70% 7 lb 8 oz American Two-row Pale 9% 1 lb Franco Belges Crystal Munich 80L 9% 1 lb Victory Malt 4% 8 oz Torrified Wheat 4% 7 oz Chocolate Malt 350L 1% 1 oz Pale Chocolate Malt 165L 1% 1 oz Coffee...

Black Hills Porter 5.6 gallons at 85% Efficiency for a OG of 1.052 FG of 1.013, 28 SRM and 40 IBU Adjust for your brewhouse. http://hopville.com/recipe/72053/robust-porter-recipes/black-hills 62% 6 lb American Two-row Pale 16% 1 lb 8 oz Victory Malt 10% 1 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L...

I so pissed! I spent most of the day brewing my SOB and it's all gone. :( Earlier today my kids friends were spraying a wasp nest. I told them to leave it alone and turned the watter off. Dang kids are always up to no good, breaking things or digging holes. :mad: But just a while ago I...

Putting together Pine Mountain Porter. Strike water. Mashing.

Mojave Red Efficiency at 80% for a OG of 1.060 hopville . "Mojave Red" American Amber Ale Recipe 82% 8lb 4oz American Two-row 5% 8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (Franco Belges 80L is best) 5% 8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L 5% 8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L 2% 3 oz Melanoidin...

Batch size: 5.0 gallons Original Gravity 1.068 (@80%) 58 IBU 10 lb (87%) American Two-row Pale 1 lb (9%) Wheat 8 oz (4%) Crystal 60L First wort 0.5 oz Sterling leaf 7.0aa 60 min 0.25 Summit pellet 18.0 20 min 0.5 Summit pellet 18.0 15 min 0.5 Summit pellet...

10 pounds US pilsner 1 pound Belgian Light Candy Sugar 1 pound Carrot blossom Honey. .5 oz. Magnum 90 min. 1 oz. Argentine Cascade 30 min. Irish moss 15 min. 1 oz. Vangard 15 min. 1 oz. Vangard 5 min. One gallon wyeast 1388 starter I did a decotion mash. Started at 105f, took...

My wife has family in NH and apparently they can't find MICKEY'S malt liquor there (her sister loves it) but they are near Portsmouth. :rockin: I've never had or even seen Kate but I understand it is indeed great, MICKEY'S I don't care for but it's not hard to find nor is it expensive. The...

Conditioning -The process of adding C02 to the in beer. -Charlie Popazian. It's not aging or cellaring. Many times it has been said that bottle conditioning takes one to three weeks. I have posted that I have had fully carbonated beer in four days here a few times and it can excite some...