2010 American Pale Ale

My first new batch of the new year.  With Light LME, Cascade and Willamette hops, and to top it off, 1/2 ounce of Cascade dry hopping the batch.  I’ll publish the qbrew files here:

http://quantifier.org/qbrew/am2010.qbrew

Bitter

No matter how many recipes I try, I always come back to the one I make best, my bitter amber. It’s in the secondary now, and if everything goes right, I’ll drink the first one by the end of the month. As always, here’s the qbrew files:

http://quantifier.org/qbrew/bitter.qbrew http://quantifier.org/qbrew/bitter.html . . . → Read More: Bitter

White Ale

Today, instead of working, I'm building a Hoegaarden rip off.  It's an experiment with using the Golding hop, which weighs in at a subtle 4.2% alpha acid, for bittering, as well as a light wheat malt extract.  The latter has almost always resulted in failure.

Anway, the usual qbrew files are always here: http://quantifier.org/qbrew/

. . . → Read More: White Ale

Turbodog Redux

Austin Homebrew Supply offers several recipes for existing beers available at the market. I am brewing their Abita Turbodog right this moment. I added the yeast fuel and the alcohol booster that are add-ons available before checkout. 

 I prefer AHS for my brewing supplies because their shipping charges are affordable and their wide selection . . . → Read More: Turbodog Redux

Dog & Crown Pale Ale

Another week, another brew. I tried http://www.homebrewden.com & had them ship me their Dog & Crown Pale Ale kit. It shipped with White Labs pitchable liquid yeast. I substituted Glacier hops for the Kent Golding aroma hops also. Here’s the qbrew file and here’s the html page.

. . . → Read More: Dog & Crown Pale Ale

Simcoe Hops

I’ve been reading about Simcoe Hops, and decided to put them to work in a Pale Ale recipe.  They’re particularly popular with Amarillo, if you’re trying to hit a high IBU/btu for an IPA.  But I’m going a bit more subtle, as in Dog Fish Head’s 60 minute IPA.  So I’m mixing them with . . . → Read More: Simcoe Hops

qbrew files update

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

ATL Homeless Ale

ATL Homeless Ale

My No-Pumpkin Oatmeal Stout

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!!

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