tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002Thu, 19 Dec 2024 03:31:28 +0000RecipeAll-GrainExtractKegeratorChest Freezer ConversionBeer ScienceBrewingDIYKeggingReferenceWebsitesStir PlateVideoBreweriesCommentaryEquipmentEventsInterviewMisc.Tourshttp://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/noreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)Blogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-6773764386447426980Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:11:00 +00002020-07-27T10:15:01.519-07:00Brewed another batch of my Hazy IPA, I've been able to get pretty consistent and repeatable results so far.  Some final tweaks after this brew and I think it will be fully dialed in. Recipe Specifications: Batch Size: 5.00 gal Strike Water Temp: 160°F  Strike Water Volume: 7.25 (Use less next time) Mash Temp (Goal):154°F Total Mash Volume: 9.5  gal, literally to the rim... Mash http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2020/07/hazy-ipa-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-7229759094372371407Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:05:00 +00002020-06-23T16:25:16.733-07:00RecipeI got lazy on my last batch 3.0 and didn't do a write up, it came out pretty mediocre so not a huge loss. Over the last few brews I've noticed some trends that I need to address on the next batch so I'm writing notes for future batches in a roundup at the bottom.  Also changing the format so I don't have to reference biabcalculator.com anymore for the same recipe. Recipe Specifications: http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2020/06/hazy-ipa-40.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-6102210976492993586Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:46:00 +00002020-06-18T10:59:21.093-07:00RecipeFH Steinbart is doing free local delivery and since we're under quarantine we've been drinking a lot more homebrew.  I ordered basically the same recipe but with a few alterations: Change Log: Instead of .75 lbs of oats and wheat I did a full lb. Steinbarts didn't have WLP095 so I switched it with Wyeast 1310 London Ale III, Switched El Dorado or Galaxy Switched Carapils with Dextrapils (http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2020/04/hazy-ipa-v20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-91716302441344035Thu, 19 Mar 2020 20:55:00 +00002020-06-18T10:59:21.100-07:00Recipe Recipe Specifications: Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 12.5  gal Mash Time: 45 Minutes Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: 11.0 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US 0.75 lb Flaked Wheat 0.75 lb Flaked Oats 0.25 lb Carapils 0.25 lb Crystal 20 Total Grain Weight: 13.0 lb 2.00 oz El Dorado, 13.5% Whole Leaf Hops 2.00 oz Amarillo, 8.4% Whole Leaf Hops  2.00 oz Citra, 11.8% Whole Leaf Hops&nbsphttp://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2020/03/hazy-ipa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-2674528784818615756Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:00:00 +00002014-04-30T08:00:08.588-07:00Breweries Let's go out to the... brewery?      This week I traveled to Louisville, KY for work and decided to visit historical Louisville Slugger Field. Home of the Minor League Baseball Team the Louisville Bats...  also Against the Grain Brewery and Smoke House.      Upon entry into the brewery I immediately was overwhelmed by the smokehouse portion of this http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2014/04/against-grain-brewery-visit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1281332848891150634Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:00:00 +00002014-04-08T08:00:07.326-07:00 Brewery: Base Camp Brewing Company Location: Portland, OR Beer: S'more Stout Style: American Stout Serving: Snifter Glass (22 oz.)  ABV: 7.7% IBUs: 70 I've had this beer at Base Camp before they serve it with a toasted marshmallow as a garnish on the glass.  Unfortunately I didn't have one to complete the s'more ensemble. A (3/3): About two fingers of dark beige head pours http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2014/04/base-camp-brewing-company-smore-stout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1891414129332939609Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:00:00 +00002014-03-14T08:00:03.673-07:00Interview      I was fortunate enough to conduct an interview with Craig Noble, director and producer of the upcoming movie CRAFT. In this film Craig Noble travels around the country documenting the craft beer scene.  Below is a trailer for this movie and my interview that is sure to interest any craft beer enthusiast.  Buffalo Theory Brewing: What inspired you to make http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2014/03/craft-movie-directorproducer-craig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-3458855394439334666Mon, 20 Jan 2014 04:53:00 +00002014-01-23T09:58:27.324-08:00CommentaryI have seen this video floating around the internet, and posted on various Facebook pages for the last few weeks and I wanted to comment on it. This video shows a bunch of pretentious hipsters ordering beers with ridiculous names like "Baby Dick Belgian White" and "Pompous A**hole" poking fun at how some breweries have got creative with beer names.  