This is mainly based on the recipe at http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/10/homebrewing-how-to-brew-american-black-ale-cascadian-dark-black-ipa-recipe.html. The homebrew store was out of the German Carafa II grain. I decided to just omit it instead of substituting since the grain bill seemed rather large to me anyway. Steeped Grains (60 min) 20.0 oz Chocolate Malt 12.0 oz Crystal 40L 12.0 oz Crystal 80L […]
Having a 2-year old and a 3-month old means not too much free time, so I haven’t brewed in a while. I picked up a Muntons Nut Brown Ale kit to have something quick to do. It’s just hopped malt extract with a dry yeast packet. I boiled the hopped malt extract for an hour […]
This is the same base recipe as my #6, #9, and #11, but this is the first time that I’m actually using the originally-called-for Summit and Simcoe hops instead of their substitutes. I also used a different yeast since the brew store was out of the WLP090. Steeped Grains 1.0 lb European Bulk Crystal Malt […]
This pumpkin spice ale was pretty much the same as #12 with a little more pumpkin. Steeped Grains 1.0 lb Munich 0.5 lb Crystal 80L 0.5 lb Carapils/Dextrin Additions 2 large + 1 small cans (73 oz total) of Libby’s 100% Pure Canned Pumpkin (60 min) 7.8 lb Light LME (60 min) 10 min: 2.5 […]
A Founders Breakfast Stout clone mostly based on the recipe at BYO Steeped (30 min) 22 oz Flaked Oats 1.0 lb Chocolate Malt 12 oz Roasted Barley Malt 9 oz Debittered Black Malt 7 oz Crystal Malt 120L Additions 60 min: 6.6 lb Light LME 60 min: 1.7 lb Light DME 0 min: 2.0 oz […]
This pumpkin spice ale was pretty much the same as #7 with a little less allspice. Steeped Grains 1.0 lb Munich 0.5 lb Crystal 80L 0.5 lb Carapils/Dextrin Additions 2 cans (58 oz total) of Libby’s 100% Pure Canned Pumpkin (90 min) 7.8 lb Light LME (60 min) 10 min: 2.5 tsp Cinnamon 10 min: […]
I redid my #6 again without the changes that I made in #9. The only difference was I used a full 1.0 oz of Northern Brewer at 5 minutes instead of 0.5 oz. Steeped Grains 1.0 lb European Bulk Crystal Malt 0.5 lb Cara-Pils Sugars 9.0 lb Extra Pale (Pilsen) Malt Extract 2.0 lb Table […]
Steeped Grains 8 oz Crushed Chocolate Malt Additions 3.4 lb Amber LME 1.6 lb Dark LME 4 oz Nestle Tollhouse Cocoa Hops 45 min: 1 oz U.K. Challenger (Perle substitute) 5 min: 1 oz Cascade Yeast White Labs California Ale Yeast WLP001 Primary: 11 days Secondary: 4 days OG: 1.040 @ 72 FG: 1.012 @ […]
Mostly the same as my #6. Steeped Grains 1.0 lb European Bulk Crystal Malt 0.5 lb Cara-Pils Sugars 9.0 lb Extra Pale (Pilsen) Malt Extract 1.0 lb Table Sugar (Sucrose) Hops 75 min: 1.0 oz Warrior (Summit subst.) 20 min: 1.0 oz Northern Brewer (Simcoe subst.) 10 min: 1.0 oz Warrior 5 min: 1.0 oz […]
This one was using the base Brewer’s Best Russian Imperial Stout kit. Ingredients: Steeped Grains 0.5 lb Caramel 60L 0.5 lb Roasted Barley 0.5 lb Black Patent Additions 6.6 lb Dark LME 2.0 lb Dark DME 0.5 lb Maltodextrin Hops 1 oz Columbus 10.9% (bittering) 0.5 oz Cascade 6.4% (aroma) Yeast 1 pkg Safale S-04 […]