tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84521984158288359572024-02-20T09:44:31.883-08:00Lonely Mountain BrewingBrewing, beer reviews and more!Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-7602375819783161962014-01-26T16:19:00.000-08:002014-01-26T16:19:02.677-08:00Kegerator update, Common Room ESB and future brews!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was lucky enough to get a new dual tap draft tower for christmas and have installed it! I also received a tap from the brewery in my hometown.<br />
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I have been using an app on my iPhone called BrewPal and I highly recommend it. The ease and helpfulness of this app have made brew days <u>a lot</u> easier!<br />
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Now on to brewing! A few weeks back I made my first ESB based off a recipe I found on <a href="http://homebrewtalk.com/">homebrewtalk.com</a>. I put that beer in the keg yesterday and so far it tasted great, it may replace my<br />
Irish Red as a must-have-on-tap beer. It was the first time, in a really long time, that I felt 110% confident and I think it shows in this beer. The recipe is as follows:<br />
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10 lbs Maris Otter<br />
12 oz 60ºL Crystal<br />
6 oz 120ºL Crystal<br />
2 oz East Kent Goldings (1.5 @ 60 mins, .25 oz @ 20 mins, and .25 oz @ flameout)<br />
.75 oz Fuggles (.25 @ 60 mins, .25 oz @ 20 mins, and .25 oz @ flameout)<br />
White Labs WLP002 English Ale yeast<br />
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I added 1 tsp of Gypsum to the mash water and 1 tsp to the sparge water. (We have really great water here in Portland, fairly close to distilled water)<br />
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The beer had to following properties:<br />
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OG 1.061 FG 1.009<br />
ABV 6.8%<br />
IBU's 33<br />
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In 2 weeks I will be brewing 2 batches. The first will be to get my Irish Red back on tap by St. Patrick's Day and the second will be 3 gallons of Chocolate Coffee Stout for my sister in-laws 21st birthday.<br />
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The Irish Red will be my standard recipe:<br />
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8 lbs Maris Otter<br />
1 lb 20ºL Crystal<br />
8 oz Munich (light)<br />
3 oz Roasted Barley<br />
1.7 oz Northern Brewer (.85 oz @ 60 mins, and .85 oz @ 30 mins)<br />
1 oz Fuggles (1 oz @ flameout)<br />
Wyeast 1084 Irish Ale yeast<br />
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I will be adding the Gypsum again, just to see what it does for the Irish Red. It should finish as follows:<br />
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OG 1.058 FG 1.012<br />
ABV 6%<br />
IBU's 58 (out of style for a "true" Irish Red, but balanced by the malt)<br />
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I will post the recipe and specifics for the Chocolate Coffee stout later as I'm trying to acquire some Ghiradelli powdered cocoa for this!<br />
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Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-65752331669272059252013-12-12T04:03:00.001-08:002014-01-26T16:20:33.007-08:00Weekend Brewtime!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This weekend will bring to a close a 18 month brewing absence from my all grain system and brewing with my father in-law and mother in-law. We have brewed several time together since my wife and I moved to Oregon, but it has been too long since the last time.(May of 2012) Needless to say its time. No I'm on the fence with what to brew and anytime I'm on the fence I usually just brew both. So we will be seeing a IPA and NW IPA being made this weekend.<br />
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The IPA will be the easy partial mash, with the recipe as follows:<br />
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8 lbs Light LME<br />
1.5 lbs 20°L Crystal<br />
.5 lbs Victory Malt<br />
1 oz Magnum<br />
2 oz Simcoe<br />
2 oz Cascade<br />
1 tsp Irish Moss<br />
1 tsp Gypsum<br />
Wyeast 1056 American Ale<br />
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Predicted 1.064 OG - 1.012 FG for a 6.8% ABV and 82 IBU's<br />
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The next will be a North West IPA that I have been trying to prefect for a while, the recipe is as follows:<br />
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8.5 lbs Maris Otter<br />
1.5 lbs 40°L Crystal<br />
1 lb Light Munich Malt<br />
2 oz Amarillo<br />
1 oz Cascade<br />
1 oz Willamette<br />
1 tsp Irish Moss<br />
1 tsp Gypsum<br />
Wyeast 1332 Northwest Ale <br />
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Predicted 1.062 OG - 1.013 FG for a 6.5% abv and 77 IBU's</div>
Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-34426569941734925532013-12-11T20:43:00.000-08:002014-01-26T16:21:14.725-08:00Irish Red Ale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This beer went on tap this week, and I'm satisfied even though I changed the recipe too much. <br />
