Monday, December 9, 2013

#29 AHS Belgian White Beer (16A) - Mini Mash


Woman Carrying beer with man holding umbrellaA malty, full-bodied, spicy amber beer that is similar in style to Paulaner Oktoberfest. This is an award winning recipe. 


BJCP Style 6B
ABV 3.94
OG 1.041
FG 1.011
Calories 116
SRM 40.6
Grains
8 oz White Wheat
8 oz Cara Pils Malt
Hops-Bittering .75 oz Perle
Hops-Flavor .25 oz Perle
Yeast WLP029 German Ale/Kolsh
Aroma: Light to moderate sweet malty aroma. Low to moderate fruitiness is optional, but acceptable. May have a low to medium hop aroma,.

Appearance: Light yellow to deep gold in color. Clear to brilliant. Low to medium white head with fair to good retention.

Flavor: Initial soft malty sweetness, but optionally some light character malt flavor (e.g., bread, toast, biscuit, wheat) can also be present. Caramel flavors typically absent. Low to medium esters optional, but are commonly found in many examples. Light to moderate hop flavor (any variety), but shouldn’t be overly aggressive. Low to medium bitterness, but the balance is normally towards the malt. Finishes medium-dry to somewhat sweet. No diacetyl.
Brewed June 2, 2012
Kegged July 8, 2012
Tapped August 24, 2012

Monday, November 18, 2013

Dry Yeast Substitution

I decided to create a list of liquid yeast substitutions.  One drawback of using of the of the dry yeast is that as a result of the drying process, some dried yeasts may not be suitable for harvesting and/or repitching. So dry yeast can be a good option to save you by having some extra around, but there could be limits on the amount of potential cost savings.

Sorry for the formatting on the blog.




Dry Yeast

White Labs

White Labs Name

Wyeast

Wyeast Name

Brewery

Brewferm 

 

 

 

 

 

Blanche

WLP410

Belgian Wit II

 

 

Moortgat Brouwerij (via Ommegang?)

Lager Yeast

WLP003

German Ale II

2575PC

Kölsch II

Weihenstephan W165

Coopers

 

 

 

 

 

Coopers Ale

WLP009

Australian Ale

 

 

Coopers

Pure Brewers' Yeast

 

 

 

 

 

Fermentis

 

 

 

 

 

SafAle BE-134

 

 

     

SafAle K-97

WLP029

German Ale/Kölsch 

2565 Kölsch Yeast Weihenstephan 165, Köln (Päffgen)

SafAle F-2

 

 

     

SafAle BE-256

 

 

     

Safale S-04

WLP007

Dry English Ale

1098

British ale

Whitbred - dry

Safale S-33

WLP006

Bedford Ale

 

 

Charles Wells

Safale US-05

WLP001

California Ale

1056

American ale

Sierra Nevada (Seibel 96)

Safbrew T-58

WLP565

Belgian Saison

3724

Belgian Saison

Brasserie Dupont (Saison Dupont)

Safbrew WB-06

WLP380

Hefeweizen IV Ale

3333

German Wheat

Weihenstephan 66?

Saflager 34/70

WLP830

German Lager

2124

Bohemian lager

Weihenstephan 34/70

Saflager S189

WLP885

Zurich Lager

 

 

Samichlaus

Saflager S-23

WLP003

German Ale II

2575PC

Kölsch II

Weihenstephan W165

Lallemand

 

 

 

 

 

Belle Saison

WLP565

Saison Ale

3724

Belgian Saison

Saison du Pont

BRY-97 American West Coast

WLP001

California Ale

1056

American ale

Sierra Nevada (Seibel 96)

CBC-1 Cask And Bottle Conditioned Beer

n/a

 

1026

British Cask Ale

Oranjeboom? (Dutch)

Diamond Lager

 

 

 

 

 

Munich Wheat Beer

WLP351

Bavarian Weizen

3638

Bavarian Wheat

Weihenstephan 175

Nottingham

WLP039

Nottingham Ale

n/a

 

UK, chosen from multistrain

Windsor

WLP013

London Ale

1028

London Ale

Worthington White Shield

Mangrove Jack

 

 

 

 

 

MHS Hard Seltzer Yeast & Nutrient 

 

 

 

 

 

M02 Cider Yeast

 

 

     

M03 Newcastle Dark Ale Yeast 

         

M05 Mead

         

Workhorse Beer Yeast

         

M07 British Ale Yeast 

 WLP007  Dry English Ale      

M10 orkhorse Beer Yeast 

WLP001 California Ale 1056 American ale Sierra Nevada (Seibel 96)

M12 Kveik

         

M15 Empire Ale

         

M20 Bavarian Wheat Yeast 

 White Labs 380, White Labs 3333??        

