dudebrew

04:21 pm: something light
1lb 60l crystal
1lb  Dingemans Belgian Caramunich
1lb  Victory Biscuit malt

1/2 gallon golden light liquid extract

california ale yeast (cycle two)

1 oz pearle at 1 hour
.5 oz pearle at 40 minutes
1 oz williamette at 15 min
1.5 oz williamette at 5 min

10:42 pm: stout again
6lbs dark malt extract
6lbs + light malt extract

.5 lb 80L crystal
1 lb 60L crystal
1 lb chocolate
.5 dark crystal
.3 lb black patent

2 oz 12% Galena
at one hour

2 oz willamette at 5 min

farmed wyeast, white labs yeast

10:37 pm: Stout
Brewed a double batch

chocolate
roasted
60L
dark crystal
80L

1oz Galena
3oz perle at one hour

2oz Goldings at five minutes

farmed white labs yeast
wyeast irish ale

Bottled Dec 1st

Peary and Cook are fermenters

11:00 am: Honey brown
1 lb honey
.75 dark crystal
.75 60 l
.5 chocolate?
.25 roasted?

cascade hops

1.5 to start

.5 at 30 min

1 oz fuggles at the end

crappy dry yeast

bottled Oct 30

11:48 pm: Riding Lawnmower
Stout

6 lb dark malt extract

.5 lb roasted
.2 lb black patent
.5 lb chocolate
1 lb crystal 49-64

1 oz uk challenger at 60 min

white labs irish ale yeast wlp004

hydrometer reading = 1.045

12:48 pm: Can Opener
Honey Brown with no Honey


.25 blk patent
.25 chocolate
1 lb 60L American Crystal

6lbs amber malt extract

slightly less than 1oz Mt. Hood 60min
slightly less than 1oz cascade 15min

02:21 pm: Automatic transmission
Wheat

1/2 pound? Carapils
1/2 pound? 60L Carmel

Hallertau hops?


Bottled Nov. 29 or so with Henry and Alex

12:09 pm: visor / hat
.75 lb German Pilsner
.25 lb German Munich
.75 lb Flaked Wheat
(eyeballed)

1 lb. wheat dry malt extract
6 lbs. wheat liquid malt extract

1 ounce tettnager hops
1 ounce mt. hood hops

wyeast 3068 (weizen) yeast

didn't really check the bubbler at all, but seemed to ferment alright??? considerably less volume, as well

05:01 pm: Leg Rest
Honey Brown Ale

1 pound American Crystal 60L
2 ounce chocolate

6.5 pounds light malt extract
1 pound honey (added in the last 15 minutes of the boil)

.5 ounce Galena (60 min)
1 ounce Cascade (30 min)
1 ounce Cascade (15 min)

used Danstar Nottingham Yeast (dry)

bottled 10/29/07, mostly grolschs, some party bottles

11:30 am: Roof
(Amorous Amber)

4 pounds light malt extract
4 pounds amber malt extract

8 ounces American Crystal 60L

1 ounce Nugget (substituted from Chinook)
1 ounce Cascade

wyeast american ale (low yeast count?)

used bag of ice in the sink to chill da wort after da boil

Bottled 10/10/07, used 2/3 cup cane sugar, mostly 12 oz, with some larger bottles (in beer boxes)

07:35 pm: Arrowhead
Dude Brew New Mexico

Stout

7lbs dark malt extract (from Austin Homebrew)
.5 lb chocolate malt
.25 black patent
.5 lb roasted
.75 90L crystal
.25 60L crystal

1.5 oz Northern Hops at 1 hour
.5 oz Northern at 45 min
.75 fuggles at 5-10 min

08:29 pm: Irrigation
Playa Porter

Dark extract 6 lbs

American Chocolate Malt 4 oz
Crystal 120 4 oz
Crystal 10 4 oz
Black Barley 2 oz

#1 Cascade (4.6%) 1.4 oz 60 min
#2 Willamette 0.4 oz 0 min

british ale yeast dry

Bottled with cane sugar 5/12 half a case of grolsh bottles marked with one black slant and strawberry soda caps with same black slant

04:00 am: Wheel
Red Ale Deux

1/2 lb Crystal 60L
1/2 lb Crystal 80L
3oz chocolate

Cascade 8.5% 1oz at beginning

1/2 oz at 30 min
1/2 oz at 50 min

boiled an hour and 17 min

Bottled May 4 or 5 white caps few grolsh bottles marked with red X's

10:25 pm: Wedge
Oatmeal Stout

1lb chocolate
.5lb roasted
.25 blk patent
.75 60 L Crystal

1.2 lbs oats (cooked first and then steeped, lots of goo came out and was lost, maybe cook oats in big brew pot first? and then steep?)