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It finished out at 6.2% ABV and roughly 44 IBU's, but the IBU's may be a little off. The Northern Brewer hops I used for bittering I have had since before Gabe was born (they were stored in a zip lock in the freezer), but I still think that there was some alpha acid degradation. The overall presence in this Irish Red is a caramel malt aroma and flavor, with slight diacytel (butterscotch flavor). The roasted malt dry finish was absent, but I reduced the level of roast of the roasted barley that went into this beer.<br />
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My overall impression with this one is that it is <u>a lot</u> closer to the BJCP style guideline for a Irish Red but nowhere near my previous award winning batches, but still a great beer!</div>
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This beer is back after a very, very long absence. I brewed a partial mash version this time around. This was the first beer that I fermented exclusively in glass carboys. Actually seeing the fermentation was awesome, although the glass fermenter when full was considerably more heavy. <br />
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With this batch I adjusted the grain bill by changing the Roasted Barley from a 500°L to a 300°L and adding some CaraPils to the mini-mash. The recipe is as follows:<br />
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8 oz CaraPils</div>
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8 oz 300°L Roasted Barley</div>
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2 oz Northern Brewer</div>
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I primed it with corn sugar this time around. I can't seem to get the force carbonating to work properly. Oh well I'll lose a pint in a half, but for properly carbonated beer it will be worth it!<br />
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Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-39005268352305146632012-05-02T04:44:00.002-07:002012-05-02T04:44:50.387-07:0089 IPA and Kegerator update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sunday I brewed my first all-grain batch in about 7 months. It was one of the better brew days in a long time. Everything went as it should have. I brewed an IPA which I am calling 89 IPA. The IBU total is 89 and it is a test batch. The recipe is as follows.</div>
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7.5 lbs Maris Otter</div>
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3 lbs Munich (light)</div>
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.25 lbs Caramunich</div>
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2 oz Magnum (1 @ 30 mins, .5 @ 0 mins, .5 dry hopped 7 days)</div>
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1 oz Amarillo (.5 @ o mins, .5 dry hopped 7 days)</div>
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White Labs WLP001 California Ale yeast</div>
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My father in-law took the spent grains and made homemade dog biscuits and pretzels.The recipe for those are as follows.</div>
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Mix everything together and bake at 350 for 30 mins, reduce heat and continue baking or 2 hours to reduce moisture.</div>
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I picked up a 5 gallon corny keg, and changed out the fittings on the kegerator so it will now take 5 gallon kegs. I am also in the process of making a grain and hop tap handle out of the yeast vial. I will post photos of that process.</div>
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</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-33158338602450363122012-04-25T12:23:00.001-07:002012-04-25T12:23:35.683-07:00Kegerator!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The kegerator came today! It will hold two kegs of home brewed goodness. Here are the pictures.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Sasquatch Red has a great malty caramel</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> flavor balanced by the Northern Brewer hops and the Willamette hops give a very <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">herbal, woody, and earthy aroma. I think I will brew this again in a few weeks but add just 1/8 lb roasted barley to darken it up a little and to give the flavor profile a tad bit of roast.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Oregon State Parks Pale Ale flavor profile is what I wanted it to be its has a woods, almost evergreen flavor to it brought out by the Northern Brewer and Willamette hops. The aroma is a mild floral citrus from the Cascade hops. Overall a very good beer. <span style="color: #333333;">I'm excited to see how well they both compete at the Oregon Gardens Homebrew Competition in a few weeks. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-50367685241819049832012-04-16T22:24:00.002-07:002012-04-19T19:15:08.131-07:00Kegerator!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So I will be getting this kegerator in about a week:</div>
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It will hold one 1/2 barrel keg or two 5 gallon corny kegs. I intend on it holding the two 5 gallon kegs, one will be a commercial and the other homebrew. I know that it only has one tap and I have thought of that. If I were to buy a unit with a second tap I would be looking at another $250 at least, and if I were to buy a new tower I would be looking at $130. So,I will modify the tower that it comes with so I can add a second tap, costing about $40-$45 using this to modify it: </div>