M21 Belgian Wit

         

M27 Belgian Ale Yeast

         

M29 French Saison

         

M31 Belgian Tripel

         

M36 Liberty Bell Ale

         

M41 Belgian Ale

         

M42 New World Strong Ale

         

M44 US West Coast Yeast 

         

M47 Belgian Abbey

         

M54 Californian Lager

         

M66 Hophead Ale

         

M76 Bavarian Lager

         

M79 Burton Union Yeast

         

M84 Bohemian Lager Yeast 

WLP830 German Lager 2124 Bohemian lager  

Munton

 

 

 

 

 

Premium Gold

         

Standard

WLP002

English Ale

1968

London ESB

Fullers

Real Brewers Yeast

 

 

 

 

 

The One

         

 

HomeBrew Academy
Yeast Comparison Chart

Mangrove Jack Yeast Equivalents
Lallemand Yeast Equivalents
Fermentis Yeast Equivalents
Dry yeast substitute

Thursday, November 7, 2013

#79/90/152 PEACE COFFEE 2ND CRACK STOUT

Northern Brewer and Peace Coffee Stout.  Missed the grinding of the coffee until it was almost too late.

Peace Coffee 100% Fair Trade
SPECIALTY GRAIN (20 min mash)
0.5 lbs English Dark Crystal 
0.5 lbs Chocolate Malt 
0.5 lbs Black Malt 

FERMENTABLES 
- 6 lbs NB Gold malt syrup 
- 2 lb Briess Gold DME 

HOPS & FLAVORINGS 
1 oz US Fuggle (60 min) 
1 oz UK Fuggle (60 min) 
4 oz Peace Coffee 2nd Crack Blend (grind coarsely and add to kettle at flameout) 

YEAST
Safale S-04

This has a great smell after kegging.  Now we waiting until after the Christmas party to try this one.

#78 Rebel Rye Porter

Northern Brewer's Rebel Rye was provided as a free kit during one of their specials.
Bulleit Rye for Rebel Rye Porter

SPECIALTY GRAIN (20 min steep)
0.75 lbs English Medium Crystal 
0.5 lbs English Black Malt 

FERMENTABLES 
2 lbs Amber dried malt extract 
6 lbs Rye malt extract syrup 

HOPS & FLAVORINGS 
1 oz Nugget (60 min) 
1 oz US Fuggle (30 min) 
1.5 oz Cascade (5 min) 

SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 
2 oz US Medium Plus Oak Cubes (add to secondary) 
16 oz rye whiskey (not included) (add to secondary) 

YEAST 
Safale S-04

Suggestions have been for bulleit rye.

I lost a lot of beer on this one during fermentation.  The carboy was not big enough to handle the strong fermentation.  There is now 3 gallons remaining for the brew.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

#33/71/77 NB Smashing Pumpkin Ale (#33/71/77/107)

Pumpkin Eating a legSo, I made two different batches this year.  I will follow with an update as to the difference in the two recipes in the future.

SPECIALTY GRAIN 
0.5 lb Briess Caramel 40 
FERMENTABLES 
3.15 lbs Amber malt syrup (60 min) 
1.0 lb Pilsen dried malt extract (60 min) 
3.15 lbs Amber malt syrup late addition (15 min) 
1 oz Cluster (60 min) 
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (0 min) 
Safale US-05 Ale Yeast.
The FG was expected to be 1.012

Pumpkin Puking
SPECIALTY GRAIN Mash (60 min)
0.5 lb Briess Caramel 40
25 oz  Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin
2.5 lb Butternut squash - sliced and baked for 40 minutes
FERMENTABLES 
3.15 lbs Amber malt syrup (60 min) 
1.0 lb Pilsen dried malt extract (60 min) 
3.15 lbs Amber malt syrup late addition (15 min) 
1 oz Cluster (60 min) 
1 tsp McCormicks Pumpkin Pie Spice (2 min)
1 tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (0 min) 
Safale US-05 Ale Yeast

I changed how I prepared the butternut squash.  This time I created slices and then stacked them with space similar to a Lincoln log house.  During the previous effort the pumpkin stuck to the pan.  

Sunday, October 13, 2013

#36/75 AHS Christmas ALE

Austin Holiday Ale -
Santa Drinking a Brew
It’s an amber ale using seasonal spices: cinnamon, nutmeg and mace.  It’s an amber ale using seasonal spices: cinnamon, nutmeg and mace. 

Specialty malts: Crystal 40L, white wheat, chocolate malt
1.5 lb Base Grains
1.75 lb Specialty Grains
4 lb DME Featured
Hops: Saaz, Cluster
Seasonal spices: cinnamon, nutmeg and mace

O.G. = 1.052
F.G. = 1.014
ABV 5.0%
174 Cal / 12 oz

Thursday, October 10, 2013

#74 Canadian Ale

Canadian Bottled Beers
This one is not designed to any particular Canadian beer, but based on the AHS Canadian that I made last year.

