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My first graf
Every year I make a six pack that I hand out to my friends and coworkers. I’ve made them IPAs, pale ales, porters, stouts, and other typical beer styles. This year I wanted to mix things up. While doing some research on what to make for this year, I came across a recipe for graf….
The Pumpkin Parti-gyle (Planning)
Over the past two years I’ve tried a number of pumpkin ales and by far my personal favorite is Southern Tier’s Pumpking. Southern Tier’s brew has an 8.3% ABV, which is pretty high. As an all-grain homebrewer that means you’re looking at a grain bill (the amount of grain in the beer) of over 15lbs….
Freeze Concentrated Stout
I recently made a stout for Thanksgiving. I took inspiration from a BrewingTV episode when Chip took a chocolate stout and freeze distilled (jacked) it. While making this stout itself, I decided to make a 6 gallon batch rather than a 5 gallon batch with the intent of doing the same. On keg day, a mere…
The story of my first Saison
In my reading about the Saison style of beer I discovered that farmhouses in Belgium and France would typically toss in left over ingredients from their harvests and put it into their beers. As a homebrewer the style can be fruitful because is very forgiving; from fermentation temperatures to percentage of ingredients. These items are…
Making a yeast starter
Here’s a video I made that explains my process to making a yeast starter: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yMVsCyqRLQ] Making a yeast starter is helpful for a number of reasons. Here’s two; It makes sure your yeast is viable for fermentation. It can save you money by creating more yeast cells for a bigger beer (as opposed to buying…
Bud (Powell) Belgian Specialty Ale
Seeing that I’m on the last bit of my Belgian Specialy Ale I figured it would be a nice time to reflect back on this beer and add a new entry. Before you say anything I wanted to mention that I name my Belgian beers & ciders after Jazz musicians. While I named this beer…