Homebrew » Recipes

Bitter

brock — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:16:19 +0000

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
http://quantifier.org/qbrew/bitter.pdf

White Ale

brock — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:13:34 +0000

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/

http://quantifier.org/qbrew/hoe.qbrew

http://quantifier.org/qbrew/hoe.html

http://quantifier.org/qbrew/hoe.pdf

Comments welcome.

Turbodog Redux

ken — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:20:51 +0000

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 of ingredients and kits are unmatched. I will have the qbrew file up by the day's end.

I went extra-anal on sanitizing & cleansing this cook, and used bottled water instead of the mud that comes from these Dothan taps.

Wine is delicious when it hits your lips

ken — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:29:53 +0000

Today we're bottling an IPA and then getting started on the larger project for the afternoon: starting the first batch of Merlot. Hopefully this first time goes easily. We're skimming all ingredients by 20% to meet our storage capacities. Perhaps I'll add some photos of our progress.

Or just start drinking beer instead.

2009 Brews To Come

ken — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:29:56 +0000

Who knows what 2009 will bring? We'll be brewing wine and ginger ale this year, in addition to moving to Cornelius kegging. The kegerator waits patiently for its babies. Its delicious, life-giving baby kegs.

I'm returning to dry yeast as the liquid pitchable yeasts are giving me some off-tastes. I have done my best to rule out other factors (such as water & environment) and the one thing I notice is that my brews made with the liquid yeast do not come out to my liking.

And that's all this is really about anyway: making what I like when I want.

It's all in the journey after all, right?

Dog & Crown Pale Ale

ken — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:06:16 +0000

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.

Simcoe Hops

brock — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:19:46 +0000

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 Glacier and Warrior, and using Simcoe and Warrior for a bit of dry hopping, too.

The recipe , as always, is available in my qbrew file, here:

http://quantifier.org/qbrew/

Happy Homebrewing.

Abita TurboDog Clone

ken — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:08:52 +0000

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 12% aa)
5 aau’s Willamette Hops (1.25 oz of 4% aa)
6 aau’s Willamette Hops (1.5 oz of 4% aa)
White Labs WLP051 California V Ale Yeast

3/4 cup corn sugar or 1 cup dme for priming

Heat specialty grain in 2.5 gallons of water at 152 degrees for 45 minutes. Remove grain, add dry malt extract, bring to a boil and add 1 oz Chinook hops. Boil for 85 minutes and add 1.25 oz Willamette hops. Boil 5 minutes and remove from heat for a rest, then add 1.5 oz Willamette hops. Boil 5 minutes and remove from heat and allow to rest for 15 minutes. Bring up to 5.25 gallons with chilled, pre-boiled (if you live in lower Alabama) water. Cool to 72 degrees. I take a nap. Add yeast in your regular routine, aerate, & let ferment for 5-6 days at 70-73 degrees, or at the lower end of your yeast manufacturer’s recommendation. Age for one week before racking into bottles or kegs. Definitely aerate. I had to agitate the bucket 18 hours later because of no fermentation (yet).

2008-10-01 Update: here’s the page & qbrew.

Liquid Yeast

ken — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:01:43 +0000

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).

ATL Homeless Ale

ken — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:01:17 +0000

ATL Homeless Ale