4 lbs
$21.00
3.3 lbs
$9.99
.75 oz
$1.50
.25 oz
$0.50
Safale US-04$3.99
$36.98

Sunday, August 18, 2013

#73 Dogfish Pumpkin Ale (73/106)

My attempt to at Pumpkin.  Modified from the BeerSmith recipe Punkn Beer with the goal of something similar to DogFish Punkin. blade mace and vanilla bean in as well.

Pumpkin Chunkin from the Discovery Channel
Steep
13 oz2 Row
60 ozPumpkin (Libby's) Large Can
1 lbCaramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
1 lbSpecial Roast
Boil (60 min)
6 lbGolden Light DME
1 lbBrown Sugar
4 ozMaltose
7.2 ozLactose
Hops/Additions
1 ozHallertauer (45 min)
1 ozHallertauer (5 min)
1 1/2 TBSPumpkin Pie Spice
Yeast
American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)
OG1.077
FG1.011
ABV4.7%
IBU7.1
Calories260


#106 (2014) Update - This was better
Steep  (60 min) 162F
13 oz2 Row
2 lbs350F 2 hour baked Butternut Squash
29 ozPumpkin (Libby's) Large Can
1 lbCaramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
1 lbSpecial Roast
Boil (60 min)
6 lbGolden Light DME
3/4 lbBrown Sugar
??Molases
4 ozMaltose
7.6 ozLactose
Hops/Additions
1 ozHallertauer (45 min)
1 ozHallertauer (5 min)
2 TBSPumpkin Pie Spice
Yeast
American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056)




#72 AHS Pumpkin Ale Mini Mash

An amber ale with butternut squash and pumpkin spices.

Puking Pumpkin
AHS Pumpkin Ale

O.G. = 1.052 (should have measured)

F.G. = 1.013 (actual 1.020)
5.1% ABV 
173 Cal / 12 oz 

2.5 lb Base Grains, 
1 lb Specialty Grains (Crystal 60L, Caramunich)
4 lb Dry Malt Extract

4 lbs of butternut squash (cubed, baked @ 350 for 1 hour)


Kent Golding (hops)

pumpkin ale spice pack ( cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, and sweet orange peel)

McCormick pumpkin pie spice might be a good addition this year.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

#70 Dragon Blood (Triple Berry Skeeter Pee)

I made my next batch of Skeeter Pee but this time the taste was non-existent.  I let this one sit in secondary for much longer and tasted it before adding the sugar at the end.  I also had a problem with the FG at 1.020. So I decided to create something similar to Dragon Blood as written up by DangerDave.

ABV: 10.4%

Ingredients:
Amt                   Name                                           
16.0 cup              Washington, DC
7 lbs                 Sugar, Table (16 cups)
                      DB (20 cups)
0.33 cup              Lemon Juice
Primary (Stir Ingredients)
64.00 oz              ReaLemon
0.75 tsp              Tannin
                      DB (1 tsp)
1.00 tsp              Yeast Energizer
                      DB (2 tsp)
3.00 tsp              Yeast Nutrient
                      DB (4 tsp)
Primary (~2 days)
1.00                  Yeast Slurry
Primary (~4 days - 1.050 SG)  (vigorously mix)
32.00 oz              ReaLemon
3.00 tsp              Yeast Nutrient
1.00 tsp              Yeast Energizer
Secondary (0.995-0.998 SG) (degas)(This never happend.)

Change to the plan.
10 days
6 lbs                 Kirkland - Rader Farms Frozen Berries 
                      Blueberries
                      Marionberries
                      Raspberries

Bottling/Kegging
2.50 tsp              Potassium sorbate (sorbate)
0.50 tsp              Potassium metabisulfite (Kmeta)
2.30 lb               Sugar, Table (Sucrose)6 cups of sugar

Thursday, July 11, 2013

2 Tap Kegerator - What will it cost?

This topic seems to come up a lot from my buddies in the neighborhood.  This is a good topic not to have with the wife.  Make sure to keep beers on tap that her and her friends like and she may ignore the cost.  Making beer is a hobby and not a cost saver.

I chose to use the bar style although my two brewing buddies both went with fridge styles.  I have made 2 fridge styles, 3 keezers (freezer as a kegerator) with collars, and now 2 cabinet/coffin keezers.  I like the look of the bar style keezer, but it does come with significant about of work and expense.  My 10 tapper that I am building will probably run me $1000 before I add the beer parts.  Fortunately, I have all of the beer parts that I am just moving over from previous kegerators.  In the process, I hope to recover $650+ from previous kegerators.  This leaves me with an upgrade that should keep me at about $350 additional cost for a way cooler kegerator.

