Posts

Showing posts from January, 2022

House Dust IPA - Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

Image
Using up my Chinook, Citra and US-05. May as well, I bought them, so go ahead and use them up. I found German Northern Brewer hops too. I have tons of hops. Using them all. Lagers until I can't ferment ales on the bench and then all West Coast beers. Ingredients 12 lbs. CMC 10 ozs. Munich I 5 grams Citra @ 60 min. 5 grams Chinook @ 60 min. 10 grams Citra @ 20 min. 10 grams Chinook @ 20 min. 10 grams Citra @ 10 min. 10 grams Chinook @ 10 min. 10 grams Citra @ 5 min. 10 grams Chinook @ 5 min. 56 grams Citra dry hop in the keg in a sock 56 grams Chinook dry hop in the keg in a sock 113 g added a day after in the fridge. Used a hop sock and just tossed them in and will use a spoon to scoop out 5 - 7 days later. US-05 - ( 25 grams ) Water Profile - 4 Dog Brewery CA - 79 S04 - 115 CI - 56 PH - 5.31 5.25 gallons RO in mash and sparge O.G. - 1.045 F.G. - % - SRM - 3.5 BU - 35                                   ...

Costco Chardonnay - Thursday, Jan. 6 and Friday Jan. 7

Having a hard time getting the temp up. Stuck on 68 F. I moved it to the bench and it is now 72 F. Took awhile. Checking it often as the wall heater isn't consistent, like high temp and then takes a long time to come back on. I still have apple cider to make. Been in the fridge for over a month. This is the last of Marty and my wine. I used the yeast that came in his kit for him and I used the yeast I bought at the Vineyard in Vaughn. Mine seemed to of started faster. Cold outside at the moment: -20 at 6 am, but getting up to -7. No wonder the house is cold. O.G. - 1.092 R.G. - mine - 1.000 - Re-racked to a carboy to get it off of 3 inches of trub. Marty's - 1.020 ( letting it sit for 2 more days ) 2 days later - 1.018. 2 more days then check it again. Didn't check Marty's gravity, just racked it on Jan. 23. Been in there too long. Use better yeast next time you make wine for Marty. Not sure I want to make wine again, leaning towards Apple Cider. F.G. - Marty's - .9...

Maggie Helles - Friday, January 21, 2022

Image
Mr. Robobrew Checked my posts about Helles Lagers and I made this recipe a year ago or so. It turned out very good according to my notes. I have to give more detail on every brew especially brewing salts and lactic acid or acid malt used. A new year means to brew great beer. This water profile seemed to brew a good beer and I will give it a shot. I may go back to 75/25, but not yet. One Of Many Dog Walking Trails Ingredients 11 lbs. Weyermann Pils Malt 10.40 ozs. Carafoam 8.30 ozs. Wheat 8 ozs. Acid Malt 61.50 g Hallertauer at 60 min. 55 g Hallertauer at 5 min. Escarpment Labs Biergarten ( Oct. 7 2021 ) 1 L starter to a 3 L starter. ( done and in fridge on Jan. 17 )                                                       Yeast Starter I don't know how old my yeast is yet, ( Oct. 7 ) but will do a 1 L starter and go from there. I have a 500 ml, 1000 ml and ...