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 [...]
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 [...]
sunsetslave | June 14, 2009
hindsight Not much to report, the brew went pretty smoothly. Scott and Sarah K came over to lend a hand. Ended up taking a while to clean the kitchen so we didn’t start the brew until almost 1AM. They had to go not long after the grains finished steeping so I ended up maintaining the [...]
sunsetslave | February 9, 2009
The Brew: Beginning my brew day I fit together all the important parts; the spigot went into the bucket and the airlock into the lid. Both were a very tight fit, the airlock was actually too tight… I accidentally tore the rubber grommet. So now, after a quick trip to the hardware store, I have [...]