6lbs dark malt
1.5 muntons DME

1oz Northern
1oz Cascade (beginning of boil)

.5oz fuggles last 5 min


the steeping of the oats was a beautiful sight.  the oozing goo from the sack of lumps that looked like lard were extremely appetizing; however, jeff threw it away before i was able to snag a bite.  there were little clumps of the oat goo floating in the pot, then jeff made a dead accurate statement by saying that the bubbles were "mount st helens-ing" instead of just bubbling out normally during the boiling process.  also, remember to warm up the malt stuff in warm water, because incubating it like a mother hen to an egg does not work well.  - kellie

Bottled on April 21 with Brewmasters Landsberg, Sisson, Kinniburgh and the Danish dude.  Strawberry soda caps.  Did it up with priming sugar.


This one is way chocolate.  I'd knock it back by .25 to .5 lb next time.  Up the hop factor too some, maybe 1.25 or 1.5 oz northern.

10:00 pm: Chair
Irish Stout

6lbs Dark malt extract

1.5lbs Muntons DME

.25lbs 60 L Crystal

.5lb 80 L Crystal

.5 lb roasted

.25 blk patent

boiled 35-40 min

Northern 1.75oz

Fuggles .5 (15min?)


I feel dark.  Dark as night!  Summer stout yeah.  Bottled and brewed at the same time.  Worked beautifully.

Bottled: Apr 7, priming sugar, white grolsh caps, mostly green grolsh bottles, some brown

Note shelf is organized bottom to top, not ready to most ready



I like this one a lot, a lot of hop action and body to it.  Could knock off maybe .25 oz hops but that's it.  Other malt balances are solid. -zaq

06:05 pm: Fire
Honey Brown

.25 blk patent
.25 chocolate
1 lb 40L American Crystal

6lbs amber malt extract

slightly less than 1oz northern 60min
slightly less than 1oz cascade 15min

slightly more than 1lb honey after the boil


bottled 3/24, primed with corn sugar, white harle caps, brown grolsh bottles

This one is really good.  Carbonation factor is way up, probably due to the honey.  Good flavor balance, maybe a 60L crystal or a little bit more stuff in it to make it a tad less watery.

10:03 pm: OMG!!! BREWSESSION!!!!!!
Porter

Brewed between Feb 5 and Feb 16
Bottled: March 3, 2007 (Brewmasters Landsberg, Kinniburgh, Sisson)

1lb Crystal 80L
.5  briess Chocolate
.25 or so black patent

fuggles
1 60min
.5 45min
1 30 min
.5 15 min
1 2 min

overfilled about a quart or two
BOTTOM RIVET IN POT IS 3 AND 3/4 GALLONS

36 Smalls, 3 22's, and 5 Grolschs--->all green bottles, red strawberry soda caps

primed with 20 tsps of cane sugar

the hop/malt residue at the end is not that bad

Saturday evening discussed as potential weekly brew day

66 12 oz.; 1 16oz brown; 20 16oz green; 17 24oz brown; 6 24 oz green.

after waiting three weeks to be completely split apart, i find myself uncontrollably apprehensive; almost to the point of hysterical. i always get a bit excited when the "seal is broken," so to speak, but what will i pour into who's mouth? this new line of me has thrown me into the very depths of the proverbial adolescent existential crisis. but, i guess none of my questions can be answered for another three weeks, so i guess all i can to for the time being is sit around a ferment over things...


Tastes solid, definately better than the brown before.  Hops are kind of strong, tastes bitter, can taste more black patent and should taste more chocolate?  Cut down on the hops in the future.

Tags: march, table sugar

12:25 am: Brown
Brown Ale

Brewed Feb 5
Bottled Feb 16

1lb crystal 60L
.25 lb briess choclate

steeped for 30 min in nylon stocking (knee high) maybe thigh high next time (two man job)

6lb gold/pale malt

3/4 nugget 11.6% at start (1hr)
1oz Willamette 4.5% (30)
1oz “ (15)

boiled an extra 10 min

filled bucket with 3 gallons water, brew pot (below handle rivets) holds 3 gallons
no bubbles in airlock, took lid off on 2/11, there was residue along top

We had no priming sugar, used cane sugar probably about 3-4 oz

Tasted almost that there wasn't enough stuff in it, watered down but also lacking malt.  Lost some malt factor but not proportional to hops.  Tasted kind of like the 2nd red ale.
52 bottles+1 pint
Grolsh Caps

12:24 am: Porter
Porter   

Brewed Jan 14? From kit

Unhopped Dark Malt Extract – 1 can
Dark Dried Malt Extract – 2 lbs
Malto-Dextrin – 8 oz
Chocolate Grain Malt – 6 oz
Grain Steeping Bag
Hop Pellets – 1 oz

Bottled Jan 31

Definate chocolate taste.  Smooth, not too bitter at all.  Hints of sweet, some bottles have a strange sour after taste.  Reasonably full body.

12:23 am: Red
Red Ale

Brewed: 12/6 530
Bottled 12/17 530


Used pantyhose, crushed grains with beer bottle.  1lb crystal grains, 6.6 lbs light malt extract, cascade flavoring hops

2 oz. Perle (8% AA, 60 min.), 2 oz. Cascade (aroma)
Didn’t look at procedure once
Bleach
Bottling went smoothly

48.5 bottles

tasted: good, very hoppy