Some classic examples are Stone http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2014/01/hipsters-love-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-8183802794481721809Sun, 25 Aug 2013 18:51:00 +00002013-09-23T08:36:48.161-07:00All-GrainRecipeOrigins: Zymurgy had an article on pumpkin ales this issue and it reminded me that "tis the season" and now was the time to start brewing if I wanted my beer to be ready for the holidays.  No clever name this time sorry. Recipe Specifications: Batch Size: 10.00 gal Boil Size: 13  gal Predicted OG: 1.070 SG Boil Time: 90 Minutes Ingredients: 19.0 lb Pale Malt (6 Row) US 1.00 lb http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2013/08/pumpkin-ales.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-134162230911245297Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:06:00 +00002013-06-13T21:29:40.906-07:00Beer ScienceEvents      This Wednesday June 12, 2013 I went with a group of friends to an event hosted by Jamie Floyd, Co-Founder and Head Brewer at Ninkasi Brewing Company, and Peter Bouckaert, Head Brewer at New Belgium Brewing Company, located at the Bad Habit Room attached to Saraveza In Portland.  This originally was sold as a off flavors in beer class: Sensory Training at Bad Habithttp://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2013/06/beer-sensory-appreciation-class.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-6206252742214045292Sat, 18 May 2013 21:21:00 +00002013-05-29T11:07:35.736-07:00All-GrainRecipeOrigins:      I'm brewing this beer for my wedding and wanted something that all of the Bud drinking part of the family could drink and not offend their sensitive palates.  When buying this it was kind of a relief that I only had to buy one package of hops for a 10 gallon batch.  Since Whitney and I have been living in sin for over 5 years and now we are finallyhttp://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2013/05/pre-nuptu-ale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1709150211225976774Mon, 06 May 2013 03:54:00 +00002013-05-26T11:41:12.340-07:00All-GrainRecipe Origins: My dad was coming up for the weekend from visiting my grandparents and wanted to brew some beer with his favorite son.  So I went to the brew store to gather the ingredients for our brew.  While at the store I found out that same weekend was the Big Brew at Brew Brothers.  Having no way to get my equipment down to the site I told Chris that I wouldn't be able to make it. http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2013/05/big-brew-2013-ipa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-5312413779405559888Sat, 02 Mar 2013 03:40:00 +00002013-05-26T11:43:27.281-07:00All-GrainRecipe Origins: Re brew of a previous Recipe I followed a the Janet's Brown Ale Recipe exactly this time instead of making my own modifications. Recipe Specifications: Batch Size: 5.00 gal Boil Size: 6.5  gal Predicted OG: 1.066 SG Boil Time: 60 Minutes Ingredients: 12.0 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US -2 °L 1.25 lb Crystal 40 Malt - 40 °L 1.25 lb Cara-Pils Dextrin Malt -2 °L 0.50 lb http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2013/03/they-think-im-mexican-brown-ale-rebrew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-8472983516070036375Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:03:00 +00002013-05-26T11:41:43.967-07:00All-GrainRecipeOrigins:     I have had several bags of homegrown hops in my freezer for about a year and I needed to brew with them before they went bad.  Since this was a short notice brew I grabbed them all and decided to clean house.  What better beer to dispense a great deal of hops than an IPA and so I am calling this creation Whatchagot IPA. Recipe Specifications: Batch http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/10/whatchagot-ipa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1689734885159897558Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:50:00 +00002014-02-04T06:58:46.932-08:00     White Labs has done something that I have always been interested in.  Yesterday, they opened a yeast differentiated tasting room.  After brewing several batches of the same beer and then pitch a different yeast into each one allowing you to differentiate what a specific strain of yeast will do to a beer.  They might have 10 pale ales each with a http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/06/white-labs-tasting-room.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1739061193179148508Sat, 26 May 2012 22:37:00 +00002013-05-26T11:44:52.799-07:00All-GrainRecipe Origins: See previous brew post. Ingredients: 4 oz Northern Brewer hops (11.4% alpha-acid, whole leaf, GR) 4 oz Cascade hops (7.0% alpha-acid, whole leaf, US) 4 oz Centennial hops (11.6% alpha-acid, whole leaf, US) 23.00 lbs. GW NW Pale Malt (2 row) (2° L, Crushed ) 2.50 lbs. GW Crystal Malt (40° L, Crushed ) 2.50 lbs. Briess Carapils (1.3° L, Crushed ) 2.00 lbs. GW Wheat Malt&http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/05/they-think-im-mexican-brown-ale-rebrew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-2617179650494962059Tue, 15 May 2012 02:56:00 +00002013-05-26T11:45:04.591-07:00All-GrainRecipeOrigins: It is really hot in my office as I am typing this and I just want to go downstairs so I am going to phone this one in.  