Homebrew Legal!! (circa 1978)

Hello all, I will be brewing a "Revolution Bitter" today in honor of October 14th and the formal legalization of homebrewing. Figured this weekend would be a big weekend for homebrewers. Roll call for recipes to be brewed on this historic day?

Revolution Bitter: 5g extract (Special Bitter with UK hops and US grain)
Steeping Grains -
1lb Crystal 60L
0.5lb US 2-Row Pale

Fermentables -
1lb Amber DME
1lb Light DME
3.3lb Extra Light LME
0.5lb local honey

Hops -
2 oz EKG 4.5% @60min
0.5oz Fuggles 5.3% @60min

Adjuncts -
Irish Moss

Yeast -
Whitbread Ale 1099 with 0.8L starter

I'm bottling . . . a lot.

But it's still in the spirit of celebration!

I think it was signed in 1978, then passed/finalized the following spring.

I'll be bottling my American Cream Ale and throwing some vanilla beans in my porter today.

One of the few things Carter did right.

Just cleaning kegs and the brew room today, getting ready for new glycol lines for the taps.

I was wondering, why are you are steeping a little amount of 2 row base malt?

oh, I'm actually just using it up

I brewed up two this weekend

Naughty Kitty Feral Red
American Amber Ale
10.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 85.1 %
0.50 lb Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 2 4.3 %
0.50 lb Crystal Malt Pale (Thomas Fawcett) (25.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.3 %
0.25 lb Crystal Malt 1 (Thomas Fawcett) (45.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.1 %
0.25 lb Crystal Malt 2 (Thomas Facett) (65.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.1 %
0.25 lb Roasted Barley (Briess) (300.0 SRM) Grain 6 2.1 %
0.50 oz Cascade pellet [6.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 7 10.3 IBUs
1.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -
1.00 oz Palisade [7.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 11.3 IBUs
1.00 oz Cascade pellet [6.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 6.8 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra pellet 1 [13.90 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 8.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra pellet 1 [13.90 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Ringwood Ale (Wyeast Labs #1187) [124.21 ml] Yeast 13 -
1.00 oz Cascade pellet [6.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Citra pellet 1 [13.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs

Naughty Kitty Fat Cat double IPA
Imperial IPA
0.50 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
15.00 lb Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 87.0 %
0.75 lb Crystal Malt 1 (Thomas Fawcett) (45.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.3 %
0.50 lb Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 4 2.9 %
0.50 oz Warrior [16.00 %] - First Wort 120.0 min Hop 5 25.5 IBUs
1.00 lb Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 6 5.8 %
1.10 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
3.00 oz Amarillo Leaf [10.40 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 37.3 IBUs
2.00 oz Simcoe leaf [14.10 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 27.1 IBUs
3.00 oz Palisade [7.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 12.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Amarillo Leaf [10.40 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe pellet [12.90 %] - Aroma Steep 0.0 min Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 ml] Yeast 13 -
2.00 oz Amarillo pellet [9.20 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
2.00 oz Simcoe pellet [12.90 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs

unionrdr said:

You didn't say exactly what "L" the crystal malts were. That makes it rather vague.

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The lovibond is listed in the item as srm. Thomas Fawcett doesn't put a L on there crystal product name just a range of lovibond ie pale crystal 1 = 20 to 27L

Ehh, I brewed but not due to any significance of the date.

Sat: Scotch Ale (to get the yeast cake ready for a Barleywine to be brewed around christmas)
Sun: Winter Solstice clone (winter warmer) and a Double Black IPA (Stone 15th anniv clone).