Beer 3 – Brew day

sunsetslave | March 26, 2010

time line bulleted process for this brew Clean Steep grain in 2.5 3 gallons of water at 155F for 45 Min Remove grain and come to a boil Add honey and malt extract Return to boil Add bittering hops (.5 oz Citra 11.1% aau) and .75 oz bitter orange peel boil for 15 Min Add [...]

Beer 3 – Recipe modifaction/shopping

sunsetslave | March 20, 2010

Went to the home brew shop today, swapped out some of the hops, and made a few minor substitutions in the grain, gonna start cleaning tonight and brew tomorrow. Wonky Wit This is my first attempt to design a beer… wish me luck. Brewer: Stacey R Email: sunsetslave@gmail.com URL: http://brew.misocat.org Beer: Wonky Wit Style: Belgian [...]

Bard’s, gluten free beer

sunsetslave | March 4, 2010

“Ingredients: Water, Sorghum, Hops, Yeast” Tastes a lot like molasses (almost a little burnt flavor) but with a much smoother mouth feel, not nearly so thick. wikipedia tells me In China, sorghum is fermented and distilled to produce maotai, which is regarded as one of the country’s most famous liquors. and Sorghum is in the [...]

Beer 3 – Thoughts and Ideas

sunsetslave | March 2, 2010

My first attempt at a recipe with help from The Beer Recipator. Comments welcome and encouraged… please. Wonky Wit Brewer: Stacey R Email: sunsetslave@gmail.com URL: http://brew.misocat.org Beer: Wonky Wit Style: Belgian White (Wit) Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons Color: 8 HCU (~6 SRM) Bitterness: 14 IBU OG: 1.066 FG: 1.018 Alcohol: 6.2% v/v (4.8% [...]

Beer 2 – Bottling and Delivery

sunsetslave | March 2, 2010

Better late than never… Final corrected gravity: 1.02 So while transferring from the primary to the bottling bucket I forgot to close the spout on the bottling bucket so I lost almost a gallon of beer to the floor. Not fun but not the end of the world. Cleaned up pretty easy with a big [...]