Homebrew

Brewing Herbs, an excerpt

By ken, on October 5th, 2008

I moved the Turbodog clone to the carboy this afternoon. The color & aroma are right on target. Looking forward to enjoying it in a few weeks. I also came across this site: http://www.mansgarden.com/brewing.html. Here’s an excerpt:

Brewing Herbs

Using Brewing Herbs – An excerpt from The Homebrewer’s Garden (©1998 Joe . . . → Read More: Brewing Herbs, an excerpt

Simcoe Hops

By brock, on October 4th, 2008

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

Abita TurboDog Clone

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

qbrew files update

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

Liquid Yeast

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).

ATL Homeless Ale

By ken, on September 29th, 2008

ATL Homeless Ale

Hops

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

My No-Pumpkin Oatmeal Stout

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

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viva homebrew blog!!