Thursday, June 5, 2014

2014 Totals











2014 - 8 batches / 73 gallons
  1. Poochie Porter (10g) - 1/1/14 pics
  2. O'Manly Man Irish Red Brew Day @ TBAH (5g) - 1/25/14 pics
  3. Patersbier/ (not so) Petite Saison Blanc (12g) - 4/6/14  pics
  4. Petite Saison v2.0 (10g) - 7/4/14 pics
  5. Hoppy Wheat v7 (10g) @ TBAH - 8/1/14 my picsparty mode, and story
  6. Labor Day Weekend- Edwin's Pumpkin Wheat Wine (8g) - recipe, pics
  7. Llama Piss (10g) - 11/8/14 pics
  8. Black Friday - Edwin's Imperial Coffee Stout (8g) -11/28/14 pics, slow down

Previous years:
2013 totals (6 batches/48 gallons)
2012 totals (14 batches/86 gallons)
2011 totals (15 batches/88 gallons)
2010 totals (11 batches/55 gallons)
2009 totals (10 batches/55 gallons)

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

2013 Totals



I did not do a good job tracking my brews this year... or, you know, brewing them: 6 batches for a total of 48 gallons. 

2013


  1.  Birdbuster Belma (5g) - 2/16/2013photos
  2.  Brutal Belma (10g) - 3/23/2013 @ Ryan's  - photos
  3.  Rainbow Red v2 (10g split with Ryan) - 4/26/2013 - photos
  4.  Deez Nutz Brown Ale (6g split with Ryan) - 4/26/2013 - photos
  5.  Citra Blonde / Kolsch (fruited?) (10g solo split into 2 beers) - 8/18/2013 - photos
  6.  Carlton Banks Mild (10g) - 11/17/2013 - photos 

Previous years:
2012 totals
2011 totals
2010 totals
2009 totals

Saturday, October 6, 2012

2012 Totals



My main goal for the year was to once again brew at least one beer per month.  I wound up with 14 batches for ~86 gallons.  I missed April and May, but I had a decent pipeline built up by then in anticipation of the birth of my son on May 18th.

My secondary goal was to post all of my recipes here so that I would have easier access to them... that did not work out so well.

On the plus side, I won a Best in Show award at the York Country Brewfest for the Brutal Columbus batch brewed at Hanna's house in March, so there's that.

2012
1. Poochie Porter (8g) - 1/27/12 - Stats - photos
2. Lightbulb v6.0 - 2/25/12  - Stats (1st batch with Blichman Burner) - photos
3. Brutal Columbus - 3/17/12 @ Hanna's House - Stats TBD - photos
4. Centennial Blonde Ale - 3/25/12 Stats TBD - photos
5. Hoppd Sun - 6/10/12 photos
6. Pink Saison de Trubbel (WLP565) - 7/15/12 photos
7. Pink Saison de Trubbel (ECY03) - 7/15/12 photos
8. Red Awakening - 8/12/12 photos
9. Punk'toberfest - 9/8/12 (10g split w/Ryan) photos
10.  Mel's Bitter- 10/6/12 @ DubbelDachs photos
11. Poochie Porter- 10/20/12 @ Greg's house Stats TBD - photos
12. Brutal Columbus (10g split) - 11/3/12 Stats TBD - photos
13. Naughty and Spiced (8g split - 5&3) -  11/3/12 Stats TBD - photos
14. ESBelma - 12/14/12 Stats TBD - photos

Previous years:
2011 totals
2010 totals
2009 totals

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Centennial Blonde

2012 Batch #04 - Blonde (brewed 03/25/2012) 




Third batch with the new Blichman Burner, this time Ryan used it for a 10 gallon Aletimate Warrior batch... and it pretty much kicked ass. There was no wind or breeze or anything, and all went well.  Oh, and we started @ 6:30 am.  No, really.


I used Ryan's gear for a blonde recipe I found on HomebrewTalk.com - all that nice weather last week had me in the mood for a nice easy drinker.  I nailed my OG and volume, but I missed my 20 minute hop addition... not a big deal though, I added it at 15.  Here is the recipe:


7.5 lbsAmerican 2-row info
.75 lbsCara-Pils® Malt; Briess info
.5 lbsAmerican Vienna info
.5 lbsCrystal Malt 10°L info
.25 ozCentennial (Pellets, 8.7 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.25 ozCentennial (Pellets, 8.7 %AA) boiled 35 min. info
.25 ozCascade (Pellets, 6.8 %AA) boiled 20 min. info (added @ 15)
.25 ozCascade (Pellets, 6.8 %AA) boiled 5 min. info
Yeast :Safeale US-05
Mash at 150 degrees for 60 minutes (I was above 150 most of the time)


P.S. Mel is a trooper.... she painted the entire nursery by herself while we brewed  


Saturday, March 17, 2012

Brutal Columbus

2012 Batch #03 - IPA (brewed 03/17/2012)  



Second batch with the new Blichman Burner - this time at Hanna's.  It was breezy and that still created some problems for Mr. Blichman (note the windshield).  Hanna brewed his second all grain IPA "Little Grasshopper", and I brewed what started out as a Brutal Bitter Clone.  I washed and re-pitched the yeast from the last batch of Lightbulb I brewed


Things seemed to go well, I was close to my OG, but my volume was low by a little less then a gallon (again).  I need to adjust my mash and sparge water variables to account for the equipment loss as a result of the uber-burner. 


Here is the recipe:
10.5 lbsMaris Otter Pale info
1.5 lbsAmerican Vienna info
1 lbsWeyermann Carawheat®; Weyermann info
.5 lbsCrystal Malt 60°L info
.5 ozColumbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 ozColumbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 30 min. info
1 ozColumbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
1 ozColumbus (Pellets, 13.9 %AA) boiled 1 min. info
Yeast :Fermentis US-05 Safale US-05 info
Clone should be all Crystal and use Wyeast PacMan yeast strain.... but I like Columbus.
Mashed @ 153 for ~50 minutes 



Dry Hopped w/ 1oz citra (Whole Leaf, 15.6%AA)


Here are some photos: Brewday: 2012-03-17


Oh yeah, Total Wines in Delaware rules.