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</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-82946134460309106782012-03-18T09:05:00.001-07:002012-04-16T22:28:54.908-07:00Bottling and Basketball<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On Saturday we bottled both the Sasquatch Red and the Oregon State Parks IPA. My original plan was to be done with everything by 2 pm, but with college basketball on and being tired of bottling we didn't wrap it up until 8 pm or so. I wish there was a way I could take my beer to a brewery and put it in their bottling line and just have the process automated.<br />
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But I took all the help I could get and once the ball finally got rolling the whole process really went by quick. I had some help with capping and labeling from my father-in-law and brother-in-law (hell even the neighbor lady came over and capped a few).<br />
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Sasquatch Red first tastes: Strong malt presence balanced with the hops. There was a sweetness up front and hop finish at the end.<br />
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Oregon State Parks IPA first tastes: Strong hop presence with an underlying malty sweetness throughout.<br />
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I can't wait to see how much these two beers change in two weeks. I will send them both off to the Oregon Gardens Home Brew competition next weekend for judging in April and we'll see how they do.<br />
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I'm sentimental about the beers that I make and hesitant about changing a good recipe. However, I personally think that this revised 'Red' recipe is better than my previous award winner. This may also be one of the best IPAs I've made in a long, long time.</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-65363910673606459942012-03-14T19:52:00.001-07:002012-03-14T19:53:05.559-07:00Thankful beer transfer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My father in-law did a great job transferring the beer over to the secondaries. The Pale ale had a pretty active ferment. I wish I could have been there to help out, but a job well done.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CGkA2Ux1tKu9hM3GsfnuC3uFkd0xxWXKYJropPWMqu2vuoadXKpgkZCp-1CWW5SxC2WeS9jfSZTvBFKdcO8XVfsE1WerRKlnUp43zr9Efs0qS67WiZeRDmPeslHIUj7U6k90uUhTZVQ/s1600/photo-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-CGkA2Ux1tKu9hM3GsfnuC3uFkd0xxWXKYJropPWMqu2vuoadXKpgkZCp-1CWW5SxC2WeS9jfSZTvBFKdcO8XVfsE1WerRKlnUp43zr9Efs0qS67WiZeRDmPeslHIUj7U6k90uUhTZVQ/s320/photo-1.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Oregon State Park IPA is on the left and the Sasquatch Red is on the right. Both of these will be bottled this weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTesw_W1ApsflS45hXDdKhPB0jD2qD3q5uRgQPt_AgTHZly_kwPpqeFU4uiZk5qPx9bqHTLbvzagT1J66E79-Pww64n7c_3rgMYfTBepm-kQYzylcIgVzg8mPySwDQisYX_4m8iuCpmQ/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTesw_W1ApsflS45hXDdKhPB0jD2qD3q5uRgQPt_AgTHZly_kwPpqeFU4uiZk5qPx9bqHTLbvzagT1J66E79-Pww64n7c_3rgMYfTBepm-kQYzylcIgVzg8mPySwDQisYX_4m8iuCpmQ/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_y5p5GvTK9uu1wwZUvubAzHKjC1Af5C82hyxNdYmFuPkRbNbgOCQXaHABOESVW4mh2zLmp66-o2F8GmjNcUR5ipbRWOBUfq2i26681PArzAJuKvPRws0PHqHjTgdAz7EdAlsR7fCSYVI/s1600/Sasquatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_y5p5GvTK9uu1wwZUvubAzHKjC1Af5C82hyxNdYmFuPkRbNbgOCQXaHABOESVW4mh2zLmp66-o2F8GmjNcUR5ipbRWOBUfq2i26681PArzAJuKvPRws0PHqHjTgdAz7EdAlsR7fCSYVI/s200/Sasquatch.jpg" uda="true" width="142" /></a></div>The Sasquatch Red should have an abv of 6% and around 65 IBU's. I'm using Northern Brewer as my bittering hop and switching it up with Willamette finishing hops instead of the normal English Fuggles I go with. I've decided to call this one Sasquatch because a typical Irish red only has an IBU rating of about 20, and since this one more than triples that the name should only fit!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBDSBid_VNByZudBuEsyoFPmAc8ST1-79R_UU4mhf7Ze4Bi-9xZmhICdck6QbpXTzhGYpPQmhxZSd3bK6Rq_yVWPisqsTcv3zGeZaWRfSKQhdjukgFgBF5kxBV_BAVU3AJ1BPqUSrRS4/s1600/Oregon+State+Parks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBDSBid_VNByZudBuEsyoFPmAc8ST1-79R_UU4mhf7Ze4Bi-9xZmhICdck6QbpXTzhGYpPQmhxZSd3bK6Rq_yVWPisqsTcv3zGeZaWRfSKQhdjukgFgBF5kxBV_BAVU3AJ1BPqUSrRS4/s200/Oregon+State+Parks.jpg" uda="true" width="187" /></a></div></div>The OSPA will be a test batch, I normally use Magnum and Simcoe in my IPAs but the Simcoe were hard to come by this year, so I am switching up the hop profile. It will now have Northern Brewer, Cascade, and Willamette. With the hop character profiles of these three hops I'm really trying to put "The Oregon Outdoors" into this one. We should have an evergreen/woodsy flavor from the Northern Brewer and the Willamette and a floral citrus from the Cascade. The Crystal and the Munich malts will round it out nicely.I have calculated the IBUs on this one to be about 95 and th abv to be about 6.2%.<br />
