tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78385224180975568882024-08-28T08:38:19.587-05:00Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-24011369991306907752013-07-15T15:15:00.000-05:002013-07-15T15:15:48.914-05:00

We had a busy weekend of brewing firsts, not only did we create a setup for and brew a lager beer, we also brewed our first all grain batch. We mashed in a bountiful 17 pound grain bill of Belgian Malts to make a Belgian style pale ale inspired by the Yellow Diamond Belgian Pale Ale recipe in Randy Mosher’s Radical Brewing. We enjoyed learning new techniques and knowing we made a beer from all

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-40732797920284838062013-07-10T20:03:00.000-05:002013-07-10T20:03:21.326-05:00

Several weeks ago Andy purchased a chest freezer and until last weekend it sat empty. While this freezer will someday turn into a keezer providing us fresh home brewed beer on tap, it allows us to ferment at colder temperatures which gives us the ability to brew lagers. To this point in our brewing adventures we have done exclusively ales. The main difference between lagers and ales is the yeast

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-37748064659804246212013-07-07T08:25:00.001-05:002013-07-08T23:59:23.041-05:00

It is time! This will be the first competition we have entered our beer into. The biggest thing we are looking for is insightful feedback from certified judges.  It also wouldn't hurt to place in the competition. With that said we decided to brew a couple of styles that we are comfortable with and that have turned out really good in previous brews.  The two styles we decided to brew

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-46858487680137773352013-07-01T11:52:00.000-05:002013-07-01T11:52:52.318-05:00

Since the last post, we have made fine use out of our 15 gallon kettle.  The weather finally cooperated... We were able to get outside and use the propane burner with our 15 gal. kettle. It worked out extremely nice. We were able to boil the wort down to 10 gallons and not have to add the additional water to the carboys like we normally do with the 5 gal. kettle. The first brew with that

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-79496454796325394982013-04-28T17:40:00.002-05:002013-04-28T17:40:12.774-05:00

It was another big weekend brewing. Took me a week to post this, but we ended up brewing two, bottling two, and racking one (would have bottled three but someone forgot to dry hop the Son of Simcoe). We decided to push back bottling the Son of Simcoe a couple weeks and dry hopped it this weekend.  This also means that we will be bottling four beers on May 4 for AHA's Big Brew instead of the

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-31839610007853503322013-04-07T17:18:00.000-05:002013-04-07T17:18:30.965-05:00

We managed a double brew this past Friday evening.  We brewed a couple of 5 gal. extract kits from Northern Brewer.  The first kit brewed was the Dry Dock SS Minnow Mild kit.  The second batch brewed was Dawson's Multigrian Red kit.  Both beers have a relatively low original gravity so we decided to just add yeast nutrient ten minutes prior to the end of each boil. &nbsp

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-26863693124057823502013-04-07T12:41:00.001-05:002013-04-07T12:41:52.000-05:00

It's about that time of year... AHA Big Brew!  This is a celebration of National Homebrew Day (May 7) and is observed the first Saturday in May every year.  Get together with family and friends and share the great fellowship of home brewing all day.  We plan to spend the day brewing and grilling (weather cooperate please!).  The plan is to brew one of the three recipes

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-28144703271293767722013-03-25T21:24:00.000-05:002013-03-25T21:25:00.196-05:00

So... it has been some time since the last post. We have been busy brewing some great beers and discovering some good things along the way.  The most notable thing we have done lately has been brewing a couple of partial mash recipes.  Brian and I brewed our first partial mash recipe on Feb. 16.  We brewed the John Palmer's Elevenses ale kit from Northern

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-28525715184782649792013-01-21T15:05:00.000-06:002013-01-27T23:11:17.702-06:00

Well here it is... Our first brew since starting this blog! We decided to go a recipe kit from Northern Brewer and selected the Dead Ringer IPA extract kit which is a solid, true American IPA style beer. Here are some pictures from that brew... The boil Adding the second hop addition to the boil Joel enjoying a beer while brewing Chilling the wort with our homemade 

Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16768284229231070723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838522418097556888.post-78970360769200168452013-01-06T22:25:00.002-06:002013-01-06T22:25:40.521-06:00

Brand new way to keep updated on brewing times, events, details about each brew, etc.  Figured we could start by using a blog type setup up, making our posts about each brew session and then commenting within the post.  I'm going to try to figure out how to import the brewing calendar and maybe even Facebook chat.

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