It was also very hot the day I brewed. There just thought of a half assed name.  I was just going to call it unnamed blonde.  The post title is actually titled that now.  Instead I'll go with a little less crappy beer name and call this Hot Blonde http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/05/hot-blonde-ale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1089521025981515316Sat, 12 May 2012 18:54:00 +00002014-02-04T06:59:17.341-08:00Misc.      Last year I decided to start growing hops, but based on everything I have read hops usually do not produce very much the first year.  In my case this was correct.  I planted my four rhizomes in pots because I was not ready to decide where they would be permanently located.  This year I finally planted them against the north wall http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/05/buffalo-theory-brewing-hop-farm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-510783874212518568Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:59:00 +00002012-02-10T19:59:07.450-08:00ExtractRecipeOrigins: Blood oranges are a small reddish orange whose fruit is almost blood colored.  They have a distinct flavor that is similar to a standard orange with a slight raspberry taste. Whitney wanted to brew a Hefewiezen that had a slight hint of blood oranges so I helped her do an extract brew of Blood Orange Hefeweizen Recipe Specifications: Batch http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/02/blood-orange-hefeweizen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-4883794772027128489Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:55:00 +00002012-01-24T08:09:47.056-08:00All-GrainRecipe Origins:      One of the contractors that is working at my office (Eric) is also an avid home brewer and gave me 8 oz. of extremely dense sticky Chinook hops to brew with.  I hadn't brewed an IPA in a while so that is what I decided to do with these bittering hops. Since Chinook is the only hop in this beer I decided to call it Gettin' Some Nookie IPA Recipe Specifications: http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/01/did-it-all-for-nookie-ipa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-1554837479092863788Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:20:00 +00002012-01-04T10:21:11.297-08:00WebsitesBrew-Monkey.com has posted a outline by Vinnie Cilurzo the Brewer/Owner of Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, CA.  Russian River as you know makes Pliny the Elder, one of my favorite hop grenades.  There are some great tips in here that you should check out if you are interested in making extremely hoppy beer.  You should check it out: 10 Factors to Making Better http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2012/01/brewing-better-hoppy-beers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-3138402718287331782Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:31:00 +00002011-12-18T17:49:52.602-08:00All-GrainRecipeOrigins: I have brewed this seasonal beer from Firestone Walker before but as an extract recipe.  Its a little late for brewing seasonal beers to be ready for the Christmas season, but I really wanted to brew this beer.  I am trying to get a little more technical with my brewing too so I am adding a recipe specification section to the write up.  This is a clone http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2011/12/velvet-merkin-clone-round-2-all-grain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-3054526183930636553Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:27:00 +00002011-11-29T10:41:33.009-08:00All-GrainRecipeOrigins: I wanted a beer that I could give out at parties and wouldn't fill you up so you could drink it while playing beer pong or some other irresponsible method of drinking.  This beer needed to be something all people could drink and not have a problem drinking a lot of it.  I chose to go for the taste of a macro brewed rice beer.  I know I will not be http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2011/11/party-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-2377600969371370813Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:30:00 +00002011-10-17T12:30:15.336-07:00Websites Drinking in your pocket I recently discovered a fun app for your smartphone that is sure to pique the interest of any beer connoisseur.  This app does what I thought never possible, it makes drinking MORE fun.  Its like a social beer network, beer log and game all in one. Several apps like this exist but I like this one best and my friends have got behind using it so http://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2011/10/untappd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499056521991146002.post-3519030494655580714Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:09:00 +00002013-05-26T11:42:37.401-07:00All-GrainRecipe Origins: Recently my girlfriend wanted to watch a movie and play a drinking game to it.  No reason other than drinking is fun and we didn't have anything else to do.  So as we started to scan through my movie collection for something to watch we debated what the rules should be.  Previously we had enjoyed a game using the Lord of thehttp://www.buffalotheorybrewing.com/2011/07/they-think-im-mexican-brown-ale-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Joseph M. Cooley)0