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Oregon has inspired a lot of my brewing aspirations and it seems only fair that I should pay tribute. In fact I will be naming all my beers with Oregon in mind. Coming this summer MT. Hood Hefeweizen and/or Willamette Wheat!</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-90350086553271172842011-09-12T22:03:00.000-07:002011-09-12T22:03:09.235-07:00Miller Lite Homedraft Experiment!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So I've seen these Miller Lite Homedraft bottles around for awhile now, and the other day I decided to pick one up. Don't worry I didn't drink the Miller Lite, that was graciously donated to the city of Fairview water treatment center. After dumping out the bads, I gave it a quick rinse with hot water. Luckly I had 16 bottles of my latest Pale Ale in bottles. I just popped the caps of them and poured them into the homedraft bottle, being very careful not to create to much carbonation in the process. I let it set for a few days and tested it out, and it work great. I now have beer on tap without the trouble of a kegerator. This is the only way that I will store and dispense my beer from now on!</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-52088092584848248312011-05-23T10:32:00.000-07:002011-05-26T07:38:29.227-07:00Bottling 2 Batches and Brewing the K.C. Wheat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We bottled 2 batches of beer on Saturday, the Honey Wheat and the Irish Red Ale. All together they equaled 96 twelve ounce bottles and 4 twenty-two ounce bottles. Add those to the 44 twelve ounce bottles of the Northwest IPA and we have 144 bottles of beer, not counting the 5 gallons of wheat that was made on Saturday as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jbpFqrLkR0o_gWIia4TLAaDlaQ3cnHFeiIrzieELb2d2tDCgCHMJpd9obAgLQhWO7te6AppPJ9t2I6XocXKPeDsjWl-ZFaXnXSdUUmXFbpju_YxHeZwD4HBOxmNqRDOooGTFrXh8UUQ/s1600/DSC_0065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6jbpFqrLkR0o_gWIia4TLAaDlaQ3cnHFeiIrzieELb2d2tDCgCHMJpd9obAgLQhWO7te6AppPJ9t2I6XocXKPeDsjWl-ZFaXnXSdUUmXFbpju_YxHeZwD4HBOxmNqRDOooGTFrXh8UUQ/s320/DSC_0065.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
We also made a Boulevard Wheat Beer clone. I was brewing and bottling on about 4 hours of sleep. The only mistake made during that time was a hop addition about 25 minutes too early. It should make it a tad bit more bitter than the beer we were aiming for.<br />
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There are a couple of competitions at the end of the month that we will send at least two of the beers to. Don't worry there will still be 144 bottles of fresh home brew at the Brown House. We have another batch planned for this Saturday and it will either be an E.S.B. or a Wheat beer. Which ever one we choose to do it will equal a great weekend.<br />
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Another beer quote that I like and thought of yesterday, comes from Free State Brewing in Lawrence, KS.<br />
"Things don't seem to go as well without beer."</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-72583068003032022512011-05-09T11:13:00.000-07:002011-05-09T11:13:59.155-07:00The World of Home Brews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are some of the beers that I have made over the past 3 years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR94JXL4HylO4UaCmFH_CyA6h_TffuLvAjlrBi2_t6GahA9NE91RzXkZmeiI2ktfNafuDF5Jlz5IxzJe43JqtOmYgIsQagU0_kiKzqT2CgC0-xXIIxfIVO2sLrJggWm096aXmPdNuTEqY/s1600/Award+winning+Irish+Red+Ale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR94JXL4HylO4UaCmFH_CyA6h_TffuLvAjlrBi2_t6GahA9NE91RzXkZmeiI2ktfNafuDF5Jlz5IxzJe43JqtOmYgIsQagU0_kiKzqT2CgC0-xXIIxfIVO2sLrJggWm096aXmPdNuTEqY/s320/Award+winning+Irish+Red+Ale.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> Award winning Irish Red Ale (Oregon Gardens Homebrew Competition 3rd place, Kansas City Irish Festival 3rd Place, Douglas County Fair 1st place)<br />
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If you want I can post recipes for each of these beers!Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8452198415828835957.post-47510957720140763472011-05-08T20:56:00.000-07:002011-05-09T12:02:31.777-07:00Irish Red Ale and secondary transferring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Well, today I brewed an Irish Red Ale and transferred two batches of beer to the secondary fermentors. Let's just say I didn't think far enough ahead. My father in-law and I had two primary fermentors at our disposal and they both had beer in them. I started an all-grain batch before testing the gravity on the two batches to see if they were ready to be transferred over. We had a Honey Wheat and a West Coast Pale Ale, the honey wheat was about about 1.025 and the pale ale was about 1.015. I went ahead and transferred them both. I know that I will have to watch the honey wheat to make sure it doesn't blow it's top.<br />
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While I was getting ready for the all-grain batch, I spilled water all over my in-laws' kitchen floor. It really got stressful for a minute and then I remembered a saying from the guys over at Basic Brewing: "Relax; have a home brew!" Well, I didn't have any home brew on hand so I just had a microbrew. After that everything just went a lot better. There was less stress and it really became an enjoyable brewing day! I can't wait to see how all the beer turns out and will keep you posted!</div>Home Brew Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087207450749252879noreply@blogger.com0