Below is a good estimate of what you should expect to spend.  This should give you some baselines for evaluating the offers on craigslist.  The pre-assembled kegerators from refrigerators are typically pretty beat up and can only be scrapped for parts.  My buddies have purchased a number of beat up kegerators online to get some of the useful parts and then trashed the remaining items.  Most people bought cheap stuff and then didn’t maintain it.  The tanks are typically out of inspection and worthless, the beer line was never cleaned, the refrigerator doesn’t work, and who knows what else. 

Also, make sure that you know where you are going to put the kegerator.  The small fridge style units like the mini fridges struggle with temperature control, they cannot be put in a hot location.  They can also struggle indoors as they get older.

The lower estimate uses a number of cheaper parts with the second set of columns give an option for where prices can range for better parts.  Each of these are beginning prices.  If you go to a local homebrew store, you will pay a premium for each of the parts.  If you shop online, you will get hit with shipping.  Since some of these start to really increase the weight almost no one will give free shipping.

Start with a basic unit of one of the following and then add the parts from the table below.  The choice of drip trays changes depending on which style you use.
Item                                                                      Initial Cost                          Final Cost           
Converted Fridge                                             $ 200                                      $700-$900
Freezer with Collar                                          $ 200                                      $700-$900
Freezer with Cabinet and Coffin                $ 450-1100                           $850-$1,700

Qty
Price
(Low End)
Total Low
Price
(High End)
Total High
Description
12
$0.82
$     9.84
 $       1.00
 $   12.00
Gas Hose 5/16 Red Bevlex ($0.82 /ft)
20
$0.70
$   14.00
 $       1.00
 $   20.00
Beer Hose ($0.70 /ft)
2
$17.00
$   34.00
 $     22.00
 $   44.00
Shank 3 1/8” (each)
2
$15.00
$   30.00
 $     45.00
 $   90.00
Perlick $45 or $15.00  for cheaper faucet
2
$1.50
$     3.00
 $       1.75
 $     3.50
Beer Nut
2
$1.50
$     3.00
 $       2.50
 $     5.00
Tail Piece to connect shank to Beer Line
2
$0.19
$     0.38
 $       0.32
 $     0.64
Beer Shank Washer
2
$6.00
$   12.00
 $       6.00
 $   12.00
Barb Gas Ball Lock
2
$6.00
$   12.00
 $       6.00
 $   12.00
Barb Liquid Ball Lock
1
$70
 $   70.00
 $  120.00
 $ 120.00
Regulator (2 Guage w/Y splitter or 3 guage)
1
$70
 $   70.00
 $  160.00
 $ 160.00
CO2 Tank ($50-$170)
1
$90
 $   70.00
 $     90.00
 $   90.00
Temp Controller (Ranco or Johnson)
1
$26
 $   26.00
 $     32.00
 $   32.00
CO2 Tank Refill for first batch
1
$5
 $     5.00
 $       6.00
 $     6.00
Faucet Wrench
1
$8
 $     8.00
 $       0.40
 $     0.40
Clamps
2
$3
 $     5.00
 $       3.00
 $     6.00
Tap Handles Economy
Total
$      372.22
 $      613.54


Save with a kegerator

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

National Homebrew Conference

#NHC2013
The National Homebrew Conference was great.  The conference and lodging were both at the the Marriott. Each morning there were 30 beers on tap with a rotation of beers happening every hour to hour and a half.

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Across the street from the hotel is the Reading Terminal Market where we recovered with a good meal.  If you are in the area you need to stop by Tommy DiNic’s for the roast pork with sharp provolone, broccoli rabe, and hot peppers. We also needed to get a CheeseSteak while in the city, so we took a walk to Campo’s Deli.

We visited two great beer restaurants where we were able to sample beers from an unbelievable menu.  In particular, we were able to try the Russian River beers.

Strangelove's
216 S. 11th Street

Monk's Café
264 S. 16th

Some of the conference seminars that I attended included the following:

  • Waste Not, Want Not: Sustainable and Frugal Homebrewing Dan Schreffler
  • Stepping Up Your Sensory Game: How to Be a Better Taster Kara Taylor
  • Step Up Your Starters: Insight into Yeast Propagation for Homebrewers Kai Troester
  • Geeking Out in the Cellar Garry Pitman
  • Serving with Style Mike Lindel
  • A Simple Fermentation Monitoring and Control System Murthy Tata & Sachin Pannuri
The conference has two great nights of sampling beers.  The first night was the professional brewery night.  Below are Jeremy and Matt getting a beer from Sam Calagion of Dogfish Head Brewery.

On the second night, the homebrewers got a chance to show what they had made.  One of my favorites was the Tropical Wit by Ryan Miscik and Andrew Haraksin.







The following was offered as a potential beer mission, Beer Assignments.








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