Saturday, May 30, 2015

Imperial Fragaria Wheat

Grain ------- 8lbs 2-Row 4lbs White wheat 1lb Munich Light 10L Hops ------ .5 oz Cascade (60 min) .5 oz Cascade (30 min) 1 oz Cascade (15 min) 1 oz Citra (5 min) 1 oz dried orange zest in packet (5 min) Yeast ------- White Labs WLP036 Dusseldorf Ale Yeast Rack to Secondary and Fruit Addition - 6/9/2015 Cut 2 Quarts of strawberries into quarter pieces and freeze. Then warmed the strawberries up and added it to the carboy. Also...

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Barney's Hopped Up

Grain ------- 7 lbs Marris Otter Pale Malt 2 lbs Quick oat 1 lbs Caramalt wheat 45L Hops ------ .5 oz Citra (60) .5 oz Citra (15) .5 oz Cascade (30) .5 oz Cascade (5) Yeast ------- White Labs Dusseldorf WLP036 Other Adds -------------- 2 gallon bag of frozen mulberries pressed and strained Brew Day - 5/23/2015 Berry Addition - 6/1/2015 ~.5 gallon mulberry juice was added to primary Also added 2 cups of sugar to primary...

Friday, May 1, 2015

Split Batch - English Yeast vs. Saison Yeast

Grain -------- 7 lbs. 2 row 3 lbs. Munich 20L 2 lbs. Flaked Oats 1 cup Brown Sugar Hops -------- .25oz. Simcoe (60 min) .25 oz. Simcoe (30 min) .5 oz. Kent Golding (15 min) .5 oz. Kent Golding (5 min) Yeast -------- Split the batch and pitched two types of yeast. Safale S-04 English Ale Yeast vs. White Labs Saison II Notes -------- With 70% efficiency assumed, 6.75 gallon preboil volume, 5.5 gallon post boil. Mash Water 4 gallons, sparge 5+ gallons. 165°F Preboil: 1.047 (1.044 before sugar added) OG: 1.057 FG: 1.016...