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.
October 4th, 2008 | Category: Hops, Recipes, qbrew | Leave a comment
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.
September 29th, 2008 | Category: Grains, Hops, Recipes, Yeast | Leave a comment
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 converted them both to html, and pdf. They can all be found:
http://quantifier.org/qbrew/
I don’t know why I keep messing with other brews. Look at the IPA (my first, and best work).
September 29th, 2008 | Category: qbrew | Leave a comment
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).
September 29th, 2008 | Category: Recipes, Yeast | Leave a comment
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
September 29th, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment
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!!
September 29th, 2008 | Category: Recipes, qbrew | Leave a comment
