Leather Beer Journals?

[sok454]

Anyone have a good Leather Beer Journal. I know you can put everything online etc, but I'd love to have one that I can write all my recipes in etc.

 

[BeardedMan]

A Moleskin notebook would probably fit your needs. They come in a ton of sizes and last a long time.

 

[UtahNate]

Personally I use those composition notebooks made by Norcom. My wife is a teacher and usually has several stacks on hand to give to students.

Here's a link I found to a leather journal on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Markings-C-R-Gibson-Leather-MJ5-4792/dp/B003M8GWI6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1353425340&sr=8-1&keywords=leather+journal

Looks way too nice to sully with my chicken scratch...

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I picked one up at Staples and love it. No marking as to who made it or product code, but I'd imagine all big box supply stores will have something.

 

[jerrodm]

I had one but left it at the LHBS when I went to buy some specialty grains...curses! I really should get another.

 

[BeardedMan]

What do you guys keep track of in the notebooks?

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I use it for my recipe formulation and a journal of what I do on brew day, gravity checks, transfers, bottling and tasting. A lot of it is repetitive from other sources, but I like the idea of having all my brewing history in one easy to reference place (and it acts as a back-up in case my hard drive goes.)

 

[robertus]

A Moleskin notebook would probably fit your needs. They come in a ton of sizes and last a long time.

Seconding that. I have one of the pocket-sized Moleskine journals. Works like a charm, but my handwriting is tiny. I may get a bigger journal with a gift card I got for my birthday, but that remains to be seen.

 

[UtahNate]

i use it for my recipe formulation and a journal of what i do on brew day, gravity checks, transfers, bottling and tasting. A lot of it is repetitive from other sources, but i like the idea of having all my brewing history in one easy to reference place (and it acts as a back-up in case my hard drive goes.)

+1

 

[boscobeans]

This one might be a bit expensive, but is classy looking. Looks like something you would pass on down to the next generation of brewers in your family.

http://www.roguejournals.com/store/journals/heirloom-leather-journals/classic-travel-journal.html

bosco

 

[jerrodm]

I have regular spiral notebooks with brewday notes in them, but I had a nice leather one that I kept all my recipes in--just a nice way to showcase my different beers. I have a friend who brews and does some really nice art for his bottle labels--he always pastes a label in next to his recipes to remember them. I'm not nearly so artistic.

 

[sok454]

Thats cool. Wish I was artistic!

 

[unionrdr]

I use common spiral notebooks as well. I put down style,name,& date brewed. Then todays date & time I did whatever. List ingredients & amounts,step by step instructions of what I actually did.
Every day I do something with it,even just an observation,gets month,day,& time of day. This includes fermenting temps & notes,what I see including bubbling during intial fermentation,how long,etc.
Then tasting notes,aroma,color,how many bottles & when,when fridge time starts. Observations next morning on any chill haze,etc.

 

[zeg]

I had some of the softcover 8x6 (or so) Moleskine notebooks lying around, so I used one of those. I don't think I'd want anything smaller than that. I use the 4x6 size ones for other types of notes and carrying around, but I don't often bring the brew notebook out of the house....

 

[stevedore]

I have several pocket size Moleskine-style notebooks that you can get from Target for $3 for a pack of 3. They're blue, red and yellow and have designs signifying London, New York and Paris. I'm using these for my drink impressions and carry with me if I know I'm going to go out for a drink. Also I have a larger notebook that I use for all my brewing notes that I keep at home.