By ken, on September 29th, 2008%
I found this on a forum somewhere and adjusted it very slightly.
Abita TurboDog (5 gallons/19 L, extract w/ grains) OG=1.054 FG=1.014, IBU=32-34 Ingredients 5 lbs Muntons unhopped light dry malt extract 1.25 lbs crystal malt (Schreier crsytal 100 or Muntons crystal dark) 0.5 lbs chocolate malt 7 aau’s Chinook Hops (0.6 oz of . . . → Read More: Abita TurboDog Clone
By ken, on September 29th, 2008%
For those living on the intersection of open source software, and homebrew beers, you’ll want to
apt-get install qbrew
It’s a homebrewer’s recipe calculator, using QT. I don’t take much advantage of the calculator, but rather use it to keep track of recipes.
Moving on, I’ve updated some of my qbrew files, and . . . → Read More: qbrew files update
By ken, on September 29th, 2008%
Today I’m brewing an Abita TurboDog clone & using liquid yeast. I’m reading up on that here: John Palmer’s HOW TO BREW
I’ll update this post with the recipe and any tips/tricks (a/k/a fuck-ups) I discover.
I’m using White Labs Pitchable Liquid Yeast–more specifically the California V Ale Yeast (WLP051).
By ken, on September 29th, 2008%
By ken, on September 29th, 2008%
Here’s two pages that contain descriptions of hops, hop replacements, and uses, that I come back to. The first is from John Palmer’s very nice How to Brew
http://www.howtobrew.com/section1/chapter5-3.htm
Here’s another I just found:
http://brewsupplies.com/hops_reference_chart.htm
By ken, on September 29th, 2008%
For my first post, here’s my no-pumpkin oatmeal stout. Thanks to publix for being out of pumpkin for an entire week. That’s right, three different brands of pumpkin, in two different size cans. Out of stock. Kick my qbrew file here:
qbrew
and the html file at
html
viva homebrew blog!!