July Brew Night

23Jun08

The next Brew night is scheduled for 8pm on July 16th. The IPA from last time will be ready to drink and we’ll brew up a new batch of something for fall. Maybe a porter? Anyone have a favorite fall beer they’d like to try making?
We still have quite a bit of [...]

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Bottle Day

14Jun08

I had planned on bottling the Honey Rye Pale Ale yesterday, but I missed a connecting flight on the way home (after getting up at 3:00AM CDT) and so it was not to be. So this morning while my wife was out at a meeting the boys and I bottled it up.
We got 1 [...]

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Update and Some Miscellaneous Notes

09Jun08

First the good news. The Rye IPA fermented nicely down to a 1.020SG. That should make it around 6% ABV. It’ll have plenty of flavor and hoppiness (there you go JRD!) and yet be light enough to drink on a summer/early fall evening.
I’m having some frustrating times with software and grains. [...]

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Honey Rye Pale Ale

05Jun08

Had a nice brew night with some friends. I’m not sure how this batch will come out–I added some more hops and some DME and some more grain and I am pleased with the recipe, but I’m still figuring out how my software works on some level.
OG was 1.066. I’m guessing the ABV [...]

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Brew Night–Experimenting

04Jun08

My local store closed down so I have to deal with what I can get at Friar Tuck, by mail from a distributor like Northern, or wait until I have some time to go to Galesburg (and gas money!) to Somethings Brewin’.
So I bought a brewer’s best IPA kit. But I’m not going to [...]

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